More on BTX Motherboards
Posted by michael in The Mysterious Future!
from the running-hot dept.
venger writes "Anandtech has an article on the new standard of cases and motherboards that is soon to be released. Looks like they are trying to cater for the increase in heat devices are now producing while keeping the noise levels down!" We mentioned BTX earlier.

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Review: Sun StarOffice 7


Posted by michael in The Mysterious Future!
from the openoffice-rules dept.
ValourX writes "Here's the Internet's first comprehensive review of Sun's new StarOffice 7 suite. With the ability to export to PDF and SWF and greatly improved conversion filters, Sun's $80 office suite is more than a match for the upcoming ultra-expensive Microsoft Office System 2003."

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Using an Old Satellite Dish as a WLAN Antenna

Posted by CowboyNeal in The Mysterious Future!
from the rolling-your-own dept.
=m8s=Dark Underlord writes "I was browsing for wireless stuff and came across this link that shows how to use an old satellite dish as an 802.11 antenna." The directions tout the range as being 10 miles given line of sight. We've had other stories about building antennas, but I think these are cooler because of their focused nature, but a Primestar dish is a little tougher to locate than a Pringles can or a floppy disk.

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Finally: Broadband for the Commodore 64
Posted by CmdrTaco in The Mysterious Future!
from the answer-to-a-question-that-didn't-need-asking dept.
GP writes "Now even die-hard Commodore 64 users are able to enjoy the benefits of broadband Internet connectivity. A newly announced Ethernet card together with the Contiki operating system lets you surf the web, send e-mail, host web sites with the built-in web server, and soon even play LAN games on your good old Commodore 64! All this with a computer that is old enough to drink."

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