Tech News
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Game Theater XP Review @ HotHardware
Published: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 | By: DennisWith the many problems I've had with my Sound Blaster Live I'm about to give Creative the boot and switch to something cooler. Originally it was Aureal though with the buyout some time ago and lack of any good Win2k drivers I was back to using my SBL.
Enter the Game Theater, Look for one of these to be included in our new gaming system which will be showcased in the gaming section. -
Britney Spears: The Video Game
Published: Sunday, May 20, 2001 | By: Dennis“Experience Britney”, a new console video game where you can get 360 degree First Person view of the young pop star during one of her concert tours. You are even allowed to go backstage after the show, Pretty cool. Look for the new DVD in stores towards the end of this year.
It will be interesting to see how many of us would be buyers will request that the game be put in a brown paper sack?? -
Anisotropic Filtering
Published: Sunday, May 20, 2001 | By: DennisOne of the new features of the GeForce 3 is Anisotropic Filtering. So what is Anisotropic Filtering? And what can it do for you?
The Reverend at the 3D Pulpit has the answer in two parts. Part 1 Part 2 -
Info on WinXP Copy Protection - Can it be done?
Published: Friday, May 18, 2001 | By: DennisAccording to the register it would seem that the WindowsXP Copy Protection might be harder to crack that was originally though. Read more about it at The Register. Then again most of these stories are just rumors.
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Kyro 3 Details
Published: Thursday, May 17, 2001 | By: DennisThe Inquirer has gotten some details on the Kyro 3 and some of the technology behind it.
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Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
Published: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 | By: DennisWindows 2000 Service Pack 2 was released late last week (not sure if it was an offical release) and as some of you know the 103meg download would take forever over the modem.
So, in the flavor of IE installs and Windows update there is an express version that you can download. This program will do an "active patch" and only download the files that you need.
If you have a fast connection I might suggest just getting the entire Service Pack here -
Dual Xeon DP Preview @ Hardware Analysis
Published: Sunday, May 13, 2001 | By: DennisWith the release of the Foster chip on the horizon some of us are curious to know more about it. HardwareAnalysis.com gives us a peek into this new processor line.
I can see it now, "Intern cracks under the pressure of counting the pins on Xeon DP processors, after rumors circulate that they might not have 603 pins" -
Interesting Case Mod
Published: Sunday, May 13, 2001 | By: DennisSomebody from cpuFailure.com sent me a link today to their newest case mod project. Their project is on the extreme side of case moddin' and I think they pulled it off quite nicely. Check it out.
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Micron to Partner with KTI Semiconductor
Published: Saturday, May 12, 2001 | By: DennisIt would seem that the local memory chip maker has acquired/partnered with one of my favorite memory chip mfg. KTI.
I didn't pay much attention until finding that KTI Brand memory wasn't listed on Pricewatch anymore. Now the only company that produces Tiny BGA chips is Kingmax in PC150 flavors. -
More red PCB action this time from MSI
Published: Thursday, May 10, 2001 | By: DennisIt would seem that more and more companies are seeing the benefits of what I like to call the "iMac effect" where you offer products in different colors in hopes to sell more of them. MSI has announced a Limited edition K7T Turbo full of features and a Red PCB to boot.
For the curious here is an article on how a motherboard is built.
