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My Experience of Moving Ubuntu 11.04 from One Notebook to Another
Have you ever attempted to move an OS install from one PC to another? I am sure many of you have, and for those who are all too familiar with the process, you’re likely aware of the headaches that can ensue. Different PCs means different hardware, and where any OS is concerned, the chance of a non-bootable OS is sometimes an…
Should Microsoft Offer Bounties for Discovering Windows Bugs?
The idea of offering bounties for discovering bugs might sound a bit odd to some, but it’s not that uncommon. Both Google and Mozilla have been offering up cash to those who find both serious and mild bugs in their respective browsers, and for the most part, it seems like the idea has been a success thus far. No surprise – what code junkie…
Speeding up the Linux Kernel with CUDA?
It should be an unknown to no one at this point that GPGPU processing is a good thing, as when highly parallel jobs are able to take advantage of the massive number of cores found in even a modest graphics card, a typical CPU could be found eating its dust. But as we’re well aware, due to the limited nature of GPU architectures, not…
LastPass Servers Potentially Breached; Changing ‘Weak’ Master Passwords Advised
The developers of LastPass, the program/extension that allows you to encapsulate all of your passwords underneath a “master” one, are encouraging users to change their master password if it’s defined as “weak” (as in, is a dictionary word). On Wednesday, the company noticed an anomaly with regards to certain…
AMD Updates Phenom II X4 Line-up with 980 Black Edition
On the performance side of things, Intel is winning the war against AMD in the current-gen, but if there were such a a competition to see which company could wring out as many speedbumps as possible from a single architecture, AMD would hands-down be the winner. Just when you think there couldn’t possibly be another… there it is…
PlayStation Network Remains Down; Where Are We At?
Sony’s PlayStation Network has now been down for nearly two weeks, and it’s been well over a week since we all discovered that customer information was stolen en masse. At the time of this post, PSN is still not up, even though Sony has been “working around the clock” to make it happen. So where are we at with all of this? It’s been a busy…
Apple Updates iMac Line-up; Features Thunderbolt and FaceTime HD
Apple this week has rolled out its long-awaited iMac updates, and there are a couple of notable additions and upgrades to talk about. First is the fact that the CPUs have been upgraded to Intel’s Sandy Bridge, and as referenced on the iMac product page, they can make a rather substantial improvement in most workstation tasks…
Intel Announces ‘3D’ Tri-Gate Transistors; Set for Use with 22nm Production
In what it touts as being the most significant technological announcement of the year, Intel this morning unveiled its “3D” transistor to the world – one that can dramatically improve both power efficiency and performance. Though considered “3D”, the official name is “Tri-Gate”, and that refers to the fact that the “source” and “drain”…
A Quick Look at Our Updated Motherboard Testing Suite
As regular readers of Techgage are no doubt aware, we have been working to update some of our test suites that we use to benchmark various bits of hardware, from CPUs to motherboards to GPUs and beyond. We’ve most recently finished up a revised motherboard testing suite, and that’s what I’m going to talk a little bit about…
GIGABYTE Shows Off ‘TouchBIOS’ Software Coming to Z68 Line-up
Most PC enthusiasts will at some point have to hit up their system’s BIOS, but I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that sometimes, it’d just be more convenient to change a setting inside of Windows to save the hassle of a reboot. Catering to that idea, and to also give said enthusiasts something to “touch”, GIGABYTE will soon release…
Portal 2 On Sale for $30 at Amazon
In a surprise move by Amazon, Portal 2 is on sale for $30 right now. For a game that was just launched two weeks ago (read our review), this is surprising. Especially so considering the overwhelming positive reception it has received from players and critics alike – if the Metacritic score of 95 wasn’t enough to go by. If you were waiting to…
It’s Official: AT&T Broadband Subscribers Wake Up Today with Data Caps
Beginning today, AT&T will be implementing a monthly data cap plan for its DSL and U-verse customers. AT&T DSL customers will have a 150GB per month limit, while U-verse customers receive a slightly roomier 250GB monthly cap. Subscribers that exceed these limits will be charged $10 per each additional 50GB over the limit.
