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    Avast 5 final released

    http://www.avast.com/ the new final Avast version 5 is released. Pretty impressive for a free anti-virus program. the new version got new heuristics, code emulator, behavior blocker, etc. of course the paid version has even more features. Installed on my win7 64, very light, rock solid so...
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    freezer trick is amazing

    So today i did a really stupid thing. when i was cleaning my room today, i found my old WD 120GB ide hard drive collecting dust there. For the heck of it, i connected it to my computer. But for that moment, i must be brain dead or something, i put it facing down on top of my steel case after...
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    SB750 HD performance

    I have recently put together amd P2 920, gigabyte 790x-ud4p and WD 640gb black system, and installed fresh vista 32bit on it. but by testing with HD Tune, I'm shocked to find my hd only has 62mb burst rate, and a pathetic 16.5% CPU usage, in comparsion my 5 years old ide 80gb hd has 68mb burst...
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    AMD PII X4 stepping codes

    I have recently purchased 2 p2 x4 920 from newegg for 2 new systems, and interestedly found them to have 2 different stepping codes, one is 0901APMW, the other one is 0851CPEW, can anyone help me decode them?
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    need help fixing static noise

    I have onboard sound, which produces some annoying static noise from the right speaker, in win xp, i simply mute Aux or microphone to fix it, but i cant find such options in vista. and also does nvidia stop making sound drivers for their nforce boards, seems vista is using realtek drivers and...
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    Millions were planned to celebrate Iraq war victory

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/washi...04victory.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin "Not surprisingly, the money was not spent." just find it funny on how much planning there was on what to do after winning the war, and not as much on how to win it.
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    Total curfew in Baghdad

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5393984.stm just another proof to show how bad it is. Bush cant seem to get much good news lately. and by the way, did anyone watch cnn, he is also quitely pushing the North America Union, which to ease the border between Canada, US and Mexico. There...
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    new way to use computer

    found this out in pc world news, nyu is experimenting with new interfaces that allow you to use touch screens to manipulate data instead of just input, here is the link to the demo, it seems you need a very fast computer to do it, nevertheless it's very cool indeed...
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    Drunk man bites panda

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5364058.stm very entertaining news unlike some of the others, that man's response really made rofl: "I bit the panda on its back but its fur was too thick,"
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    need advice from samsung 940b users

    just got my samsung 940b silver yesterday, good build qulity, no dead pixel, very sleek look. hooked it up with a dvi cable, however, i played with all the settings a bit, but cant seem to get the colors right, they appear washed out and not clear, and all the color pictures look weird as...
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    is it harmful to underclock video card?

    a newb question here, my 6800gt seems to run very hot(high 60C while idle), while i'm waiting for a new cooler, i like to bring the temp. down a bit for now. So will adjust the 2d clock freq. (I assume it's the idle mode, correct?) to a lower value in Coolbits helps? if so, is it harmful to the...
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    need advice on x800gto and removing hsf

    need a new video card, and right now it seems x800gto is the best bang for the buck now for under 200, so my question is which brand is better, Sapphire or Connect3d, Saphhire board has that new and smaller capicators, and c3d board has an external power connector. do they make any differences...