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Free music and free players from Napster. As a promotion.

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Napster To Go allows customers to move an unlimited number of tracks from Napster's catalog of 1 million songs to any compatible MP3 player, though the songs are playable only as long as the user keeps paying a monthly subscription fee of $14.95. The service was launched in February, as part of Napster's bid to take share away from Apple Comupter's iTunes, the market leader. The free offer will be available at venues in Austin, Texas; Los Angeles; New York; and Nashville, Tenn. The company said it will offer free music along with music players from iRiver, Creative and Dell. Click here for details on the venues and dates.

Microsoft slow to create interoperability code in its own products.

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At its annual Convergence conference here on Monday, Microsoft laid out a plan that will get the company there--eventually. Befitting the event's coastal California locale, Microsoft Senior Vice President Doug Burgum laid out a plan where the commonality will come to the disparate products in a series of waves.

Ohio pushes for eBay Licensing.

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Besides costing $200 and posting a $50,000 bond, the license requires a one-year apprenticeship to a licensed auctioneer, acting as a bid-caller in 12 auctions, attending an approved auction school, passing a written and oral exam. Failure to get a license could result in the seller being fined up to $1,000 and jailed for a maximum of 90 days.

VoIP Cell Phones. The already crappy cellular calling meets the crappiness of the Internet, a perfect match.

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The pairing is further evidence of the collision course of cell phones and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which is software that lets a broadband connection also act as a phone line. VoIP has already replaced about a million traditional wireline home phones, and is growing at a rate of about 7 million new home lines a year, according to some analysts. For cell phone operators, VoIP is a likely add-on to wireless broadband services, another avenue of attack the Bell operators stranglehold on the home phone market.

Think Secret vs Apple, Toss it out.

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Lawyers for Think Secret publisher Nick Ciarelli are asking a judge to throw out an Apple Computer lawsuit that charges the Mac enthusiast site withh violating trade secret law in reporting details about an unreleased audio device. In support of its motion to dismiss, Think Secret has filed statements from journalism professor Thomas Goldstein of the University of California at Berkeley and former San Jose Mercury News columnist Dan Gillmor, discussing the First Amendment implications of the case.

I'm still looking for people to help out with the news and articles on the site. If you are interested, please shoot me an email. aron@aselabs.com

Ruling allows Apple to view sources of websites.

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In a case with implications for the freedom to blog, a San Jose judge tentatively ruled Thursday that Apple Computer can force three online publishers to surrender the names of confidential sources who disclosed information about the company's upcoming products. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg refused to extend to the Web sites a protection that shields journalists from revealing the names of unidentified sources or turning over unpublished material.

Choicepoint exits some information gathering.

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Atlanta-based ChoicePoint provides consumer data services to insurance companies, other businesses and government agencies. Going forward, it will only sell personal information if the data is neeeded for one of three general reasons: to support consumer-driven transactions necessary to maintain relationships such as those with insurers or employers, or to provide consumers access to their own data; to provide authentication or fraud-prevention tools to large, accredited corporate customers where consumers have existing relationships; or to assist federal, state and local government and criminal justice agencies.

Rambus vs Infineon case dismissed.

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Judge Robert Payne of the U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., dismissed all of Rambus's remaining patent claims in the case, representatives of the companies said. Rambus general counsel John Danforth said in a statement that Rambus feels it has "a strong case on appeal."

Look up, see Mercury.

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Currently, Mercury is visible about 45 minutes after sunset, very near to the horizon, just to the south (left) of due west. Yet, if your sky is clear and there are no tall obstructions to your view (like trees or buildings) you should have no trouble in seeing it as a very bright "star" shining with just a trace of a yellowish-orange tinge.

I want one of these electic bikes.

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In September, two of India's largest bike manufacturers will come out with bikes equipped with the company's AH300 motor, which will run for 35 kilometers (21.75 miles) on a single charge and run at a top speed of 25kph (16 mph). Billionaire Sir Richard Branson auctioned off the first two prototype bikes at a charity event in 2004.

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Starting next week, there will be more content (including reviews, news, and article) from this and all sister sites. To help with this, we need more people to post news and some articles. If you are opinionated and want to write columns about tech or whatever, shoot me an email. aron@aselabs.com. If you want to help post news, send me an email. Any help would be appreciated greatly.

CA fixes security flaw in its products.

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Simon Perry, a vice president in security strategy at CA, said the company has been working closely with eEye Digital Security and iDefense on identifying the vulnerabilities and testing the patches for robustness. If exploited, the flaws could enable malicious third parties to run code on a compromised machine.

PC to copy Mac Mini?

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It's unlikely that Intel itself would build such a device. The chipmaker often uses its twice-yearly developer events to try to spur creativity among computer makers. Past efforts have seen PCs twisted into all sorts of shapes and even embedded in an Ottoman foot rest.

Face recognition for your cell phone.

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The user configures the software by taking a reference picture of themselves. Thereafter, in order to unlock and use the phone, they must snap another picture of their own face, which the software compares to the original. Authentication happens "within a second" of snapping the picture, Omron says (on some processors).

Linux 2.6.11 released.

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Ok,
there it is. Only small stuff lately - as promised. Shortlog from -rc5 appended, nothing exciting there, mostly some fixes from various code checkers (like fixed init sections, and some coverity tool finds). So it's now _officially_ all bug-free.

Safety ools for the new Shuttle launch.

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Discovery’s two spacewalkers, Soichi Noguchi of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut corps and NASA’s Stephen Robinson, plan to test at least two techniques to repair the array of tiles and reinforced carbon carbon (RCC) panels that protect space shuttles from the heat of reentry.

iPod Linux.

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They adapted the component that generates clicks - or "squeaks" - as a user scrolls through the on-screen menu in order to extract vital information from the latest generation of the device. This allowed them to install an alternative operating system and make their iPods run games and other new programs.

Where's all the RFID standards?

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Based on UHF signals, the second-generation standard ensures that RFID (radio frequency identification) tags and readers work globally. The standard was released in December and has been submitted for certification to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Check out my review of another useless mod product. »http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=160

Commercial space travel by start of 2007. I'd love to go into space.

