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Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals?
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1461thedeletekey writes "The Detroit News recently ran an article about body modifications in the workplace. This got me thinking; do body modifications such as tattoos and piercings still hinder IT professionals in the workplace? Or is this a thing of the past, as these types of personal changes have become more common in recent years. In my experience, I've found both stringent dress codes requiring business casual attire, and no visible body modifications, to no dress code at all. What has the rest of the IT world found to be common?"


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A happy medium between noise and cooling, Cooler Master's Hyper D92
Subject: Cases and Cooling | January 20, 2015 - 02:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Hyper D92, cooler master
The Cooler Master Hyper D92 does count as compact with dimensions of 5.7 x 3.3 x 4.9", at 448g it is lighter than many coolers on the market and with 53.4mm of clearance over your DIMM slots it should not interfere with most RAM. The reduction in size does have an effect on the heatsinks ability to disperse heat but The Tech Report's testing shows better performance than the stock Intel heatsink when cooling an i5-4690K and at a lower noise level. The performance is not up to snuff for overclockers nor are the stock fans quiet enough at full speed for those wanting a near silent build but for those looking for a good compromise between those two scenarios at a decent price it is well worth considering the Hyper D92
"The Hyper D92 is a compact tower-style cooler with dual 92-mm fans. We tested its performance on stock-clocked and overclocked CPUs to see how it stacks up."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Cryorig H7 Universal CPU Cooler Review @HiTech Legion
- SilverStone Raven RV05 @ techPowerUp
- Phanteks Enthoo Mini XL Case @ Benchmark Reviews
- DeepCool Maelstrom 120 Water Cooler Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Corsair Hydro H90 140mm AIO @ [H]ard|OCP
- Corsair Hydro Series H100i @ [H]ard|OCP
Need a consulting gig and know AD and Exchange?
Subject: General Tech | January 20, 2015 - 12:46 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: server 2003, microsoft, EoL, migration
There are over eight million active servers running Server 2003 according to the stats The Register has seen and who knows how many Server 2000 installs still kicking around but as of the 14th of July extended support for Server 2003 ends and no longer will security patches or support be available. The difficulty of prying WinXP out of users hands will be nothing compared to convincing stakeholders to part with money to upgrade to a new version of Server, be it hosted onsite or via Azure and O365. There will be some companies wise enough to find leverage to start the migration soon but there will also be many who will not see the cost benefit until their system fails or even worse, a breach occurs. If you have any knowledge of newer versions of ActiveDirectory, Exchange or Azure and O365 you should update your resume as there will be people looking for help migrating in the near future.
"A channel-wide migration skills shortage is a real danger this summer as stragglers strain available resources by making an eleventh hour dash to flee Windows Server 2003, distributor veterans are warning."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Yep, we'll judge WHOLE DARN storage config. Problem with that? @ The Register
- VLC Media Player bugs could allow hackers to execute arbitrary code @ The Inquirer
- CES 2015 Coverage @HiTech Legion
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging
Today Samsung has lifted the review embargo on their new Portable SSD T1. This represents Samsung's first portable SSD, and aims to serve as another way to make their super speedy VNAND available. We first saw the Samsung T1 at CES, and I've been evaluating the performance if this little drive for the past week:
We'll dive more into the details as this review progresses.
The T1 comes well packaged, with a small instruction manual and a flat style short USB 3.0 cable. The drive itself is very light - ours weighed in right at 1 ounce.
Continue reading our review of the Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB unit!
Upgrade your car with an SSD?
Subject: Storage | January 19, 2015 - 05:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: super talent, DuraDrive AT7, ssd, SM2246EN
If you have an entertainment system in your car, why not go whole hog and upgrade it with a specially designed Super Talent DuraDrive AT7 SSD. Unfortunately you will be hard pressed to find one as they will generally be sold directly to the auto manufacturers but The SSD Review's look at it is interesting because it is the first look at Silicon Motion's new SM2246EN 6Gbps 4 channel controller. The ATTO results when connected to an X99 motherboard were impressive, peaking at 554MB/s read and 446MB/s write. It will be interesting to see which manufacturers install this in their vehicles and what usage scenarios would require this kind of throughput.
"Every now and then, we are fortunate to have SSDs reach our bench that one might not normally find within every day PC systems or servers. Our review today of the Super Talent DuraDrive AT7 SSD is just that; a SSD fully intended for the automobile industry, and more specifically In-vehicle Infotainment Systems."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Transcend MTS800 128GB M.2 SSD Review @HiTech Legion
- Plextor M6e Black Edition 256GB PCIe SSD @ Custom PC Review
- Micron M600 256GB @ Kitguru
- Silicon Power Jewel J06 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review @ NikKTech
- D My Cloud 3 TB Network HDD Review @ Hardware Secrets
Waiting for Windows Wednesday
Subject: General Tech | January 19, 2015 - 12:57 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: windows 10, microsoft, release
We should be finally hearing the pricetag which will be associated with Windows 10 this Wednesday as Microsoft has been sending out invites for an unveiling this week. Many have already tried the unfinished version via the Windows Insider Programme and it has received a much warmer welcome that the previous version. The Inquirer posits this could be in part because of a realization that consumers now have a choice in operating systems and are now far less likely to feel that they have to go with Microsoft or Apple. From Chromebooks to flavours of Linux wrapped in a GUI and installer that Windows users feel comfortable with there is a change in the market and the biggest competitor to a new Windows is not necessarily an older version of the OS. This has driven Microsoft to listen to customer feedback and not hand out changes to the OS that they feel customers should want but instead bring back familiar features which were removed and perhaps completely rethink their pricing. You can check out The Inquirer's musical take on what to expect right here.
"WEDNESDAY is arguably the most important day in Microsoft's recent history. We're primed and ready for what is expected to be the consumer launch of Windows 10, easily the most pivotal release in its 30 years as the world's predominant operating system."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Microsoft Researchers Use Light Beams To Charge Smartphones @ Slashdot
- CES 2015: Curved screens in LG's G Flex 2 and Samsung SUHD TVs are just cosmetic @ The Inquirer
- Microsoft Azure was most FAIL-FILLED cloud of 2014 @ The Register
- Mio Spirit 6970 LM Truck GPS Navigation System Review @ NikKTech
- How Well Does The Samsung S Voice Work? @ TechARP
- NikKTech & FSP Worldwide Giveaway
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Courtesy of ASUS
The Rampage V Extreme is ASUS' premier product for their ROG (Republic of Gamers) line of Intel X99-based motherboards. The board offers support for all Intel LGA2011-3 based processors paired with DDR4 memory operating in up to a quad channel configuration. Given the feature-packed nature and premium ROG board-branding, the board's $499.99 MSRP does not come at that much of a surprise.
