What type of gamer are you? Find out by reading this Tomshardware article: Remember the Myers-Briggs personality test that we all took in school or for a particular employer? The one that had 16 different combinations? Well, it is time we put gamers to the test. Luckily, I am here to help you, and there [...]
Entries from September 10th, 2005
Six Dumbest Ideas In Computer Security
September 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Security
Bruce Schneier links to an interesting (& funny) essay on the six dumbest ideas in computer security: There’s lots of innovation going on in security – we’re inundated with a steady stream of new stuff and it all sounds like it works just great. Every couple of months I’m invited to a new computer security [...]
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System Requirements For Windows Vista To Be Steep
September 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Hardware, Microsoft
Bi-tech.net has written a piece on confirmed minimum hardware specs for Windows Vista. It comes down to the following: Graphics: Vista has changed from using the CPU to display bitmaps on the screen to using the GPU to render vectors. This means the entire display model in Vista has changed. To render the screen in [...]
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China Telecom To Block Skype
September 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Telephony
Reuters has an interesting story on how China Telecom is blocking Skype. Why you ask? Well it could have something to do with them charing $1 a minute to call Europe or the US while you can do it on Skype for a couple of cents. Seing as the average wage in China is so [...]
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