Tech update

Intel 45nm Overclocking: How to reach a high OC - Overclocking always is a matter of eliminating the bottleneck that holds back the best overclock. In many cases, it's either the motherboard or the memory, especially when you're working on a Wolfdale overclock. Basically, it's all about the strength of the northbridge: the more it's tuned for high performance, the less good it'll do in overclocking.

NVIDIA's PhysX: Performance and Status Report - As it stands, Unreal Tournament III is the only game that supports PhysX with the help of NVIDIA's latest GPU and PhysX driver. As for upcoming titles, the names are far from plentiful, but now that PhysX is fully supported on the GPU, adoption is sure to look more appealing to developers all over. Backbreaker is one title in particular I've seen from AGEIA in the past, which is simply put, a PhysX-enabled football game. From what I remember, the physics were really amped up here, and colliding players looked incredibly realistic.

Everything You Need to Know About Serial ATA - Hardware Secrets posted everything you need to know about Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive technology

Toshiba Qosmio x305 Gaming Notebook Tested -

Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft - Today is Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft. He was given a big teary send off today by Steve Ballmer and the rest of the Microsoft gang. The company just won’t be the same without him. Maybe he’ll pull a Michael Dell and come back out of retirement in a few years. Anyone taking bets?

The Internet's Undersea World (pic) - An interesting map

YouTube’s Chad Hurley Speaks - YouTube CEO Chad Hurley spoke at an address for a startup dinner and spoke about how YouTube started. It’s about 30 mins long and the audio isn’t great but it’s an interesting look into YouTube’s humble beginnings

R2-D2 from Star Wars Reduced to USB Hub Duties (video) - R2-D2 was on display at the Tokyo Toy Show, but he wasn't managing the electronics of an intergalactic spaceship. Instead, what you see here is an R2-D2 USB hub

NIN Releases Album Download Numbers via Google Earth - Needless to say it's awesome idea

Happy Tree Friends - False Alarm (Part 1) - Can nutty Clean his act up or will he just replace his old addiction with a new one?

Battle of the Batmans (video) - Forget the Freddy vs Jason vs Ash. This is Batman vs Batman vs Batman!