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HEXUS.net and Ultra Products MegaMod Competition
The 1st prize winner gets a Mini Wizard Tower Case, an X Connect PSU along with a bunch of other modding accessories including CCFLs and fans. If you come in 2nd or 3rd you too will get an X Connect PSU along with some other modding goodies.
To enter, the first thing you’ll need to do is make sure you’re registered on our forums. Then, we want you to get modding your PC. Start a thread in the Project Logs section of HEXUS.modhouse and create a log of your modding project from start to finish. We want to see what you do, why you did it and how.
You can do just about anything you want in the mod, but what we want to see is effort. The winners will be the modders who have put the most effort into their projects.
You can check out all the details and enter here!
An Interview with Jeryuan Yan (XGI Tech)
Recently, we had time to speak with the BD (Business Development) manager of XGI Technology. In this interview, we found the precise status of the current generation XGI Linux and Windows display drivers along with their future. Among other things, we learned that XGI Tech will finally be supporting the Linux 2.6 kernel in September of 2005. Join us for these exclusive details.
If you use an XGI for your Linux distro, than you can definitely appreciate the interview over at a Phoronix.
XTracPads Pro HS Mouse Surface Review
Mousepads in recent years can no longer afford to be a simple piece of cloth or plastic, and are of great value to the demanding PC professional where performance is everything. One such company that does this is the US-based high-performance mousing surface manufacturer XTracPads. The company was founded back in the year 2002 by a group of hardcore PC gamers, and despite their relatively new entry into the high-end PC accessory industry, their mousing surfaces and accessories have won many awards around the globe. We take a look at one of their designs today, the XTracPads Pro HS.
If you want a great mousepad, check out the review at CyberWizardPit.
Imation’s Padlock-lookalike USB Micro Drive
The Imation USB Micro Hard Drive uses a true tiny hard drive and advanced security in their new 2GB and 4GB storage solutions. For data protection, the portable storage offers Magnetic Data Encoding and Error Correction; 128-bit encryption; and file sync, which automatically creates a backup copy of your data. The drive is also tough – engineered to resist up to 100Gs shock.
The features look great, and the fact that it looks like a padlock just adds to the cool factor. Check it out at EverythingUSB.
Western Digital’s Caviar SE16 hard drive
300MB PER SECOND Serial ATA transfer rates are all the rage these days. Cutting-edge core logic like Intel’s ICH7 south bridge chips and NVIDIA’s nForce4 family support the faster I/O interface, and hard drives are beginning to follow suit—not that a faster interface is really needed. Even 15K-RPM SCSI drives struggle to sustain transfer rates that would saturate a 150MB/s Serial ATA pipe.
You can check out the full review over at Tech Report.
Seagate 5GB Pocket Hard Drive
Ultimately, not matter how good or bad a product is, most of us are going to be concerned about the price. At $122 USD, the Seagate 5GB Pocket Hard Drive rings in at little more than $0.02 per Megabyte. Compare this with a 4GB flash drive at $350 USD, which rings in at about $0.09 per meg, we can see the Pocket Hard Drive’s value.
This is a fantastic looking product. Man, 5GB in your pocket at all times. Sounds like a bargain to me! Check out the review at Viper Lair.
Valve Developer Community
Whether you’re building a “Triple-A” commercial project or a MOD for Half-Life® 2, you’ll want to sign up as a Valve developer today. Once registered, you’ll have unlimited access to the WIKI and discussion areas of this site, inclusion in the developer mailing list, online file hosting space for your project, and more.
Looks like it’s going to be a valuable site, for sure. It’s all based on Wiki, which is also cool. If you want to be a Source related developer, definitely check out the site here.
Seagate 400GB Pushbutton Backup USB 2.0/FireWire HDD Review
All of us have movies, pictures and/or music that we treasure and would hate to lose. You may have already heard or read it a thousand times, but you really should back up any data that is important to you. Before you reach for those 3.5″ floppies, you should realize that your backed up data is only as good as the media you put it on, which is why you should steer clear of floppies, especially when there are so many superior options available today. Besides, you can’t fit much more than a few school papers on a floppy.
What a great looking product. Of course, with 400GB of capacity, it’s not cheap. Head over to Bjorn3D for the full review!
New Leadtek 7800GTX BIOS
Leadtek has released an updated BIOS, version 2A30N, that will automatically overclocked your card to 450/1250.
Assuming that this is release BY Leadtek, I doubt it will void any type of warrenty. Check it out on the Official Site.
PowerStrip 3.61 released
PowerStrip provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards – from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest ATI X850 and NVidia SLI solutions. It is in fact the only program of its type to support multiple graphics cards from multiple chipset vendors, simultaneously, under every Windows operating system from Windows 95 to the x64-bit edition of XP.
I’ve used PowerStrip for years, and love it. You may enjoy it as well, so check out the latest version at Entech.
ECS RS480-M Review
ECS has always had a reputation of being an inexpensive solution for DIY system builders. They haven’t had a great history
in terms of overclocking but their new micro-ATX motherboard may actually be a viable solution for HTPC systems.
If you are looking for a motherboard with the Radeon Express chipset, check out this review.
Razer Diamondback Professional Gaming Mouse Review
Tired of getting fragged left and right? If you are questioning your fragging skills, maybe it’s time to take a look at your mouse.
Today, we will take a look at the Razer Diamondback professional gaming mouse with its incredible 1600 DPI resolution and 16-bits data resolution! This could be the mouse that will make you the Fragmeister!
Head over to Rojak Pot for the full review!
