S1 and AM2 and F, Sockets galore from AMD
Subject: General Tech | March 7, 2006 - 11:52 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If you have no clue what the title means, the quick and dirty is, S1 (754 pins) is aimed at notebooks, AM2 (940 pins) is the new desktop socket and F (1207 pins) will be targeted at server applications. Read a lot more about them at AnandTech.
"The Intel Developer Forum doesn't officially start until later today, but we hit the ground
running with a handful of meetings shortly after landing in San Francisco.
That's not a subwoofer ... this is a subwoofer!
Subject: General Tech | March 6, 2006 - 06:34 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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There is such a thing as a 5 foot tall subwoofer. You might want to consider getting it before your neighbour does, or you will lose every stereo fight you get into. If you haven't seen this monster floating around the web yet, head over to Digital Grabber to get the scoop.
"The 60-inch subwoofer absolutely has the capability to produce SPL levels well above 180 dB.
Nut'n'Honey
Subject: General Tech | March 6, 2006 - 12:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Big Bruin reviews the Stealth Switch Desktop Cloaking Device. It is a USB device with a kind of enhanced ALT-TAB, which hides that important program you were writing when someone comes snooping by and starts shoulder surfing. (Cause that's the only thing you could possibly be hiding, right?) Read the full review to see if it can get you in even more trouble than you would be without it.
"Maybe the boss walked by as you were playing Solitaire?
Half Life 2 - mods, mods and more mods
Subject: General Tech | March 3, 2006 - 12:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If you thought that Valve did a great job on the engine and physics behind Half Life 2, but got the actual game a little wrong, use the SDK and build your own. Tech Connect Magazine has assembled over 9 of their favorite mods, so drop by and see if you need to cancel your plans for the weekend.
"Whether Half Life 2 was your favourite or most loathed game of 2004/2005, the promise foruser-created content that the Source engine and Software Development Kit deliver cannot be
Batten down your wireless hatches
Subject: General Tech | March 3, 2006 - 11:47 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Securing your Wireless Network is not very hard, and with this guide from Digital Grabber, it just got even easier. They take you through all the steps, from encrypting the signal, to changing the routers IP address slightly, to make it harder to find and get into.
"The days of buying a wireless router and just hooking it up without turning on any of the
security features are long gone. Only a fool would leave their network wide open.
What is with the kids these days
Subject: General Tech | March 2, 2006 - 11:57 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The TV news would have you believe that kids today do nothing but shoot bad guys on the computer, and pirate software and music. Well at least one 14 year old is working to disprove that theory by finding a critical hole in Gmail, according to this story in The Inquirer.
"He was attempting to mail some javascript code from his yahoo account to my gmail when he came
across this vulnerability.
Audio Recording on the go
Subject: General Tech | March 1, 2006 - 07:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Futurelooks trys out the Gemini iKey USB audio recorder, a nifty little audio capture device. It will take any line signal, and store it to another attached device of your choice. With on the fly encoding, you get several choices of fiel type to capture the audio as, it is definatly worth a look.
"So what exactly is an iKey? The iKey is an Audio Recording Product from Gemini Sound Products
Corporation. The iKey can take any Line Level audio signal and convert it to an MP3 or WAV audio
file.
Huge tracts of mousing land
Subject: General Tech | March 1, 2006 - 02:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Think Computers is thinking big with this review of the Corepad Deskpad XXL. The thing is huge, about 3 feet by 1.5 feet, with a smooth, even surface. Make sure your desk can handle this thing, you don't want to be mousing right off the side in the middle of a firefight!
'Are you one of those people that love a big mouse pad? Then BOY have I got something for you to
check out for review today.
Gentoo Lives!
Subject: General Tech | March 1, 2006 - 12:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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New for 2006 is the Gentoo LiveCD. This time the installer is GUI based, although it is still Linux, so easy installation is a relative term. Read the review at TECHGAGE, and see if you'd like to take this distro for a spin.
"A new version of Gentoo has been released, so I am going to take a quick look at it to see what's
new. Alongside this new release, there is a LiveCD version available in which you can install
Gentoo from within a GNOME desktop.
Virtual Spring Cleaning for your PC
Subject: General Tech | February 28, 2006 - 11:43 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Tech Zone takes you through an easy process to clean and speed up your PC. Call it WinRot or senility, as an OS install ages, it begins to develop idiosyncrasies and will slow down in some tasks, follow this guide and it will be running like the day you first got it.
"It seems that the longer you own your computer, the slower it gets! It isn't getting slower just
because it is older.
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