Content and news by Rob Williams

“First they put it on ”on hold” last month, then they announced they were going to relaunch it as an open source project, now the genius guy behind CherryOS, that OS X emulator which apparently “borrowed” some code from an earlier emulator by the name of PearPC, has decided to pull the plug on the entire ill-fated venture. Arben Kryeziu says that it simply “was not ready”, which we believe is a euphemism for “I didn’t feel like getting sued by the people behind PearPC”.”

Good, now we can stop believe Arben Kyreziu’s crap, if that is his real name. Check out the posting at Engadget.

“A couple of months back, we took a look at Super Flower’s 14cm fan power supply, which had a huge 14cm fan on it! In this review, we bring another power supply with a 14cm fan and it comes from a fairly unpopular company named NorthQ. Boasting a total of 400W, the NQ-4001EX Super Silent PSU is plain power supply albeit its humongous cooling fan. Let us see what NorthQ has to offer with their power supply.”

This is a great looking PSU. Check out the full review over at PC Modding Malaysia.

“For overclocking only, pure and simple. It is not usable for daily 24/7 cooling, it’s mostly used by those people who like to push their PC to a higher speed. By using subzero cooling you can obtain impressive overclocks. Dry Ice will provide you better performance then air- and water-cooling, as well as single stage phase change cooling setups.

Due to its low cost and lower risk then LN2 it can be used easily in a wide variety of environments, cascaded phase change setups are more expensive and require a higher technical barrier as they are not available off-the-shelve.”

If you want max performance, this is definitely a hardcore project. Check out all the info at Mad Shrimps.

“A look at what AMD’s new dual core 4800+ processor is going to bring to your computing table. We directly compare and contrast it with Intel’s dual core Pentium Extreme Edition 840 in our basic benchmarks and real world heavy duty multitasking.

The Athlon X2 is specifically built for a more involved computer user, one that heavily multitasks or uses their computer for digital content creation such as video editing. This is the same marketing strategy we saw Intel use at their dual core processor launch, but I think that AMD has done a better job at defining the segment with less confusing marketing. What you will find on the following pages though, is that AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 fully blurs segment lines with its solid gaming performance. In fact, if you are a gamer that would truly like to multitask, this may the first time you have ever had that option.”

They give it the usual run of benchmarks and tests, so definitely check it out here.

“From the co-creator of Age of Empires, Brian Sullivan, comes an all-new action role-playing game set in the mythical worlds of ancient Greece and Egypt. Amazing visuals and fast-action gameplay deliver a true cinematic gaming experience. Lush ancient world settings crafted in near-photo realistic detail provide the player with an extraordinary canvas Comment (0) -->

“Although Kingmax is relatively quiet in the enthusiast market, their budget memory solution performs very well and offers a tiny bit of overclocking headroom. You just simply can’t beat the price for a 1GB set.”

Check out the full review over at InsaneTek.

“I could not actually detect a difference in the noise from the PSU when adjusting from the slowest to the fastest setting, while sitting with the PC only 2 feet away. Only by holding my hand in front of the fan could I detect any change in fan speed. This PSU is very quiet, especially considering there are 3 fans in it.”

You can check out the full review over at Xtreme Computing.

“A combination of Safari (version 2.0), ‘widget autoinstall’ and a Web page meta tag can automatically install a widget: an example of this – with a fairly innocuous widget calle ‘zaptastic’ – has been created at http://64.70.134.217/widgets/zaptastic/. Tiger users are advised not to visit this page using Safari, or if you do turn off automatic opening of ‘safe’ files after downloading.”

If you run Tiger and use the Dashboard, and of course you do, check out the posting here.

“Details have been leaked about a new handheld device from PalmOne. Dubbed LifeDrive Mobile Manager, the new multimedia-centric PDA comes with a built-in 4GB Hitachi Microdrive. The device has been listed as having a 416MHz Intel XScale PXA270 processor, 320×480-pixel resolution display, as well as built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a Secure Digital expansion slot. Unfortunately, there are no more details about memory. Combined with organiser features, the music-playing handheld could compete with Apple’s 4GB iPod Mini ($199).”

Well, a HDD based PDA would be a welcomed feature I’m sure. You could easily bring your music along with you, and handle your business at the same time. Because of this fact though, I am sure Apple will be working hard on some iPOD PDA versions. Hehe, we will see I guess. Source: BIOSMagazine.

