Tech News
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AMD and Intel renew cross-licensing agreement
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: DennisVERY old news but I felt that I should post it since it will help explain why AMD processors look like Intel processors.
"The companies have signed four patent cross-license agreements since 1976, said John Greenagel, an AMD spokesman. "Anything that we patent they can use, and anything they patent we can use," he said." -
2 asetek WaterChill Reviews
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: Dennisasetek WaterChill KT12-L30 @ PimpRig
" Oh momma! I must have been a good little AquaPimp cuz lookie what the cooling fairy left on my doorstep! On the review bench today we have the Asetek WaterChill kit. Specifically the WaterChill CPU/VGA/Chip set cooling kit - KT12-L30, Asetek’s 2nd generation top of the line kit."
asetek WaterChill Review @ ViperLair
"Although the Swiftech solution won the majority of the benchmarks, it is really a toss-up when you look closely at the numbers. I've read other reviews where the gap was much wider, and considering that this revision of the WaterChill is the latest, Asetek did an admirable job of closing the gap."
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Is RFID Technology Easy to Foil?
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: Dennis"Many companies, including Wal-Mart, Metro, Tesco, Procter and Gamble and Gillette, have already started tagging items in stores in the United States and Europe. And the companies making RFID tags still plan to help their customers tag every shampoo bottle, soda can and milk bottle that rolls off the assembly line.
No company, however, has deployed devices that will kill the tags at checkout. "
Pretty soon aluminum foil will be one of those "behind the counter" items.
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AOpen AK79D-400 Max Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: DennisWith all of the recent announcments of new processors and motherboards it is easy to forget about some of the old favorites like the nVidia nForce2. The chipset has been around for quite some time but I don't expect that it will go away any time soon.
"The available overclocking options are quite extensive considering that the board is from AOpen; though not as hardcore as the Chaintech motherboard, there’s still plenty to tinker with. From our overclocking trials, unlike the MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR that had problems working with certain multiplier options, this AOpen board had no such issues."
I've been trying to get some Aopen boards into the Ninjalane Labs for quite some time now but the company is very frugal with their wares. -
Cool Max Aluminum Enclosure CD-510B @ eXtremeReviews
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: DennisThis is a very short review of an external drive enclosure quite similar to the Bytecc ME350U2 that we recently reviewed, though this one comes with a cooling fan.
"Anyone who carries around their internal drives a lot should consider an external enclosure to protect the drive against the rigors of travel." -
NL: Review Block - Early Edition
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: DennisHere is another daily dose of review links from around the hardware community.
- Swiftech MCX462-V Review @ FastLaneHW
- Speeze EEA30B4 LightOwl Review @ Voided Warranty
- Clear View for XPC @ Legit Reviews
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Comdex Starts Today
Published: Monday, November 17, 2003 | By: DennisGiven the most excellent Ninjalane trip to Computex 2003 this year it was decided that the Ninjalane staff stay home for the Comdex show. Quite sad really but as they say, money talks, and mine isn’t saying much.
Any event it will be interesting to see how many people actually attend this year and I look forward to the coverage. -
NL: Review Block - Rather Large Edition
Published: Monday, November 17, 2003 | By: DennisWell a bunch of news came in over the weekend and I'm going to try to get most of it posted today, here is a short sample, sans comment style.
Video Cards
- Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 XT Review @ Digit Life
- Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800XT Review @ Digit Life
- ASUS Radeon 9800 XT Review @ Digital-Daily
- ATI Radeon 9600 AiW Pro Review @ Ascully
- GeForce FX Go5700 Preview @ Bjorn3D
- Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro Review @ TechJuice
- Leadtek 5950 Ultra Review @ NordicHardware
Cases
- SilverStone Lascala SST-LC01 Review @ Tech-Mods
- Thermaltake Xaser III Lanfire Review @ Bjorn3D
- Yeong Yang YY-5601 Review @ TheCrucible
- Antec Minuet Review @ DataFuse
- A+ GPB CA-AP107 Review @ PC Tech Zone
Memory
- Mushkin PC4000 Review @ myWORLD
Whoa! talk about news.
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Broadcom Gigabit Chosen for PCI Express
Published: Friday, November 14, 2003 | By: Dennis"As the only Gigabit solutions that currently implement PCI Express, Broadcom’s BCM5721, BCM5751 and BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controller chipsets are attracting many customers in Taiwan, according to sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers.
Taiwan’s first-tier motherboard makers – Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Micro-Star International and Gigabyte Technology – have all sent the samples offered by Broadcom to their clients for certification, the sources said." -
Vantec Vortex Cooler Review @ ExtremeMhz
Published: Friday, November 14, 2003 | By: DennisI still favor the underdrive coolers; they seem to work better by providing even cooling across the drive. Front mounted drive coolers provide airflow across the drive but only cool the part closest to the fan; the back part of the drive is as hot if not hotter than the drive un-cooled.
"To accurately measure the cooling performance of the Vantec Vortex, we will use a high quality digital temp probe that will be mounted in the same spot on the bottom center of the hard drive. We will be using the Western Digital Raptor 10K since it is one very hot running drive. Temps will be provided both with and without the Vortex installed as well as provide readings at different blower fan speed settings."
You really need 3 probes to "accurately" measure the temperature but their method does work to attain an average temp.
