AMD confirms Athlon 64 X2 5000+
AMD will release its first batch of dual-core Turion 64 mobile processors on 9 May, lining up seven chips clocked between 1.6GHz and 2.2GHz, and accompanied by low-voltage variants, according to online claims. Separately, the vendor has itself confirmed the existence of the upcoming Athlon 64 X2 5000+.
The Turion date comes by way of a [...]
Jailed spam king caught conspiring to kill witness
Spam king and online drugstore operator Christopher William Smith, aka Rizler, 26, who is awaiting trial at the Sherburne County Jail, Elk River, Minn., used his phone privileges to arrange a hit on a witness and the witness’ family.
According to the indictment, Smith called an acquaintance from jail March 4 and allegedly stated he intended [...]
Apple’s Hypocritical Position Against the French Government
For those who have not heard of the Apple vs French Government controversy, here is a quick run down on what’s been happening.
French parliament has been mulling over a bill that, if made law, would require that Apple’s iTunes allows French users to download songs that would play in all portable music players, not just [...]
Dell buys Alienware
In a bid to color up a dull computer line, Dell has agreed to purchase flashy PC maker Alienware.
With the buy, Dell gains a maker of high-performance systems aimed at gamers and other demanding customers. The often pricey Alienware boxes stand out for their colorful designs and high-end components. Dell officials earlier this month had [...]
ATI starts first 1GB graphics card
ATI unwrapped its latest pair of workstation-oriented graphics chips – including what it claims is the first ever board to support one gigabyte of graphics memory. The FireGL parts are also the first products of their class from ATI to support Shader Model 3.0. The 1GB FireGL V7350 is accompanied by the V7300, a 512MB [...]
Vista Delayed Again
The unthinkable has happened: Microsoft has delayed Windows Vista yet again.
Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services Division, announced on March 21 during a conference call that Microsoft is now planning to roll out Windows Vista in two stages.
The business, volume-licensed versions of Vista will now ship in November 2006, as many expected. But [...]
Skype Reversed-Engineered
Ever wanted to know the inner workings of one of the most popular IM program out there? Well heres your chance. Link goes to presentation .pdf given at Black Hat, Europe, details the inner-workings of Skype, worth checking out for you hard core programmers & geeks!
Are You Liable If Someone Does Something Illegal On Your WiFi?
For years, whenever the press has written one of their fear-mongering stories about open WiFi, they almost always include some tidbit about how if someone uses your network to do something illegal, you can be arrested for it. It’s one of the popular open WiFi horror stories — but is it true?
Well, of course, [...]
Using iTunes to backup your music
This is a tutorial on how to use iTunes to back up your music to CD or DVD, and automatically keep track of new music that has not been previously archived… making future backups almost effortless.
“A few weeks ago there was a tip floating around various blogs I monitor about using iTunes to backup your [...]
Christain Music Trade Association Intentionally Misleading Congress
All to often the Music Industry (and the Movie Industry for that matter) promotes lies, distortions and propaganda to the public regarding their alleged loss of income due to the exchange of ‘their’ works via filesharing networks. Most often these deliberate falsifications derive directly from organizations like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) or [...]