Slackware Linux 13.37 Released
While Linux headlines were dominated by Ubuntu mentions yesterday, it wasn’t the only distro to experience the launch of a new major version. Slackware, one of the oldest distributions still being actively developed, released its 13.37 version. Yes, that’s the official version number. It seems that Slackware founder Patrick Volkerding…
AMD Releases Catalyst 11.4 Driver
AMD earlier this week released the Catalyst 11.4 driver, introducing a couple of new features, and a bunch of performance updates. If the name “11.4” sounds familiar, it might be because we took a look at what was coming to the driver last month. Building on the overhaul AMD rolled out with Catalyst last year, 11.4 refines some…
Native NVIDIA SLI Support Coming to AMD Platforms
The moment all of you all AMD fans some AMD fans have been waiting for has finally arrived: native SLI support on AMD platforms. Similar to the SLI transition that occurred on Intel platforms in 2008, the native likeness of AMD’s SLi support means that no special nForce chips will be required for SLI to function. All that will be needed…
OCZ Technology Introduces another Vertex 3 “MAX IOPS” SSD
OCZ has added another model to the venerable Vertex 3 solid state drive family. In addition to the Vertex 3 for consumers and the Vertex 3 Pro for enterprise customers OCZ has introduced the Vertex 3 Max IOPS SSD. As the name implies the max IOPS on this drive is a whopping 75,000 IOPS, compared to 60,000 IOPS for the regular Vertex 3.
Ubuntu 11.04 ‘Natty Narwhal’ Released
Being such a popular Linux distribution, almost all of Ubuntu’s bi-annual releases experience a good deal of hype right up to their launch, but 11.04, or ‘Natty Narwhal’, took things to the next level. Ever since Canonical announced that its ‘Unity’ desktop environment would ship as the default in 11.04, speculation ran rampant. Even…
Giveaway: PAX-Exclusive DDO & LOTRO Special Items; G&H Beta Invites
It’s time once again to give away some swag! Our good friend K. Samwell, former TG editor and current community manager for Kings Isle Entertainment’s Wizard 101 MMO, hit up PAX last month and sent us along some codes for special items in Dungeons & Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online, and also codes to join in…
Internet Freedom Report Released; Ranks Estonia as Best in the World
In a report published by Freedom House, a non-for-profit organization which advocates human rights and political freedoms, we can gain an understanding of which countries have the most open Internet freedoms, and which have no freedoms at all. And no, that’s no typo in the title. Estonia, a small country in Northern Europe with a…
Evercool’s ‘Dr. Cool’ – The Ultimate… Router Cooler?
That’s right. I said router cooler, so don’t go all pretending like you’ve never once said, “Geez, I wish I could throw a fan in that thing!”, because I’m confident enough to say that most of us have been there. Even if a router isn’t giving us signs of failure, no one wants to feel like their hardware is running hot all the time, and thanks to no…
Securely Erasing a Hard Drive from Within Linux
Prior to the discovery that SSDs could experience performance degradation over long periods of time, no one seemed to care about what a “secure erase’ was, much less had the need to run one. Hard drives, due to their design, don’t benefit much if at all from a secure erase, but in some cases SSDs can (especially if TRIM is not supported).
Sony’s PlayStation Network Comprised; All User Data Stolen
As we discussed in our news on Friday, Sony pulled its PlayStation Network service offline in the middle of last week due to a problem that arose – but until today, that problem has been kept secret. Though speculation ran rampant that a DDoS was the source of the problem, the worst possible outcome instead came true: PSN was hacked. Worse…
Kingston Releases ‘Plug and Play’ HyperX Memory
For enthusiasts, picking up a super-fast kit of RAM and tweaking it to its correct values in the BIOS may seem like no big deal, but to the regular user, the mere thought of it could be overwhelming. But, to take advantage of those fast speeds, it’s sometimes required, and the reason simply has to do with the fact that memory is shipped with…
Netflix Gained 3.6 Million Subscribers in Q1
To say that Netflix posted a successful first quarter would be a gross understatement. During those three months, the company managed to add a staggering 3.6 million subscribers, bringing its total subscriber count to 23.6 million. Not impressed? Perhaps adding the fact that the company’s total number of subscribers increased by 69%…
FBI Busts Screen Actors Guild Member Over Pirate Bay Uploads
It may seem obvious that most Hollywood leaks come from within Hollywood itself, but it’s not often – if it’s happened at all – when someone gets caught red-handed. Usually, it’s a cammer who gets caught, or someone who found their way to a screener somehow, and then proceeded to upload it. A recent case changes things, however…