Courtesy of ASUS
Courtesy of ASUS
ASUS designed the Rampage V Extreme to handle anything an enthusiast could throw its way, integrating an 8-phase digital power system into is Extreme Engine Digi+ IV to power the board. Extreme Engine Digi+ IV combines ASUS' custom designed Digi+ EPU chipset, IR (International Rectifier) PowIRStage MOSFETs, MicroFine Alloy chokes, and 10k Black Metallic capacitors for unrivaled power delivery capabilities. ASUS also bundles their OC Panel device for on-the-fly overclocking and board monitoring, as well as SupremeFX 2014 audio solution for flawless audio.
Continue reading our review of the ASUS Rampage V Extreme motherboard!
Report: AMD Carrizo APU Benchmarks Show 2x the Performance of Kaveri, 3x Intel Iris Pro
Subject: Processors | January 18, 2015 - 05:16 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: SoC, rumor, processor, leak, iris pro, Intel, graphics, cpu, carrizo, APU, amd
A new report of leaked benchmarks paints a very interesting picture of the upcoming AMD Carrizo mobile APU.
Image credit: SiSoftware
Announced as strictly mobile parts, Carrizo is based on the next generation Excavator core and features what AMD is calling one of their biggest ever jumps in efficiency. Now alleged leaked benchmarks are showing significant performance gains as well, with numbers that should elevate the IGP dominance of AMD's APUs.
Image credit: WCCFtech
WCCFtech explains the performance shown in this SiSoft Sandra leak in their post:
"The A10 7850K scores around 270 Mpix/s while Intel's HD5200 Iris Pro scores a more modest 200 Mpix/s. Carriso scores here over 600 Mpix/s which suggests that Carrizo is more than twice as fast as Kaveri and three times faster than Iris Pro. To put this into perspective this is what an R7 265 graphics card scores, a card that offers the same graphics performance inside the Playstation 4."
While the idea of desktop APUs with greatly improved graphics and higher efficency is tantalizing, AMD has made it clear that these will be mobile-only parts at launch. When asked by Anandtech, AMD had this to say about the possibility of a desktop variant:
"With regards to your specific question, we expect Carrizo will be seen in BGA form factor desktops designs from our OEM partners. The Carrizo project was focused on thermally constrained form factors, which is where you'll see the big differences in performance and other experiences that consumers value."
The new mobile APU will be manufactured with the same 28nm process as Kaveri, with power consumption up to 35W for the Carrizo down to a maximum of 15W for the ultra-mobile Carrizo-L parts.
Intel's 5.5-inch Socketed Motherboard is 28% Smaller than Mini-ITX
Subject: Motherboards | January 17, 2015 - 05:22 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: SFF, nuc, motherboard, mini-itx, Intel
Bay Trail-M has been at the heart of several interesting micro-PC products in the past few months, but the limitations of the SoC have thus far kept these ultra-low power devices from becoming serious PC contenders. New products with AMD APUs look promising, and we will see how they perform once they become available. Meanwhile, Intel might be changing the mini-PC landcape soon with a new motherboard form-factor.
It doesn't have a name but the 5.5" square board looks like a smaller version of a thin mini-ITX design, with flush mounted DIMM slots and support for M.2 SSD storage. SemiAccurate is reporting that "it will support up to 16GB of DDR3L, an M.2 SSD and 2.5″ HD, 4x USB 3.0, 2x HDMI, GbE, audio, and Wi-Fi". A mini-ITX board on the other hand, though slightly larger at 6.7" x 6.7", has the advantage of supporting full-size GPUs (except the thin-mini variant). But when size and power consumption are the primary concern the lack of PCIe expansion is less important, and this sub-ITX board offers socketed CPU support rather than a soldered BGA solution, permitting customization and potentially offering a more desktop-like upgrade path.
No word on availability of the prototype board from Intel, which the report said was seen at this year's CES. It would make sense that Intel has learned from their experience with the NUC and created a smaller form-factor, but it remains to be seen whether such a product will enter the retail channel or become an OEM part.
CompuLab Fitlet PC Lineup Is Small and Fanless
Subject: General Tech, Systems | January 16, 2015 - 11:21 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nuc, fitlet-x, fitlet-i, fitlet-b, fitlet, compulab, APU, amd
The Israeli PC manufacturer, CompuLab Ltd., has announced three lines of small, fanless systems. They will be smaller than the NUC and run AMD APUs, from the E1 to the A4, which CompuLab claims are more powerful than NUCs of comparable prices. They can be configured with either Windows (7, 8, or 10) or Linux Mint. They are officially classified as Industrial PCs, and the 5-year warranty reinforces that association, but others might also be interested.
CompuLab Fitlet-b
Let's start in the middle with the Fitlet-i. With a TDP of 4.5W, it is powered by an AMD A4-6400T APU at 1.0 GHz (1.6 GHz boost). It can be configured with up to 8GB of DDR3 memory.
The other features of the Fitlet-i are:
- Two 3.5mm stereo audio jacks (one in, one out)
- One S/PDIF port
- Four USB 2.0 ports
- Two USB 3.0 ports
- Two HDMI 1.4 ports
- Two Gigabit Ethernet ports
- 802.11ac (clarified Jan 17th: built in, with external antennas I believe)
- One microSD card slot
- One eSATA port, rated at 6Gbps
- One serial port (because industrial)
- One mSATA socket (low profile)
- One mini-PCIe socket (high profile, half or full size)
The Fitlet-X is similar to the above, except that it has four Gigabit Ethernet ports (instead of two), but it loses one USB 2.0 port (three total), has its Wireless downgraded to a USB 802.11n dongle, and it has no eSATA port. The extra pair of Gigabit Ethernet adapters is not the only perk though, as it has their "FACET card" interface, which provides 3 lanes of PCIe (if you want to take a risk on the interface).
CompuLab Fitlet-i
That leaves us with the Fitlet-b, which is the base model. Its TDP is slightly lower, 3.95W, and is powered by an AMD E1-6200T APU at 1.0 GHz (1.4 GHz boost). It has just one Gigabit Ethernet port, two USB 3.0 ports, three USB 2.0 ports, the USB 802.11n dongle, and just a full-size mSATA (low profile) expansion for storage. It does have both HDMI 1.4a outputs though.
CompuLab Fitlet-X
The Fitlet will be available in February, starting at $129 for the Fitlet-b barebone, via Amazon for North America and Europe. It will also be available directly from CompuLab and resellers for the rest of the world.
