Installing Xampp and WordPress + Hamachi VPN = Secure private blog on XP PRO!

Many people know from their own experience that it’s not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - [...]

Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 DES X48 DDR3 Motherboard Preview!

If there’s one thing my experience has taught me, it’s that Gigabyte knows how to deliver product longevity and system stability.  Unlike Tyan, which briefly made it’s way to the desktop sector before pulling back to the more familiar server back-plane foundation, Gigabyte has been successful on both front.  At the Super Computing 2007 event [...]

Guide: How to shop for your first HDTV!

For most people who are buying for their present day needs, and plan to upgrade in the 2-3 year future, then a 720p HDTV is perfect. Offering the most affordable HDTV solution, but compromising top-end picture quality, this is a shallow recommendation. The widespread availability of 1080p HDTV’s has made the 1080i alternative [...]

HT Omega Claro Plus+ AD8620BR Op Amp Sound Card!

 

From the colorful retail box to the black and gold accents, the Claro Plus+ maintains an appealing presentation.  Solid state capacitors ensure long-life durability. and true 24-bit sound promises performance.
If you are even slightly inclined to appreciate great, high-quality sound, then you owe it to yourself to move up to professional grade audio hardware; and if you already [...]

ASUS Striker II Extreme - a quick view of the 790i!

ASUS just dropped off their new Striker II Extreme board based on NVIDIA’s upcoming 790i chipset featuring official support for the soon to be released 1600FSB processors and DDR3. Of note, ASUS is utilizing a slightly updated water block design, backplates on the MOSFET heatsinks and other critical areas, along with screw-down mounting for the SPP and [...]

ASUS ROG Rampage Formula Preview!

Every once in awhile, something comes along that is simply brilliant in its simplicity. For ASUS, that time could be now. ASUS plans to continue in their tradition of early adoption of new chipsets with a mid-February release of their upcoming Rampage Formula motherboard a board that will make use of Intel’s recently announced X48 [...]

Antec Super Premium Line of Power Supplies!

 

The Antec Signature Series Offers Faster Response Times, Hybrid Cable Management, High-Tech Cooling
LAS VEGAS, NV–(MARKET WIRE)–Jan 8, 2008 — Consumer Electronics Show — Antec, Inc., the leading global brand of high-performance computer components for the PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself markets, today announced the Signature Series, its newest and most advanced family of power supply units.
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Giant Asus unveils sleek, small-form-factor desktop PCs!

We’ve been hearing rumors about a desktop version of the Eee PC for a while, and Asustek has now announced a pair of machines that could very well be the Eee’s desktop cousins. Dubbed the Nova P22 and Nova P20, the machines bear no trace of Eee branding. Nonetheless, they both boast a sleek, avant-garde [...]

Palit’s flamboyant GeForce 9600 GT Sonic!

This puppy’s dual-slot cooler is shrouded in bright Lego/Tonka yellow, which pretty effectively broadcasts that this isn’t a stock-clocked creation. In fact, Palit has turned up the GPU core clock to 700MHz, the shader clock to 1.75GHz, and the memory to 1GHz.
Also, there’s an atomic frog. With, I think, a flamethrower. I’ve learned [...]

Intel X48 enthusiast chipset coming in mid-March!

When Intel launched its X38 Express high-end desktop chipset last October, some sources in Taiwan claimed that the product’s lifespan could be short, as Intel was rumored to be preparing a newer and badder X48 Express chipset for a launch shortly afterward. However, we heard in December that the X48 might have been postponed until [...]

Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Preview!

Intel® X38 + ICH9R Chipset

Supports Intel® Core 2™ multi-core and upcoming 45nm processors
Support for 1600 MHz FSB.
Dual Channel DDR2 or DDR3 1066 memory support for outstanding system performance.
High quality CPU power module with Ferrite Core Chokes, Lower RDS (on) MOSFETs and Lower ESR Solid Capacitors.
Re-engineered Thermal Design featuring All Copper Silent-Pipe [...]

MSI x38 Diamond motherboard preview!

Established in August 1986, MSI has always upheld the business philosophy “Award-winning product quality and outstanding customer service.  MSI is a specialist in the design and manufacture of motherboards, add-on cards, servers/workstations, barebones, communication devices and CE Products and Notebooks. Surmounting a challenging industry, we’ve raced to the head of the pack and are now [...]

