Tech News
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The Mac Mini: A Step Towards the Appliance PC Future @ Designtechnica
Published: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 | By: DennisHere is a little something something on the Mac Mini.
"Apple's Mac Mini is a step in the right direction for the Appliance PC and what consumers are looking for.
Last month I focused on the negative aspects of Apple’s new products to make a point. And, based on the feedback I got, the point I appeared to have made is that there are an awful lot of Apple folks who really don’t like anyone who disparages their beloved products."
They make some good points, though be warned opinions are present.
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asetek Waterchill review @ Techwarelabs
Published: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 | By: Dennisasetek makes one mean watercooling kit and while I firmly believe that you should really build your watercooling kit from pieces and parts I could also be easily convinced into suggesting any of the Waterchill kits as a viable alternative.
"ASTEK is using a new pump/reservoir design in the WaterChill kit, as shown in the photo below; the reservoir connects directly to the pump, which frees up a little more space inside the computer to run tubing." -
New Ninjalane RSS News Feed
Published: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 | By: DennisRSS or Really Simple Syndication is a very basic XML file that gives webmasters and site owners an easy way to syndicate their news and articles. The uses for RSS are pretty much endless but range from desktop news readers to consuming an RSS feed on other websites. These syndications are not designed to replace the website but does give the user the ability to see if anything new has been posted before they go. In the end it saves time and expensive bandwidth.
So why am I telling you this?? Well Ninjalane is now on the RSS bandwagon. You can find the feed by clicking the link below or looking for the orange XML button to the right labeled NinjaRSS.
The feed is completely dynamic and contains news stories, top forum posts and the ever popular "Top Story" article postings. Check it out and if you have any questions or comments don't hesitate to contact me. -
Logisys LED Stove Fan @ Mikhailtech
Published: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | By: DennisI was all WTF too.
"And here's the big innovation. There are two PCB strips on either side of the motor each housing 3 LEDs a piece. They spin at the same rate as the fan and create a unique lighting effect. Although the PCB is bendable, it manages to hold the weight of the LEDs just fine. The only downside to this implementation is that the other face gets no illumination whatsoever since all the lights are pointing upward." -
XFX NVidia G-Force 6600 GT Review @ Marns CDA
Published: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | By: DennisPhj34r the change, be the Sniff and Scurry, and read the writing on the wall. No its not another "Who Moved My Cheese" flash back but real life. (don't ask)
"With all the new products coming out sometimes it is really hard to keep up with every new innovation without putting yourself in the poor house.. It seems every time you turn around the industry changes some sort of standard and what you bought a month ago is now obsolete."
AGP vs PCIe, what one do you go with? -
How Motherboards Are Made: A Gigabyte Factory Tour @ PCStats
Published: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | By: Dennis"Final Assembly
In the next series of steps, workers adds the last couple of necessary components onto the board. Any required chipset heatsinks are added here as well as the plastic CPU retention bracket, and motherboard battery. When this is complete, the boards are sent off to Quality Assurance for testing."
I love these factory tours, though unfortunately there aren't many motherboard mfgs in Idaho. -
Atake HDD Sink Review @ Ascully
Published: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | By: DennisFor a passive HDD cooler this one from Atake is pretty darn sweet. I'm beginning to think that Atake needs to send us some stuff for review.. hummmmm.
"Once you open the package you will see that this product is beyond simplicity. It ain't high concept people. It's basically two strips of thick aluminum with a couple of hunks of rubber attached, but as you can guess, there is a little more to it than that as we will see later in the review." -
Hardcore Hard Drive Modding Guide @ CaseModGod
Published: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | By: DennisIt’s not really hardcore since we have seen these sorts of things before but they do change things up a bit.
"We don't want the drive platters to get dusty do we? Have to store it in a DUST FREE environment!"
Dust Free, Hahaha!
You'll have to check out the mod to see why I'm laughing. -
Another tiny photon cannon @ Dans Data
Published: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | By: DennisGadgets galore should really be the name of this site.
"The Micra is noticeably brighter than my Arc-LS, despite the fact that I've got an LSH-P, which is a special shiny premium version that would have cost me a lot more than a Micra would today - if, ah, I hadn't been given both of the lights for free, that is." -
XFX GeForce 6600 GT Dual-DVI @ Hexus
Published: Friday, February 4, 2005 | By: DennisI tried really hard to get one of these cards for review but something was lost in the communication.
"XFX has already raised memory speed to an impressive 1200MHz but has left the core at the 6600 GT default clock of 500MHz. Overclocking was carried out without any additional cooling directed at the card. Of course, overclocking isn't a repeatable science, and your overclock may vary considerably. Our sample managed to run solidly at 580MHz core and 1265MHz RAM. "
I think we need to try harder at getting a review sample.
