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^leon you damn spammer hahaha

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hahah indeed
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#382 shw, Mar 12, 2008
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^leon you damn spammer hahaha
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Nas you read my mind.

#383 khaotic, Mar 12, 2008
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What, grr, stop hating on me guys, lol. Lets settle this on Skype!

#384 RockkxD, Mar 12, 2008
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^SKYPE????This is PAAAAA!!!!! muhahahaha....you fail....

lol leon you edited your post to make it "better" rofl.....

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I had too or else, i would end up to be EPIC FAIL for life.

#386 RockkxD, Mar 12, 2008
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Apple releases Safari 3.1

Not to be left behind by recent releases of Firefox and Internet Explorer, Apple has released version 3.1 of its ever-improving Safari. Billing itself “the world’s fastest web browser,” Apple claims that the new version is about 2x faster than Firefox and IE. It’s the first browser to support new video and audio tags in HTML 5 and the first to support CSS animations.

For what it’s worth, Safari 3 has indeed marked a sea change for the browser. I have little inclination to use it on my PC, but it’s a formidable browser for those of you on Macs (I use it on my MacBook Pro).

Safari 3.1 is available now for OS X and Windows.
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Source: Geek.com

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#387 Knoctur_nal, Mar 19, 2008
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But I still think FF will dominate the market.

#388 mr_evolution, Mar 19, 2008
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good to see apple following with the updates

#389 Knoctur_nal, Mar 19, 2008
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ye safari is a pretty gd browser though there's no point in getting it if ur using a pc but with the mac as it is already installed, it functions very well if not better on the mac and so therefore there is no point in getting other browsers for the mac. also, if this source is correct and it is now 2 times faster than firefox, then that is just a bonus.

#390 bbes, Mar 19, 2008
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New Chip to Let mp3 players Hold 500,000 Songs or 3,500 movies

You're not going blind and that's not a typo.

In the current issue of Science, researchers at IBM unveiled a new type of media storage technology they say could give MP3 players the ability to store around 500,000 songs or 3,500 movies.

It's called "racetrack" memory and it involves using the "spin" of an electron to store data. More explicitly, the researchers were able to "store data in columns of magnetic material arranged on the surface of a silicon wafer. The information moves around the columns at high speed, giving the technology its racetrack name."

From Science (via TimesOnline and Engadget )
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6-8 years until we see it in consumer products, They are saying it is going to be cheap to produce.

Looks like Flash and HDD MP3's will have a new competitor

#391 BigM, Apr 21, 2008
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lol nice, that is applied nanotechnology, I believe the ultimate goal was to store 1byte of data per electron, ( i may be wrong because i have forgotten since the nano tech class i took last semester lol) rawr i need to look back at my notes later hahahah

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looking forward to when nanotechnology is applied, the potential is amazing.

#393 bbes, Apr 26, 2008
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Not that new, but throwing it out there anyways.

Blackberry Bold

Specs:

* Size - Length: 114mm, Width: 66mm, Thickness: 14mm
* Weight (with battery) - 133g (same as the 88xx series. I can attest to it!)
* Memory - 1GB on-board (storage) and 128 MB Flash (applications)
* Battery - 1500mAhr lithium cell
* Est. Battery Life - Standby: 13 days, Talk Time: 5 hours
* Network Support - UMTS: 2100 / 1900 / 850MHz, GSM: 1900 / 1800 / 900 / 850 MHz, GPRS, EDGE and HDSPA networks
* Wi-Fi - 803.11a/b/g enabled
* Display - HVGA, 480 x 320 pixels, Transmissive TFT LCD, supports over 65k colors
* Media Player, Video Support - DivX 4, Div X 5 & 6 are partially supported, XviD is partially supported, H.263, H.264 and WMV3
* Media Player, Audio Support - .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
* Media Player, Audio - BlackBerry Media Sync allows you to transfer your desktop iTunes music to your BlackBerry!!!
* Camera - 2.0MP, 5 x digital zoom (with flash of course)
* GPS - internal GPS with extended ephemeris, BB Maps is standard
* Bluetooth - Bluetooth v2.0, all the normal stuff and Bluetooth Stereo Audio via A2DP and AVCRP
* USB Port - Enables charging and high-speed data synchronizations via USB “A” to mini-USB “B” cable (I can personally say moving files back and forth is now lightning quick!)
* Browser - HTML browsing, View Movies/Clips from websites built for mobile streaming, RSS feed support
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#394 Knoctur_nal, May 20, 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3

Features:

The release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3 is now available at Microsoft's download site.

The move marks the first opportunity for all users of the six-year-old operating system to try out its final upgrade. Previously, several thousand users were given access to test builds of SP3 only by Microsoft's invitation.

According to a company spokeswoman, Windows XP SP3 RC (release candidate) will be available only from the Microsoft Download Center. Unlike Vista SP1, which debuted last week, XP SP3 will not be soon added to Windows Update. In fact, the spokeswoman seemed to say SP3 wouldn't be offered to users via Microsoft's update service before the service pack is finished next year.

"XP SP3 2ill be added to WU [Windows Update] in 1H '08," she said in an e-mail late Tuesday.