Home Router Hacks, VOIP Phishing & Driveby Pharming!

A new era is dawning in mainstream hacking techniques that target devices that are not very well defended in most homes: The routers that you get at your local retailer to protect your high-speed DSL or Cable connected PC from malevolent hackers is now the very platform that malefactors are using to steal your [...]

Blast of cold air can open computer to hackers!

New research shows how easily an encrypted hard drive can be defeated
SAN FRANCISCO - Want to break into a computer’s encrypted hard drive? Just blast the machine’s memory chip with a burst of cold air.
That’s the conclusion of new research out of Princeton University demonstrating a novel, low-tech way hackers can access even the most [...]

Missile shoots down falling satellite! (Great shots from around the web!)

 What do you do when a spy satellite goes kerflooey and starts to fall back to Earth? Call in the U.S. Navy. That was what President Bush decided to do to take out said defunct satellite before it could crash-land, with the potential, the government says, of spewing a toxic fuel called hydrazine in a [...]

Inside look at the HP Blackbird 002 DE LCi gaming PC with Price tag $6,200!

For hardcore computer gamers, there is no such thing as too much power when it comes to their personal computer; there is only the question: How much can I afford? The Blackbird 002 DE LCi is definitely in the “money is no object” category. Sporting dual ATI Radeon X2900 XT video cards, each with 512GB [...]

ReInstalling WindowsXP Without loosing your settings!

ReInstalling WindowsXP Without loosing your settings
If you need to reinstall WindowsXP and want to keep all your current installed applications and settings:

Start WindowsXP

Go to the location of your source files

Run WINNT32 /unattend

I’ve often need to do this to repair something that had gotten corrupted and didn’t [...]

HD DVD Players for XBOX 360 Finished!

The high definition format war is over with Blu-Ray winning the field. Microsoft was supporting the HD DVD format by offering the HD DVD player add-on for their XBOX 360 gaming system. In an announcement made today they made clear that HD DVD will be pulled as add-ons for the XBOX 360 as well.
Roughly [...]

How Scroogle’s SSL option protects your privacy!

Secure Socket Layer is an encryption protocol that is available in almost all browsers. If you’ve ever entered your credit card number to purchase something online, you should have checked for the little yellow padlock at the bottom right of your browser. That means no one can intercept your number as it travels between your [...]

Top RootKit Prevention, Detection and Removal Software 2008!

What is a RootKit?
At the core of the term “rootkit” are two words- “root” and “kit”. Root refers to the all-powerful, “Administrator” account on Unix and Linux systems, and kit refers to a set of programs or utilities that allow someone to maintain root-level access to a computer. However, one other aspect of a rootkit, [...]

Top Ten Security Threats for 2008!

 
Twelve cyber security veterans, with significant knowledge about emerging attack patterns, worked together to compile a list of the attacks most likely to cause substantial damage during 2008.
Participants included Stephen Northcutt, Ed Skoudis, Marc Sachs, Johannes Ullrich, Tom Liston, Eric Cole, Eugene Schultz, Rohit Dhamankar, Amit Yoran, Howard Schmidt, Will Pelgrin, and Alan [...]

Paradox Crack Windows Vista OEM With SLP 2.0!

The list of Windows Vista crack is updated again with new Vista crack submit by Paradox. So, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) will has a solid reason to tell its share-holders if it will miss financial target again in the coming quarterly reports. Also, it has to spend more billion dollars and development light-year for the next [...]

How to Bypass BIOS Passwords for IT professionals!

BIOS passwords can add an extra layer of security for desktop and laptop computers. They are used to either prevent a user from changing the BIOS settings or to prevent the PC from booting without a password. Unfortunately, BIOS passwords can also be a liability if a user forgets their password, or changes the [...]

ATI Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB!

The concept of the HD3870 X2 is centered around a pair of ATI’s successful HD3870 512MB cards which are connected by what amounts to an internal Crossfire bridge chip/ switch which handles the communication between the two GPUs. Even though shoehorning what amounts to a pair of GPU cores onto one PCB is not [...]

ASUS DRW-2014L1T DVD±/RW DRIVE!

ASUS. Rock Solid. Heart Touching. An intersting slogan for a great company. ASUS, one of the largest computer part manufacturers is a technology-oriented company blessed with one of the world’s top R&D teams. They are well known for high-quality, innovative technology and have always been at the forefront of every enthusiast’s mind. As a leading [...]