Tech up-date

• AMD Phenom 9700 Quad Core CPU Tested - What AMD needs to focus on to address the gamers market is releasing faster clocked Phenom processors. I expect that once they reach 3 GHz, they'll finally have a product that can wind up Intel, but only a little
• 45nm Core 2 Quads coming on January 20? - With price tags starting as low as $169! Oh well, I just finished building my new rig with a E6850 :-)
• Chip problem limits supply of quad-core Opterons - An industry source at a tier-two reseller told The Tech Report that the TLB erratum has led to a "stop ship" order on all Barcelona Opterons
• Samsung Develops GDDR5 Memory At 6Gbps - The new GDDR5 memory operates at 1.5 volts and can transfer data at six gigabits per second.
• NVIDIA G92 Overclocked - GT vs. GTS 512 - If someone is happy to overclock, it's hard to recommend the GTS to them. The GT rocks - with a bit of overclocking on its stock cooler you can bring it up to the performance of the new stock clocked G92 based 8800GTS.
• EVGA 8800GT 256MB Tested - For a mid level gaming solution that only cost $200.00 it's hard to go wrong with the EVGA 256MB 8800GT.
• HighPoint External RAID Tested - These controllers are designed specifically for the external storage usage. The two expansion cards from HighPoint Technologies, the Rocketraid 2224 and RR231xPM, have similar features yet there are some subtle distinctions between them.
• OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 Final - It includes the key desktop applications (download), such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites.
• Facebook Gets $60M From Asian Billionaire - The richest man in Asia just gave Facebook $60 million for a 0.4% stake in the company. Wow!
• N.J. College Requires GPS Cell Phones - Montclaire State University in New Jersey is issuing GPS enabled cell phones to all of its students
• Awesome Toothpick Fork Trick (video) - This is a really cool trick that I cant wait to try at a party!
• Love at the Edge of Life (pic) - I get dizzy just looking at this too long...Crack....crack....aaaahhhhhhhh! :-)
• Paris Hilton's Got New Lips? - What the hell did Paris Hilton do to her lips? :-)