Tech News
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MCI Networks cracked
Published: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 | By: DennisSome of MCI's networks and internal data were easily available to a gentleman of the security minded persuasion. It seems that none of MCI's customer's networks were compromised, but I think that has more to do with the cracker than MCI.
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Sistina releases ver 5.0 of GFS clustered file system
Published: Sunday, December 23, 2001 | By: DennisGFS, the project of Matt O'Keefe and his company Sistina which brings relatively inexpensive clustered file systems to Linux, has released version 5.0. With this release, it is hoped that a bit more market share will be captured by the MUCH cheaper alternative.
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Vacation Time
Published: Friday, December 21, 2001 | By: DennisChristmas is almost here and I will be away on my vacation seeing some family for the holiday. While I'm gone my good friend Breakdown will be filling in for me to make sure everything is running smoothly.
Take care and be safe this next week, I'll see you all next year. (Maybe sooner
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Security Hole in Everything but Win2k
Published: Thursday, December 20, 2001 | By: DennisI'm not going to say much about this except if you are running XP, 98, 98se and/or ME patch your system or be labeled a loser. It would appear if you are still running Win2k you are fine. The patch for XP is listed at the bottom all other O/S's can be found here
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XP Sales Lower than Expected
Published: Thursday, December 20, 2001 | By: DennisXP Sales are low and really I'm not surprised. Retail sales reflect how many boxes of the new OS left the shelves and many analysts think that users will prefer to get their OS with a new computer than to buy an upgrade for their old one.
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Abit BD7-RAID Review @ Overclockers Online
Published: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 | By: DennisHere is another i845D review this time Overclockers Online takes a look at the Abit BD7-RAID and of course overclocks it
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"Drive-by Hackers", Firms Warned
Published: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 | By: DennisWhere the IT department leaves off the news will pick up. As we all know wireless technology is great and support for it is even built into Windows XP. Though there is a dark side to this bright silver cloud, networks based on it can be compromised quite easily and even over great distances.
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i845D Motherboard Roundup @ Anandtech
Published: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 | By: DennisThat crafty tech guy Anand has broken new ground in the introduction of i845D motherboard offerings. He takes a look at not one but 12 motherboards all using the DDR enabled chipset from Intel. When you head over there take a look at the special edition Soyo Fire Dragon at the end of the roundup, it is quite amazing.
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Time to Paint your Fans
Published: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 | By: DennisHere is a quick and dirty how-to on painting your fans without making a mess of everything.
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MSI 845 Ultra Review @ LostCircuits
Published: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 | By: DennisI've always liked the LostCircuits reviews and they get another golf clap for their latest.
With the high amount of P4 chipsets being released (both licensed and unlicensed) it would seem that the future of the P4 is looking a little brighter.
