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    Vista ANI Exploit Patch Plagued With More Problems

    7/7/2007 ---------- Looks like Microsoft's patch causes more issues than it actually fixed. http://www.playfuls.com/news_06876_Micr...tch_Causes_DLL_Errors_at_Startup_.html and more info about the incompatibilities here: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/31522/108/ Well, lets look...
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    Bush gets raw and blames democrats for everything

    Bush takes no responsibility at all. Then he comes back and says Democrats will raise taxes and hocus pocus. However, he never once explains the mess we're in and how we're going to get out of it. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/03/bush_congress_o.html What are you...
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    Remote flaw found in Vista existed since December 2006

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=143 Looks like this vulnerability has been around for SEVERAL months! So, what do you Vista users have to say now, huh? Looks like all that cockiness has finally caught up to all of you...
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    Ubuntu and Linspire Merge?

    Well, join forces, I'd say. This is good news!! The fact that Ubuntu will be using a few of Linspires stuff is awesome (without the need of root accounts) Linspire will now be based off Ubuntu. So, everything is all peachy! More at the link: http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7103672739.html
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    Vista takes gaming performance hit

    I was given a URL to a benchmark showing great gains with the ATI driver in Vista from FiringSquad. It was in response to a link I gave earlier: http://techgage.com/article/windows_vista_gaming_performance_reports Of course, there were no Windows XP comparisons in that FiringSquad URL...
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    Kid suing Nvidia for unfinished Vista drivers

    Here's the artcle Link: http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/02/nvidia_lawsuit_vista_drivers/ One question... IS THIS KID RETARDED?! How can he calmly say he's going to sue nVidia because they haven't finished the drivers for an OS that was released just a couple of days ago?! Heck, I...
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    Vista's DRM cracked!

    Link: http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=24 Well, that's interesting. One person claims to have already cracked the DRM in Vista... Well, I'd say by-passed. When are these corporations going to realize? DRM will not stop piracy! BlueRay CRACKED! HDDVD CRACKED! Now Vista CRACKED! And it got...
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    Gaming Benchmarks on Vista vs. XP

    I dunno if this is good news or bad news to those who plan to upgrade. However, here are the benchmarks for several games on Vista vs. XP. Maybe in the future this will be fixed, but as it stands, this isn't good. http://techgage.com/article/windows_vista_gaming_performance_reports...
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    Honest Opinions for Vista

    Here it goes: Link: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/hate-ms-ftopict220266.html English corrected for eyeball safety. Discuss! ------------------- Please refrain from posting numerous threads discussing the same topic. AnandTech Moderator
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    Time Magazine's Vista Review

    Straight from the horses mouth. Link: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1582415,00.html Even Time admits that Vista isn't really worth an upgrade and that it lacks features that make it worthy of anything more of "just good enough". Discuss
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    Linus Torvalds agrees: Vista is bloatware!

    I agree with him. There's seriously nothing new with Vista and it doesn't change the way people access their media. Vista also intrudes on people's privacy and strips the users ownership of their own computers. More at the link Link: http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;261269498
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    Intel to buy out nVidia for $10B!?!

    Here's the link: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene...4413247_RTRUKOC_0_US-NVIDIA-STOCKS.xml and: http://www.ocwforums.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=55253 If this is true, then what will become of MB makers concerning nVidia chipsets? Will Intel tell nVidia to no longer supply...
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    The Conroe a Hoax?

    According to this site, Conroe has a really bad weakness. link: http://sharikou.blogspot.com/2006/04/conroe-performance-claim-being-busted.html If this is the case, then all those people who wanted to wait... I wonder how they feel....
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    Question concerning the Opteron 165

    I have a simple question... Maybe 2 questions... 1) How does one find the stepping on his/her processor? 2) I just recently bought an Opteron 165 and it runs at 40c idle using the 4 pipe HSF included in the retail package. Some information: I first installed it and looked in the bios...
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    You now have to pay tax on Internet purchases.

    Here's the link: Link I believe this is ridiculous! The American economy is already drained by Bush's war, high gas prices, inflation and so on. Now they want to suck more money out of the average working American? It's ok to have tax incentives for the rich, but raise the price on...
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    Windows Vista Deleting MP3s?

    I heard from a friend of mine that Windows Vista automatically checks the ID3 tags of all given Mp3s and if it finds that they are illegal it deletes them... Can anybody confirm that, or that just heresay?
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    Bush Administrator Subpoenas Google

    This is getting ridiculous now.... ------------------------------------- Google clashes with feds in battle over online search requests MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand for a peek at what millions of people have...
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    Opinions on Intel and AMD

    Hello all. I'm very new to these forums, however I have been reading them for quite a long time. I've been posting on another computer forum for a few months now and I came across some interesting people. However, I'm interested in all of your opinions. At this forum...