Graphics Developers: Help Name Next Generation OpenGL
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | January 16, 2015 - 10:37 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Khronos, opengl, OpenGL ES, webgl, OpenGL Next
The Khornos Group probably wants some advice from graphics developers because they ultimately want to market to them, as the future platform's success depends on their applications. If you develop games or other software (web browsers?) then you can give your feedback. If not, then it's probably best to leave responses to its target demographic.
As for the questions themselves, first and foremost they ask if you are (or were) an active software developer. From there, they ask you to score your opinion on OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and WebGL. They then ask whether you value "Open" or "GL" in the title. They then ask you whether you feel like OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and WebGL are related APIs. They ask how you learn about the Khronos APIs. Finally, they directly ask you for name suggestions and any final commentary.
Now it is time to (metaphorically) read tea leaves. The survey seems written primarily to establish whether developers consider OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and WebGL as related libraries, and to gauge their overall interest in each. If you look at the way OpenGL ES has been developing, it has slowly brought mobile graphics into a subset of desktop GPU features. It is basically an on-ramp to full OpenGL.
We expect that, like Mantle and DirectX 12, the next OpenGL initiative will be designed around efficiently loading massively parallel processors, with a little bit of fixed-function hardware for common tasks, like rasterizing triangles into fragments. The name survey might be implying that the Next Generation OpenGL Initiative is intended to be a unified platform, for high-end, mobile, and even web. Again, modern graphics APIs are based on loading massively parallel processors as directly as possible.
If you are a graphics developer, the Khronos Group is asking for your feedback via their survey.
CES 2015: Monoprice Announcements
Subject: General Tech, Displays, Shows and Expos | January 16, 2015 - 06:59 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: CES, ces 2015, monoprice, ips, 4k, 120hz, mechanical keyboard, touch screen, drawing
So CES has ended over a week ago, but somehow we missed Monoprice. While they are known for cheap cables that are also good and reliable, the retailer has been pushing out some interesting, self-branded products. At this year's CES, they advertised a multi-touch pen display, a cheap 4K 60Hz monitor, a 30-inch IPS panel that is guaranteed to work at 120Hz 1600p (16:10), and an RGB-backlit mechanical keyboard.
First up is their 22-inch multi-touch pen display. Not too long ago, I noticed that they had a 22-inch pen display without a touch screen, similar to my Wacom Cintiq 22HD, for under $600. Of course, this got me looking at its product page because that is significantly cheaper than what I paid for mine -- like, several times cheaper. In that page was a warning that it was not suitable for multi-monitor setups, and suggested that users clone it (rather than extending their desktop). Yikes. Okay. That's problematic.
Well now it no longer has that warning, and neither does their new, higher-end version with built-in multi-touch. Hopefully this means that they sorted out their driver (or configuration) issues under Windows.
The display itself is a 22-inch, 1080p, IPS panel with 16.7 million colors (so not 10-bit). It has a 5ms response time, which is good for IPS, but no listing of sRGB or AdobeRGB coverage. This could be problematic for someone looking to use it for professional applications, but being an IPS display it might be okay.
The current price is $550 for the pen-input monitor, and $750 for the pen or 10-point touch model. Both are also compatible with 75mm x 75mm VESA wall mounts, because the writing's on the wall or some pun like that.
Also launched is a 28-inch 4K display for $449. They do not state the panel technology, but with a reduced vertical viewing angle, which is bad, and a 1ms response time, which is good, it pretty much must be TN. It is a bit sad that it is not IPS, IGZO, PLS, or another high-end panel type, but it is also $449.
Image Credit: Anandtech
Keeping on the topic of displays, Anandtech was shown a 30-inch, 1600p panel that is guaranteed to run at 120Hz. While we are starting to see a few high refresh rate IPS panels pop up this year, it was the domain of display overclockers before then. Enthusiasts would purchase monitors that were shipped directly from smaller South Korean manufacturers (who typically purchase lesser-binned panels from LG, and so forth) and cross their fingers when they give it a higher refresh rate. This one is guaranteed by Monoprice to run at 120Hz, but it does not yet have pricing and availability.
Image Credit: Anandtech
Lastly, Anandtech also saw a mechanical keyboard with programmable RGB backlighting. It uses Kailh RGB switches, which are based on the Cherry MX design after the patents expired. Again, no pricing or availability on this one.
Video Perspective: Amazon Echo Overview
Subject: General Tech | January 16, 2015 - 06:05 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, echo, amazon
Late last year Amazon announced the pending release of the Echo, a standalone device that would sit in your home or office and listen to voice commands and respond in a Siri-like or Google Now-like fashion. The first Amazon Echo units have shipped and I received one of them, opening it up and putting it to use for a few days this week.
At its core, the Echo is a collection of microphones and speakers, connected to the internet through Wi-Fi. Using the keyword of "Alexa" (or you can change it to "Amazon") you stir Echo from its slumber to respond to requests for information, streaming music and lists or timers. Voice recognition is fantastic and the speed at which Echo responds to voice commands is impressive, moving along at a quicker pace than either Google's or Apple's options.
Users that have uploaded their music collection to Amazon's cloud library will be able to access that music through the 2.5-in subwoofer and 2.0-in tweeter, both of which add up to surprisingly good audio performance for such a small device. Amazon Prime users will have access to the company's collection of including streaming music as well, though that collection is notably smaller than something like Spotify. Music from Amazon's digital music store is the one item you can purchase solely through voice commands.
Adding things to a shopping list, asking for fact-based information and telling lame jokes all happen efficiently. But the drawback to the Echo is its lack of knowledge about the rest of my life. The device has no ability to know about my next calendar appointment, my incoming emails, my estimated drive time to the work. Google does though, and I can't help but think that a Google iteration of this exact item would be a better solution.
Check out the video below to see Amazon Echo in action and determine if this device deserves a spot in your home.
"gorescript" Is an Indie, Browser-Based 3D Shooter
Subject: General Tech | January 16, 2015 - 02:36 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: webgl, pc gaming
gorescript is a first person shooter that runs in a browser through WebGL (via Three.JS). Its developer, Time Invariant Games, has not mentioned a business model, if there is one, but the first three levels, three guns, and two monsters can be instantly played at their GitHub site for free. The source code, including a map editor for levels and a map editor for monsters, weapons, and powerups, is also on their GitHub under an MIT (permissive) license.
