Tech News

  • .NET Application beats Java

    Published: Thursday, November 1, 2001 | By: Dennis

    It is an age-old battle, what is better VB or Java. Of course the hard cores in each camp have their own opinions on the subject and it is amazing how with just a few tweaks things can get faster for either side.

    This is an interesting article not because of the VB vs. Java dispute but how Macromedia is planning on moving Cold Fusion to a java platform instead of keeping with its native P code.

  • ASP application used for security

    Published: Thursday, November 1, 2001 | By: Dennis

    An ASP application is now available that can help automate the security of your network. It works by scanning the interior of your network for some of the more common AND uncommon vulnerabilities. I am skeptical by nature, but given what they say, it might have the goods. I'd be happy to review it! big grin smile

  • Robot dog gets hacked

    Published: Thursday, November 1, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Sony tells enthusiasts that they have no right to post on their site the method by which one can hack Aibo. The hack will allow a programmer to make Aibo do things other than what the original programmers had intended. So, it would seem if you want your Aibo to have a strange social behavior its now possible.

  • Netscape 6.2 Released

    Published: Thursday, November 1, 2001 | By: Dennis

    An update to the ever-popular Netscape 6 has been released, and once again the themes from past versions are not compatible.

  • HaxX0r your XP Login Screen

    Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 | By: Dennis

    The big thing with Windows 2000 was to change your startup logo, well the fun transfers to XP. Once again using the RegHack tool you can replace bitmaps and change colors of your login screen and amaze your friends.

  • Happy Halloween

    Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Happy Halloween and be safe out there. wink smile

  • Macromedia Homesite 5 Released

    Published: Monday, October 29, 2001 | By: Dennis

    This last year Allaire and Macromedia merged and many of use loyal Homesite users were worried that Macromedia would squash the next release of Homesite in favor of their own Dreamweaver4, this press release eases our fears.

  • K7V Dragon Plus Review @ VIAHardware

    Published: Monday, October 29, 2001 | By: Dennis

    The second installment in the Dragon series is the K7V Dragon Plus. The review scores are not really impressive when compared to other KT266A boards. Then again what is 1%??.

    You can see our review of the original Soyo Dragon here.

  • Prolink GeForce 3 Review @ Hexus

    Published: Monday, October 29, 2001 | By: Dennis

    With the release of the Ti chips from Nvidia we might not see to many reviews of he GeForce3 though from a performance standpoint you won't see any difference between the GeForce3 and the Ti200. With that being said check out this Hexus review of a very orange GeForce3 card from Prolink .

  • Thoughts on Carrot Top??

    Published: Monday, October 29, 2001 | By: Dennis

    It would seem that Carrot Top is a love hate relationship and it would appear that the guys of Real Life Comics are on the hate side. happy smile.