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Techreport have checked out the Intel X38 express chipset. Topping the P35 Express won't be easy, but Intel has a few tricks up its sleeve with the X38. Chief among them is next-gen PCI Express 2.0 connectivity—a first for desktop chipsets—with enough lanes for dual-x16 CrossFire configurations. As is customary for its high-end chipsets, Intel has also rolled out memory controller optimizations that promise faster performance and support for higher DDR3 memory speeds. To find out whether these perks are enough to elevate the X38 Express over its blue-collar P35 sibling, we've run the first X38 boards from Asus and Gigabyte through a relentless series of memory controller, application, and peripheral performance tests.
Two Thunderbird core coders have announced their departure, thanks Mindy. Shortly after the Mozilla Foundation announced a subsidiary to focus more attention on the Thunderbird e-mail software, two of its main developers are leaving Mozilla for other pastures. Scott McGregor and David Bienvenu each announced their departures on blog postings last week. And David Ascher, chief executive of the Thunderbird company, confirmed the move Saturday on his own blog.
Mindy also sent in word of the upcoming Virgin Galactic spaceport. Good-bye, Cape Canaveral. It's been nice knowing you, Edwards Air Force Base. The future hub of space travel won't be some restricted-access military installation. It will be in the middle of the New Mexico desert — and look surprisingly like a cylon raider from Battlestar Galactica. This fall, the New Mexico Spaceport Authority unveiled the design for the world's first public launching and landing site for space vehicles, Spaceport America, future home to Virgin Galactic and the X Prize cup.
Fester noted that Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has threatened Red Hat over patent issues, showing that Microsoft still clearly has Linux targeted. He has just clearly outlined how Microsoft intends to extinguish Linux as we know it. Microsoft knows full well that in any intellectual property regime based on software patents, particularly when used as weapons against innovation to protect and reward the old, no one can compete with Microsoft. They have all the money. FOSS is written by individuals who don't have a pile of gold under the bed to go to court and get a court judgment or pay "a big check". Ballmer of course knows that. So this is the anticompetitive plan, under the guise of everyone having to play by the same rules.
Controversy has arose at the World Cyber Games where a Taiwanese winner copped some flak from Chinese competitors, thanks Carl. To the average spectator, it was just another medal given out to a player at the World Cyber Games Finals, which took place in Seattle last weekend. The winner would step onto the podium, wave their nation’s flag with pride, and receive their medal. But in the case of PGR3 bronze-medalist You-Chen Liu of Taiwan (aka D2C-BURBERRYqq), some competitors didn’t take kindly to his medal win and display of national pride.
Mobile Core 2 Duo processors are coming to end of life as well. Back in September '07, Intel had already announced the discontinuation of eight (8) Intel Core Duo processors as well as one (1) Intel Core Solo and four (4) Intel Celeron M processors. Their production will officially end next month, although all pending orders will still be fulfilled.
HardwareSecrets have looked at the workings of surge suppressors. Most users want (and should) protect their valuable equipment. Surge suppressors, which are also known by other names such as surge protectors, noise suppressors, transient filters, line filters and TVSS (Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor), protect your equipment by removing noise and spikes coming from the power grid and sometimes also from the telephone line and from the satellite or cable TV line, if you have a suppressor with this option. But how do they work?
Ebay is adding a social networking component to its website to add a greater sense of community. In an effort to create a greater sense of community, eBay on Wednesday plans to add a social-networking environment intended to bring together buyers and sellers with similar interests. eBay Neighborhoods will allow users to post photos and reviews and offer tips and feedback in a beefed-up version of its text-based discussion forums. As of late Tuesday, there were more than 600 groups, with topics ranging from the Dallas Cowboys to crocheting to comic books. Users can also suggest new neighborhoods for creation.
Google shares have surpassed $600. Shares in Google surpassed the $US600 mark on Monday, fueled by investor confidence that the web search leader's advertising technology will capitalize on new areas of the media industry. Google shares hit $US600 for the first time early in their trading session on Nasdaq, then rose as high as $US610.26, setting a new benchmark for the company whose shares priced at $US85 at its initial public offering in 2004.
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