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Black Neon Light Review @ radikalmod
Published: Monday, July 28, 2003 | By: DennisHere is a fun review in a foreign language.
Be sure to check out the "action" photos on the second page, damn cool! 
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Sapphire 9800 Pro and 9600 Pro Ultimate Reviews @ Extreme Overclocking
Published: Monday, July 28, 2003 | By: Dennis"The software bundle is perhaps the most appealing aspect of the overall package. What makes this so much better than other bundles is that you get something more than just the drivers and the manual. With the 9800 Pro Ultimate Edition, you receive the Redline overclocking and tweaking utility."
If you are looking for an ATI video card either one of these may be the way to go. The one thing I have always wondered is do people really use the games that come with their new video cards?? I have a rather large stack of included software CD's that have just collected dust with many still in their plastic bags. -
Custom Window Etching Technique @ PimpRig
Published: Monday, July 28, 2003 | By: DennisThere is only a few ways to actually etch something like glass or Plexiglas though all methods involve altering the surface of the material. Acid will eat the top layer of material and your engraver will put small pits into the material giving the illusion of a line or circle. Some companies go as far as to use computer controlled lasers to etch glass and plexiglas. AmberLodge is one of those companies and they do take custom requests, just tell them that Ninjalane sent ya.
Now one of the oldest etching techniques around is to use high-pressure air to blast fine grit sand at whatever you are etching. By masking the areas that you want to protect you can create very detailed images.
"When you have your image, which you wish to apply to a window for etching or paint. You need to lay out your window. The fans, if there are any, drill first. Why? You don’t want to do hours worth of work to finally drill for the fan and have it crack on you. Yes, I talk from experience."
fyi: Sand Blasting also works great for removing old paint and rust from metal and gives you a very clean surface to paint on. -
Hercules Gamesurround Muse 5.1 DVD Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Monday, July 28, 2003 | By: DennisThe Muse series has always been the "budget" soundcard from Hercules but it still packs in enough features for everyone to enjoy.
"The card itself is a deep green color and is average in size. It's nice because it takes up less room then say a beefy video card which is nice. Size matters, and the size of this card is great for someone like me with a window in my computer, making it easier to organize the cables inside."
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News From the Weekend Bl0ck-o-57yl3
Published: Monday, July 28, 2003 | By: DennisTons of news came in over the weekend and to make sure that most of it gets posted i'm going to start off with an ever-popular link style review block.
- Lian Li PC-6070 Review @ Dans Data
- V-Tech VT-XRAY Mid Tower Case Review @ Furioustech
- Antec Sonata Review @ Intelforums
- Speeze Vulturespin and Owlstream Reviews @ Big Bruin
- Antec Sonata Review @ The Tech Lounge
- Nexux NXP-205-SL/BK Fan Control Review @ Furioustech
- Vantec Nexus NXP-301 Controller Review @ PC Abusers
- Vantec UV Cold Cathode Kit Review @ DataFuse
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ABIT's MAX 3: The Rise of Cooling
Published: Friday, July 25, 2003 | By: DennisDon't get me started on the movie reference, T3 is so full of holes it isn't funny
Anyhow mega w00t for Abit, the IC7 Max3 is launched today and features maximum everything! Here is a snip of one of the features.
"Protect your privacy and keep anyone from snooping into your information. Lock down your hard disk, not with a password, but with encryption. A password can be cracked by software in a few hours. ABIT's SecureIDE will keep government supercomputers busy for weeks and will keep the RIAA away from your Kazaa files."
All I have to say is, nice! -
PNY GeForce FX5900 Ultra Review @ Bleeding Edge
Published: Friday, July 25, 2003 | By: DennisHere is one of the shortest video card reviews that I have seen in recent times and is actually quite nice.
Not much info on the video processor but there are some benchmarks.
" The install CD includes a rather bizarre program called Verto 3D World. A desktop interface powered by 3DNA. A 3 dimensional world where you can explore your PC in a unique way. Browse to your favorite web pages, or just go upstairs to the patio and shoot some hoops." -
Cookie Regulation in Force in Sweden
Published: Friday, July 25, 2003 | By: DennisSomeone in Sweden is a little to paranoid about cookie usage. For those of you that don't know much about cookies here is a short intro. A cookie is a small text file that is created and stored by your browser on instruction from a website and can only be read by the web domain that created them. Ad companies use cookies to track where people go but also use the information to record banner sale information including what site they should give the commissions to.
Now you can stop the creation of cookies but by doing so you also have restricted yourself from using many of the advanced features of the web. For instance when you login to a website (username and password) a cookie is created to help tell the website who you are and how long you have been hanging around. These cookies are what we call "sessions" and are also destroyed after 20min of idle time or when your browser is closed. Now if a user disables cookies in their browser they also disable these and other "basic" web features that have become commonplace over the past few years.
"The user shall be provided with the opportunity to decline the use of cookies during the web site visit ("current session"). The Act does state that the user must accept cookies, provided that so called "normal request routines" are used when the cookie is set and provided that the user may turn off cookies in his web browser. "
This kind of makes me wonder if they even know what they are talking about. -
Unincom Clear 4-LED Fan Review @ Xtremods
Published: Friday, July 25, 2003 | By: Dennis" Overall, I was pleasantly suprised by the Unincom Clear 4-LED Fans. I expected worse testing results from their first impression as 4-pin-molex-only fans which retail for under $5, but they got their jobs done and looked good while doing it, although they were on the loud side for a budget case fan."
These fans remind me of the Coolermaster Neon LED fan that we reviewed not to long ago, just "crappi3r". -
AOpen AX4SPE Max Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Thursday, July 24, 2003 | By: DennisSpringdale is the name of the game these days especially considering the insane overclocking ability of the i865PE and performance-enhancing BIOS hacks.
"he new AOpen AX4SPE Max now comes with a new feature known as V4 Power Engine. Sounds like a race car? Yes it does and that's what AOpen actually associated this feature with. The V4 engine is actually the 4-phase PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) power supply circuitry that's found on the board. Unlike most motherboards which comes with a 3-phase power supply, AOpen claims that a 4-phase supply will make your system more stable and cooler."
