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Submission + - Intel releases 2.93GHz quad-core QX6800

Submitted by AnInkle on Monday April 09, 2007 @01:42AM

AnInkle writes: Intel's new QX6800 debuts, and The Tech Report runs the gamut of multi-threaded 64-bit benchmarks, to find out what $1199 can get in a CPU, or if you should get by on the cheap and stick with the $999 QX6700. With popular games, Folding@Home in Linux, real-world scientific applications, and detailed power consumption, the 2.93GHz quad-core QX6800 is compared to over a dozen competitors from both Intel and AMD. The results aren't surprising, but the commentary sure is fun.

Submission + - Debian 4.0 is finally out!

Submitted by

Anonymous

on Sunday April 08, 2007 @06:52PM

Anonymous writes: "Looks like after what seemed like an eternity (well actually 3 months short of 2 years) Debian 'Etch' is finally out. As we seen some drama over the past few months it looks like everything has been resolved and the versions 4.0 of what seems to be one of the best flavor of Linux (in my opinion) is finally out. You can read the official news here.
If you would like to get a copy this link has information on how one might acquire a copy of Debian 4.0"

Submission + - Thai government shuts down political chat rooms

Submitted by

patiwat

on Sunday April 08, 2007 @01:55PM

patiwat writes: "Less than a week after censoring Youtube, the military government of Thailand has shut down the Kingdom's most popular web discussion board, Pantip.com, for reasons of national security. Other webboards were warned not to allow political messages to be posted, lest they also be shut down. Thailand currently censors over 10,000 websites, including sites of the deposed government and sites containing censorship circumvention software and links anonymous proxy servers."

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