September 27, 2006 by Brad.

If you’re looking for a low-cost yet reliable RAID 5 solution, check out this custom setup that consists of “Ubuntu Linux Server (Dapper) using 3x external USB 2.0 drives from Western Digital (320 GB each).”

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

This document covers the general concept of how LAN switches work and the most common features that are available on a LAN switch. The document also covers the differences between bridging, switching, and routing.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

DIGIT LIFE explores the next generation native quad core architecture from AMD, the K8L, based on one presentation made by Guiseppe Amato in Moscow. There are a few benchmark slides but most of the presentations seems to hover around the power to performance ratio which can turn quite dirty for Intel.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

The new Athlon 64 X2 4000+/4400+/4800+ re-release models are based on the 65nm Brisbane with 512KB x2 L2 Cache, rather than 1MB. The new clock speeds are 2.1GHz, 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz respectively. All of them are in *65W* TDP. An Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (renamed FX-64) should be released in this November.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Micron is the second major DRAM manufacturer to announce sample shipments of next-generation DDR3 modules and claims to be the first company to ship 1 Gb devices with a capacity of up to 2 GB. DDR3 promises to double the speed of today’s DDR2 memory and is expected to become available on high-end desktop computers in late 2007.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Sony continues kickin’ out the updates on the VAIO UX lineup with a new 32GB Solid State Disk option for those tempted to drop Yen in Japan. And tempted they will be since the larger capacity SSD brings sufficient capacity for XP and MS Office without the heat and vibration associated with the current 40GB hard disk.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Britain-based New Medium Enterprises (NME) said on Tuesday it had solved a technical production problem that makes it possible to produce a cheap multiple-layer DVD disk containing one film in different, competing formats.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Intel Corp. plans to begin shipping microprocessors that have four computing engines on a single chip - products that analysts say will help it win back market share from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

This website creates custom PDF file that can be printed and folded to create paper jewel case.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

This ad was found at the Gatech management building, thought I’d share it.

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