Tech News
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Napoleon Dynamite DVD Review @ Ascully
Published: Friday, January 7, 2005 | By: DennisI normally wouldn't post anything like this but being that I have seen the film and found it to be one of the funniest movies of all time I just had to give it some net time.
"I can imagine people describing this movie by using words and phrases like "quirky, interesting, different, underdog story, tale about outcasts, indie film, etc." They'd be right. They would also be overstating the obvious. Of course this movie is different. It would be obnoxious to say it's innovative and fresh, but it's tempting."
Of course many of you may not understand why the movie is funny unless you grew up in the 80's and actually lived in a "small" town.
Then again that is just a recommendation, not a requirement.
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Epox 9NPA+ nForce4 Review @ t-break
Published: Friday, January 7, 2005 | By: Dennis"With their AMD CPU based boards, Epox hasn’t normally target the mainstream user. Instead, they focus on the enthusiasts by generally providing better options for overclocking. With that philosophy in mind, they’re releasing their nForce4 based 9NPA+ motherboard and we test drive it today and find out how fast this baby goes."
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CES Starts Today
Published: Thursday, January 6, 2005 | By: Dennisit's kind of strange how I can afford to fly overseas to Taiwan and attend Computex but can't ever seem to get things together enough to attend CES in Las Vegas (about 750 miles away from here).
I do have a good excuses though.
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NL: Review Block - Weekend Catch-up (again)
Published: Tuesday, January 4, 2005 | By: DennisI was pretty busy getting things for the Intervew setup which limited the amount of time left for news updates. To make up for it here comes a big ass review block.
Mods
- X800 Pro VIVO to XT PE Bios Mod @ techPowerUp
Cooling
- asetek WaterChill KT03A-L30 CPU Power Kit @ OCTools
- Swiftech H20-120 Rev.3 Liquid Cooling Kit @ mcktech
- Thermaltake Liquid Cooling Component @ techniz
Cases
- Lian Li PC-V1200B Tower Case @ BRnR
- MGE Quantum Case Review @ InsaneTek
- Raidmax Samurai 908 @ OCIA (See Ours Here)
- SilverStone LC03V Case Review @ OCModShop
- Cooler Master Centurion ATX Case @ Legit Reviews
Case Stuffs
- Matrix Orbital MX421 LCD Kit @ Bjorn3D
- mCubed T-Balancer Fan Controller @ BigBruin
- Sunbeam Lightbus @ LAN Addict
Storage
- Corsair Flash Voyager @ ExtremeOverclocking
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Ninjalane Radio Changed to On-Demand
Published: Tuesday, January 4, 2005 | By: DennisSince many of you have no patience to wait and hear the Interview at the scheduled time I'll be changing the stream to on-demand (meaning you can stream the Interview directly) here in the next hour. Please check back for the update.
*Update* On-Demand stream set and appears to be working properly. -
Ninjalane Radio 1st Installment
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: DennisThe 1st installment of Ninjalane Radio has been posted! In this installment we feature an interview between myself and Vivian Lien from DFI where we discuss the new LANParty motherboards using the nForce4 Ultra and nForce4 SLI chipsets.
Ninjalane Radio is an Internet radio stream broadcast via SHOUTcast so you will need to break out that copy of Winamp to listen.
Questions and comments can be directed to the Ninjalane Message Forum. Thanks and happy listening. -
Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI Motherboard Review @ t-break
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: DennisMCP cooling on the nForce3 and 4 series is a real challenge since it is located across from the PCIe and PCI slots, given that many video cards are rather long you have to make sure the cooler is low profile or arranged in such a way as to avoid any potential contact.
"The chipset has active cooling and is placed right below the primary PCI-E x16 slot and although we didn’t run into any problems, our 6800GT came very close to touching the HSF unit. Ideally, the chipset should’ve been present below the secondary PCI-E x16 slot. Next to the chipset," -
Taiwan police seize 60,000 suspect AMD CPUs
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: Dennis"Based on tips provided by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Taiwan, the police Friday raided an electronics company located in Tainan, southern Taiwan, and seized a total of 60,000 suspect AMD CPUs, according to the police and sources at AMD Taiwan."
The processors were defective samples that were to be destroyed, though instead of going to the scrap bin they ended up in Tainan to be remarked and shipped overseas. -
ntel starts sampling 600-series chip
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: Dennis"Intel will use a codename, the P4P, to distinguish its 600-series chips that feature support of Intel’s Speedstep technology, Enhanced Memory 64-bit Technology (EM64T) and Execution Disable Bit (EDB) capability, the sources noted."
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"Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel’s rival, seems, however, to be still one-step ahead of chipmakers in the development of dual-core CPUs, with market reports saying that AMD has already sent samples of its dual-core Opteron chips to a number of select clients." -
News Coming
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: DennisSorry for the lack of news over the weekend and such, I've been working hard on a new and exciting thing that will debut here at Ninjalane during the early time tomorrow.
So stay tuned, oh and I'll have some review blocks posted here in a little bit.
