The interface is clean and neat. The installation is fast and smooth. I installed Kubuntu 10.04 last night. I was pleasantly surprised. Some of the new features include Grub 1.98, plasma support, removal of HAL, and so on. If you like Ubuntu, you will love 10.04. Personally I always have a feeling of… Continue reading If you like Ubuntu, you are going to love 10.04.
Two days after — iPhone leak still getting a lot of attention. Apple stock up to 259
There are a wide range of opinions related to whether Apple leaked the iPhone prototype intentionally. Gurulog believes they did. Gizmodo believes they did not. Regardless of which side you believe, there are certain facts that have come to pass as a result. 1) Apple has gotten a lot of free press from the incident.… Continue reading Two days after — iPhone leak still getting a lot of attention. Apple stock up to 259
Apple leaked the iPhone. Why, read on…
Maybe not directly to Gizmodo, but it was an intentional act. Why? There are a plethora of possible motives. 1) Droid is a serious threat. 2) Ipad is not selling as well as it could/should. 3) They wanted to “spice” things up. 4) Apple has been great on secrecy, letting something slip brings tons of… Continue reading Apple leaked the iPhone. Why, read on…
Gizmodo site unreachable over iPhone
It would appear that the latest round of attention Gizmodo is being flooded with may not be an entirely positive experience. The Gizmodo web site was unreachable at the time I wrote this. Gizmodo is a blog that acquired a prototype iPhone device recently. I am certain they will take corrective actions to improve their… Continue reading Gizmodo site unreachable over iPhone
Tom’s Hardware benchmark confirms i5 660, i5 661, i7 870 faster than i7 980x.
This benchmark was for Lame and the results indicate that the i5 660, i5 661, and the i7 870 all tied for first when encoding audio from wav format to mp3 format. They all outperformed the i7 980x. Lame is obviously not SMP for more than 2 cores. I said something to this effect back… Continue reading Tom’s Hardware benchmark confirms i5 660, i5 661, i7 870 faster than i7 980x.
VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM 600G hard drive released!
Today I received the Official Western Digital announcement for the new VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM 600G SATA 6G/s drive. Sounds impressive. If we were limited to mechanical drives, this one definitely would be the one to have for performance. The problem is, we are not limited to mechanical drives. Solid state drives are readily available. The… Continue reading VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM 600G hard drive released!
Benchmarks
Phoronix Global benchmark Top of the World. Why yes, Virginia, that is a 16 Core Dell R900 that I just out performed by Thirty-Three PERCENT, with a dual core system that was not overclocked.
The Ipad releases
Apple has released the Ipad and they are now readily available for order at the Apple stores. In a recent article on yahoo a $499 Ipad turned into a $1170 purchase after selecting a couple upgrades and buying accessories. Is $1170 less than your average well appointed PC based Laptop computer? Not in my world.… Continue reading The Ipad releases
Yahoo bots out to lunch?
Lately I have noticed that yahoo is significantly slower at finding and ranking new sites than Google. I have changed my search engine of choice accordingly.
Howto: Intel HD Video for Fedora 12
There is a way to install Fedora 12 on a computer that uses an Intel High Definition Video card. This applies to most i5 and i7 processors using the integrated Intel HD video. If you have a PCI express video card or an AMD processor, this does not apply. Book mark this page in case… Continue reading Howto: Intel HD Video for Fedora 12