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• AOL Sux Once Again

  Published: Thursday, January 31, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Actually AOL wasn't ever really that cool to begin with but I have to say they are doing well for all on the Net. Not only do they own Netscape and ICQ but also when you are a member they call you all the time saying "Hey you should buy more".
  
  The latest news on the AOL front a heated battle of DOS to Trillian users out there by blocking access to the AIM network.
  
  In a way if someone were using my toothbrush I'd get pissed too.

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• P4 Chipset Shootout @ SLCentral

  Published: Thursday, January 31, 2002 | By: Dennis

  There are quite a few choices when it comes to buying a P4 system and really these choices are driven by what chipset you decide to go with. If you need to know more about the different chipset solutions check out the link below.

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• Dual P4 or XEON Chipset from Via @ DDR Zone

  Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Knowing how Via likes to toy with trouble it was only a matter of time before they figured out how to build an SMP'able chipset for the P4 line of processors. This is actually some pretty good news for an SMP junkie like myself esp since they will be using DDR333 and the newer 533MHz FSB.
  
  Yes, chances are this chipset will be "illegal" as well.

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• Cover Them Boobies

  Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Ya know being an artist I don't get offended by these sorts of things, though you know some person will be. So, I would tend to agree with the Justice Department.

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• Asus Jumps the Gun

  Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Asus sent out a missive? WTF is up with that. Anyhow this is funny, check it out.

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• Micron and Hynix break off acquisition talks

  Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Micron and Hynix have stopped talking about a merger and do not plan to revisit the subject any time soon. It would appear that neither company could agree on a price. I guess its time to call The Godfather

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• More on "My Party"

  Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 | By: Dennis

  I'm just going to quote some stuff.
  
  "There is an attachment named www.myparty.yahoo.com, which does not point to any Web page and is instead a disguised executable file. When executed, the file uses its own SMTP engine to mail itself to everyone in the infected PCs Microsoft Outlook address book."

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• Clash Of The OC'd Titans

  Published: Monday, January 28, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Tom's Hardware has a lengthily and slightly informative article up on the overclocked performance of Intel's and AMD's latest processors. While you are there you can check out their older article by the same author talking about an overclocked P4 @ 3GHz. Be warned they are kind of hard to read.

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• Duallie 1GHz Mac

  Published: Monday, January 28, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Most of use that know anything know that its not really how fast something runs but how much it can get done during a given period of time, which is why SMP is sooo cool. Anyhow the Mac is getting another speed upgrade this time to 1GHz of sweet Motorola powa, thus closing the ever so misunderstood speed gap between the PC and Mac.

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• new photos from my party! - Virus

  Published: Monday, January 28, 2002 | By: Dennis

  FYI to everyone if you get an email that says this.
  
  "My party... It was absolutely amazing!
  I have attached my web page with new photos!
  If you can please make color prints of my photos. Thanks!"
  
  You have gotten a virus. Do not open the attachment, Simply delete the message and go on with your life.

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