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Entries from October 2007

Fixing the “Windows cannot find Boot.exe” part II

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

After publishing “USB thumbdrive error: Windows cannot find Boot.exe” article the last time, I had several e-mails concerning the same problem but on a different electronic device. One reader claimed that she had this problem on both her thumbdrive and her hard disk (internal). Somehow she tried following the HOW-TO but it failed to materialize.
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Intel’s Nahalem to debut in Q4 of 2008

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Nehalem will likely be the most aggressive processor architecture in Intel’s portfolio since the original Pentium. With the launch of the Core architecture, the company announced its tick-tock strategy: design new architecture, then shrink the process node.  Rinse and repeat.
Tick-tock is alive and well as Intel’s corporate roadmap reveals additional details about its desktop iteration […]

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Getting frequent disconnection from wireless networks on your laptop? Update your software & drivers now.

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Well, if your problem is because of you being out-of-range from your wireless router, then no need to read on. However, if you seem to be in transmission range of your wireless routers but still facing these nagging disconnection problems, you might want to read on. This article mainly deals with users who are using […]

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Metamaterials makes invisibility close to reality!

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

In the past year, the media have been abuzz with talk of an exotic class of materials, called metamaterials, that could be used to make flat and distortion-free lenses, powerful microscopes, and even cloaking devices that make objects invisible. But versions of the materials suitable for practical applications have been difficult to make. Now researchers […]

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Top 5 computer security myths, uncovered!

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

1. ONLINE SHOPPING: People are scared to do online transaction because they are worried that people can steal their credit card details. The danger of online shopping lies with an unsecured PC (without firewall and anti-viruses) combined with poor computing habits (frequent sites that cannot be trusted, etc). To ensure that you can have a […]

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HOW TO: Overcome Singnet’s current slow connection

October 26th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Somehow there seems to be a problem with Singnet’s connection to overseas websites tonight. Torrents are downloading slowly, MSN seems to be lagging and overseas site just won’t load! There seems to be some problem at the Singnet’s side. Calling the tech support would be futile because they’ll just ask you to reboot your modem […]

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Protect your password! High end GPUs can now be used to crack passwords 25 times more faster!

October 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Moscow (Russia) - It may not be the most popular thing to consider, but high-end graphics cards contain a very powerful internal computing engine, called the GPU. This massively parallel device can attack a problem in parallel, rather than serial as most CPUs are required to process data. This means it can compute […]

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Hitachi introduces green hard disk drives operating at 40% less power

October 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Hitachi has announced that they will be releasing “green hard disk drives” (GHDD) this quarter that boast 40% less power utilization. These Hitachi GHDD will see similar specifications to those available in the market now. They will be spinning not at the almost “defacto” 10k rpm, but instead, it will remain at 7200rpm. These GHDD […]

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30nm flash chips may soon increase your memory card size to 128GB!

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Seoul (Korea) – While its possible successor tect e c h i e - t a l k s ::: technology at its best › Edit — WordPresshnologies have been discussed for years, flash continues to scale extremely well: Samsung says it has developed the first 30 nm chip, providing a 64 Gb capacity – […]

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SD card that has WiFi capabilities!

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

First you have a wireless capable camera that enables you to communicate with your PC without cables, thus allowing for ease of image transfer. That is a great idea but it’s limited to some camera models. So how do you go about solving this problem from another perspective? Get the storage medium to be wireless […]

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