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The spaceliner’s first commercial passenger flight is projected to be early 2007. The plan calls for Rocketplane XP to depart from the Oklahoma Spaceport located in Burns Flat and whisk customers skyward to over 60 miles (100 kilometers) above Earth. At that height, a spectacular view is promised, along with "over the top" weightlessness for up to four minutes. The company also envisions transporting innovative scientific experiments and valuable payloads to sub-orbital space and beyond.

Apple drops firewire cable from iPod boxes.

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Although Apple's embrace has been gradual over several years, it is still a big shift for a company that helped develop the standard behind FireWire, technically known as IEEE 1394, and has been one of its biggest proponents.

Microsoft appologizes. It doesn't matter what for, just that they did!

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"Microsoft has posted a notice on the Web sites of Microsoft Netherlands and Microsoft Belgium that includes an appeal to download the new version of Windows AntiSpyware and provides an apology for the difficulty this issue may have caused Startpagina.nl and its users," the representative said.

AMD demos the dual core Athlon.

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The dual-core Athlon 64 is being fabricated in a 90 nm semiconductor process at AMD's new manufacturing facility in Dresden, Germany. Today's announcement is the latest in a long-running battle of one-upmanship between AMD and Intel. The two companies have been vying for multicore mindshare since last year, when both firms pledged to release dual-core versions of their respective processors.

An analyst downgrades search engine companies.

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Shares of both companies fell roughly 5 percent each in late morning trading, pushing Yahoo to $30.49 a share and Google to $185.25. The broader markets, however, were up during morning trading. "We had hoped that momentum in paid search from the fourth quarter would carry through to first-quarter results," Jordan Rohan, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, said in his research note on Yahoo. "But now we believe otherwise."

How about using wind to power your cell phone?

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The specially designed turbine, which costs about Rs 200 to be developed inside a laboratory, is so small that it could be easily kept in a pocket, he said.

The Musketeer 2 fits in a 5.25" drive bay and gives you some feedback about your hard drive and speaker utilization. I am deeply disappointed with this unit. Why does quality control mean so little in this day and age? Read on...Next Page »

Once again, most of these are coming from the all new (beta) RSS Aggregator on ASEville! Here are my feeds. »http://www.aseville.com/userrss.php?userid=1 Feel free to add as many as you like yourself!

Apple doesn't support its resellers?

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The resellers also claim that Apple ensured its own stores' shelves were stocked more plentifully and ahead of resellers'. Apple also stands accused of deliberately undercutting the resellers' prices and failing to extend warranties while its products were being repaired, according to reports.

Intel releases new CPU type. The CPU contains some x86-64 stuff from AMD and also contains SpeedStep.

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Intel introduced a line of Pentium 4 desktop chips Sunday that contain 2MB of secondary cache, twice as much as current Pentium 4s, as well as technology from its notebook line that's designed to cut power consumption. Larger caches, a pool of memory located on the processor, generally improve performance.

Google's toolbar turns Microsoftish.

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Google, the world's most widely used search engine, denied that the AutoLink feature is an attempt to control which destinations Web surfers visit. People can already choose between several map services, including Yahoo and MapQuest, and choices for book retailers may be added in the future, a company representative said on Friday.

South Korea leads in broadband.

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That's easier to understand when you learn that South Korea is the most Internet-connected country in the world. That connectedness makes it very simple to play real-time online strategy games like Starcraft. From gaming rooms filled with high-end PCs to locals speaking freely about downloading movies, it's clear that the Internet is firmly entrenched in most South Koreans' daily lives.

Ice on Mars!

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A frozen sea, surviving as blocks of pack ice, may lie just beneath the surface of Mars, suggest observations from Europe's Mars Express spacecraft. The sea is just 5° north of the Martian equator and would be the first discovery of a large body of water beyond the planet's polar ice caps.

Intel makes the TCP/IP stack easy.

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The problems in question relate to network slowdowns that occur as servers try to crunch through the TCP/IP stack. Customers often find that their servers spend an inordinate amount of time dealing with network traffic when they should be hammering away on application data. To that end, a number of companies such as Adaptec and Alacritech have developed TOE cards or TCP/IP Offload Engines. These cards plug into servers or storage systems and handle much of the network traffic.

Group says there are too many Open Source Licenses. I agree.

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Incompatible licenses among different products prevent people from sharing code from different open-source projects. Having too many licenses complicates potential sales to corporate customers, which may have to do extensive legal reviews and manage multiple kinds of open-source contracts. "It's confusing as hell to explain to customers," said Michael Olson, CEO of open-source database company Sleepycat Software. "It's confusing…because we are just wrapping our heads around what (different licenses) mean to us as businesspeople."

Symantec isn't afraid of Microsoft.

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Company CEO John Thompson, speaking at a keynote speech and roundtable at RSA Conference 2005 here, said that Symantec would rely on the capabilities of its products to fend off the challenge. He said he would not rely on antitrust regulators, who keep an eye on Microsoft and the products it bundles in with its operating system.

Robo soldiers prep for battle soon.

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The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade, hunting and killing enemies in combat. Robots are a crucial part of the Army's effort to rebuild itself as a 21st-century fighting force, and a $127 billion project called Future Combat Systems is the biggest military contract in American history.

IE 7 announced, beta due this year.

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A beta, or test, version of Internet Explorer 7 will debut this summer, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect said in a keynote address at the RSA Conference 2005 here. The company had said that it would not ship a new IE version before the next major update to Windows, code-named Longhorn, arrives next year. In announcing the plan, Gates acknowledged something that many outside the company had been arguing for some time--that the browser itself has become a security risk.

Antispyware from Microsoft will be free to home users.

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The initiative is part of Microsoft's efforts to strengthen security for home and business users of its Windows desktop software. Consumers are not always aware of the dangers of such threats as spyware, viruses and "phishing." A study published last October found that more than 80 percent of consumers had been infected by spyware.

Koyo Protocol comes is active today.

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Some 141 countries, accounting for 55% of greenhouse gas emissions, have ratified the treaty, which pledges to cut these emissions by 5.2% by 2012.

SHA-1 hash scheme broken.

