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ATI X800 Pro Ultra 2X April Fool Joke @ Rojak Pot

“In conjunction with the April Fool’s Day, ARP came up with an exaggerated review of the ATI X800 Pro Ultra 2X Dual GPU Graphics Card, which of course doesn’t exist.

Many fell for it but it was all for fun. And for those who took the mock contest at the end – a little satisfaction and exclusivity… Happy April Fool’s Day, everyone!”

Check out the [fake] review and such at Rojak Pot.

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NeenerNeener: RALLIES GAMERS AND GAME DEVELOPERS TO FIGHT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

LANCASTER, PA, MARCH 28, 2005 – NeenerNeener.Net, a website dedicated to Massive Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (MMORPGs), today announced that they have received support from game developers and gamers across the world for the MS Walk 2005. Team NeenerNeener.net participates in the annual fundraising event benefiting research for Multiple Sclerosis, and with Read More Comment (0)

Aerocool Turbine Series LED Fans Review @ MikhailTech

“Airflow aside, probably the most unique feature is the number of blades: two separate layers of “interwoven” 8 blades for a total of 16. This doesn’t seem to impact performance much either way, but the appearance is certainly novel. The model pictured above is the 3000 and has a transparent blue frame with 8 transparent blue blades. Between them are 8 chrome blades. You may also noticed that all of these fans have LEDs mounted around the perimeter.”

Check out the full review at MikhailTech.

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EPoX EP-5LWA+ 925XE @ Viperlair

“EPoX put together a very nice motherboard based on the 925XE chipset. While you need to own the incredibly expensive 1066FSB Extreme Edition CPUs to get the most out of it, we see little reason to pickup a 925X based board even if you have an 800FSB CPU. The extra headroom should allow better overclocking as the chipset is validated at the higher speeds, and there isn’t much of a price premium between 925X and 925XE boards.”

Check out the full review at Viper Lair!

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A-DATA Vitesta PC4800 1GB DC Kit @ InsaneTek

“Overclockers in Asia pick A-DATA as the top choice for overclocking memory, just like how top overclockers in the U.S. choose OCZ. It is only recently that they’re reaching out to the overclockers here in the U.S. As soon as they start sending out review samples and making themselves more available in the online market, I’m sure enthusiasts will pick up the name in no time.”

Check it out at InsaneTek.

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Ultra UV Cable Sleeving Kit @ Phoronix

“Many of today’s high-end PSU’s come pre-sleeved from the manufacturer. Users with lower-end PSU’s must find their own solution if they want the benefits of sleeving. Companies have seen this demand and began producing cable sleeving kits of all different varieties. Today we have a kit from Ultra Products, the UV Cable Sleeving Kit.”

Check out the full review at Phoronix.

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Asus StarIce On the Clock @ Pro-Clockers

“Asus is known the world over for bring us some to the most stable
motherboard today, and also some old the highest performance video cards.
Asus puts it’s all in everything thing they make. So, I’m sure the Asus
StarIce will be no different. And speaking of different, the shape and
size is.”

Check out the full review at Pro-Clockers.

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Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X1024-4300C3PRO 1GB DC Kit @ InsaneTek

“What we have today is Corsair’s new addition to their DDR2 line of memory. Although not the fastest rated memory available, the XMS2 PC2-4300 Pro allows low latency operations at 266MHZ.”

Check it out at InsaneTek.

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MSI P4N Diamond – The World’s First Digital switch for SLI, the First Intel SLI @ HardwareXL

“MSI creates a revolutionary new technology and implements it on the new MSI P4N Diamond mainboard for Intel Pentium 4 LGA 775 CPU – an intelligent digital switch to detect and automatically switch from normal mode to SLI mode. Moreover, the MSI P4N Diamond motherboard not only supports NVIDIA’s outstanding SLI technology for extreme 3D performance, but is also the first one to integrate the most advanced controllers for outstanding connectivity and storage, SATA2 RAID. High-definition audio is ensured by Sound Blaster Live! 24Bit.”

Check it out at HardwareXL.

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Cooler Master Aluminum Fan @ Phoronix

“Wrapping up the reviews for this week, we have a case fan from Cooler Master. This is not any ordinary fan, but is constructed entirely out of aluminum. In this review, we’ll experience what exactly this aluminum construction offers over the traditional plastic frame.”

Check out the review at Phoronix.

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Swiftech MCX478-V Heatsink Review @ MikhailTech

“There are a total of 374 pins aluminum alloy pins inserted into a half-inch thick CNC machined C110 copper bottom. Base dimensions measure 3″ x 3″ x 1.66″. You’ll notice this is very close to the inner dimensions of the stock P4 bracket. In other words, the cooler fits perfectly into the bracket and because it’s almost the same size, it doesn’t wiggle around. This eliminates improper/uneven installations. Total specified weight is 620g – not light but not nearly as heavy as the larger all-copper heatsinks.”

Check out the full review at MikhailTech.

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Samsung SyncMaster 243T 24-inch LCD Display Review @ PC Stats

“In this review, PCSTATS will be testing out one of it’s latest TFT-LCD models, the 24-inch Samsung SyncMaster 243T. This lovely piece of LCD technology sports some impressive specs including a 1920×1200 native resolution, a 500:1 contrast ratio, 170 degree horizontal/vertical viewing angles, 0.270mm pixel pitch, a pivoting display and dual digital/analog modes. It is ideally intended for commercial applications where its wide viewing angles and crisp graphics would be a definite asset. At a cost of approximately $2700 CDN, this is not a home desktop monitor by any stretch of the imagination.”

