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On Hiatus Indefinitely

Posted in information on August 17, 2008 | No Comments »

Due to a shift in priorities, I have to refocus my attention elsewhere and will not have the time to maintain this blog.
The blog will remain until I can return.
Thanks.
Please, Save the Internet
http://savetheinternet.com/

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New Fennec (Mobile Firefox) Milestone

Posted in mozilla, open source, software on August 10, 2008 | No Comments »

Okay, this is just cool. I can’t wait until Fennec is finished!

Fennec (Mobile Firefox) has reached milestone 6 (M6) last week and can be installed to a Nokia N8×0 for testing. Remember, we haven’t reach alpha yet, but we are getting close. M6 adds “tabs” to the browser UI, adds tel: and mailto: support and [...]

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uTorrent 1.8 Released

Posted in software on August 10, 2008 | No Comments »

The team over at utorrent.com has release version 1.8. This new version has full Vista support, IPv6, and the typical bug fixes and enhancements. You can download uTorrent and view the changelog below:
Download uTorrent 1.8
Changelog

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Intel Core i7 - The Next-Gen CPUs

Posted in hardware on August 8, 2008 | No Comments »

Intel’s Next Generation CPU: Core i7

Intel’s next-generation CPU codenamed Nehalem sporting a brand
new micro-architecture finally gets a name; Core i7, according to PCpop. Why Core i7? Your guess is as good as anyone until Intel makes the brand name official on Monday, August 11. Probably it could mean the 7th generation of micro-architecture and the i [...]

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New nVidia ForceWare 180 Coming Soon…

Posted in hardware on August 3, 2008 | No Comments »

Check out this post on ArsTechnica… Apparently nVidia is going to release a new driver version that will have some hefty updates known as Big Bang II. Should be pretty exciting.

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Thurrott Tears Apart Vista Critics

Posted in microsoft, vista on August 1, 2008 | No Comments »

Randall Stross jumps the shark
So before I rip into this one–and honestly, how could I do otherwise, given how wrongheaded this is?–I would like at least take a moment to note that I generally enjoy Randall Stross. This one, however, took me by surprise and I had to resist the urge to toss aside the [...]

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