Tech update

Intel H57, P57 and Q57 chipsets for Lynnfield/Havendale - One of the major highlights of the three high-end chipsets will be the introduction of a new technology known as Braidwood. In short terms, it is basically a revision of Intel's Turbo Memory which was first seen on the Santa Rosa mobile Centrino platform in May 2007 and later in its second revision on the Monteniva platform in July 2008. The technology attempts to decrease hard drive usage by moving frequently accessed data over to flash memory which ultimately allows for faster boot times and more power efficiency. This time, however, the memory chips will also feature a dedicated NVRAM controller to the system and storage buffers to allow for read and write speeds available only on solid state disks.

Samsung SyncMaster T240 24inch LCD Monitor - Gaming on this monitor is fine as long as you have the hardware to push out a 1920x1200 gaming experience at a decent framerate. But if you have the videocard and system to do so, this monitor won't let you down. Gaming is great with no ghosting witnessed at all. Just make sure you use the native 1920x1200 resolution. If you don't want or can't utilize the higher resolutions, I would drop down to a T220 so you can use the 1680x1050 resolution instead

Windows 7 BETA vs Windows Vista SP1 SSD Performance Compared - Obviously Microsoft have spent some time improving SSD performance under Windows 7.

Three million hit by Windows worm - Although Microsoft released a patch, it has gone on to infect 3.5m machines. Experts warn this figure could be far higher and say users should have up-to-date anti-virus software and install Microsoft's MS08-067 patch.

Free POP3 Access with Windows Live Hotmail - When you setup an Windows Live Hotmail in an email program using POP access, the following settings are to be used

Researchers Make Cloaking Breakthrough - The researchers say that the latest advance in cloaking technology comes thanks to the development of a new series of mathematical algorithms that are used to guide the design and fabrication of the required exotic composites needed for the cloaking process

Methane Could Signal Life On Mars - NASA announced Thursday that its researchers and university scientists found methane in the Red Planet's atmosphere. Pockets of methane might have been produced long ago by the interaction of water and volcanic rock below the Martian surface. But the gas might also be produced by microbes that thrive below the inhospitable Martian surface, where there may be liquid water

Young 'pirates' in Sweden receive millions from the state - The youth league of the Swedish branch of file-share and copyright reform advocacy group, the Pirate Party, has received millions of kronor in state support.

8 Years Of Bush in 8 Minutes! - Now consider that Americans not only elected him *again*, but they reelected him by a slightly larger margin.

Surveillance Cameras Capture Flight 1549 Crash Landing into the Hudson River - check it out!

Crank 2 Trailer Online - Let's be honest here, anyone who saw Crank knows that there really didn't need to be a sequel. But we are getting one anyways and it looks like fun!