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Entries from May 2008

Asus notebooks allows users to start surfing within 5 seconds after boot-up

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

In the next few month, Asus will introduce Splashtop (or known as “Express Gate”) in their notebook series which allows you to surf the web in seconds after booting! Hence, you’ll be free from that dreaded waiting time for your laptop to switch on.
Asus will be the first laptop manufacturer to bring in Splashtop into […]

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Huge Hole in Open Source Software Found, Leaves Millions Vulnerable

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

It is incredible just how big the effects of the newly discovered error in open source key generation is
For all the criticism of Microsoft and its security flaws, the software giant has made an impressive turnaround.  While Vista has been derided for a variety of reasons, most would agree that it’s much more secure than […]

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MDA bans porn sites. Nothing new about it.

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Don’t be alarm by it. There is nothing new about these restrictions and there are so many ways in bypassing it. I was curious and wondered whether an old trick that I used to play around with when I was 15, still worked (I couldn’t find a reason otherwise). And in less than 1 minute, […]

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Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux Operating System

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

An inspiring video on how this self-taught computer hacker created one of the today’s best operating systems.
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Samsung ultra-thin AM-OLED laptops

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

The next big thing with über sleek & thin laptops with crystal clear displays will be the Samsung AM-OLED (Active Matrix OLED) 12.1 inch laptop.  Move over MacBook Air because the Samsung SDI comes with a sleek touch sensitive keyboard which allows the laptop to be extremely thin. However, the keyboard is yet to be […]

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Windows XP SP3 users experiencing crashes!

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

A wide variety of boot problems have been reported with Windows XP SP3, fortunately many of them are very fixable
Windows XP remains a standard throughout much of the IT community, and remains popular among consumers as well.  Thus many consumers are pleased that Windows XP Service Pack 3 is back in action, after being pulled […]

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AMD is on a rampage for multi-core CPUs

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Sunnyvale (CA) - AMD has updated its server processor roadmap with single-die 6-core and dual-die 12-core Opteron processors. The new processors will be manufactured in a 45 nm process that will be introduced with the Shanghai quad-core later this year.
When Intel rolls out its Nehalem processors later this year, AMD appears to be better prepared […]

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