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This attack builds on previous attacks on SHA-0 and SHA-1, and is a major, major cryptanalytic result. It pretty much puts a bullet into SHA-1 as a hash function for digital signatures (although it doesn't affect applications such as HMAC where collisions aren't important). The paper isn't generally available yet. At this point I can't tell if the attack is real, but the paper looks good and this is a reputable research team.

New type of rock on Mars.

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Observations by Spirit show the rock contains significant amounts of the minerals olivine, pyroxene and magnetite, all of which are common in some types of volcanic rock. The rock's texture appears to be sand-size grains coated with a material loosely binding the rock together.

11% of America have iPods or MP3 players.

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While one in five people under the age of 30 have an iPod or other MP3 player, the number dropped to one in seven in the 30-to-39 and 40-to-48 age groups.

Many of these stories are coming from the RSS aggregator I'm making for ASEville.

Lokitorrent gets shutdown.

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Hard numbers on the site's traffic are hard to come by. However, according to researchers at the Delft University of Technology, LokiTorrent was responsible for more than 800,000 downloads in the month of October alone. MPAA executives said the information could "quite possibly" lead to lawsuits against individuals. "This should give us information about LokiTorrent visitors who were involved in flagrant piracy of filmed entertainment," said John Malcom, director of worldwide piracy operations for the MPAA. "We are going to look at all the information...and decide what the appropriate action is to take."

In case you didn't hear, HP's CEO has stepped down. Now the company will be broken into a bunch of smaller pieces.

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Corporate reorganization has been the dominant constant in the past five and a half years at HP. First came the attempted buyout of PriceWaterhouseCoopers for $18 billion in 2000, in an attempt to better compete with IBM. High-end consulting services--that was the thing that would boost HP's profits. IBM later grabbed the company for about a third of the price.

Will cars drive themselves?

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Among the technologies being looked at for the intermediate future are radar-and-camera systems that warn drivers of objects in their blind spot or ahead on the road. For instance, Hattori showed off a concept called Night View in which a near infrared camera captures images of people, animals or objects in the road beyond what can be seen with headlights. NEC, meanwhile, provided details on sensor systems that give visual information to drivers.

Dell see profits grow.

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At market close Thursday, Dell reported net income for the quarter of $667 million, or 26 cents per share, following a one-time tax charge related to the American Jobs Creation Act, which allows corporations to repatriate foreign earnings at a reduced tax rate. Without the charge, Dell posted a higher-than-expected profit of $947 million, or 37 cents, for the quarter. That's up from $749 million, or 29 cents, a year ago.

I'll be putting some content up this week. Keep watching this space.

iPod is a hit at Microsoft's conference.

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One thing that many of the exhibitors had in common was the raffle prize item they used to lure people to their booths: Apple Computer's iPod. "Win an iPod," boasts a sign at the Kinitos booth. Ditto at PreEmptive Solutions. Business Objects tried to one-up the others by offering a first prize of an iPod plus $10 worth of iTunes.

HP's CEO steps down.

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The departure of Fiorina, who came to the company in 1999 from Lucent Technologies, comes as HP struggles to achieve consistent growth in its financial performance, particularly in its enterprise group. The company reorganized last month, combining its PC and printer units.

Cars and Viruses. This is a problem.

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Watch out for viruses that spread to mobile phones, handheld computers, wireless networks and embedded computers which are increasingly used to run basic automobile functions, the 2004 year-end "Security Threats and Attack Trends Report" report warns. Then again, the readiness of individuals and companies to confront these challenges has also evolved, the study said.

Remember to head to Windowsupdate and get patch.

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"This is their second-largest bulletin release since they started doing these monthly updates, except for the 24 bulletins they released last year," said Vincent Gullotto, vice president of the antivirus emergency response team for security specialist McAfee. "But it's common to see this kind of ratio of critical bulletins." Among the patches is a significant cumulative fix to resolve some of the underlying vulnerabilities of IE that have already been made public. Microsoft said those flaws have not yet been widely exploited.

Atomic clocks in cell phones soon.

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Miniature, energy-efficient atomic clocks could help improve the performance of a number of devices because signals could be more easily coordinated. A cell phone could acquire signals much more rapidly, as well as block out unwanted signals. The Global Positioning System now can take minutes to acquire the necessary signals to pinpoint location.

Microsoft is buying Sybari Software which makes a security scanner for exchange.

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The Sybari acquisition will produce Microsoft's first official separate paid antivirus offering, said Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit. Sybari has about 10,000 clients and is based in East Northport, N.Y. Its software scans businesses' e-mail to try to ward off attacks.

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You know, I typed up a rather large news post earlier today, and I hit preview and not submit and went off the page. I basically wasted my life in those 15 minutes. Dammit. That's okay, there's more interesting news now.

Study finds few bugs in MySQL.

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Coverity's analysis of MySQL found an average of one bug in every 4,000 lines of code--results that are at least four times better than is typical with commercial software.

Magic lights that turn off when you leave. Ohh wait, we have that already.

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The sensor systems essentially monitor activity and traffic in rooms. If people--which, to a sensor, are just blobs--leave, the sensors send a signal to the network to turn down or turn off the lights. Creating mesh networks for connecting sensors and integrating the sensors into existing building lighting systems are some of the technical challenges.

Kazaa's employees hate installing Kazaa on their computers. Adware is the complaint.

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The adware "slows down users' machines and can affect other activity such as browsing the Internet," Morle wrote. "We are also adding increasing p2p networks to the users' machines. These are good value to users but they use more resources and create confusion for users as to what resources they are sharing and where this can be controlled."

And how about the 13 flaws to be patched by Microsoft.

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There will be 13 updates in total, Microsoft said. That includes a critical flaw affecting Office and Visual Studio, and another critical flaw involving Windows, Windows Media Player and MSN Messenger. Also on the way are a patch for an "important" vulnerability in .Net Framework and a fix for "moderate" problems with SharePoint Services and Office.

Mine is bigger than yours? No, it's HUGE. HVD promises to put a TB (1024GB) on a disk.

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A TB-size disc would certainly compress movie collections. The consortium said an HVD disc could hold as much data as 200 standard DVDs and transfer data at over 1 gigabit per second, or 40 times faster than a DVD. HVD is a possible successor to technologies such as Blu-ray and HD DVD. Single layer Blu-ray discs hold about 25GB of data while dual-layer discs hold 50GB. Ordinary DVD discs, meanwhile, hold about 4.7GB. HVD technology will be pitched at corporations and the entertainment market, the HVD Alliance said.