The download weighed in at about 336MB, but when SP3 is offered through Windows Update, the installation file will be much smaller -- around 70MB.

Even though the release candidate can be installed by anyone running XP SP2, Microsoft warned off casual users from trying the preview. "As this is a release candidate, we strongly encourage only those who are comfortable installing pre-release code to download Windows XP SP3," said the spokeswoman.

The spokeswoman also confirmed that the final version of Windows XP SP3 remains slated for delivery in the first half of 2008.
Significance of SP3

Recently, Microsoft downplayed the significance of Windows XP SP3. In a white paper posted to its Web site, the company praised Windows Vista at XP's expense, reminding users that Vista boasted beefed-up security, for instance. The spokeswoman also chimed in. "Windows XP SP3 does not bring significant portions of Windows Vista functionality to Windows XP," she said.

That may be so, but according to a Florida performance testing software developer, XP SP3 is not only 10% faster than XP SP2, but more than twice as fast as Vista SP1, claims that Microsoft disparaged within days.

XP SP3, in fact, is the newest version of Vista's biggest rival, according to Forrester Research. U.S. and European businesses will delay Vista deployment, Forrester analyst Benjamin Gray said a month ago, in part because of application incompatibility problems unheard of in XP. "That's causing a lot of XP shops to take a wait-and-see approach to Vista," said Gray then.

Windows XP debuted in October 2001 and was last updated as SP2 in August 2004; SP3 will be the final major upgrade of the operating system.
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Article Courtesy of PC World

Download Link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&displaylang=en
(Note, will also auto download if you use Windows Updates)

Knoc

#395 Knoctur_nal, May 21, 2008
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Ripped from Engadget:

OLPC-XO 2.0

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Just when it looked like OLPC was finally getting at least one foot firmly grounded in reality with the upcoming Windows XP version of its low-priced XO, Nick Neg takes things back into the stratosphere with the unveiling of the XO 2.0. Due in 2010, the new laptop will employ dual sunlight-readable touchscreen displays in a smaller, folding e-book form factor. Sure, it looks totally amazing, but we'll believe it when we see it. As if that weren't ambitious enough, Nick calls a $20 pricepoint per display not out of the question, thanks to the ubiquity of LCD screens for DVD players, with a final laptop price of $75. Sure Nick, but 2010? Let's work on getting the XO down to $100 first, shall we? Oh, and speaking of the XO, the Give 1 Get 1 program will be started back up in August or September of this year. There's just never a dull moment with these folks.
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#396 Knoctur_nal, May 21, 2008
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About XP SP3, I'm reading here that SP3 isn't good for AMD machines:

XP Service Pack 3 Kills AMD Machines

Windows XP Service Pack 3 finally arrived to our computers this week… And is now killing AMD machines, according to Jesper Johansson, former program manager for security policy at Microsoft.

The problem relates to machines with SP3 installed rebooting and then not allowing users to get so much as Safe Mode. The problem is mainly affecting AMD users who bought their machines from HP. Johansson attributes the problem to the way that HP puts images of Windows onto its machines, using the same copy for both Intel and AMD boxes.

"Because the image for both Intel and AMD is the same all have the intelppm.sys driver installed and running. That driver provides power management on Intel-based computers. On an AMD-based computer, amdk8.sys provides the same functionality," says Johansson.

Some other OEM’s beside HP have the same practice, and presumably their users will be seeing the same issue.

There is another problem with SP3 that has not yet been tracked down to anything so specific that is causing random hangs and system crashes, though at least one can get into Windows itself (unlike the lucky AMD users.)

Windows service packs causing mayhem and havoc is not a new phenomenon – indeed, AMD machines got hit with a similar bug back in 2000 when any machine running over 350 MHz crashed and burned after a new service pack was released – and we may wait a few weeks for all of the kinks to get sorted out.
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source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-XP-SP3,5334.html

toughts?

Guess I can't install SP3 on my laptop =(

#397 Dan, May 21, 2008
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Oddly enough i was just reading about that AMD glitch and came about this over at Geek.com:
http://www.geek.com/xp-service-pack-3-reboot-fix/

#398 Knoctur_nal, May 21, 2008
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Engadget

Dell Mini Inspiron

Thinking of a new Eee PC or maybe Wind laptop? Hold up, Dell's about to loose this baby on the sub-$500 mini-laptop world. All we've got are these pictures for now but the specs can't be far behind. Even the name "mini-Inspiron" comes from the file name of the Dell-supplied pics. However, if what we've already heard holds up, then we're looking at 8.9-inches dolled up in a sub-$500 price tag with a choice of both Windows XP Home or Ubuntu Linux, 8-in-1 card reader, integrated webcam, direct media playback buttons, and a "host of wireless access options." Expect more next week as the Computex show kicks off.
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Pics found here:
http://gizmodo.com/393815/exclusive-dell-mini-inspiron-their-first-mini-laptop

Very curious to see how this develops.

Knoc

#399 Knoctur_nal, May 29, 2008
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that new pc from dell looks nice, it might be worth considering if its in the sub 500 market

#400 tonkachi, May 29, 2008

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