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SCOliosis

July 23, 2003 admin 0

SCOliosis Is Linux really a warez operation? SCO thinks so, and the legal action is starting to crank up. There’s no point in judging the merits of the case (actually SCO hasn’t even stated with any specificity the merits of

The Answer?

July 23, 2003 admin 0

Quite a few have pointed out to me that the manuals for the Asus P4C800 and P4P800 say in no uncertain terms that these motherboards will support Prescott chips. I should note that the versions for these manuals will made

My Shuttle XPC SB61G2

July 22, 2003 admin 56

Good look at this compact system – Matt Buchanan (BigRed)

What Would You Do, Part Two

July 21, 2003 admin 0

The following are comments from readers about what they would do is RIAA threatened to sue them. About half said they’d pay, the other half said they’d fight. However, most of those who said they’d fight would base their defense

To Buy or Not To Buy? 2339

July 20, 2003 admin 0

There has been precious little new information on Prescott compatibility. Asus has apparently backed off claims; Gigabyte is apparently backing into them. What to do? There is only one prudent course: Don’t buy until you get can it in writing

To Buy or Not To Buy?

July 20, 2003 admin 0

There has been precious little new information on Prescott compatibility. Asus has apparently backed off claims; Gigabyte is apparently backing into them. What to do? There is only one prudent course: Don’t buy until you get can it in writing

A New Lottery

July 19, 2003 admin 0

There’s a new lottery in town. It’s a little different than the other ones. Actually, it’s the exact opposite. Instead of getting in it to win a lot of money, you get in it for the chance to lose a

AMD and Apple

July 18, 2003 admin 0

A few places have pointed out this article in which Apple executives supposedly didn’t know that Opterons were 64-bit processors. Actually, that’s not so. From the article: DMN’s Charlie White talked with Apple Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Jon

“Sharing” A Prison Cell

July 18, 2003 admin 0

This is what one senior congressman is proposing to do about P2Ping. The mere act of making a copyrighted file available could get you up to five years. The number of the bill is H.R. 2752, and it’s called the

The Real CPU Battle of 2004

July 17, 2003 admin 0

AMD posted a loss of $140 million last night. This is actually better than expected, since AMD managed to cut costs more than even they expected. For more details, you can read Chris Tom’s notes on the earnings conference call.