Even the FBI gets hit with problems once and awhile.

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The bureau is investigating whether someone hacked into the http://www.fbi.gov e-mail system, which is run by a private company, officials said. "We use these accounts to communicate with you folks, view internet sites, and conduct other non-sensitive bureau business such as sending out press releases," Special Agent Steve Lazarus, the FBI's media coordinator in Atlanta, said in an e-mail describing the problem.

Spam not only tastes like crap, but it costs companies nearly $22 Billion per year.

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A telephone-based survey of adults who use the Internet found that more than three-quarters receive spam daily. The average spam messages per day is 18.5 and the average time spent per day deleting them is 2.8 minutes.

The new MSN search, will it overthrow Google? No, but it is a step in the right direction.

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After investing hundreds of millions of dollars into search technology and marketing, Microsoft definitely considers this a battle which can be won. Granted, the spoils of the search engine market will never be completely in one victor's pocket... that is, unless there's such an allure to one that washes out the others - much like Google on Altavista and Excite@Home.

If you are in the NJ area, make sure you hit up the Loop Lounge in Passaic tonight. http://www.thejessieproject.com

Altoids MP3 player. The box.

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"People put a lot of interesting stuff in Altoids tins," Fried said. "Usually it's one of two options, either drugs or condoms." ... Actually, said Chris Peddy, marketing director at Callard & Bowser-Suchard, which makes Altoids, the tins are far more useful than that, and have been for a long time.

Printable food. I hate sushi.

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Sometimes he seasons the menus to taste like the main courses. Recently, he used dehydrated squash and sour cream powders to match a soup entree. He also prepares edible photographs flavored to fit a theme: an image of a cow, for example, might taste like filet mignon.

Looks like MSN Messenger has a few more vulnerabilities.

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Biviano said this variant of Bropia can easily be avoided, because it exploits vulnerabilities that could have been patched months ago and relies on people opening a file through MSN Messenger. He advises people to only open files received through the instant messaging program if they are expected--even if they are from a contact. It is very possible that the file is being sent unbeknown to that person, he said.

PDA Sales fall again.

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For the fourth successive quarter in 2004, sales declined on a year-over-year basis to 2.8 million units, the market researcher said Wednesday. For the full year, the figure was 9.2 million units, compared with 10.6 million units in 2003. This is the third successive year of decline since the market's peak in 2001, IDC said.

EU Software Patent proposal gets thrown out. Software patents in this country are becoming worse and worse.

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The co-ordinators of the responsible committee of legal affairs of the EU parliament pointed the way for a restart of the proceedings concerning the directive of "computer-implemented inventions" this evening. "We decided more or less unanimously, with only two abstentions, that our president [i.e. President of the EP] will move for a new conferral", SPE-coordinator Maria Berger told heise online after the conference which had lasted three hours. As soon as President Joseb Borell complies with the urging of the committee, the Commission is exhorted to deal with the directive again. Specifically, the Commission is expected to send the draft to the EP once again or to present a new one.

Where did the matter in the universe go to? I'm always interested in discussions about dark matter and such.

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The lost matter could amount to about half of all the ordinary matter in the universe. Ordinary matter -- stars, planets, everything on Earth -- accounts for only 5 percent of what cosmologists believe exists. The rest is invisible dark matter and a mysterious force known as dark energy.

If you like free stuff, make sure to sign up for the Crucial DDR2 giveaway: http://www.crucial.com/gamer It is the 'cool' RAM with the LEDs on it to show you stuff. Anyway, just remember to select that you heard it at ASE Labs.

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Crucial is giving away two chillin' prize packages to get your project rolling. Our Icebox Cool Case Giveaway gives you a shot at winning one of two desktop cases from Clear Computer Case, plus two sticks of 1GB Ballistix Tracer DDR2 memory to go in it! ... To get your name into the drawing, just complete the form below before midnight on February 28, 2005. Two winners will be selected in a random drawing and announced on March 8, 2005. Good luck!

Google has received approval to become a domain name registrar. Google and the Internet are becoming what Microsoft and the desktop are. I don't like the direction this is heading in.

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Google is now an ICANN-accredited registrar of domain names, providing it with yet another potential line of expansion. The fast-growing search provider is approved to sell names in seven top-level domains (TLDs) including .com, .net, .org, .biz., info, .name and .pro.

Top five brands, Apple is on top.

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n the survey of almost 2,000 ad executives, brand managers and academics by online magazine Brandchannel, Apple ousted search engine Google from last year's top spot, but the surprise to many will be al-Jazeera's entry into the top five.

RFID car keys aren't that secure. Most new cars come with the keyed system.

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The "immobilizer" technology used in the keys has been an enormous success. Texas Instruments alone has its chips in an estimated 150 million keys. Replacing the key on newer cars can cost hundreds of dollars, but the technology is credited with greatly reducing auto theft. Early versions of in-key chips were relatively easy to clone, but the Texas Instruments chips are considered to be among the best. Still, the amount of computing the chip can do is restricted by the fact that it has no power of its own; it builds a slight charge from an electromagnetic field from the car's transmitter.

When I search, I want what is relevant dammit!

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Initiatives focused on the push to create a more personalized search engine are already under way at all of the companies represented here. The experts said that garnering more involvement from people doing searches, and convincing those people to trust the companies with greater amounts of personal data, will be crucial to future search technology.

The $100 mass produced PC?

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The low-cost computer will have a 14-inch color screen, AMD chips, and will run Linux software, Mr. Negroponte said during an interview Friday with Red Herring at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. AMD is separately working on a cheap desktop computer for emerging markets. It will be sold to governments for wide distribution.

Why Apple's have one button mice.

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I kid you not, ten times a day I would talk to someone who has never right clicked in their life. After they first do it, they will ASK YOU EVERY TIME if they should right click or left click. Now, though we may not be the typical computer user, Apple is always concerned with creating a user experience that is as intuitive as possible. Giving the average person a right mouse button is like giving a bald man a comb.