“OVER THE PAST FEW weeks, we’ve seen a parade of dual-core CPUs, starting with the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 and the dual-core Opterons. Now it’s time for AMD’s dual-core desktop processor line, the Athlon 64 X2, to take its turn on stage. Sporting a fashionable 939 pins on its underbelly, this CPU promises to drop into the average Athlon 64 desktop system and transform it, almost magically, into a dually. The X2 offers an infusion of creamy multitasking smoothness and nearly twice the peak processing power of an Athlon 64 FX-55.”

If you are interested in Dual Core at all, CHECK THIS REVIEW out. They have a load benchmarks and information that you will want to know. Head over to Tech Report for the full review.

“Performance wise the Manhattan drive was good. A solid 8.1MB/s in our testing is an excellent score for a USB flash drive. In real world use I found the drive to be perfect for the person on the go. I often have to grab a program of file off my computer while I am running out the door on the way to work. The Manhattan drive allowed me to do this and more.”

That does look like a great flash drive. You can check it out and see the benchmarks over at Viper Lair.

“We can picture the scene. As the Pariah release date looms ever closer, an emergency meeting is held. “We need more time,” states one developer. “Time is money,” retorts the Suit, “and everything we have left is for the marketing campaign.” “But there’s still so much left to do,” the worried developer Comment (0) -->

Eran from NGOHQ let’s us know that he’s heard a rumor from his contact, that Logitech is working on developing their own mousepad. Now, this only makes sense since they already make some of the best mice out there. It looks though, like it won’t be available by itself right off, but rather be included with the MX510 series. We will see..

” Google’s Web site was inaccessible for a brief time Saturday and some visitors reported being rerouted to another site, leading some to believe that the search giant had been hacked.”

Google wasn’t hacked, but it was related to a DNS error. It’s funny how whenever Google goes down, which is rare, we believe it’s out internet connections. Oh well, it’s reliable the other 99.99% of the year. Read about it here.

“Flash-based MP3 players are popular because they are small, light and yet pack a LOT of punch! The only major complaint is probably the lack of capacity. Luckily, advances in flash memory technology has improved their capacity.

Today, we will take a look at the new Hyundai HY-6611 MP3 player. Boasting a large capacity of 1GB, voice recording functions, FM radio reception as well as the ability to encrypt data, this looks like a truly powerful MP3 player.”

Head over to Rojak Pot for the full review.

“In September of last year, we presented a preview of the upcoming Firefox 1.0 release and now we are delighted to bring back Firefox as we’re taking a quick look at the status of the 1.1 release. This upcoming release, which is scheduled for June of 2005, is expected to offer everything from native SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to improvements in page rendering. In addition, there are several fixes to the Linux default theme. These screenshots were taken under FedoraCore3 (2.6.11-1.14) with the Firefox 1.0+ Nightly Build (07-05-2005).”

Check out the full review over at Phoronix.

“Many companies out there are doing the ‘themed’ ‘laser cut’ fan grills, but not many of them are that great of quality, most you find are thin, cheap fan grills with sharp edges and rough cuts on them. Not these, these are very nicely produced, with quality in mind. They are thick metal (heavy gauge), with finished edges on them.”

Check out the full review at Think Computers.

“The problem with your typical alarm clock is that it has no idea where you
are in your sleep cycle; whether you are almost awake, in deep sleep, or
somewhere in between. It just goes off at a set time everyday. Wouldn’t it
be great if there was an alarm clock that could wake you up every morning
during an almost awake moment? Well, now there is. Introducing the
SLEEPTRACKER from Innovative Sleep Solution. Just how well does
SLEEPTRACKER work? Read on and find out.”

Wow, this is different. Check it out at A True Review.

“With the DFI Ultra-D motherboard and loads of voltages in my hand, I decided to go back to the Centon Advanced PC3200 Low Latency memory and find the highest overclock. The screenshot shows that Super PI passed without failure at 32M calculations. The Super PI version is the Super PI mod1.4 which has been designed with anti-cheat. The CPU-Z has been validated to prove that that screenie is real and not fake.”

Head over to InsaneTek for the full review.

“he underlying technology is good enough to state that you cannot buy a bad GeForce 6600 GT card. It’s best-suited for playing games at 1280×1024 with a modicum of image enhancement. That fits in perfectly with the kind of customer it’s aimed at, who’ll most likely be using a 17″ TFT or 19” CRT that both tend to run natively at that resolution. PNY’s effort, by dint of its bundle and warranty, is a pretty good choice for those who have <£150 to spend on a graphics card right now, although the addition of a custom, quieter fan and dual-DVI would be on the top of my wish list for PNY's engineers, however. A solid card based on sound tech."

Check out the full review at Hexus.