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• Corsair Announces XMS3200 DDR @ CAS2

  Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Yes this is CAS2 DDR400 people!
  
  Specs are listed below:
  * Memory bus speed: 2x200 MHz
  * CAS latency: 2.0 clock cycles
  * RAS precharge: 3 cycles
  * RAS-to-CAS delay: 3 cycles
  * RAS active to precharge: 6 cycles
  * Command rate: 1T (1 cycle)
  * Population: 1 module/system

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• 333MHz FSB Athlon info @ The Tech Report

  Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | By: Dennis

  We would like to think that AMD is at least thinking about what options they have with the Athlon XP until the Hammer is released but what are they??
  
  " AMD, meanwhile, is betting that its upcoming Hammer chips will turn things around. But, stray rumors aside, all indications are that the first Hammer won't be ready until December of this year at the earliest. What's AMD to do in the meantime? One answer is Barton, the planned next revision of the Athlon with 512KB of L2 cache. Another possibility, however—and one that's been getting more and more attention recently—is the possibility of a 333MHz bus for the Athlon XP. "
  
  I'll cross my fingers too,

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• Dual Channel Rambus by SiS

  Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | By: Dennis

  This came to me as a big surprise but it seems to be the next logical step for Rambus system performance.
  
  "The world's first chipset to support dual RDRAM 1066 MHz memory, enabling exceptional performance in workstation and high-end user markets"
  
  No numbers yet considering this is just a press release.

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• The HaxX0ring of an Al-Qaida Website

  Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | By: Dennis

  This is actually a very crafty idea. A webmaster hijacked an expiring URL used by the terrorist group and promptly put up a dummy website but didn't know enough Arabic to keep the stories fresh but figured the FBI would and gave them access to the site.
  
  ""It was like dealing with the motor vehicle administration,""

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• Windows PE (XP Preinstallation Environment)

  Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Setting up an OS can be a really long and involved process but with the help of a WinPE disk the installation of WindowsXP can be streamlined somewhat.
  
  "As Microsoft states: "Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a minimal Win32 subsystem with limited services, based on the Windows XP Professional kernel running in protected mode. It contains the minimal functionality you need to run Windows Setup, pull an operating system from a network share, automate basic processes, and perform hardware validation.""
  
  Of course it wouldn't be a Microsoft product without some limitations.

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• DDR400 3-Way Roundup @ Anandtech

  Published: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 | By: Dennis

  This roundup is a pretty good read for those of you curious about the current support for DDR400 and AGP8x, which Anandtech is referring to as "marketing buzzwords".

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• 4 Day Dos on RIAA.org

  Published: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 | By: Dennis

  The DOS came shortly after the group endorsed legislation to allow copyright holders to disrupt peer-to-peer networks.
  
  When asked about the DOS some guy over there had this to say.
  
  " "Don't they have something better to do during the summer than hack our site?" asked the RIAA representative, who asked not to be identified. "Perhaps it at least took 10 minutes away from stealing music.""
  
  So not only are they fighting for the wrong side but they are naive as well.

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• Nvidia Says to Stock Up

  Published: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 | By: Dennis

  When I read this for the first time I thought nVidia had something up their sleeve but they are just looking out for their contractors.

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• Details on Intel Price Cuts

  Published: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 | By: Dennis

  In September Intel is planning a price cut for the current production versions of Pentium 4 processors. Digitimes has the scoop and has posted a detailed graph showing prices before and after the cuts. I’d say if you are in the market for a P4 and can wait until September you should.

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• Enter the Ninja

  Published: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 | By: Dennis

  This site has everything you wanted to know about the ninja but were afraid to step out of the shadows long enough to ask. Go ahead; check them out I dare ya

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