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Novell Promotes Ronald W. Hovsepian to President and Chief Operating Officer
WALTHAM, Mass. – Nov. 1, 2005 – Novell, Inc. (NASD: NOVL) today announced that on Oct. 31, 2005, its board of directors promoted Ron Hovsepian, executive vice president and president, global field operations, to president and chief operating officer of Novell. This promotion will further focus Novell’s efforts on meeting the needs of customers on a global basis. Mr. Hovsepian will have direct worldwide responsibility for product development, marketing, and field operations, which includes sales, consulting and technical services.
Read the full press release here.
Dynatron A41 V-Shaped Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review
With an abundance of heatpipe-infused copper heatsinks up for sale these days, it’s easy to forget that there are other ways to make a slab of metal a great conductor of heat into the surrounding atmosphere. Designed properly, a skived aluminum heatsink can leave an extruded aluminum heatsink in the dust. If any company has perfected the skived heatsink it would have to be Dynatron. The latest example of the companies’ skived Socket 754/939 AMD Athlon64 heatsink line recently arrived at FrostyTech for testing, it’s called the Dynatron A41 heatsink.
This is far from being an outrageous heatsink, but how well does it perform? Check it out at FrostyTech.
Beginners Guides: Ergonomics & Computers
If you are a long time computer user like me, you might have noticed the occasional hurts and discomforts that go hand in hand with spending long periods of time in front of the PC. Stare at a monitor for hours on end, year after year and most likely you’ll eventually start to notice the pains magnify in frequency and severity. Do this long enough, and the discomfort could become part of the daily routine when you sit down to work or game at a computer. This guide aims to provide a guideline for identifying and avoiding situations which could result in the development of a repetitive strain injury, and to recommend ergonomically sound computer setups and products.
Check it out at PC Stats.
ATI Radeon To ATI FireGL Mod Guide Rev. 5.0 Posted
Our guide will go through all the possible FireGL mods for the Radeon 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800 and X800 series of cards and teach you just how to mod your Radeon into a FireGL! Check it out!
- Major revamp of the guide.
- Removed the entire section on flashing the card’s BIOS.
- Rewrote the patching procedure using RivaTuner’s patch scripts.
- Updated the FreeFireGL driver section with a list of supported mods and issues.
- Updated the Forsage driver section with warning about issues with this driver.
If you are in need of a guide, check one out at Rojak Pot.
Virtual-On MARZ PS2 Game Review
Giant fighting Mechas. Experimental laser weapons. Incredibly detailed, 3-D arenas. Lightning-fast, brutally harsh gameplay. Sounds familiar? These are all tradmarks of one of Sega’s fighting game franchise, the Virtual-On series. While one may have never heard of the name before, the Virtual-On series has become a household name among arcade-goers, especially during the late ’90s. Virtual-On has gone through many changes and versions throughout the years; from the arcade to the Sega Saturn and the ill-fated Dreamcast, the latest release, named Virtual-On: MARZ attempts to take the game to a whole new level to its fanbase via a release on the PlayStation 2. However, the question is, can it live up to the fame of its predecessors Operation Moongate and Oratorio Tangram? A veteran of arcade games, very well versed in the series, tries to make some sense to those unfamiliar with the franchise in this review put together by CyberwizardPit.
Check out the full look at this cool game over at Cyberwizard Pit.
Gainward 7800 GT Golden Sample Review
The Golden Sample is clocked with a 450 MHz core which is 4 MHz faster than one of the overclocking sweet spots (18 x 27 – 40 = 446). Now, as our last 7800 GT review showed, the good thing about the 7800 series is that we see good performance boosts when they are overclocked. There were some instances of a 10 fps increase in some benchmarks with reasonable overclocks. What this suggests is that the Golden Sample at its stock clocks and under warranty will perform much better than the reference 7800 GT and just might be up the rear of the 7800 GTX.
Check out the full review at Pure Overclock.
Plagiarism by Anandtech
Today, I was having my best day of the month, first I met a very fine lady and when I came online and one of our staff members sent me a link. At that moment, the best day of the month became the worst day of the month. I saw that AnandTech, yes, AnandTech, one of the more popular hardware websites on the web, took some material from one of our articles. It took me exactly five milliseconds to identify it.
Check out the full article at NGOHQ.
