Tech News
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AOpen AX4GE Review @ Lost Circuits
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisThen one thing you can say about Lost Circuits, they never have a loss for words.
" The CNR appears somewhat useless. Features that are supported by the CNR, that is soft sound, network and modem, with the exception of the modem, are already supported by means of on-board integrated peripherals. It is true that modems are still in use but their market share, at least in the US is dwindling. "
Uhh, ya
AOpen does have a reputation of building very high quality products that will last years without failure, it's too bad they don't get much press here in the states. -
Intel Guys Not Guilty
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisBack in the wee 2001 VIA pulled a fast one on Intel by reverse engineering an Intel chipset to obtain vital info about the Pentium 4 CPU bus, then decided to market an unlicensed version of it under the VIA name. Of course tempers flared at Computex that year and some un-named Intel peeps decided to take matters into their own hands, or VIA was just pissed that their balloons popped and blamed Intel for the sabotage.
Either way Intel is off the hook.
"The Taipei District Court on December 31 ruled that the four defendants whom VIA Technologies accused of destruction of property at the Computex Taipei 2001 trade show were not guilty."
VIA on the other hand is still unhappy.
"As usual with legal cases, Intel Taiwan declined to comment. VIA, however, indicated that it would appeal the ruling."
Dem must have been expensive balloons.
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AOpen AX4PE Max Review @ Overclocker Cafe
Published: Wednesday, January 1, 2003 | By: DennisGrab a cup or can of your favorite drink and check out the review over at Overclocker Cafe.
"AOpen has long been a staunch provider of strong, stable motherboards for the average user and now it seems that they have set their sights on the enthusiast and overclocker market as well."
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New Years Over
Published: Wednesday, January 1, 2003 | By: DennisI trust that everyone was safe over the holiday, yep same here and aside from the fireworks at midnight it was pretty peaceful.
btw the link may not be suitable for many work environments. -
Happy New Year Everyone
Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | By: DennisOn behalf of Ninjalane I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Don't drink to much and please give the keys to a sober friend if you are too fuxX0r3d to drive.
Above all have a good time!
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New Soltek Website
Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | By: DennisSoltek has launched (not formally) a US based website. I'm in the process of gathering some more information about the new site and it's intent. The current rumors say that soltekusa.com is just the start of a much larger US based marketing campaign.
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Springdale Said to be First to Market
Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | By: DennisI think this will be an Intel first,
j/k.
Here is a clip.
"Typically, VIA and SiS enjoy a honeymoon period of profits before Intel launches comparable products, after which increased competition drives down prices. According to development roadmaps at Intel and downstream motherboard makers, this time Intel will preempt the competition."
Intel is getting very serious about the Springdale chipset. First they make an out of the blue announcement during Comdex and now they’re going to be first to market with it, Goodtimes for Intel
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Mozilla Phoenix Browser Preview
Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | By: DennisI've been following the development of the Phoenix browser from Mozilla and I've been quite surprised as to how far it has come. The new beta browser is built on the Mozilla engine and is designed to be very lightweight. At only 6 megs you'd think it was a version 3 browser.
Give it a shot you won't be disappointed -
Quiet News Day, Best of 2002
Published: Monday, December 30, 2002 | By: DennisIts kind of quiet today so phjear my lack of news!
Its kind of sad that everyone finds it necessary to post stuff like "The best of 2002!" and "My picks for the future!". In a way I can see why they do it, it is just annoying since just about everything on the list was released last month. So, just don't expect me to come up with one.
I have a better idea, how about you post your own "Best of 2002!" in the Ninjalane Message Forum, it will be interesting to see what you all come up with. -
Facts and Assumptions of the AMD 'Hammer'
Published: Monday, December 30, 2002 | By: DennisDigi-Life has a rather lengthily article up that sheds some light on the mysteries behind the AMD x86-64 processor architecture. They dive into processor modes and even touch on memory speeds and potential throughput. The read is very informative though I don't suspect we will know everything until the processor is released sometime next year.
"Those who don't need these new features may not use them - nothing changes for 32bit applications. Besides, you can use 32bit applications in the 64bit OS."
