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Breaking: Intel Settles Antitrust Dispute with AMD for $1.25 Billion
Posted 11/12/2009 at 11:29:59am
intel got away lucky with this one they could have been held liable for a lot more then 1.25 Billion.
How to Build Your Own Custom Linux Distro
Posted 11/06/2009 at 03:58:37pm
True, not everybody has the same capabilities of installing and configuring linux as my 11 year old.
Nvidia Ends Quarter on a High Note, Revenue Up
Posted 11/06/2009 at 03:56:55pm
This really puts a dent in the soothsayers "Nvidia is finished" predictions.
Sony Admits It’s Being Investigated by U.S. Antitrust Regulators
Posted 10/27/2009 at 10:18:18pm
Blu Ray is a short lived tech anyhows. HD VOD is where the future is. It's already too small to be a viable backup solution as well with the advent of multi TB drives.
29 Essential Windows Tips for XP, Vista, and Win7 Users
Posted 10/22/2009 at 07:23:06pm
Even better, wait 20 days and grab openSUSE 11.2
The Pros and Cons of 64-bit Windows 7
Posted 10/20/2009 at 08:50:01am
The reason is simple why there are 2 separate program folders as it allows 2 different versions (32-bit and 64-bit) of the same application to be used and installed on the system without mashing them together into one folder. When this happens you can have a bad mix of 32-bit applications replacing the 64-bit versions and vice versa leaving you without a usable product.
Nvidia Halts Development of Nehalem Chipsets, Explains Why
Posted 10/09/2009 at 03:39:38pm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10371092-64.html
""We are not going to develop a DMI chipset for Intel. We're not investing in that area," said Henry, adding that Nvidia will continue to make chipsets for AMD processors."
Seems to be some confusion on the AMD side. So there are a few possible scenarios. If nvidia wants to continue SLI support on the AMD systems they have to either:
a) continue to create chipsets for AMD procs
b) license the sli capability to AMD like they did with intel chipsets
c) just say screw it and remove sli chipset restrictions from the drivers
How to Build a Kick-Ass Windows Home Server
Posted 10/08/2009 at 08:40:49am
Depends on the distro used. Many of the specialized server distros don't need cli at all to be setup or distros like opensuse that have gui tools like YaST that don't require dropping to cli especially when your talking about a small server like a media server.
How to Build a Kick-Ass Windows Home Server
Posted 10/07/2009 at 08:55:36pm
Save yourself a bit of money and get that "getting something accomplished" feeling and use one of the many feature laden linux distro's for the ultimate in a home server.
Competition between AMD and Nvidia GPUs Should Heat Up by Year's End
Posted 09/30/2009 at 07:49:47am
- 3.0 billion transistors
- 40nm TSMC
- 384-bit memory interface
- 512 shader cores [renamed into CUDA Cores]
- 32 CUDA cores per Shader Cluster
- 1MB L1 cache memory [divided into 16KB Cache - Shared Memory]
- 768KB L2 unified cache memory
- Up to 6GB GDDR5 memory
- Half Speed IEEE 754 Double Precision
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/9/30/nvidia-gt300s-fermi-architecture-unveiled-512-cores2c-up-to-6gb-gddr5.aspx