Nikon Canada Announces New Additions to Nikon Advanced Wireless Lighting System
Mississauga, ON, November 1, 2005 – Nikon Canada Inc. today announced the Wireless Remote Speedlight SB-R200, a portable wireless remote flash unit for Nikon’s Advanced Wireless Lighting system, and the Wireless Speedlight Commander SU-800, a commander to control up to three groups of i-TTL compatible wireless flash units.
Check out the full press release here.
Nikon Canada Announces New 18-200mm AF-S DX Lens
Mississauga, ON, November 1, 2005 – Nikon Canada Inc. today announced the AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED — a compact, lightweight 11.1x zoom lens that is ideal for everyday photography. Advanced features include Nikon ED glass (Extra-low Dispersion), SWM (Silent Wave Motor) and enhanced VR (Vibration Reduction). The new Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm delivers optical performance that is specially designed and optimized for use with Nikon digital SLRs.
Check out the full press release here.
Nikon Canada Announces D200
Mississauga, ON, November 1, 2005 – Nikon Canada Inc. today announced the latest in a line-up of exceptional digital SLRs, the Nikon D200. The D200 combines newly developed Nikon digital technologies with advanced features to create a precision-engineered, high-performance digital SLR designed for the ultimate digital SLR experience.
Check out the full press release here.
Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird v1.5
After covering several Deer Park ALPHA and BETA releases,
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird have both made their way to the v1.5
release candidates. Today’s release, was delayed four days from its
original October 28 tentative date after a four day development freeze
and to ensure final testing mainly in the area of web-mail and banking
services along with extension compatibility. Overall, this release
encompasses a great deal of noticeable improvements that Mozilla users
around the world can now cherish. These advancements range from an
inline spell checker, podcasting, and a phising detector in Thunderbird
to security and improved CSS 2/3 support in Firefox.
Check out the full look at Phoronix.
Arctic-Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC Heatsink Review
Arctic cooling hit the cooling market hard with their Air Silencer VGA coolers. Providing the end user with a better cooling and quieter solution than the stock manufacturer OEM items. This in the end gave us more overclocking headroom. Now they are back with the same plan but for your processor. An alternative to those ugly and sometimes loud stock pieces. The Silencer 64 Ultra TC heatsink seems to be poised to do the same as the VGA coolers.
Check out the full review over at Pro-Clockers.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 HDD Review
The cache choices for these Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 hard disk drives is 2, 8 or 16MB depending on your choice of drive size. There is also the choice to have NCQ or Native Command Queuing which is incorporated software that enables your Seagate drive to re-arranging the read/write commands so that it can read data off the drive intelligently for optimum speed and efficiency.
Check out the full review over at A1 Electronics.
Blizzard’s 2005 Blizzcon: Day 1
Fans of the StarCraft franchise are greeted with a life-like replica of the newest edition to the storyline: Nova. Nova is a special forces operative in the Conferate Army and is the center of the single-player game for StarCraft: Ghost. Ghost features an intense single-player storyline, as well as multiplayer action for up to 16-players, spanning 3 races each with unique weapons and abilities…
Check out the full look at Legit Reviews.
Exploring the performance impact of memory latency
THESE DAYS, SEEMINGLY every major memory module manufacturer is producing fancy low-latency DIMMs. These DIMMs are equipped with tricked-out heat spreaders and come in a variety of different colors, making them easy to pick out in a crowd. There’s more to them than funky cosmetics, though. The most exotic low-latency DIMMs are rated to run at extremely tight 2-2-2-5 timings at 400MHz. Unfortunately, you’ll pay a small fortune for the privilege. Low-latency modules cost close to twice as much as more pedestrian DIMMs, if not more.
Check out the full article at Tech Report.
Sunbeam Lite-Up Slim Keyboard Review
Clear, see-through, transparent, the look of something professional. Professionalism goes hand in hand with clarity. What better way to have clarity than to have things clear? A high powered executive, in his 50th floor office, might stroll over and gaze out of the 15 huge glass windows that surround him. Getting thirsty, he reaches for his coffee mug, which sits atop a Museo Contemporary Glass Desk.
Check out the full review at Paradise OC.
Cooler Master Ammo 533 Review
In need of a good case for your next LAN party? Cooler Master’s new Ammo 533 just might be your solution. The built-in handle makes
transportation a breeze and the case design makes your system look beefier than it actually is.
Check out the full review at InsaneTek.