In case you're wondering, there will be updates to the CES coverage currently up. Also, there will be some new content soon.

Microsoft must meet with DOJ about Longhorn's development.

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For some months now, the Department of Justice and several states have been reviewing plans for the new OS, which is slated to ship next year. Microsoft has already scaled back several key features of Longhorn, including an all-new file system, that were to have been part of the OS. The Justice Department and the state attorneys general have submitted a list of issues on which they want more information, and Microsoft has agreed to regular briefings, with the first of those taking place in February.

RealNetworks sees growth, but is at a loss due to the case against Microsoft.

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The company said it lost 1 cent per share on revenue of $72.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2004, compared with a 3-cent loss on revenue of $54.1 million in the same period a year earlier. Excluding the expenses of the company's antitrust litigation against Microsoft, the company said it earned a profit of a penny per share for the quarter.

Trojan hides in Microsoft looking email.

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The attached executable file, named Windowsupdate.rar, appears to be a Windows archive file, a format used to install code on PCs. Antivirus company Symantec said the file is not listed in the virus database, so it's unclear whether the file is a virus, a prank or any other kind of attack.

Speakeasy packages Firefox in ISP package.

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The Speakeasy version of Firefox, announced Tuesday, is not different from what the public can download for free. All of Firefox's features, such as tabbed browsing and pop-up blocking, are included in the software.

Animal-Human Chimeras. I hate this stuff.

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But creating human-animal chimeras—named after a monster in Greek mythology that had a lion's head, goat's body, and serpent's tail—has raised troubling questions: What new subhuman combination should be produced and for what purpose? At what point would it be considered human? And what rights, if any, should it have?

New space suits on the horizon.

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The ultimate goal of this concept is a symbiotic interaction of astronaut and spacesuit like that between humans and terrestrial plants in which the astronaut’s waste carbon dioxide and water vapor are converted back into respirable oxygen in the suit walls using environmental energy sources.

Take Two has followed suit of EA and tied up a seven year deal with Major League Baseball for exclusive rights to all MLBPA players' likenesses. Does this "new" trend of companies locking up exclusive rights bother ANYONE else? This used to be the case way back in the day when likenesses of certain athletes were signed to a specific company, such as Michael Jordan with EA many years ago. This trend is going to ruin all forms of competition because nowadays gamers aren't looking to play with fictional characters, they want to play as the real sports players. Companies need to grow up and care about the long-run consequences of trying up an entire sport with one company, as it will eventually lead to staleness and lack of enthusiasm for upcoming product, and therefore lower sales. When companies compete, consumers win. I don't know about you, but I'm not looking forward to the next 5 years of NFL games or the next 7 years of MLB video games, not that I ever looked forward to baseball games to be quite honest.

Mac mini hits retail.

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With both products, Apple is aiming to offer less costly versions of existing products in an effort to gain more mass appeal. The effort has shown early success, with multiweek waits for online orders of both the Shuffle and the Mac Mini.

Firefox continues gains from IE. Firefox is awesome.

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Mozilla, an open-source software foundation formed by Netscape, launched Firefox 1.0 in November, after recording more than 8 million downloads of its test version. As downloads continued to surge, measurement firms such as WebSideStory and Dutch market researcher OneStat.com began releasing data tracking Firefox gains and IE declines. In December, OneStat reported that IE's market share had slipped to 88.9 percent, a figure Microsoft disputed.

RIM loses pantent suit in US, says they're in Canada.

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This month, RIM made an unusual request. It wanted the appeals court to take another look at the company's argument that the limits of the border of the United States mean that NTP's patents simply do not apply to the BlackBerry system.

K-Meleon .9 is release. Faster than Firefox? I'll check it out.

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"K-Meleon 0.9 is the latest release of the fast and customizable browser that can be used instead of Internet Explorer on Windows. Powered by the same Gecko engine (1.7.5) as the Firefox and Mozilla browsers, K-Meleon provides users with a secure browsing experience."

Well, the Gods of Stupidity and Money Wasting have teamed up once again to offer the latest handheld gaming device to the masses: the Pocket Famicom. To those of you who don't know this (which is probably very few people who read news on this site), the Famicom is the Japanese name for what is States-side called the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES. Lik-Sang has brought us the portable solution to those of us that are still blowing in their old NES game slots to make their games work; this new portable system can also be connected to a TV to function essentially as another NES console. Don't get me wrong, but with the PSP, playing what are still considered top-of-the-line games, coming out and the DS playing nearly flawless SNES converts, why would someone pay the $80 price tag to buy a system that makes you carry around retardedly large cartridges that have much smaller conversions of the better games thanks to Nintendo's new "classic" line of games released for the GBA?

The Pocket Famicom can be seen here.

MSI Geforce 6600GT @ PCStats.

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MSI's new NX6600GT-VTD128 AGP videocard is compatible with 8x/4x AGP motherboards only, and will not physically fit in AGP 2X or earlier slots. It comes equipped with 128MB of Samsung GDDR3 BGA memory on a 128-bit memory bus. At 900MHz, the MSI NX6600GT-VTD12's memory is clocked 50 Mhz slower than the Albatron Trinity 6600GT AGP card we reviewed recently, and a full 100Mhz slower than the Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D's memory. We'll see later if this has any impact on benchmark performance. For the multimedia enthusiasts out there, the NX6600GT-VTD128 is fully VIVO compatible.

Corsair PC3200 XL @ VL.

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The benchmarks really didn't give us any surprises as higher frequencies equals better performance. The focus of the review today was simply the overclocking, and the new TWINX1024-3200XL v1.2 brought it in spades. The new PCB was the deciding factor here as we've reached overclocks that were unattainable with Corsair's earlier XL kit.

Albatron 6600GT @ 3DX.

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Today 3DXtreme is presenting our latest review of the Albatron Trinity Geforce 6600GT AGP Video Card. The Nvidia 6600GT AGP chipset has arrived on the scene and we’ve put it through the paces to see how it performs in the mainstream market. This card features 8 Pixel Pipelines, 128MB of DDR3 memory, 500MHZ Core Clock Speed as well as VGA Out, TV-Out, DVI and support for HDTV. Targeted directly at the heart of the mainstream market this chipset is out to steal the crown from the much loved ATI 9800 series. The 6600GT AGP is the PCI-E chipset with an added unit that ports to AGP.