Check it out at PC Stats.

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Pro-Clockers Makeover

“We at Pro-Clockers have totally redone our site, to better suit our
readers. We realized that the site was kinda difficult to read and didn’t
look to professional. So, we hope we changed that with our new design. And
we hope with these changes we can get added to your site/affiliates list.
Also to have our review standdards, to be more complete and detailed.”

Great looking site, for sure. Check it out at Pro-Clockers.

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OCZ Platinum PC4800 1GB DC Kit @ InsaneTek

“While high speed TCCD is attractive, it’s difficult to find. TCCD overclocking results are also inconsistent. Enthusiasts often go through multiple purchases before finding the right kit. All those transactions are a pain. Yet now, OCZ has the fastest DDR available, the Platinum PC4800.”

Check it out at InsaneTek.

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Samsung SATA 120 GB Hard Drive @ A True Review

“Of course, everyone knows that a hard drive is very important when you want
to store lots of data. Many people forget or don’t understand that a hard
drive is the biggest bottleneck in a computer. A fast hard drive allows you
to load the OS quicker, save files faster, load programs quicker, access
swap files faster, etc.., etc.. With speed in mind, let’s find out how fast
the Samsung SP1213C SATA 150MB drive is.”

Check it out at A True Review.

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NGO Universal Driver supports both ATI/NVIDIA cards!

“The NGO Universal Driver supports both ATI/NVIDIA cards! The main purpose is to satisfy the users with a better performance, image quality and Features.

Features:
• New Control Panel for both NVIDIA/ATI.
• New Driver Architecture.
• Performance and Quality improvements.
• Added Digital Vibrance for ATI Cards.
• New features.

Check out the driver at NGOHQ.

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Guild Wars Fansite Friday Interview

The Fansite Friday interview for this week is hosted by a Swedish site, Guild Wars Norden. In this edition, you will find info about the Guild Wars manual(s), Early Access, the game interface, and our Wednesday Wallpapers. Head on over to read all about it, in either English or Swedish. Great information Read More Comment (0)

Vanguard An Interview with Nick Parkinson

I was recently given the opportunity to send everyone’s favorite Gnome, Nick “Glip” Parkinson a few questions about life at Sigil. Nick is one of Sigil’s most visible employees, working round-the-clock to keep the boards running safe and smooth. But like most gnomes, Nick is a multi-talented fellow. In addition to being Read More Comment (0)

Dungeons & Dragons Online New Exclusive Screen Shots

What can we say? When it rains, it pours, and on the heels of Tuesday’s Gamespot interview and screenshots, we have three more exclusive new screenshots up on the Members Only forum. So if you haven’t registered for the DDO Members Only forum then go there and sign up and check out Read More Comment (0)

April Fools!

There is a lot of fooling going around the web today. I will update this list as I come across them.

AMD Enter GPU Market
Anarchy Online WarCry
Apple Founder Joins IKEA
Blizzard Merges with Guild Wars for WoW PvP
Cisco to merge with Nabisco
Epic Announces Unreal III
Fark.com
Freelancer 2
Gabe Newell Leaves Valve
Gmail
Google Gulp!
Google RideFinder
Hammer of Thor Advanced Engine
Hexus Sues Beyond 3D
Lethal Computer Virus Spreads To Humans
Lineage 2 Tax Day
LucasArts Announces Sequel Trilogy in 2007
McDoom World
Paris Hilton To Support Linux
QuakeCon Overrun
World of Warcraft Announced
World of Warcraft – Pandarian Xpress

More to come as it’s found..

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Critical flaws in IE and Outlook discovered

“A new set of highly critical flaws has been discovered in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Outlook programs, according to research company eEye Digital Security.”

Remote Code Execution oh my! Check it out at News.com.

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16 scammers fined £1.3m

“Sixteen premium rate services have been fined a total of £1.3m following a crackdown on rogue operators over the Easter weekend.

Last week ICSTIS warned punters to be on their guard against dodgy operators using illegal Automated Calling Equipment (ACE) after receiving credible market intelligence that scamsters were to step up their operations over the long weekend.”

Ahh, payback. Check it at The Register.

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A-Top Technology XPlode @ Phoronix

“Stated clearly on the A-Top Technology website is “A-Top will NOT provide any tech. support or warranty for their customers.” Will the lack of all the support lead to a lower cost passed onto the consumer, or will A-Top chassis’ prove to be something to steer clear from? In this review, we will be trying first hand the new A-Top Technology XPlode, with its exclusive ventilated design.”

Check out the review at Phoronix.

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Why Fiorina wasn’t the right man for the HP CEO post

“HP’s immediate fate now lies in the hands of a wholesome company man. Twenty-five year NCR veteran Mark Hurd sold cash machines and bean counters. He’s dependable – rock solid. He’s the kind of guy you want standing between the women and children when the bank robbers arrive. He’d take the bullet or at least broker a sturdy deal. Even a cursory glance at Hurd’s outstanding book reveals his dependable traits.”

Lol.. bean counters? Check the article at The Register.

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Sapphire x700 pro Toxic Edition @ GotApex

“In the previous months I have reviewed two X700 videocards, one offered by Sapphire and the other by Powercolor. We saw that the 128MB powercolor card, while cheap, did not deliver the performance that the 256MB Sapphire card gave us. The best bang for the buck ended up being the Sapphire card. This time around we test a 128MB card from Sapphire but we have tested their Toxic edition.”

Check out the full review at GotApex.

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