Silverstone LC17 Review
The SilverStone SST-LC17 is an attractive case. For an HTPC/desktop
solution, it offers very competitive cooling and does this well right out of
the box. What it could stand to improve on though is the interior
arrangement by either going to a micro ATX only design (and then rearranging
the layout) or increasing the length one or two inches. Anyone who tries to
take advantage of the full expansion capabilities of this case are likely to
run into some frustration along the way. Sure things will fit, but it isn’t
exactly easy sometimes.
Head on over to Overclockers Online for the full review.
Corsair XMS2-5400UL Review
Although Corsair’s XMS2 TWIN2X1024-8000UL memory modules,
which are rated for 1000MHz compatibility on Intel-based motherboards,
have taken some of the spotlight away from their famed
TWIN2X1024A-5400UL modules, these DDR2-667 modules continue to be
popular with enthusiasts due to their cheaper price point and phenomenal
overclocking abilities. While sticking to its DDR2-675MHz speeds the
memory can run at impressive 3-2-2-8 timings, and when loosening the
timings they can breach the 1GHz barrier. Of course, none other than
Micron’s “Fatbody” D9 ICs powers these modules.
Check out the full review over at Phoronix.
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (nForce 4 SLI Intel) Review
Foxconn has doven headfirst into the shark infested waters of the mainstream market and proven they can swim with the big boys. Pleasing the hardware enthusiast crowd is no easy task, but Foxconn has put their years of manufacturing experience to good use and put together a winner with this board. Even a hardcore enthusiast will have a hard time finding fault with this board.
Head on over to Viper Lair for the full look.
Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT Platinum Series Review
Hot off the heels of the last Corsair review, we have another Corsair review for you. Corsair has done it again, they are leading the pack in memory technology advancements, by releasing yet another quality high performance memory product. The Twinx2048-4000PT line of memory is engineered for speed and performance, using Samsung UCCC chips to power the sticks, these sticks just rock. Guaranteed 250Mhz at 1T with timings of 3-4-4-8, using high density, high capacity modules, being able to run high capacity sticks of ram at 1T is crucial to having a great performing system. Today’s high end systems take a performance hit if they run at 2T, so being able to run 2 gigs at 1T is a great triumph indeed, and at a speed of 250/500mhz is just amazing! Let’s get into this review and see just how well these do perform..
Check out the full look at this killer memory at Think Computers. For comparison, you can check out our review of this memory here.
Kodak EasyShare One Digital Camera Evaluation
Wi-Fi is all the rage. It’s moved from geeks to mainstream, especially when a hardly cutting-edge company like Kodak introduces a Wi-Fi- enabled digital camera. The EasyShare One lets you email pictures from the camera and connect to the Kodak EasyShare Gallery (formerly Ofoto) using the 802.11b protocol. Once on the site you can alert folks that you have images to share and access all of your images. Kodak is working with T-Mobile so you have 6,000 hotspots across the U.S. to choose from to beam your images to the outside world. Or if that’s not your cup of latte you can simply beam photos to your Wi-Fi enabled laptop or printer. The new 4-megapixel digicam goes beyond offering wireless connectivity. The camera has 256MB of internal memory so it holds up to 1,500 images, making it a portable digital photo album. It also has a huge swivelling 3-inch touch-screen LCD for framing and reviewing your Kodak moments.
Check out the full look at Design Technica.
Vantec AVOX|Jukebox Evaluation
Ah, the digital home. Intel would have us believe that soon instead of unplugging and unwinding when we get off of work each day, we’ll be plugging-in and unwiring in our digitally-enabled home theater rooms, where every bit and byte of entertainment we could ever want will be available to us at the touch of a button.
Check out the full evaluation at HardOCP.
Sirtec High Power ATX-410-212 Review
Sirtec may not be one of the known big players of the PSU industry, but in fact they are a huge OEM producer of power supplies, for example for Thermaltake and Chieftec. We test Sirtec’s 410W unit which offers a beautiful chrome finish and a low-noise fan at a very competitive price.
Head on over to techPowerUp! for the full review.
New Rise of Legends Screenshots
A Glass Cannon bombards an Alim city in the latest addition to our weekly screenshot series. If left to its work, the cannon will level the city in short order. Stop by our Rise of Legends gallery to have a look at our latest screenshots.
Check out all the new screenshots here. This game is looking amazing!