Albatron 6600GT @ PCStats.

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The Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP is only compatible with 1.5V 4x/8x AGP motherboards and it's physically impossible to insert this videocard into a 2x only AGP slot. If you tried to force it, you'd only damage both the videocard and the motherboard (and possibly yourself). The Trinity 6600GT AGP sports 128MB of Samsung BGA DDR3 memory, and uses a 128-bit memory bus; which is enough memory for today's most demanding games.

ATI X800 Pro @ VL.

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The X800 Pro is definitely no slouch. Smooth performance in most games with the image quality turned up and the resolution maxed is something to be proud of. Based on our results, we have no problems recommending this card to our readers. While some benchmarks have shown the 6800 GT to be faster, the actual gaming experiences with the X800 Pro were positive.

PDP PC4200 @ Techniz.

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The PDP Patriot’s DDR2 4200+ memory module is a very overclockable especially at the aggressive timing. These dual channels DDR2 RAM are able to run at tight timing which is the best and basic requirement for a good memory module. As for the performance, with the slightly loosen the CAS Latency, the RAM was able to hit 334MHz which is equal to DDR 668. That was an excellent result. According to the specification sheet, this pair of RAM is able to reach DDR700.

ATI AIW X600 Pro @ Designtechnica.

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ATI’s All-In-Wonder X600 Pro improves upon its predecessors in many ways and falls short in others. By combining gaming and multimedia benefits into a single card, owners of PCI-Express based systems can have the best of both worlds for an affordable price. ATI has improved the dongle which you use for audio/video connections by allowing it to physically screw into the card to make it more secure. There are also plenty of audio and video connections to make the casual user very happy. Hardcore gamers or multimedia buffs will want to upgrade to the X800 XT All-In-Wonder card which includes support for component video output, a faster processor and their Remote Wonder remote control.

Albatron 6600GT @ VR-Zone.

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From a stock core clock speed of 500MHz and memory speed of 1GHz, we were able to overclock the core 52MHz and memory 120MHz. We're comparing these overclocked results to what we got from the XFX, and as you can see from the graphs below we were able to get 8MHz increase in core and 26MHz increase in memory speeds over the XFX GeForce 6600GT card. Albatron's use of a custom heatsink fan and memory sinks have significantly helped the overclockability of the card..

Intel Sonoma Centrino @ Hexus.

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Today sees the birth of Sonoma - Centrino 2 if you will – Intel’s next generation mobile platform which has been refined and sees some of Intel’s recent desktop technologies put into it. These are carried to Sonoma using the i915 core logic as a base. Sonoma also demands the use of the next generation Pentium-M CPU (Dothan), Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG or 2915ABG WiFi module, and Intel state that this new module supports new software which gives tightened security and easier configuration.

Sapphire X700Pro @ Pimprig.

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Too bad Sapphire didn't stick with the black PCB that they used on the X600 Pro. The X700 has a blue PCB with a matching aluminum GPU cooler (held on by simple plastic posts) as well as matching aluminum RAM sinks. I was really happy to see them include the RAM sinks on this card since, like I mentioned earlier, the RAM on this card should overclock well.

HIS X600 XT @ Legitreviews.

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With the release of numerous new Gaming titles like Doom III and Half-Life 2, we return to our video card stock pile, find the HIS X600 XT and decide to take it through our gauntlet of benchmarks. With a challenge from ASUS' AGP 9600XT, the HIS PCI-E card shows what it could do in your new system!

AOL tries new search engine.

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With one of the enhancements already available at AOL Search, the company has added a clustering technology to automatically organize relevant search results by topics. That information is displayed alongside the list of general Web search results and is designed to reduce the need to wade through a long list.

CableCards to replace set-top boxes soon.

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CableCard is meant to replace set-top boxes. But it does not yet replicate all set-top box functions. Notably, you can't yet use CableCard for services that require two-way interactivity, such as accessing your cable company's interactive programming guide or purchasing pay-per-view programs. Also, equipment that was made before the CableCard specification was created won't work with CableCard. That includes all current TiVo models.

Centrino for Linux, with Intel's approval. Big news for open source fans.

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The reason for the change: With the release of the 2.6.8 Linux kernel, the open-source operating system's power management abilities now meet Intel's requirements for Centrino notebook battery life, said Karen Regis, manager of mobile programs and promotions at the chipmaker.

Thinksecrect author finds lawyer to defend.

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Think Secret and dePlume were sued over a number of articles, including several that predicted products that Apple in fact did introduce at last week's Macworld Expo. Among the products that the site forecasted were Apple's iWork office software, an update to iLife and a sub-$500 Mac.

Buy in the US, use in the US.

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Mr. Caine fell foul of a little-noticed trend: Some consumer-electronics companies are designing products so they will work only in the U.S. For example, some of the latest printers from Hewlett-Packard Co. refuse to print if they aren't fed ink cartridges bought in the same region of the world as the printer. Nintendo Co.'s latest hand-held game machines are sold in the U.S. with power adaptors that don't work in Europe.

Making XML faster and leaner.

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Here's the problem: Right now, the XML standard calls for information to be stored as text. That means that an XML document, such as a purchase order or a Web page, can be easily viewed by a person or "read" by a machine, either through widely available text editors or XML parsers. But performance problems result from XML's tendency to create very large files. That's in part because XML formatting calls for each element within a document to be tagged with labels written out as text. What's more, XML-based protocols, called Web services, also generate a great deal of XML traffic.

Tivo struggling, deals fall through.

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His plan--called Tahiti--involves several technological innovations intended to let TiVo thrive without the cooperation of cable companies. Devices will be able to send recorded programs to personal computers and to download programs from the Internet as well, taking advantage of a standard mandated by the government that, in theory, would allow TiVo to directly connect to cable systems. Also, he said TiVo would move beyond video recorders to a broader product line involved in the convergence between computers and television, including software that would allow a home computer to record television programs. This would put TiVo into direct competition with other companies, like Sony, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft.

Think Secret author gets sued by Apple.

