Archive for September 2, 2006

CD Care for Dummies!

A film about how to do, and how not to, care for your Cd’s. Too bad that when using the paper clip they missed the conveniently placed CD-ROM emergency eject hole that was plainly visible on the video.

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The Buzz on Quieter Computers

Silence from your computer is more important now than ever before, especially as computers become hubs for media — for activities such as watching DVDs and playing video games.
Computers don’t have to be noisy, thanks to some new innovations in cases, fans, hard drives and even chips.

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TDK unveils 200-Gbyte blue laser disc

TDK announces biggest capacity single-layer Blu-ray disc yet!

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Visiontek releases X1300 256MB PCI

“No we didn’t forget the “e”, it is actually PCI- VisionTek has released the first PCI graphics card since the NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 and ATI Radeon 9250 was available in PCI. The new VisionTek Radeon X1300 256MB PCI provides users that lack AGP or PCI Express expansion capabilities with a new upgrade path.”

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TiVo Series 3 Unboxed!

Pics of the new TiVo Series 3 getting the layers peeled off and unveiled!

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AGP isn’t dead - honest!

Don’t think that you’re PC is dead in the water if it’s only got an AGP slot. All the new graphics cards may be based on PCI Express, but there are still options available for AGP users. This article rounds up four AGP graphics cards for the legacy upgrader.

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DK shows off 200 GB Blu-ray disc

TDK has announced a prototype Blu-ray disc that can store a massive 200 GB of data. The 200 GB disc will be protected by a hard coating called DURABIS2. The coating stands up to the industry’s steel wool rubbing test and resists dust, scratches and fingerprints. TDK also said lower capacity 50 GB discs will start selling next week.

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Wi-Fire extends wireless range to 1,000 feet

“A new Pennsylvania-based startup, hField Technologies, has just gotten FCC approval for their new supercharged WiFi antenna, the Wi-Fire.”

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Wow September 2006 already.

I just can’t believe it is September 2006 already. Wow time is just flying.