From a technical standpoint, it is not the most impressive game that I have played in a browser -- that would be a toss-up between Unreal Tournament 3 (they had a demo at Mozilla Summit 2013) or Dead Trigger 2. In gorescript on Firefox 35, I was getting about 80-110 FPS, although that begun to crawl down to around 20-30 FPS with some dips down to ~10 FPS; it was probably averaging ~45 FPS when all is said and done.
(Note: Especially if you have a high-refresh panel, the maximum frame rate of Firefox can be adjusted in about:config with the layout.frame_rate variable. Mine is set to 120.)
Again, it is free and it should amuse you for a little while. Maybe we can get it to blow up with third-party content? Even as it is, I think it is worth a mention for anyone who wants a Doom/Quake throwback.
Are you sure that is a mouse and not a spaceship?
Subject: General Tech | January 16, 2015 - 01:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: input, Cougar, 700m, gaming mouse, dexter
The Cougar 700M Gaming Mouse is a right handed gaming mouse offers a serious amount of adjustments and options as well as a design which certainly stands out. The DPI is programmable from 50 to 8200 and with the software it seems you can actually specify different levels to your X and Y axis if you so desire. It comes with weights and the height of the pad on the rear of the mouse can be adjusted to ensure it fits your hand comfortably as well as a headlight of varying colours. Techgage gave the mouse and software a try in their latest review, check out what they thought of it here.
"Mice – there is never a shortage of options in the gaming market. They range from $10, to well over $100 – some are a tremendous value, some are not. COUGAR is no stranger to this market and have put its best foot forward with the 700M Gaming Mouse. How did it fare? Follow me, I'll show you!"
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Cougar 600M Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
- Corsair Gaming Sabre Optical RGB gaming mouse @ Kitguru
- Cougar 600K Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review @ Neoseeker
- COUGAR 700K Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review @ NikKTech
Steam for Linux will teach you the difference between backups and redundancy
Subject: General Tech | January 16, 2015 - 12:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: steam, linux, idiots
If you move the Steam home directory of $STEAMROOT in Linux then you are running the risk of running rm -rf on your user directory, which in the case of this unfortunate person on Slashdot included their attached USB hard drive. This is rather nasty bug and one which is easily avoidable by the use of proper syntax but unfortunately the command rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"* contains an unnecessary / and without an error checking facility included if there is no $STEAMROOT directory the command run is rm -rf "/"*. As it is in your home folder you do not even need to be running as root so for the time being it would be very wise to leave your Steam files in their default location and to realize that anything plugged into your machine is not a true backup until removed from your system.
"I launched steam. It did not launch, it offered to let me browse, and still could not find it when I pointed to the new location. Steam crashed. I restarted it. It re-installed itself and everything looked great. Until I looked and saw that steam had apparently deleted everything owned by my user recursively from the root directory. Including my 3tb external drive I back everything up to that was mounted under /media."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Xen Hypervisor 4.5 arrives with 64-bit ARM processor support @ The Inquirer
- Medic! Intel can't staunch bleeding from mobile chip biz @ The Register
- Ex-Apple, Intel, Google geeks in line for $415m over wage-fix pacts @ The Register
Raptr's Top PC Games of December 2014
Subject: General Tech | January 16, 2015 - 11:01 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: raptr, pc gaming
Whoops! It looks like I forgot about Raptr's list for November. In it, Dragon Age: Inquisition and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare launched at 10th place and 17th place, respectively. World of Warcraft also jumped from 8.53% to 15.61% of total play time, which is significant and almost equal to League of Legends. Spider Solitaire also made November's list at 19th place.
This month, Dragon Age: Inquisition climbed from 10th to 6th, because it had a full month of play, while Call of Duty fell off completely (along with PAYDAY 2 and Spider Solitaire). Also, World of Warcraft did not lose its gain, but actually built upon it by a small amount. It did not grab mindshare from League of Legends though, because that game rebounded from its losses in November and was even more popular than it was in October.
That's about all that I found interesting however.
Ah, the days when a 1GHz overclock was considered poor
Subject: Processors | January 15, 2015 - 03:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Pentium G3258, overclock, Intel
You just don't see CPU overclocking guides much anymore, the process has become much easier over the years as Intel and AMD both now sell unlocked CPUs that they expect you to overclock and the motherboard tools and UEFI interfaces do a lot of the heavy lifting for you now. No longer are you doing calculations for frequency ratios or drawing on your CPU with conductive ink. Overclockers Club is revisiting those heydays with a guide on how to make your $70 3.2GHz Pentium G3258 into a more serious beast with a speed well over 4GHz. The steps for overclocking are not difficult but for those who do not have a background in overclocking CPUs, the verification testing steps they describe will be of great value. If you are already well versed in the ways of MemTest86 and Prime95 then perhaps it will be a nice reminder of the days of the Celeron and the huge increases in frequency that family rewarded the patient overclocker with.
"To reach 4.7GHz was a cinch once I adjusted all the smaller voltage settings. Like all overclockers, it was a journey with many failures along the way. One day it would boot and run Prime95, and the next time Windows would not load. It took a while to sort it out by backing down to 4.5GHz and raising each setting until I settled on the below settings."
Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
- Pentium J2900 CPU Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Athlon 5150 CPU Review @ Hardware Secrets
- AMD FX-9590 @ Benchmark Reviews
- AMD FX-8320E @ Benchmark Reviews
Podcast #332 - GTX 960 and R9 380X Rumors, Corsair Carbide 300R Titanium, and our CES 2015 wrap up
Subject: General Tech | January 15, 2015 - 02:09 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, video, gtx 960, nvidia, maxwell, amd, r9 380x, corsair, carbide, 300R, CES, ces 2015, ECS, Z97-Machine, Intel, crucial
PC Perspective Podcast #332 - 01/15/2015
Join us this week as we discuss GTX 960 and R9 380X Rumors, Corsair Carbide 300R Titanium, and our CES 2015 wrap up
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath, and Allyn Malventano
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Neither IBM nor the mainframe are dead yet
Subject: General Tech | January 15, 2015 - 01:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: IBM, mainframe, power8
IBM has just released a new mainframe based on their new 5GHz 22nm Power8 based Processing Units with some models supporting up to 10TB of RAM, the minimum you can run is a mere 64GB. It can not only run IBM's zOS but is also capable of directly supporting Linux and can be managed with a Blade running Windows if you so desire. These fancy looking little mainframes are set up with drawers of either 39 or 42 PUs, so you can upgrade as your usage requires although 2 are actually spares and 6 are System Assist Processors, the remaining PUs can be assigned to varying roles as in previous IBM Z models. These machines are designed to handle large amounts of data traffic, providing real time encryption on up to 2.5 billion transactions per day. The Register feels that the most likely usage scenario will be to provide secure mobile data traffic, something which is certainly needed. You can also glean more information from this blog entry if you are curious about the architecture and capabilities of this mainframe.
