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Submission + - Hands on with Asus's upgradeable notebook

Submitted by notthatwillsmith on Thursday April 05, 2007 @01:58PM

notthatwillsmith writes: Maximum PC went under the hood of Asus's new C90S notebook. This desktop replacement comes equipped with a standard LGA775 socket (to make CPU upgrades simple) as well as an upgradeable videocard. The notebook even sports extra cooling to make it easy to overclock your CPU!

Submission + - Guitar Hero Strategy Fundamentals

Submitted by

Guitar God

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @08:07PM

Guitar God writes: "http://www.gamealmighty.com/story-individual/story /Guitar_Hero_Strategy_Fundamentals/

A killer video and text strategy guide guaranteed to help Guitar Hero newbies. Good stuff."

Feed News: Analysts: Other record labels likely to go DRM-free (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @07:32PM

Analysts expect other record labels to follow EMI's lead and offer DRM-free music online, but they're divided on how quickly that will happen.

Submission + - Secure Ajax mashups

Submitted by

Ian

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @07:30PM

Ian writes: "Brent Ashley (who was doing JavaScript remote scripting -JSRS — in 1999!) has an article for IBM developerWorks : Shaping the future of secure Ajax mashups about how to improve the browser for hybrid Web applications."

Submission + - Gene induces eyes in odd spots

Submitted by

webdoodle

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @07:01PM

webdoodle writes: "A gene thought to play a relatively minor role in eye development is powerful enough on its own to initiate the formation of eyes in strange spots on a fruit fly's body, Indiana University Bloomington scientists have learned."

Submission + - Vonage Outsources Calls to Avoid Shutdown

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @06:47PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Internet telephony provider Vonage, which is facing a possible shutdown of its service this week because of a patent dispute, may have gotten a stay of execution.

According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company has signed a deal with a wholesaler of voice over Internet Protocol services called Voiceone, owned by a company called VoIP Inc., that could provide it with a workaround for at least two of the three patents owned by Verizon Communications. Voiceone also offers wholesale voice over IP service to several large companies including Broadwing Communications, iBasis and Google.

"I think it's very unlikely that Vonage's service will be cut off on Friday," said Joel Rosenblatt, a patent and intellectual attorney in private practice in Florida. "The judge will be fair. The court didn't find Vonage willfully abusing the patents, and now that it is looking for a workaround, it shows that Vonage is working in good faith to find a solution."

http://news.com.com/Vonages+lucky+break/2100-1036_ 3-6172976.html?tag=nefd.lede"

Submission + - 2nd Week Of UK PS3 Launch A Near Disaster

Submitted by mrneutron2004 on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @05:42PM

mrneutron2004 writes: Wow! ChartTrack indicates PS3 sales fell 82% during week two. Is it any shock with the outrageous price? "Apparently though this was perhaps just a "release valve" on pent up demand, as Chart Track now reports an astonishing 82% decline in PS3 sales during week two. If you ask us, Sony's European market pricing is outrageous. Priced at a massive 425 English Pounds (that's a staggering $834 in U.S. Dollars) I just cant see "average Joe Consumer" buying into the PS3 in the UK with this pricing." http://www.fastsilicon.com/latest-news/2nd-week-of -uk-ps3-launch-a-near-disaster.html?Itemid=60

Submission + - Add Compact Flash to almost any iPod

Submitted by

mistermark

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @04:09PM

mistermark writes: "These last few days I've been living like a monk. Why? Well, after the success of my former project, turn your iPod mini into a flash based iPod, I started thinking "wouldn't it be great if we could do this to almost any iPod ever made?"... I mean, eliminating all moving parts out of our current iPods would be great, wouldn't it? ^_^

And so I did:
put flash memory in (almost) any iPod"

Submission + - No-blood method for adding magnetic sense

Submitted by

Bill Bumgarner

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @02:21PM

Bill Bumgarner writes: "You can feel magnetic fields and the like without taking a knife to a finger.

Just rip apart a hard drive and grab the head park magnet (if there is one — might have to rip apart more than one drive! Fun!). Tape it to your finger. Very faint, but works. You can also use a "magnetic wedding band", which some companies sell, to detect fields off of transformers quite easily.

Write up with pictures here: http://www.friday.com/bbum/2007/03/27/magnetic-fin ger-a-sixth-sense/"

Submission + - Maximum PC's Best Software Awards

Submitted by

notthatwillsmith

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @01:48PM

notthatwillsmith writes: "Every year, the Maximum PC editors pick the best software applications and utilities to laud in the annual Softy awards. Instead of focusing on high-profile commercial products, the Softys heap praise on lesser known apps that make a big impact on users. This year, we awarded Softys to several open source favorites, including Gaim and Thunderbird."

Submission + - Speed Up Vista

Submitted by

mikemuch

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @01:10PM

mikemuch writes: "Joel Durham, Jr., has come up with a slew of optimizations for Windows Vista. It goes beyond the obvious "update your hardware drivers" with recommendations on what processes, services, and background programs, to allow. There are also sections on using ReadyBoost flash keys, turning down unnecessary interface candy, and other miscellaneous hacks."

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