Well, there you go. Check out Scroogle at http://scroogle.org/. They have support for the following browsers: Browser support: Firefox (kicks ass) Microsoft IE7 / IE8 (barf) Opera (so, so gay) Chrome (Chrome phones home a lot)
We here at (TPF) recommend Firefox and warn you to steer clear of all the rest. Check it out and give it a try. When you're done, let us know what you think in the forums.
Unlocking the Phenom II X2 555: 3.2GHz Quad-Core for $99 Posted by
squeeks
at 2:49 PM
Unlocking the Phenom II X2 555: 3.2GHz Quad-Core for $99
Anandtech has an article about a Phenom II x2 into a Phenom II X4 talk about pulling one over on the man...
No I'm not talking about bypassing multiplier locks, the Black Edition takes care of that already. I'm talking about flipping a switch to enable the two disabled cores on the Phenom II X2 555. And you thought the Athlon II X4 635 was a bargain quad-core....
Hollywood's Computers: Telling A Story In A Flash Posted by
squeeks
at 3:32 PM
NPR Has an article about Graphic interface designer Mark Coleran who designs the pc interfaces you see in hollywood movies, check it out if you get a chance.
Graphic interface designer Mark Coleran has created computer screens for blockbuster hits like The Bourne Identity and Mission Impossible III. He says his screens are designed to tell a story in two seconds or less.
18 January 2010
Experiment: Comparing Four Quad-Core Architectures At 2.8 GHz Posted by
goodspeed
at 11:13 AM
Do you love your CPU cycles but wished you had more to go around? Are you in the market for one of the latest quad cores? Do you want to see how your current system stacks up to some others? If you answered yes to any of these questions then head on over to Tom's Hardware and check out their latest feature article comparing four different quad core architectures. Here's a snippet: "The Issue with Variety
Ten years ago, it was really easy to stay up to date on the latest processor offerings and know what to buy. You had Intel's various product offerings at their different frequencies, and AMD's own counterparts. Today, the game is much more complex. Performance is no longer defined just by clock speed; core count and performance per clock are equally important. In addition, specifics such as cache capacities, as well as bus and memory speed, vary the parameters and hence complicate direct comparisons. Let’s not forget that it’s also important to take features such as virtualization technology and power efficiency into consideration. Intel, in particular, is guilty of selectively removing value-adds like VT-x from some models, while leaving it in others, without making the distinction clear."
BANGALORE: The world’s leading chipmaker, Intel Technologies, unveiled its futuristic chip on Wednesday which was developed with significant contributions from its research and development (R&D) centre in Bangalore.
The concept chip, which has 48-cores called ‘single-chip cloud computer,’ has processing power 20 times higher than the ones currently being used. The chip developed over a period of two years saw a team of 40 people across three labs of Intel globally — Hillsboro, US, Braunschweig, Germany and Bangalore contributing equally to the project.
The Bangalore lab contributed in the areas of circuit and physical design, memory controller logic and the mesh interconnect network. According to Vasantha Erranguntla, senior engineering manager, Intel Labs India: “The single-chip cloud computer was designed as a concept vehicle for parallel software research”. For now, this concept chip would be largely used for academic and research purposes.
Intel’s 48 core chip is also an extension of its earlier research called the teraflop processor which had 80 cores, in which the Bangalore centre had a major part to play. .................................................. ...............
On the 48 core chip, Intel is expecting the processor to get into commercial production only in the next three to four years. This could be largely used in the area of data centres or conducting very large computing applications.
Though for now, Intel is looking to engage industry and academia next year by sharing 100 or more of these experimental chips for hands-on research in developing new software and programming models. Ms Erranguntla said they were also holding discussions with several research labs and universities in India also to be part of this concept chip.
Heres a peak: Let’s get straight to the point, shall we? Today AMD is launching the 5970, their dual-GPU card that finishes building out AMD’s technical domination of the high-end market. With it AMD delivers the absolute victory over NVIDIA’s GTX 295 that the Radeon 5870 couldn’t quite achieve and at the same time sets the new high water mark for single-card performance.
Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Posted by
squeeks
at 11:53 AM
Check out the new MS Office 2010 Beta available here
I tried it last night not too different from 07, still has the goofy 07 interface, just slightly updated.