Gaming Graphics Glossary
Graphics cards, like so many other tech components, seem to require their own language to describe the functions and features they provide. This Tech Tip will take a look at a handful of terms related to graphics cards, and some more specifically related to graphics cards as used for video games.
If you are confused by graphics lingo, check out the article at Big Bruin!
DVD Jon Breaks Google Video Lock
This guy is fast.. the same day the service is released, he cracked it.
Johansen, also known as ‘DVD Jon’ for his work on decrypting DVD security codes, has created a patch for the Google Video Viewer—less than 24 hours after the search giant shipped the video playback plug-in, a tool based on the open-source VideoLAN media player.
The patch, released on Johansen’s ‘So Sue Me’ blog, effectively disables a modification Google made to the VideoLAN code to prevent users from playing videos that are not hosted on Google’s servers.
Check out the full news story here.
Ultra Memory and HDD Cooler Review
The Ultra Hard drive cooler is an excellent cooling product, temperatures on my hard drive dropped dramatically once installed. If Ultra fixed the minor cabling mess and designed it to allow for a hard drive to be installed underneath it would be even better.
If you want to make your memory look great and keep your HDD cooler, check out the review at Viper Lair.
Mushkin HP3200 Redline Memory Review
The Mushkin Redline memory uses Winbond UTT ICs on a Brain Power PCB. What many people may not realize is that UTT stands for UnTesTed. So the ICs are basically unlabelled and binned by whoever is assembling them, in this case Mushkin. The PCB is a jet black, 6 layer design from Brain Power, Brain Power PCBs are known for their overclocking abilities.
Check out the full review at 3D Xtreme.
Connect3D All-in-Wonder Radeon X800 XT 256MB AGP Review
Earlier this month we reviewed the ATI All-in-Wonder X800XT and really liked what we saw. A top performing graphic card with an excellent set of features complimented by smart design and accessories. Today we have the luxury of reviewing another AIW X800XT but this time it’s from the friendly folks at Connect3D. Like the ATI card, this model comes with a bundle of features including EAZYLOOK, TV-ON-DEMAND, and MULTIMEDIA CENTER.
Head over to BFR for the full review!
ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI Motherboard – UK Exclusive
Think carefully about what you want from a S939 board. If it’s features above all else, look elsewhere, frankly. If it’s the promise of sky-high overclocks and care and attention paid to cooling and tweaking, the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI is hard to beat. Recommended to the enthusiast/gamer.
I was wondering when a new version with SLi support would come to be. Touted as a gamers motherboard, it was wierd for them to not support SLi sooner. Check out the full review at Hexus.
EA Nabs NHL License?
Earlier today, web surfers discovered Electronic Arts had updated the official website for NHL ’06, the latest installment in their hockey franchise. Strangely, however, several graphics on the site were imbued with the text ‘Exclusive License,’ implying the company had picked up the official rights to produce NHL based games. Currently, this…..
Serious Sam: New screenshots @ Shacknews
Shacknews has received 13 great looking screenshots of 2K Games Serious Sam 2. They look pretty freaking good if you ask me. I can’t wait to see what this game has to offer. Check them out at Shacknews
AMD sues Intel
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp., accusing its market-dominating competitor of forcing customers into exclusive deals to keep them from buying AMD microprocessors.
The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Delaware, alleges Intel has bullied 38 companies, including large-scale computer-makers, wholesale distributors and retailers, to secure a monopoly in the highly competitive x86 microprocessor market.
Wow, if this is true, maybe it wasn’t Dells fault for not offering AMD processors.. Source: Yahoo News.
First of 15,000 German warez buyers brought to court
The state prosecutor’s office of Mühlhausen in Germany has started criminal proceedings against the first of up to 15,000 users who, according to the German society for the pursuit of copyright infringements, have knowingly paid for illegal content on the internet. It is one of the biggest cases of Internet piracy and illegal copying ever discovered.
Last year German police arrested a 46 year-old lawyer who, along with two brothers from Thuringia, offered bootleg software, games and movies through the high speed download service Ftpwelt.com. Among the releases offered were movies shot in cinemas with digital camcorders. According to the police the men grossed over €1m.
Ouch! That’s what you pay for buying illegal software though. Check it out at The Register.
Google mapping enters the 3rd dimension
Google has launched its new mapping service that uses local search and satellite images to give users a three-dimensional view of buildings and terrain.
Google Earth, announced Tuesday, uses technology from the company’s Keyhole division, a satellite mapping service it bought in October. The software for the service can be downloaded free from the search giant’s Web site.
For those who never used Keyhole, you don’t know what you are missing. I have easily spent hours some nights just goofing around with it. I have yet to try this version, but it looks great, I’m definitely going to install it. Check it out over at Google. Source: News.com
SuSE 9.3 Professional – Now for download!
You may remember a review we had a few weeks ago, of Novells latest offering, SuSE 9.3 Professional. Well, if you were waiting for it to become available through download, your time has come!
You can check out the info and get links to downloads here. For those who missed our review of the OS, you can check that out here.
Google unveils video search
Ahh, it’s that time of the week for Google to release a new service.
Google Inc. on Monday launched a video viewer for watching and searching video stored in the company’s servers.
Separately, the company’s stock topped $300 for the first time on Monday, closing on the Nasdaq Stock Market at $304.10, an increase of $6.85, or 2.3 percent.
You can check out the full video at Information Week. I checked out one video, (type in AOTS), which screwed up my sound entirely. Could be just me, but it was a bizarre thing to happen.