Monthly Archives: November 2007

Interested in getting paid to overclock?

Foxconn is really committing itself to the Quantum Force range by tempting you to get paid to overclock for them. The Scholarship Program requires you to send in a CV now and the first intake of “Scholars” will be announced before the end of the year. Those accepted to the program can expect free hardware [...]

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Alienware’s Area-51 ALX CF the first to use 45nm processors

Well, that didn’t take long just a few hours after Intel confirmed that those hot new 45nm Penryn processors are shipping, Alienware blasted out a press release announcing the Area-51 ALX CF, the first machine to use the new chips. The QX9650-equipped machines can be ordered overclocked up to 4.0GHz, and Alienware also bumped the [...]

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Windows 7 feature request list leaks out

Although the Vista transition is far from complete, that doesn’t mean Microsoft isn’t already hard at work on Windows 7, the next version of the venerable operating system — and this list of user-requested features unearthed by the folks at NeoWin might hold some clues as to the future. The “wish list” was sent out [...]

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Toronto’s BSOD problem

At one of Toronto’s locations of The Bay department store, four giant screens have suffered from the infamous Blue Screen of Death for days. You’d think that someone would, I dunno, turn off the freakin’ screens. Or, at minimum, there’s gotta be some 2.4gHz nanny cam feed they could leech for at least a few [...]

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Tesla coil super mario duet

Steve Ward and Jeff Larson constructed these two solid-state Tesla coils, then programmed them to play the Super Mario Brothers theme. “Twin Solid State Musical Tesla coils playing Mario Bros theme song at the 2007 Lightning on the Lawn Teslathon sponsored by DC Cox (Resonance Research Corp) in Baraboo WI. The music that you hear [...]

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First Look at Firefox 3.0

With the release of the much anticipated Firefox 3 looming just around the corner, we got our hands on the latest beta build of your favorite browser to get a closer look at exactly what changes and exciting new features you can expect from the upcoming release. From a snazzy design update and stability improvements [...]

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