By Mike on Apr 29, 2008 in Featured, News, Reviews | 1 Comment
Well GTA IV is a hit!
Better graphics, a much improved navigation system, and a lot more vulgar language.
The graphics.
You probably already got a good taste of the graphics from all the pre-release screenshots released all over the web but, let me tell you, they live up to the hype. This version of Grand Theft Auto […]
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By Grant on Apr 28, 2008 in Hacks/Mods, Hardware, Internet, Linux, Software | 1 Comment
Yes folks, we have all dreamed of it and it may soon be reality. There is a semi-functional Mythtv Frontend, in alpha, built for the Nokia Internet Tablet. With MythTv moving towards QT4 someone has ported the front end over to OS 2008. It is not completely functional as of now but, it looks to […]
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By Grant on Apr 25, 2008 in Featured, Gadgets, Hacks/Mods, Hardware, How to, Linux, Reviews, Software | 0 Comments
Lirc being a pain? Does your favorite universal remote NOT work with your new myth box. Mythetomer is a remote control application for your N800 or N810 to control your MythTv. Mythetomer uses your WLAN or Bluetooth to make a connection to your Myth Frontend for full control. No cables, no hours of configuring key […]
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By Grant on Apr 24, 2008 in Hardware, News, Software, Video Games/Systems | 0 Comments
Finally its here, Harmonix has released a wireless guitar for Rockband. I don’t know about you but one of the nice things about the XBOX 360 is the wireless controllers. No cable mess, girlfriends complaining about you leaving your toys all over the family room and changing the devices that are plugged into your xbox […]
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By Grant on Apr 24, 2008 in Linux, News, Software | 0 Comments
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron is available today for mass consumption. Fire up your favorite bit torrent client and get to work. What are you waiting for.
Get It Now
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By Mike on Apr 23, 2008 in Hardware, News | 1 Comment
There is a new Century Compact Flash to SATA adatper coming out May 1st. We have all seen these before but, what makes this one unqiue, is its support for three CF cards. That’s up to 96GB of RAID 0/5 love for half of what the current crop of 64 GB drives are going for. […]
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By Mike on Apr 23, 2008 in Featured, Reviews, Windows | 0 Comments
Ever since the release of Windows 2008 Server I have been hearing the buzz about it being a better Windows XP replacement then Windows Vista. During the first month after its release I attributed this buzz to the normal hype surrounding every release of a new version of Windows and, as is my habit, I […]
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By Mike on Apr 22, 2008 in Hardware, News | 0 Comments
Intel has tweaked its processor price list, cutting up to 50 per cent off what it charges for desktop CPUs.
The big reduction came to the 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad Q6700, which now costs $266, down from $530. The 2.4GHz Q6600 is also cheaper now: down 16 per cent to $224. For those of you not […]
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By Chris on Apr 21, 2008 in Hardware, Reviews | 0 Comments
Well, fastest hard drive that isn’t SCSI anyway. Western Digital has taken their Raptor hard drive which is a 10,000 RPM drive and cleaned out the cob webs and added some synthetic turning fluid. Now called the VelociRaptor, with a maximum capacity of 300 gigabytes, the drive is smaller, weighing in at 2.5 […]
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By Mike on Apr 20, 2008 in Featured, How to, Linux | 7 Comments
Replace Symantec Ghost Enterprise with Clonezilla.
Since posting my article listing the open source alternatives to Symantec Ghost Enterprise, I have received a lot of questions related to installing and configuring Clonezilla, so I thought it would be a good idea to post a “quick start guide” for installing Clonezilla.
The following applies to setting up a […]
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