17 November 2009
Final Fantasy XIII Release Date Posted by
squeeks
at 9:22 AM
The Final Fantasy XIII release date has been announced, it will be released on March 9th 2010
Check out the english trailer:
28 October 2009
Leo Laporte lives. Posted by
goodspeed
at 7:31 AM
Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech. Join Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, John C. Dvorak, and other tech luminaries in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in high tech. Winner of "People's Choice Podcast" and "Best Technology Podcast" in the 2005 People's Choice Podcast Awards. Released every Sunday at midnight Pacific.
DATEBASE ISSUE UPDATE Posted by
squeeks
at 9:34 AM
Restored the database from this mornings backup all seems to be running normally again with minimum post last, I believe the backups are done at 6am so anything posted after that will have to be reposted.
Seems to be a problem with the database, ill look into it but i think its going to be a hosting issue, hopefully it will be resolved soon...
19 September 2009
Avast, me hearties... September 19 is International "Talk Like a Pirate Day" Posted by
piratenews
at 10:41 PM
ARRRRR... to all our Pirate friends around the world celebrating International "Talk Like a Pirate Day"...
Iffin ye want to join in the revelry, heres a bit to get you started...
Ahoy! - "Hello!"
Avast! - Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, "Whoa! Get a load of that!" which today makes it more of a "Check it out" or "No way!" or "Get off!"
Aye! - "Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did."
Aye aye! - "I'll get right on that sir, as soon as my break is over."
Arrr! - This one is often confused with arrrgh, which is of course the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin. "Arrr!" can mean, variously, "yes," "I agree," "I'm happy," "I'm enjoying this beer," "My team is going to win it all," "I saw that television show, it sucked!" and "That was a clever remark you or I just made." And those are just a few of the myriad possibilities of Arrr!
The Beatles remastered... Posted by
piratenews
at 12:19 AM
The remastered Beatles catalog, on sale Wednesday, is the remasterpiece fans have been craving since 1987, when the band's albums lost dimension and purity in their only wholesale transfer to CD.
Results vary from subtle to dramatic... yet the enhancements overall are undeniable.
Even new and casual fans will be tempted to splurge on the $260 16-disc stereo box set (plus DVD) and the pricier $299 13-disc mono box set, which won't return to shelves once the initial pressing sells out.
1 September 2009
TPF GPUgrid Passes 4 Mil Posted by
squeeks
at 12:54 PM
TPF recently passed the 4 million mark in GPUgrid, not bad for a project run completly on video cards...
PS3 / Xbox Price Drop Posted by
squeeks
at 7:28 AM
Sony and Microsoft have dropped the price on their game systems.
$299 for the new 120gb PS3 SLIM which can be found at amazon here
And $50 off the Pro version now available for $249 here
So buy you a new PS3 and get crunching on GPUgrid!
31 August 2009
Touch Screen Fan Control? Posted by
squeeks
at 10:41 PM
Check out this Overclockers.com Article On the new NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller ...might be a little too technical after all we are but simple pirates...
25 August 2009
Tharr be Pirates in these waters. Posted by
goodspeed
at 3:58 PM
Pirate Bay offline, shut down by ISP
According to Ice Films: File-sharing site The Pirate Bay went down today after its Internet service provider, Black Internet, cut its connection to avoid being fined by the Stockholm district court. A 500,000 Swedish kronor (US$70,000) fine would be the result if Black Internet did not comply with the decision in the district court. The Stockholm court’s decision goes back to May when a number of movie and record companies filed a motion with the court to fine the people behind the Pirate Bay operation, including Black Internet, as long as The Pirate Bay users can access copyright-protected material.
Black Internet isn’t the only operator that sells capacity to The Pirate Bay, but it’s by far the largest. There is some redundancy with capacity from other operators, but not enough for the site to be up and running. A Swedish court apparently decided it is illegal to be an ISP, said former Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde via Twitter today.
This isn’t the first time copyright holders have been able to block The Pirate Bay by taking action against an ISP. The same tactic worked in Denmark, but failed in Italy. There is also a case pending in in Norway, which will go to court Oct. 17. Meanwhile, Global Gaming Factory X is planning to acquire The Pirate Bay. Its shareholders will decide at a meeting Thursday whether the deal should go through.
