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What is Hyperthreading?
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Continue reading →: What is Hyperthreading?Ars Technica: Introduction to Multithreading, Superthreading and Hyperthreading and “Tom’s Hardware”:http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20021227/. _Well, the Intel site was confusing on the topic of what is this hyperthreading thing, so a quick google search found an article that someone with a 30 year old computer science degree like me can understand_ The basic…
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First Shuttle SN85g4's coming
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Continue reading →: First Shuttle SN85g4's comingI’ve been looking for this so sweet barebones system and the first ones are coming up for sale. Here are some folks who are starting to carry. They are not yet at the big guys like newegg.com: * Directron. Never heard of these guys, but doing preorders for $349. *…
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More on the Shuttle ST61G and SB75G2
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Continue reading →: More on the Shuttle ST61G and SB75G2X-bit labs – Hardware news – New Shuttle XPCs ST61G and SB75G2 – Targeting Gamers and Enterprises?. _Another hat tip to Xbitlabs_ The XPC ST61G barebone ? first SFF PC powered by the RADEON 9100 IGP core-logic with integrated graphic core supporting DirectX 8.1 capabilities unveiled this Summer ? is…
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Shuttle to ship 600K systems in 2004
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Continue reading →: Shuttle to ship 600K systems in 2004X-bit labs – Hardware news – Shuttle Projects Further Growth of XPC Shipments in 2004. _Amazing how big a business these XPCs are getting to be_ Shuttle said in an interview to DigiTimes web-site that its XPC shipments this year will be between 550 and 600 thousands of units, 50…
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CPU Utilities
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Continue reading →: CPU UtilitiesCPUID. This is a great utility set for tweaking your PC and knowing how it is performing. For instance PC Wizard tells you what machine you actually have and how it is performing. Like Sisoft Sandra, but just for the CPU. There is also CPU-Z which tells you exactly what…
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Another Game…
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Continue reading →: Another Game…Another potential game are to have a name on your back and then you have to go find the other person who matches. Kind of a mixer and there is a prize you get if you find your opposite: * Famous Couples. An entire web site. * “Famous Movie Couples”:http://www.imdb.com/Couples/.…
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Xvid Settings (Con't)
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Continue reading →: Xvid Settings (Con't)Sectie B & D: Hoe MP3, DivX maken. Well, I tried some new Xvid settings and now the second pass won’t work. Here are some more recommendations. I’ll give these a try. This is true since Xvid defaults are single pass, so you have to understand something about what to…
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Famous People and What They Drink…
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Continue reading →: Famous People and What They Drink…We’re having a Holiday Party and I like to invent fun games. Here’s one, match the famous person with what they drink. So, you have folks who have the name of a famous person and match it to what their favorite libation is. Here are some websites to pick from:…
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Consumer VOIP
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Continue reading →: Consumer VOIPVoIP NEWS ONLINE. Been looking at VOIP for consumers. Here’s an entrie site dedicated to it. Note that Vonage just raised an additional $35M from NEA to bring their total to $60M plus. Have about 70K subscribers, but seem to be a early leaders. Also have Skype who are doing…
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Codec Comparisons
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Continue reading →: Codec ComparisonsDoom9.net – The Definitive DVD Backup Resource – Codec Comparison May 2003. The latest motion Codec comparison that I could find. Pretty interesting results. Basically says that DivX 5.05 is fast and has OK quality while Xvid is slower with better quality. I ran Xvid against Raiders of the Lost…