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Kurt Opsahl, an attorney for civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has claimed that in addition to the ThinkSecret site being subpoenaed for sources, Ciarelli is being directly sued for trade secret misappropriation.

Comcast goes to 4Mbits soon. Awesome, faster downloads for me.

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As previously reported, the nation's largest cable and broadband provider's current download speed of up to 3mbps (megabits per second) will jump to 4mbps. Upload rates of 256kbps (kilobits per second) will reach 384kbps, the company said. Customers of Comcast's more expensive 4mbps service will see a 50 percent increase to 6mbps downstream and 768kbps upstream.

Largest plane ever. Smallest manhood ever.

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Airbus last month forecast that it will win as many as 700 contracts for the A380 in the next 20 years, out of a total market for 1,250 planes seating at least 400 passengers and 398 freighter versions. The planemaker expects the A380 will break even with 250 orders. Boeing's industrywide estimate for larger airliners, by contrast, is only one-third of Airbus's.

http://www.asegames.com/articles.php?id=158

Now online! Check it out!

MMORPG gamer "Angry Ant" sits down with RudeMoody for a little discussion about these two popular, online time-wasters...Next Page »

Mac mini to be big.

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The Mac Mini is indeed cheap by Mac standards, though it's still pricier than bottom-of-the-line PCs. That said, analysts say it is just the kind of device that could spur PC-toting iPod owners and others to give the Mac a try--the so called "halo effect" Wall Street has been looking for.

Microsoft's new graphics engine 'Avalon' preview download. Link.

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The preview version works on both Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. However, Microsoft warned developers that the code in the current version is pretty rough. The company recommended that it not be used even on a primary development computer, with bugs likely and a good chance users would eventually have to reinstall their operating system once they were done with the Avalon preview.

HP starts RFID tagging products.

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HP has been more vocal than most about its RFID plans because it also sells equipment and services to help other businesses set up RFID systems. The company discussed its million-tag target for 2005 on the eve of the National Retail Federation trade show, where it's set to announce the opening of a new RFID test center in Omaha, Neb.

Check out Titan.

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This image was returned yesterday, January 14, 2005, by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during its successful descent to land on Titan. This is the colored view, following processing to add reflection spectra data, and gives a better indication of the actual color of the surface.

Big black hole. Very big.

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It's coming from a black hole the size of our solar system and, thankfully, pretty far away, about 2.6 billion light years. (A light year is 5.9 trillion miles, or about 63,000 times the distance between the Earth and the sun.) Even so, the black hole's size and power were a shock to the astronomer who discovered it.

Plastic solar cells.

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Plastic solar cells themselves are not new, but harnessing the infrared rays produced by the sun is a technological breakthrough. Half of the sun's power lies in the visible light spectrum, while the other half lies in infrared. Professor Sargent's research team combined specially designed nano particles called quantum dots with a polymer to make the plastic that can detect energy in the infrared.

Xavix, whose slogan is "where imagination and reality merge" drew huge crowds at their CES booth. Whether it was because of the quality of their product line, or because of the appearance of Jackie Chan is something that history will judge. Regardless, after I spent 15 minutes at their booth, I was convinced enough to buy the heart of the system, the XaviXPORT IR reciever which sells for just $79.95 MSRP and allows a number of add-on interactive games and applications to be used.Next Page »

Gigabyte 6600GT @ AMDZone.

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I have in my hands yet another NVIDIA 6600 GT's. This time I have a GV-NX66T128D's from Gigabyte. I did my first 6600 GT review almost a month ago and I have yet to grow tired of these cards. I have reviewed 6600 GT's from Asus, eVGA, and now Gigabyte. If you haven't read any of my other 6600 GT articles you might not realize how awesome the NV43 GPU really is. For around $200 you get a video card able to play games so well it even rivals the ATI X800 in some benchmarks.

Asus 925X @ TT.

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Today we take a look at the first retail Intel 925XE based motherboard to hit our labs and it comes from ASUS. The newest Pentium 4 chipset from Intel increases FSB to 1066MHz and removes ECC memory support. The ASUS P5AD2-E Premium motherboard provides a stack of features but how does it perform against the Intel reference board? Read on as we investigate this 925XE retail board and what it’s all about.

Asus 925X @ OCPrices.

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The P5AD2-E Premium is based upon the P5AD2 Premium motherboard. In fact, both boards have the exact layout and you will be hard pressed to note any major physical differences. Many may taunt that this new motherboard is nothing more than a P5AD2 validated with a 1066FSB. However, the friendly PR guys at Asus ensured us that there were a few minor changes on the board. In addition to this, there have been rumors going around that this motherboard is second to none in its overclockability. For the purposes of this review (since the P5AD2-E only has minor changes over the old P5AD2), we will be focusing on the overclocking department but will still touch on the other most relevant aspects of this motherboard. Read on to find out exactly what this extra "E" will mean to overclockers?

ATI AIW X600 Pro @ VL.

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Overall, if you're not much of a gamer and you're looking for more than just a "video card" without breaking the bank, the AIW X600 Pro is a good choice for you. If you are a more serious gamer who is also interested in multimedia, you may want to wait for ATI's AIW X800 XT flagship to arrive.

Corsair XMS Xpert @ Hexus.

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When it comes to products with a 'cool factor', Corsair's XMS Xpert memory definitely has a lot going for it. An LED display on your RAM? Which can accept custom messages of your choosing? That's beyond cool, and entering the realms of genius. Putting that to one side, there's also a practical use for this product too, particularly for the keen overclocker who wants to keep a close eye on all his system components - What better way to keep tabs on your memory than through the display seen here? Even in an enclosed case, there's still Corsair's Memory Dashboard to monitor all the vital statistics of your precious RAM modules.

Foxconn 755FXK8AA @ EO.

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The Foxconn WinFast 755FXK8AA-8EKRS motherboard is based on the SiS 755FX chipset supporting the latest Athlon64 & AthlonFX Socket 939 processors. An update to the previous SiS 755 chipset, the FX adds new features such as dual-channel memory, 1GHz HyperTransport, and of course socket 939 support. Foxconn has loaded this motherboard with all sorts of features like Gigabit Ethernet, 8 channel audio, four SATA-150 connectors, USB 2.0, Firewire, and more.

