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• Zalman CNPS7000-CU Review @ Maximum OC

  Published: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "Also, the one last interesting feature of this heat sink is that it can be used on a Pentium 4 as well as Athlon 64 processors! I'm not sure if this is such a great feature though (or if it's just a marketing gimmick), as by the time the Athlon 64 is out, I'm sure a plethora of new heat sinks will be out. But still, if you have a Pentium 4 now and you plan on upgrading later then maybe this would be the heat sink for you."
  I guess the search for the perfect Althon 64 heatsink is over. I'm not sure what the recommended heatsink will look like but I'm pretty sure it will be much lighter than this one.

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• OpenBSD Gets Defense Funding Pulled

  Published: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to fund development of the open-source operating system Open Berkeley Software Design (OpenBSD) has been pulled for unspecified reasons.
  
  The project's leader, Theo de Raadt, said Thursday he was informed by e-mail that the remaining portion of the $2.3 million grant has been pulled. An e-mail message from a professor who is managing the grant did not provide a reason, but de Raadt said he believes the cancellation was prompted by concerns about the money going to too many foreign developers and to antiwar statements that de Raadt made to reporters.
  
  "They decided that they didn't want (our project) anymore," de Raadt said Thursday, less than hour after he received notification. "This is it. It's over." "
  That suxX0rs.

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• Einux nForce3 Opteron Workstations

  Published: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  The Opteron was just recently announced along with the nFroce3 and already we have companies building workstations on the new platform. Not a bad turnaround.

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• NVIDIA nForce3 Announcement

  Published: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "Optimized for NVIDIA Quadro® graphics solutions, as well as the new 64-bit AMD Opteron™ processor, NVIDIA nForce3 Professional incorporates advanced platform technology solutions—including enterprise-class networking functionality, fault tolerant storage designs and a single unified driver architecture"
  Kyle from Hardocp has some pretty good things to say about the nForce3.
  "We had some time with nForce3 documentation last week and it of course looks like it might very well be the THE enthusiast board to have this year. It will come at a price though."

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• Windows Server 2003 - The Small Step

  Published: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "The release of Windows Server 2003 is a small step forward for the platform—an effort that really should be considered Windows 2000 Server Second Edition. With the exception of Internet Information Services 6.0, there aren't any far-reaching or fundamental changes in the product."
  From what I have seen, I'd have to agree.

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• NSA Security Recommendation Guides

  Published: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Need a handy and approved guide to securing your WinNT, Win2K, and WinXP box down? Look no further than you friendly neighborhood NSA (National Security Agency).
  
  Our security consultant, Breakdown, is sure to chime in on how good or bad these guides are.

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• Half Life 2 Magazine Cover

  Published: Monday, April 21, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Half Life 2?? I never finished the first one, err well I bought it so I could play Counter-Strike but that is beside the point.
  
  */Redmax smacks himself around for even thinking about counter-strike*

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• ALi Gets 800MHz Intel License

  Published: Monday, April 21, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "ALi expects to deliver samples of its M1683 P4 chipset, supporting 800MHz FSB technology and single-channel DDR400 memory, in the second quarter, the company said. Although ALi expects to spin off its PC chipset division as a new subsidiary named ULi Electronics this June or July, it is still undecided regarding what brand name will be used to market the chipsets, according to company spokesperson Eric Chen."

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• VIA updates P4 chipset roadmap

  Published: Monday, April 21, 2003 | By: Dennis

  To include 800Mhz stuffs.
  "Following its obtaining 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) technology licensing from Intel, VIA Technologies has readjusted its product roadmap, unveiling plans to introduce a complete line of new Pentium 4 chipsets.
  
  In its latest roadmap, VIA changed the names of its three discrete chipsets – the PT400, PT600 and PT800 – to PT800, PT880 and PT890, respectively, and announced the schedule of three corresponding integrated chipsets – the PM800, PM 880 and PM890 – designed for the new P4 platform."

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• Soyo P4X400 Dragon Ultra Review @ Tweak News

  Published: Monday, April 21, 2003 | By: Dennis

  This is a rather old chipset in motherboard years but now that VIA and Intel have put down the axes I'd imagine that this rather old chipset will have some new life.
  At least until the P4x600 comes out.

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