"Of course, the proof of the pudding will be in the market, but IBM will be hoping that the billion dollars it's poured into developing the new z13 mainframe will get the big end of town as excited as Big Blue itself is."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Samsung dismisses 'groundless' talk of $7.5bn BlackBerry buyout @ The Inquirer
- Acer slips Wang Andresen into senior Euro slot @ The Register
- PAPAGO! GoSafe 272 Dashcam GS272-US @ Benchmark Reviews
- BAPCo TabletMark v3 Benchmark Presentation @ Madshrimps
Introduction, Specs, and First Impressions
In our review of the original LIVA mini-PC we found it to be an interesting product, but it was difficult to identify a specific use-case for it; a common problem with the mini-PC market. Could the tiny Windows-capable machine be a real desktop replacement? That first LIVA just wasn't there yet. The Intel Bay Trail-M SoC was outmatched when playing 1080p Flash video content and system performance was a little sluggish overall in Windows 8.1, which wasn't aided by the limitation of 2GB RAM. (Performance was better overall with Ubuntu.) The price made it tempting but it was too underpowered as one's only PC - though a capable machine for many tasks.
Fast forward to today, when the updated version has arrived on my desk. The updated LIVA has a cool new name - the "X" - and the mini computer's case has more style than before (very important!). Perhaps more importantly, the X boasts upgraded internals as well. Could this new LIVA be the one to replace a desktop for productivity and multimedia? Is this the moment we see the mini-PC come into its own? There's only one way to find out. But first, I have to take it out of the box.
Chipset: Intel® Bay Trail-M/Bay Trail-I SOC
Memory: DDR3L 2GB/4GB
Expansion Slot: 1 x mSATA for SSD
Storage: eMMC 64GB/32GB
Audio: HD Audio Subsystem by Realtek ALC283
LAN: Realtek RTL8111G Gigabit Fast Ethernet Controller
USB: 1 x USB3.0 Port, 2 x USB2.0 Ports
Video Output: 1 x HDMI Port, 1 x VGA Port
Wireless: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n & Bluetooth 4.0
PCB Size: 115 x 75 mm
Dimension: 135 x 83 x 40 mm
VESA Support: 75mm / 100mm
Adapter Input: AC 100-240V, Output: DC 12V / 3A
OS Support: Linux based OS, Windows 7 (via mSATA SSD) Windows 8/8.1
Thanks to ECS for providing the LIVA X for review!
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The LIVA X arrives in a smaller box than its predecessor, and one with a satin finish cuz it's extra fancy.
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Will County sheriff hopefuls stress efficiency
BY SUSAN DEMAR LAFFERTY firstname.lastname@example.com March 2, 2014 9:18PM
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With Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupas declining to seek a fourth term, five current and retired sheriff's officials are hoping to replace him.
Vying for the Republican nomination in the March 18 primary are retired Deputy Chief Nick Ficarello and current Deputy Chief Ken Kaupas, cousin of the sheriff.
Three Democratic candidates are Sgt. Mike Kelley, Lt. Steve Egan and retired Lt. Ed Bradley.
In a department that has been beset with bungled investigations, the theft of heroin as stored evidence and tight budget constraints, candidates said they are willing and able to make the sheriff's operations more efficient.
Ficarello, a lifelong Will County resident, worked his way up through the ranks as he served more than 31 years in the sheriff's department, retiring in 2009.
The biggest challenge is the budget, he said, proposing a "zero-based" budgeting system, which covers the essentials. Instead of carrying over budget line items, each expenditure would have to be justified, which not only would cut fat but provide transparency to the public, Ficarello said.
He would improve response times by establishing a countywide communication system for all police departments in the county, allowing the closest squad to respond, regardless of the jurisdiction. At present, unless another police department requests assistance, "we have no idea what is going on," he said.
In the drug fight, he would bring back the department's canine unit and assign more officers to state and federal drug task forces.
Ficarello would form a special victims unit and assign specially trained deputies to handle domestic violence, sex crimes, and crimes against children, special needs victims and the elderly.
After working in the county jail, Ficarello said he realized a need to put nonviolent misdemeanor offenders to work, teach them job skills and enroll them in GED classes.
The "clear path" program he proposed would put inmates in a supervised work environment in government or nonprofit organizations.
More information is available at ficarelloforsheriff.com
The other Republican on the ballot is Deputy Chief Ken Kaupas, who was appointed to the department in December 2010, after retiring as a captain from the Illinois State Police after 26 years.
With his state police experience, he said he can bring an "outside perspective" to the department and build relationships with other police departments.
In his role as deputy chief, Kaupas said he deals with the budget constraints and has sought grant funding for the sheriff's department.
The first issue is crime reduction, he said, adding that the county's crime rate is going down.
There are improvements that can better serve the public that do not cost money, such as reassigning manpower, working jointly with other police departments and getting deputies "out of the car and into the community more," he said.
They can look at where and when crime is occurring and staff accordingly, Kaupas said.
A county-wide communication system is a "worthy project, but there are no funds for it," he said.
To combat the heroin epidemic, he would train patrol deputies in drug investigation techniques, build on existing task forces and share information with other departments.
More information is available at kenkaupasforsheriff.com.
Democratic candidate Kelley said his first priority would be to tackle the evidence storage problems that resulted in the theft of more than three kilos of heroin several years ago.
He would consolidate evidence storage into one secure building instead of the current four separate structures and restore training for personnel responsible for storing and cataloging evidence to ensure that the highest security standards are met.
"The Will County Sheriff's Department should be a major force in solving the heroin epidemic, not contributing to the crisis," Kelley said in a news release.
Kelley could not be reached for comment, but according to his website, his goal is to raise morale and "breathe new life into the sheriff's department by streamlining and modernizing the way we provide services to our citizens."
He also would put more deputies and detectives on the streets to combat the heroin epidemic.
The 25-year veteran of the sheriff's department has worked in almost every division within the department, including patrol, courthouse security, the county jail and his current assignment: investigations.
Kelley is a Lockport Township trustee and has served as a Lockport alderman and Lockport Township collector.
More information is available at mikekelleyforwillcountysheriff.com
With 40 years policing experience, including 25 years with the sheriff's department, Egan said he "knows where the problems are" and has experience in all facets of the department. He lost to Paul Kaupas four years ago when he ran as a Republican.
To improve response times, he would reorganize the department, put deputies on the street than behind a desk and establish 12-hour shifts, giving them 10 per cent more manpower at no additional cost, he said.