XFX 660GT @ VR-Zone.

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For our overclocking tests, we achieved a maximum core speed of 544MHz and maximum memory speed of 547MHz (1.094GHz effective). We ran a 3DMark03 game test loop for 30 hours straight at these speeds, and saw no artifacting throughout or after the test loop.

And here is a bunch of CES Articles. Expect our coverage soon.
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=1631&s=1
http://news.designtechnica.com/featured_article13.html
http://www.thetechlounge.com/article.php?directory=ces_05_antec
http://www.thetechzone.com/?m=show&id=168&page=1
http://www.thetechlounge.com/article.php?directory=ces_05_day_3
http://www.thetechlounge.com/article.php?directory=ces_05_day_2_p_2

Without a doubt, this is ONE OF THE BEST VIDEO GAMES EVER CREATED. Stay tuned for a full audio review of RE4 (as soon as I beat it), as well as some entertaining MMORPG reviews of Everquest 2 and World Of Warcraft by ASEGame's newest contributor, "Angry Ant".

In the meantime, If you've got a GameCube, don't hesitate to buy RE4. It is truly a MASTERPIECE: it is absolutely the best "survivial-horror" game ever made, as well as one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played, EVER, in any genre...check back soon for a full review!

Microsoft releases malicious software removal tool.

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The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed.

EU Members want to redraft software patents.

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A motion for restarting the legislative process on the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive has been signed by 61 MEPs from 13 countries, according to anti-patent Web site NoSoftwarePatents.com. The signatories include a former Polish prime minister, a former European Commissioner and three vice-presidents of the European Parliament. The motion has also been published on the FFII Web site.

Tsunami affects earth part 2.

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They also found the earthquake decreased the length of day by 2.68 microseconds. Physically this is like a spinning skater drawing arms closer to the body resulting in a faster spin. The quake also affected the Earth's shape. They found Earth's oblateness (flattening on the top and bulging at the equator) decreased by a small amount. It decreased about one part in 10 billion, continuing the trend of earthquakes making Earth less oblate.

Express card to replace PCMCIA?

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More than twice as fast as existing cards, and half the size, new ExpressCards will sport an orange rabbit logo and are aimed at adding features such as high-definition TV broadcast viewing and speedy backup storage to notebooks.

Apple releases $499 Mac.

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The $499 Mac Mini comes with a 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 processor and a 40GB hard drive, while the $599 Mac Mini comes with a 1.42GHz processor and an 80GB hard drive.

Intel earnings are good.

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The chipmaker, which upped its own estimate for the fourth quarter in December, turned in a substantially higher-than-expected profit of $2.1 billion, or 33 cents a share, for the period, slightly lower than the $2.2 billion in net income reported for the third quarter of 2003. Revenue for the quarter, which ended on Dec. 25, was $9.6 billion, up around 12 percent from revenue of $8.7 billion a year ago.

PQI PC4000 @ FLHW.

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Today PQI (formerly known as PMI) brings us their Turbo Memory 1GB PC4000 DDR dual channel kit. It's rated at an aggressive 2.5-3-3-7. It used to be that if you wanted PC4000 memory, you'd have to give up your latency to do so. This appears to no longer be the case with PQI's new PC4000 sticks.

Gigabyte 6600GT @ HTR.

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The Gigabyte 6600 GT (GV-NX66T128D) that we are reviewing today has proven once and for all that a mid-priced PCI-E video card is a viable alternative to the standard AGP card. Throughout our tests this card proved more than capable of playing any game we presented it with and did it with relative ease. When you speak of price versus performance this card proves that there are still great cards for good prices available.

Gigabyte X600XT @ Envynews.

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Today we’re examining the one of the first video cards that was available this summer for early adopters of the PCI-Express bus: the Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V. Based upon ATI’s X600 XT, the Gigabyte card was among the most powerful cards that were widely available at the time as the PCI-Express variants based on the X800 were extremely rare.

Mushkin PC2-5300 @ VL.

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However, having the number of different speeds of DDR 2 coming from as many of the memory manufacturers as they are, DDR 2 should be quite refined by the time most people migrate to it. During my testing, I noticed absolutely no problems with this memory. I am quite impressed with the results that I was able to achieve when overclocking the memory as well.

Corsair TwinX PC2-4300 @ PCStats.

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So for the moment, DDR-2 is an interesting evolutionary step in the world of system memory, and manufacturers can only wait for consumer interest to catch up. If you are one of the very few to have a performance PC powered by DDR-2, this review is for you! In it, PCSTATS is testing out two brand new 512MB sticks of Corsair Twin2X1024-4300C3 DDR2 memory. Corsair is consistently a market leader in the memory field, and they were among the first to announce performance grade DDR-2 RAM for enthusiasts. Talk about being on the ball.

Asus A8V Deluxe @ 3DX.

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Today 3DXtreme has the great pleasure of reviewing one of Asus’ offering to the AMD Athlon64 socket 939 line, the A8V Deluxe. Historically it has been shown that performance from one motherboard to another on the Athlon64 platform has been very close across all manufacturers. We really don’t expect things to change much with the A8V. We then shift to finding the motherboard that offers the most features for the enthusiast who is looking to overclock the Athlon64 to it’s maximum potential. Can the A8V prove to be the one that we have been looking for? Let’s find out...

And check these out as well.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=141
http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/memory/pdp/patriot/index.htm
http://www.thetechlounge.com/article.php?directory=ces_05_day_2
http://www.ocmodshop.com/default.aspx?a=235
http://creativemods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemid=39
http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review2221.html
http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=899&Itemid=0
http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/input_devices/i-rocks/index.htm
http://www.pyroport.com/reviews/43.asp
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=1944
http://metku.net/index.html?sect=view&n=0&path=reviews/ezpsutester/index_eng
http://www.techimo.com/articles/i231.html
http://www.hard-h2o.com/readreview/mousepads/xtrac-madwax.html
http://www.auphanonline.com/articles/view.php?article_id=1520
http://www.rbmods.com/Articles/Sunbeam/Lightbus_chameleon/1.php
http://www.overclockersonline.com/index.php?page=articles&num=234
http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=280