Tech News May 2006

OCZ EL PC-3200 Platinum XTC Edition 2GB
Think Computers :: Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Quote: “OCZ, you know the name, you know what it means. To me, having two sticks of OCZ ram in my hand means I have some the best ram available today. It not only gives me bragging rights, it also gives me that edge over my competition and adds to the performance of my computer. Today for review I have a 2 gig kit of OCZ EL PC-3200 Platinum XTC Edition ram, I’m going to throw it up against some other low latency 2gig kits that I have on hand and see just what makes OCZ one of the best.”

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Sauerbraten v2006-04-
Phoronix :: Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Summary: “Sneaking out silently late last month was a 2006-04-26 build of Sauerbraten, which has been tagged the Occlusion Edition. In this new release are lots of new gaming goodness from this Cube-based engine for first person shooters and role playing games, it however does not go without a few bugs. Some of the advancements in this multi-platform game include new occlusion culling, smoother lighting, game-play fixes, and many other optimizations. Overall, it is an incredibly action-packed release and at Phoronix we have a few views from this latest engine.”

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ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 ULi M1695 Motherboard Review
PCStats :: Tuesday, May 02, 2006

“The brand spanking new ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard is one of the future friendly motherboards, and it looks pretty sweet. Based around the ULi M1695 Northbridge and ULi M1697 Southbridge, the ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard supports all current Socket 939 AMD Athlon64/X2/FX processors. The four DDR DIMM slots can accommodate up to 4GB of PC3200 unbuffered non ECC memory.”

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Dh Photoshop guide: finding the right path.
Driver Heaven :: Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to find 30 or 40 emails in my inbox asking for another photoshop tutorial. I will admit to being pretty sick looking at hardware this week, so I found time tonight to write up a guide covering a tool that many of you won’t be using wen you fire up Photoshop. It is a shame too, as it is probably my favourite tool of them all.

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DH guide: Photoshop (part 1)
Driver Heaven :: Tuesday, May 02, 2006
I had planned to do a few of these last year, but I haven’t had the time, but due to numerous emails I receive every month I felt one was in order.

Today im going to take you through one of our system review headers and detail some techniques used to get to the final result. It is a simple exercise and should hopefully be entertaining as well as education.

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Taking A Look At Freespire
The Tech Zone :: Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Freespire is very unique for open source Linux distributions, in that it will allow users the choice to download a version that is 100% open-source OR one that includes proprietary software. Freespire is venturing into new territory by offering a free community Linux operating system that includes the option for legally licensed proprietary software pieces at its core distribution. Without this choice, desktop Linux’s market adoption will continue its slow creep toward mainstream acceptance.

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