A big issue for Egan is transforming the underused sheriff's substation in Crete into a full-service 24-hour facility. The building recently was remodeled and furnished, yet operates only as a temporary holding cell from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., he said.
All deputies serving eastern Will County work out of the downtown Joliet office or the Laraway Road station, which wastes time and money, Egan said.
To battle the heroin epidemic, he would reassign officers to a drug interdiction team and restore the canine unit. Will County is a "major source" for drug trafficking along the I-55 and I-80 corridors and it "must stop here," he said.
The candidate also wants to put nonviolent inmates to work, restore the DARE program and senior programs and educate youth on drugs and bullying.
More information is available at eganforsheriff.com.
Bradley, who lost in the Democratic primary four years ago, retired from the sheriff's department as a lieutenant in 2009 and now is police chief in University Park.
He is back in the running because he has a "passion for fairness, justice and change," he said.
"I have done everything. I understand the nuts and bolts of law enforcement," he said.
Bradley said he wants to "restore integrity" to a department the image of which has been tarnished by alleged problems with the Riley Fox investigation and Operation Sleepover, which resulted in lawsuits over false charges.
Morale has to be restored as well, he said.
"You cannot have one fiasco after another. If people are not happy at work, they become inefficient," Bradley said.
He said fiscal responsibility is lacking in the department and he would create a financial team to address funding issues.
Bradley, like Egan, said he would like to provide more services to eastern Will County but added that staffing the Crete station 24 hours a day would be "hard to do" financially.
He would add deputies to patrols and the jail.
More information is available at edbradleyforsheriff.com.


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May 2011
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15 tracks of folk and cosmic Americana classics, compiled exclusively for Uncut by Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold featuring Roy Harper, Mountain Man, Dungen, PG Six, Sandy Denny & The Strawbs and more
I was just about to start this column by writing about what's in the new issue of Uncut, including the return of Fleet Foxes, who I interviewed recently in Seattle. My attention, however, has been claimed by the arrival in the office of copies of our most recent Ultimate Music Guide, a series in which we've so far covered the careers of U2, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon and The Rolling Stones. The new Ultimate Music Guide is dedicated to The Who, all 40 and more years of them. There are, as ever, new looks at all their albums, from My Generation to Empty Wire, by Rob Young, David Cavanagh, Neil Spencer, Bud Scoppa, Garry Mulholland, Andrew Mueller, Graeme Thomson and David Quantick. John Robinson, Michael Bonner and Rob Young also look at Who-related film projects, including the movie versions of Tommy and Quadrophenia and The Kids Are Alright documentary. There's also a full guide to the many Who compilations and a round-up of the band's solo albums, collectable rarities, memorabilia and more.
As much as it may seem like blowing our own trumpet, these pieces are among the best things I've ever read on The Who. Just reading them now makes me do exactly what they are meant to do, put on the albums, the volume turned up loud enough to make your head explode, and be reminded once again of the band in all its resplendent glory and the times I saw them when they seemed unmatchable including in 1969 at the Albert Hall, on a double bill with Chuck Berry, just after the Stones had played in Hyde Park, and an appearance at Charlton football ground on the Who Put The Boot In tour, the band playing in often torrential rain, that's among the most amazing live shows I've ever seen.
Additionally, there's also a vast amount of archive material drawn from the pages of NME, Melody Maker and Uncut, classic interviews from the vaults, the earliest from 1965, a year into their career as The Who, after changing their name from The High Numbers. Taken as a whole, these revisited interviews are gobsmacking epic, revealing stuff that's been unread for years. Boy, could Townshend talk! He's also, by the way, written an exclusive introduction to the thing. What would I have done differently? he asks.
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In Cabbagetown
Like any historical area there is no better way to get a true feel for a neighbourhood's history than taking a tour. Touring through the largest single area of Victorian Architecture is brought to life with the history of the area, it's residents and some of the incredible people that have shared our streets.
The Cabbagetown Preservation Association (www.cabbagetownpa.ca) leads private and corporate guided walking tours of Cabbagetown focusing on the architecture and Cabbagetown People, offer tours (www.cabbagetownpeople.ca) focusing on the social history of Cabbagetown. There is a charge for these tours, similar to those given in parts of Toronto and in other cities. The cost is $10 per person to a maximum of $100 for the group. Up to 15 people can be accommodated on a tour with one guide.
Tour requests can be emailed to email@example.com
(During the Cabbagetown Festival in September, the CPA leads walking tours free of charge from their booth at Riverdale Park, Winchester & Sumach Sts.)
Should you have further questions, Pete, you might wish to speak to Gilles Huot, the CPA Board member in charge of walking tours.
The B.I.A. has a brochure which could be used for self-guided walking tours; and the Cabbagetown People brochure can be used for self-guided walking tours, with the focus on social history.


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Panda Shredder Destroys Tiny Documents, Not Pandas
These wacky mini panda bear shredders aren't really big enough to destroy that second set of books you've been keeping for your business (let alone pandas), but they are perfect for getting rid of tiny pieces of paper you've written secret love notes on. As an added convenience, the desktop panda will sharpen your pencil while it shreds.
The little hand-cranked shredders are also great for getting rid of business cards from unsolicited sales visits, that fortune you didn't like from your Chinese lunch, and the occasional ATM receipt.
You should be able to find these for about $12 bucks over on Stupid.com, but they're currently sold out, so you might have to settle for a crummy elephant shredder instead.
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This is cute. Shall be another made-in-China cheap gadget..
nothin wrong with elephants, bob.
that post it manifesto i wrote surely is toast now.
this is so cute. practical? no, but cute
I have one of these and they actually are pretty practical. The sharpener is really good and the shredder works, too. It's also really cute if you are a panda lover like me. You only get one, although the picture has two, but it was bigger than I had pictured when I got it. They are popular when people notice them at school or work, too. And they at the time this article was written, I guess they were sold out, but they are back in stock so you don't have to get a crappy elephant or hippo. :)
PANDA MANIA!!!! :p


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Villa Müller
Prague, 16200, Czech Republic
One of the world's most significant examples of functionalist architecture, Villa Müller is a severe, white cubic structure located in the village-like neighborhood of Strešoviče. Commissioned by original owners Milada and František Müller, the early Modernist villa was designed in 1930 by Austrian architect Adolf Loos. The stark white exterior has asymmetrical yellow-framed windows and an adjacent garden, while the interior reflects Loos's Raumplan style, in which rooms are divided into different levels according to function. For instance, the boudoir has an upper level for socializing and a lower level for resting. Tours are available by reservation only.
