Archive of December 2004


"no paper trail huh?" 
Posted by Weiye on 12/27/04 at 4:30 PM 

A RAID card with a heatsink AND fan? Pretty crazy eh?

This card is by far one of the biggest I've ever seen.

Anandtech does an HTPC roundup, read on...

GTA2 can now be downloaded for free via Rockstar.

HardOCP takes a look at the new $300 Radeon X800XL.

Broadband is coming... and nothing can stop it!

ATI to launch new Radeon X300 with memory sharing technology in early 2005.

Want to clone your cat? It can be done... for 50 grand that is.


I'm half blind! 
Posted by Dustin on 12/13/04 at 11:59 AM 

So I'm sitting here writing up this news post, and out of nowhere my left contact falls out. Now I get to go home half blind...

Anyway, just the usual quick note. I hadn't thought much of system monitoring products before, having tried out Motherboard Monitor, Sysmetrix (Like MBM, but very skinnable. Bit of a system hog, though), and a couple others, I always concluded that they weren't worth the trouble. Aside from infrequent checkup on my system temperatures and voltage readings, easily read by the BIOS or Windbond Hardware Doctor, I didn't really see the point.

However, Abit seems to have outdone itself. The Guru Clock, as it's called, is a little clock you can attach to your computer that gives out a plethora of readings, obtained from Abit's own "uGuru" technology, which is built into several of their newest motherboards. It's definitely worth checking out, as it is one of those extra features that just may tip the balance when comparing like products.

Now if I can just get home with my one good eye...


"Death to America!" -MadTV 
Posted by Weiye on 12/12/04 at 11:54 PM 

BBC: Sony has launched its first handheld games console, the PlayStation Portable (PSP), which it hopes will challenge Nintendo in the portable games market.

Firefox has had over 10 million downloads since its release.

The P2P battle moves into the Supreme Court! This should be interesting.

DDR2 prices are decreasing due to slow adoption and excess supply.

X-bit labs reviews the latest Seagate incarnation, the Momentus 5400.2 2.5" HD.

Anandtech does a detailed Retail X700 Pro Roundup.

PCStats takes a look at the latest Crucial high-end RAM with LED's.

Systemcooling reviews Zalman's latest HSF solution: the CNPS-7700 Cu heatsink & fan.


"bite me" 
Posted by Dustin on 12/07/04 at 5:44 PM 

Remember Half Life Done Quick? Well, apparently Half Life 2 Done Quick is well under way. In fact, they even have a couple preview trailers up at their site, which I will now link. If they actually manage to beat this game in "Quick" style, I will be floored.

Oh, and here's a good article about the upcoming PSP from Sony. I'm partial to Nintendo so, uh, bite me.


"Prepare the lower horn!" 
Posted by Weiye on 12/06/04 at 10:01 PM 

Microsoft is caught using warez!

If you're a Thunderbird user, then you'll be happy to know that version 1.0 has just been released.

Has it been that long already? Yes, the Pentium II is finally being decommissioned in the near future.

Well, what do you know... "Musicians are embracing the internet as a way of reaching new fans and selling more music, a survey has found."

A cell phone cover that will grow into a sunflower when thrown away? Sounds pretty crazy to me.

You know it's the holidays when Amazon.com goes down for a while...

The latest and greatest from ATI... The ATi Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition reviewed at Hot Hardware.

Overclocking the AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester CPU at Hexus.


Half-life 2 Review 
Posted by Weiye on 12/04/04 at 12:06 AM 

Yes, I finally finished it! Four pages total, and some humorous pictures.

Click here to read it