January 2005 - Posts

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PS3 Cell Processor Explained by matt

Here is an in-depth look at the upcoming PS3's processor. It is claimed that it will run: a 4.6Ghz clock speed 1.3V operation voltage 85 ° C operating temperature (with heatsink) 6.4Gb/s off-chip communication Even though I despise consoles; I think that the PS3 might be a very interesting piece of hardware. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Linux Kernel To Be Re-Written To Counter Microsoft FUD by matt

Not sure how true this is, but Linux Business Week reports : "IBM, Intel, the Open Source Development Labs, and other industry lights are planning to announce that a consortium has been created that will rewrite the components in the Linux kernel that have been found to tread on other people's IP - or at least the 27 Microsoft patents that Linux is supposed to infringe. The aim? To rob Microsoft of the ability to scare customers off of Linux by saying that the operating system is a patent infringer...
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Intel, Telkom try WiMAX in South Africa by matt

wi-fiplanet.com Key points: “Telkom, South Africa's largest (monopolist - ed) broadband provider, now has two base stations operating on the WiMAX standard, or 802.16a. According to the company, the WiMAX trials began with a small number of trial customers connected to two sites in Pretoria...“ “Telkom believes the technology could expand its customer base by delivering service to homes that are outside its digital subscriber line or fiber footprints.” hmmn... interesting...
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Tweaking Firefox by matt

via Neowin Asa Dotzler clears up some myths about some popular methods of tweaking Firefox: “Yes, enabling HTTP pipelining can dramatically improve networking performance. The downside, and the reason it's not enabled by default, is that it can prevent Web pages from displaying correctly. If you've enabled this, and you find pages that aren't displaying correctly, please don't blame Firefox or the Web developer. It's probably the fact that you enabled an "unsupported" feature which is incompatible...
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Road to Longhorn by matt

Paul Thurrott has some more details as to when we might see some more of Longhorn: Longhorn Milestone 9 (M9) and platform complete March 2005 Longhorn Beta 1 Late May 2005 Longhorn Beta 2 October 2005 Longhorn Release Candidate 0 (RC0) Late February 2006 Longhorn Release Candidate 1 (RC1) April 2006 Longhorn release to manufacturing (RTM) May 24, 2006 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Online Music Stores by matt

I have been using iTunes for managing my music since it was first ported to PC. At first the idea of purchasing single songs from the iTunes store seemed a bit ridiculous; however they now have a really good store where one can buy almost anything. However; you have to be in: The US Canada U.K Most countries in the EU and some Scandinavian countries ...to buy music. I have tried to screw the system giving my friends San Francisco address and using my credit card; but they can trace the card back...
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