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The Metropolitan Division: Part V – The New York Islanders
With the 2013-14 season looming closer, we'll be taking a look at the new and old Division match-ups in the new formed Metropolitan Division in this weekly blog. This week we take a look at the New York Islanders, a team that saw a change of fortunes during the shortened 2013 season.
Game 15: New Jersey Devils at New York Islanders
Start Time: 7:00 PM
TV: MSG (Devils broadcast), MSG+ (Islanders Broadcast)
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Your New Jersey Devils (9-2-3) will be facing off against the New York Islanders (5-7-1) for the fourth time this season on Saturday, February 16. The Devils are 2-0-1 against the Isles this season, with both of those wins coming at the Nassau Coliseum. This meeting will be the last one between the two teams at Long Island this season, barring a meeting during the post season, and they won't see each other again until Monday, April 1 at the Prudential Center for their final match-up of the 2013 regular season. The Devils and Islanders find themselves on opposite sides of the hockey spectrum today, with the Devils looking to extend their lead on the Eastern Conference, and the Islanders struggling to build off of their powerful season start.
BERN, BABY BERN! Bernier Scores Twice Late, Moose Shutouts the Isles 3-0
Three Stars of the Game
3rd Star: Evgeni Nabokov (23 Saves, 2 GA, 0.923 Sv%)
2nd Star: Johan Hedberg (22 Saves, 0 GA, 1.000 Sv%, SO)
1st Star: Steve Bernier (2 G, 3 Shots, GWG)
After getting blown out by the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Saturday afternoon, the Devils entered Super Bowl Sunday needing a win against the Islanders to stop their 4-game skid and to get some momentum back into their season. The Devils did not help themselves out early on, taking 8 PIM in the first period, including a double-minor by Dainius Zubrus. Luckily for the Devils, Matt Moulson took a 2-minute penalty for tripping 42 seconds after the double-minor, leading to a full two minutes of 4-on-4 hockey between the teams. The Devils were able to leave the first period unscathed, thanks mostly to some superb goaltending by Johan Hedberg, but were also unable to crack through Evgeni Nabokov. The Devils were outshot 10-7 in the first period.


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I lived through this: My life in a Hole cover band
This past weekend my Hole cover band, Jennifer's Body, played the Denver County Fair. Until this show, we weren't an actual band at all -- we formed earlier this year for a two-song set to honor the opening of Hole drummer Patty Schemel's documentary, Hit So Hard, and had never planned on being anything more than that. But Fair entertainment director Andrew Novick got wind of the performance and asked us to play again, and since there is never any reason to say no to Andrew (who has been the positive-minded purveyor of fun stuff in Denver for more than twenty years), we said sure, why the hell not? Three-fourths of Jennifer's Body. (Not pictured: Courtney Love #4, aka Sara Century.)
See also:
- Patty Schemel talks about Hit So Hard, and Hole's fifteen-minute reunion
- Five prizeworthy parts of the 2012 Denver County Fair
- Breeality Bites: Stop inviting me to ruin your camping trip
Before you ask yourself, "Who likes Hole?" or, better yet, "Who is Hole?," I want to say that I hate the idea of tribute bands. As a fan, I think they're dumb. Who wants to witness a copy of something you really care about, regardless of how "good" the replication has been deemed? I don't. Robin Walker
I see incredible, moving performances by bands no one has ever heard of on a regular basis -- I don't need to re-live something I may have missed. It kind of reminds me of how, as a recovering alcoholic, you'll never see me with an Odoul's in my hand. If I'm gonna drink piss water, I want it to be the real thing ("piss water" being Miller High Life straight out of a days-old flat keg and shot directly into my mouth. But if you see that happen, call my mom).
I remember when I caught Peter Hook & the Light's performance of Unknown Pleasures at the Bluebird Theater last year I thought, well, this is cool. But it wasn't Ian Curtis, so I didn't care how accurate it was. Same goes for 40 Oz. to Freedom, the Sublime cover band I reviewed once -- my sister Kelley summed up the show best when she said, "I thought we were seeing a Sublime tribute band, not a shirtless dad band." If it were called Shirtless Dad Band, I might have liked the act better.
But the "faking it until someone believes it" strategy is not the reason I am now in a Hole cover band. I mean, nobody wants to see a Hole cover band. I get that. It's not like any of us involved would do it for that reason, anyway. We're all already making original music that we love: Sara Century as a solo performer, Jessica Hughes in CougarPants, Robin Edwards in Lust-Cats of the Gutters and myself with Night of Joy. We aren't trying to get anywhere with this endeavor. Plus, we don't have even one Courtney look-alike in the whole band -- because we all not-so secretly wanted to be Courtney.
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Some of the more recent EAS questions involve CAP and its details. Stations have been required to be capable of receiving CAP-encoded alerts for a few months, even though few emergency management agencies can actually send them, but questions still remain. One hotly debated element of CAP was the requirement for stations to be able to receive CAP-formatted messages from state governors. The fifth R&O eliminates this requirement.
Another burning question related to EAS participants was the use of CAP converters, rather than purchasing a new EAS unit with CAP capability. The converters essentially translate the CAP data for a legacy EAS unit to understand. Until the R&O, it was unclear if EAS participants could use these converters, referred to as intermediary devices, to fulfill their CAP obligation. Now they can.
The EAS CAP Industry Group (ECIG), a consortium of EAS manufacturers and service providers, prepared the CAP Implementation Guide (IG) to help broadcasters and alert originators apply CAP capabilities into the existing EAS. This R&O recognizes that group's Implementation Guide as the accepted method to convert CAP-formatted messages into the legacy EAS format. The ECIG IG is also rolled into the FCC's established certification scheme.
With the introduction of CAP, FEMA created an Integrated Public Alert and Warning System feed for federal CAP-formatted alert messages. This information is distributed via the Internet. The new rules require EAS participants to monitor this feed. Some stations have argued that Internet service is not always readily available or reliable to all EAS units. In those cases, the FCC will waive the monitoring requirement.
But the new rules are not solely about CAP.
The EAS Operating Handbook, which is supposed to be a thorough guide for stations to implement EAS, has known shortcomings and errors. An update for the Handbook is still in the works, but the FCC is waiting until the results of the Nov. 9, 2011, national EAS test are reviewed before making changes.
The EAS Operating Handbook, which is supposed to be a thorough guide for stations to implement EAS, has known shortcomings and errors. An update for the Handbook is still in the works, but the FCC is waiting until the results of the Nov. 9, 2011, national EAS test are reviewed before making changes.
