Archives for December, 2005

Rockdirect Xtreme 64 4800+ Laptop Computer Review From Hexus

This has to be one of the most highly decked out laptops that's out there. Not only does it have the Dual Core AMD processor, it also has two 100GB hard drives, a DVD burner, 17" screen, and a 256MB video card.

December 31st, 2005
Rockdirect Xtreme 64 4800+ Laptop Computer Review From Hexus

Putting Yahoo! Maps On Your Ipod With iPodiWay

Now, instead of carrying around maps on a piece of paper or trying to view them on your phone, you can store them on your iPod Photo! Yahoo recently released this service to compete with the overwhelming popularity Google has been receiving from their mapping services. Yahoo Maps and the popular iPod Photo portable MP3 player are used together to bring you an exciting online service called iPod-iWay.

December 31st, 2005
Putting Yahoo! Maps On Your Ipod With iPodiWay

Toshiba Satellite Laptop A55-S1063 $449 & Free Shipping

Toshiba Satellite S1063 Notebook - Celeron M370 1.5Ghz processor 256MB RAM 40GB Hard Drive CD-RW/DVD Combo XP Home Edition Wireless B/G 15? TruBrite Screen $449 shipped without any rebates. There is tax in AA, CA, CT, DC, FL, HI, KS, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NE, RI, SD, TN, WI.

December 31st, 2005
Toshiba Satellite Laptop A55-S1063 $449 & Free Shipping

Intel’s Big Move Is Now In The Making

That's right, if you haven't heard already Intel will be changing their logo after countless years of the "Intel Inside". It will be interesting to see how they design the logo's for each specific processor, because I wouldn't think that they are just going to use a general Intel logo for all of them. Guess we will soon see at CES in less than a week!

December 30th, 2005
Intel’s Big Move Is Now In The Making

MSN Video Allows You To Watch The Ball Drop In Times Square

If you aren't going to be able to be by a television to watch the ball drop into the New Year, then hopefully you will be somewhere with an Internet connection. MSN has decided to provide a live feed from Times Square in New York starting at 7:00 PM Eastern time.

December 30th, 2005
MSN Video Allows You To Watch The Ball Drop  In Times Square

Xbox 360 Heat Problem Now Has A Solution

Anyone that has been following the Xbox 360 system knows about two things: the heat issue and the scratching issue. It looks as though another solution to the heat issue may be in the making. CoolIT Systems has announced that they will be releasing a liquid-cooled Xbox 360 system.

December 30th, 2005
Xbox 360 Heat Problem Now Has A Solution

Don’t Forget To Try IIS 7.0 In Windows Vista 5270

A user over at Longhorn Blogs has given us the knowledge needed to try out the IIS 7.0 Web Server in Microsoft Windows Vista 5270: 1. Press WinKey+R on your keyboard, and then type ?cmd.exe? (without the quotes). 2.

December 29th, 2005
Don’t Forget To Try IIS 7.0 In Windows Vista 5270

New Virtual CD-ROM Utility By Microsoft

A new utility released by Microsoft now allows users to take an ISO image and mount it to a virtual CD-ROM. There are other free utilities that can do the same sort of thing, but it is nice to see that Microsoft has finally stepped up to meet the needs of the users.

December 29th, 2005
New Virtual CD-ROM Utility By Microsoft

The Steps To Tweaking Your Computer For Maximum Performance

TechSpot is back at it with another Windows XP Tweaking guide to help maximize your system's performance. After awhile your computer will feel like it is not as fast as it used to be, but this should help regain some of that loss.

December 29th, 2005
The Steps To Tweaking Your Computer For Maximum Performance

Microsoft Windows Vista 5270 64-Bit Edition Screenshots

ActiveWin has recently posted some 64-bit images of the new December CTP of Microsoft Windows Vista 5270. The screenshots that they have put up are of the Media Center view as pictured above. The only current torrent that has been released is the 32-bit and can be found here.

December 29th, 2005
Microsoft Windows Vista 5270 64-Bit Edition Screenshots