A lingering question about the legacy EBS alert tone was addressed. This tone is required to run at least 8 seconds, but had no set maximum length. Stations adopted 8 seconds as their de facto standard. The R&O now stipulates the attention tone to be no more than 8 seconds, which essentially defines the length.
And there are two lesser changes to the EAS rules. First, the Non-Participating National (NN) EAS station designation has been eliminated. Only a handful of stations applied for that status, so the FCC deemed it unnecessary. The other minor change is semantic: EAS locations to date have been referred to as FIPS (for Federal Information Processing Standard) codes. These codes remain in place, but the FCC now uses the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) system to define the same locations with the same codes. FIPS codes are now called ANSI codes.
The fifth R&O is not complete in addressing all the known issues with EAS and CAP, and some issues have been tabled until a later date. But the R&O finally addresses many of the long-standing concerns about EAS.
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February 10th, 2011So I read a report this week that the spanking new 10-inch Motorola Xoom tablet computer will debut later this month for $799, according to a product listing at Best Buy. Sporting Android 3.0, a version specifically designed for tablets, it is touted as a potentially ultimate iPad killer.
That is, until you apply a little logic to the situation.
Ahead of the iPad's introduction at an Apple media event, speculation had the new tablet selling for $799 to $1,000 per edition, as many tech pundits attacked its prospects for success. It was too expensive, tablets hadn't shown much success in the marketplace, and so on and so forth. Even when Apple announced an aggressive starting price of $499 for a 16-GB version, the critics pronounced it as nothing more than an iPod touch in serious need of a diet.
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But you know that, and I suppose most of you also know that you can't compete with a $499 cultural icon for $799. It doesn't matter if Android 3.0, code-named Honeycomb (the name of a 1950's rockabilly song)) is equal to the iOS or possibly superior. Motorola's starting price puts the entire Apple-is-overpriced meme on its head. In passing, the cost of the just-announced HP tablet, based on Palm's WebOS, wasn't immediately revealed.
The situation is not too different from the dilemma faced by Samsung with their 7-inch Galaxy Tab, which carries a $399 subsidized price. Yes, subsidized, which means you have to sign up for a two-year data contract with a wireless carrier, or pay hundreds more. So here we have a major consumer electronics maker, with a well-earned reputation for mostly well-designed gear, trying to compete by building an inferior product that costs more than the iPad unless you tie yourself to a data plan. Worse, the version of the Android OS used by the Galaxy Tab was never certified by Google to work on anything but a smartphone. What were they thinking? Can Samsung be that desperate?
Does that make sense to you?
As you have heard, over 15% of Galaxy Tab customers have returned them, which his quite high for such gear. The actual sales are unknown. Although Samsung reportedly shipped over two million units in the last quarter to dealers, real deliveries to customers wasn't revealed. Samsung's corporate spin department revised an initial estimate of "quite small" to "quite smooth." The revision means absolutely nothing. Smooth might mean the sell-through is consistent, but it doesn't explain why anyone would want one of these things, unless the iPad wasn't available in their country.
The media still claims Apple applies premium pricing for its gear, implying that you can get the same thing elsewhere, without the Apple polish or label, for far less. In the real world, it doesn't work for their mobile products. In addition to the iPad, the iPhone, at its subsidized price of $199 and $299 in the U.S., costs the same as competing premium smartphones sporting the Android OS, Blackberry or Windows Phone 7 OS. Even though you can get a cheaper smartphone, consider that AT&T still offers the 2009 iPhone 3GS for $49 with the contract, which makes it a great value even compared to those so-called free phones.
The iPod starts at $49. Tell me if you can find any portable media player with similar storage capacity for much less.
Where Apple usually earns the premium pricing label is for Macs. Even here, comparisons can be bogus. Yes, you can buy a generic PC notebook for $500 or so, but if you take a $999 MacBook or MacBook Air, and equip the PC portable with the same standard equipment, add the value of the software bundle (in other words the Ultimate version of Windows 7, not the cheaper feature-crippled editions), suddenly Apple's pricing isn't so far out of whack. On the higher end, Apple can sometimes be cheaper than any PC brand with a similar configuration.
The real reason the Mac is growing ahead of most of the PC industry, however, is that customers would prefer not to buy cheap junk unless they can't afford any better. Macs last longer, require less maintenance, and generally earn a higher resale price if you choose to sell yours after upgrading. If you figure the real cost of ownership, rather than the initial purchase price, the Mac is usually cheaper. That was true even when all Macs were demonstrably more expensive than any really comparable PC.
I don't expect Mac prices to change much, although the MacBook Air is priced aggressively compared to many thin and light notebooks. On the other hand, Apple expects to move tens of millions of mobile gadgets every year. They leverage parts across platforms to allow them to buy larger quantities and receive better pricing.
With billions of dollars in spare cash to order those parts years in advance, Apple doesn't just corner the market on critical components, but make it more and more difficult for even the larger players to compete on price.
It doesn't matter if the Motorola Xoom has provable advantages over the iPad beyond adding useless extra features. The $799 opening price is a deal breaker. Worse, I doubt that Motorola can afford to beat the iPad on price unless it wants to take a huge loss on every unit sold. That's no way to build market share. Besides, the iPad has pretty much become a verb for at tablet computer. Unless Apple screws up big time, how do you compete with that?
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Yesterday I was on my Windows computer doing homework. Once Football came on, I hit the Standby button on my keyboard and walked out of my room. Came back at ...
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AHCI SATA Drive Scan Fails at System Boot
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1) I took my SATA Hard Drive out of my computer and plugged it into my Linux computer and the system booted fine! I used the same SATA cord, so I know both the drive and the cord ARE WORKING!
2) I tested the power cord from the power supply that runs to my HD and it is working just fine.
3) I plugged the HD back into my Windows computer (the original one it was in when I started having this problem) and I ran GParted. When the GUI came on, I could not see any drives and there was a message at the bottom of the window saying that no devices could be found. This was no surprise to me because I watched the verbose mode as GParted booted and it gave error messages when it tried scanning for my hard drive.
4) I have also tried plugging it into the other SATA ports on my motherboard.
5) I tried flashing the mobo BIOS. The flash worked just fine (or at least it appeared so), but the HD is still not being found on the system boot scan.
Bottom line, I know the hard drive is fine because it worked in my Linux computer. So I am thinking it has to be the motherboard. But before I go out and buy a new Mobo and CPU (and possibly new RAM), I wanted to quickly jump on here and post something in case anybody knows something I'm missing.
So yeah, what does everyone think?
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