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DRAM: An Overview

[Medium-High] RAM is that piece of the computer that many feel is not quite as glamorous as the rest. It doesn’t have the flare of the CPU or the dazzling on-screen presence of the GPU. But it’s highly important and interesting as well, as you’ll find out in this article.

 


iPhone Guide: 3 Ways to Get Free Ringtones

[All Levels] This guide shows you how to create free ringtones for the iPhone using three different methods.


Easy Thumbnails 3.0 from Fookes

[All Levels] Got a whole lot of photos that need re-sizing? Easy Thumbnails is a handy utility for creating accurate scaled-down copies from a wide range of popular picture formats. This guide shows you how to create a batch of thumbnails.

 
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Storage, Memory and Communications
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Storage:
Walton Chaintech APOGEE 2.5" Solid State Disk @ Tweaktown
G.Skill FM-25S2-128GB 2.5-inch Solid State Disk @ Tweaktown
PNY Vintage Attaché 8GB Flash Drive @ ITreviewed
Corsair Flash Voyagermini 8GB @ Overclockers Online
"Three Quarters" or 750GB Hard Disk Drives Roundup @ Xbitlabs

Memory: 
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2GHz Triple-Channel Memory @ Legitreviews

Networking:
Sans Digital MobileNas MN4L+(B) Four Bay NAS @ Tweaknews.net
Smooth Creations LAN Shark Gaming System @ Tweaktown
Sitecom WL-306 Wireless 300N XR Router @ ITreviewed

    
Video Cards or GPUs
Monday, December 01, 2008

NVIDIA ForceWare 180.47 Analysis - XP & Vista @ Tweaktown
ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB AMP Video Card @ TheTechLounge
Sapphire HD 4850 X2 Review @ Overclockers Online
GeForce GTX 260 with 216 cores Video Card @ Hardware Secrets
XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Video Card @ Legit Reviews
Sapphire Radeon HD4550 512MB @ Overclockers Online

    
Nintendo Outrun Xbox and Playstation Sales in Japan
Monday, December 01, 2008

When we talk about consoles the first brands that strike our minds are Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox.  But the real hero is the Nintendo Wii (in terms of sales).

Nintendo has sold more than 35 million Wiis worldwide since it was launched in late 2006.  Now Nintendo's plucky platform has hit a new sales milestone across the Pacific Ocean. Japanese industry-research firm Enterbrain is reporting that Wii sales have exceeded 7 million units in the island nation as of last week. The console's sales were boosted past this latest barrier by the launch of Animal Crossing: City Folk, which sold over 303 000 units during the week of November 17-23, according to Enterbrain's estimates. Its major competitors, the Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3, continue to struggle in Japan despite massive marketing efforts.

    
New Star Releases New Star Soccer 4
Monday, December 01, 2008

If you’re especially committed to sports and have a love for soccer then New Star Soccer 4 is a football with an abundance of options. New Star Games on Thursday announced the latest installment to NSS4. The new content offers a wider variety of lifestyle interactions having players balance a career, girlfriend, family and media obligations. You can also earn up to 11 different sponsorships, unlock new features and complete up to 50 achievements. Matches are displayed in 3D with a complete 360-degree control and there are over 90 leagues, 3000 clubs and 30000 players.

 

    
Sensor is as Important as Megapixels for Cameras
Monday, December 01, 2008

There are some myths which are commonplace in photography. For example, megapixels are solely responsible for taking fine photographs. The case sensor, lens, general hardware quality, interface, and controls all have equal importance as the megapixels of the camera. The size and quality of the sensor and the superiority of the lens have equal weight as megapixels. Hardware Secrets explore the truth.

“The sensor is the part of the digital camera that captures light to create an image. It is analogous to the film in non-digital cameras. Similar to the coating of light-sensitive material on photographic film, the sensor of a digital camera has light-sensitive cells. In this tutorial we will teach you everything you need to know about this important component”.

    
Asus GeForce 9800 GT Graphics Card
Monday, December 01, 2008

There was a time when buying a fully equipped gaming card was like emptying your wallet completely; however, now you can get away with spending around $100.  The Asus GeForce 9800 GT graphic card is the successor to the 9800 GTX and is almost its equivalent in terms of performance but it costs less. It not only has striking features but it’s also able to surpass hardcore gaming tests. Check out its performance and specs on Techgage.

“the 9800 GT, which features a slower core and shader frequencies, but almost doubles the number of cores, effectively giving us a card that's close to being equivalent to the original 9800 GTX, save for higher frequencies. Given these specs, it's hard to give a general percentage of performance increase we should see over the 9600 GT, but for the extra $20 the card costs, the value might be far greater”.

    
Seven Classic PC Symptoms!
Monday, December 01, 2008

If your PC is having trouble, what do you usually do? Probably, if you are a PC expert, you can fix it of your own but if you’re not, you might need to call up an engineer or an old friend who is tech savvy. Well, the first one is expensive and the second one might cost you an hour of having to listen to his World of Warcraft raid stories! So, the only option left for you is to do it yourself and to do so I’d recommend you to go through these seven PC-diagnostic tips. 

“Symptom: Sluggish response time

Could be: A software problem.

The fix: Run a full antivirus scan to make sure you don't have any malicious software tripping up your computer.

If malware isn't the problem, get into your System Configuration utility and look at whether applications are continuously running in the background that don't have to be, such as an application you rarely use that's constantly looking for updates. Then uncheck it, freeing up resources.” – Computerworld.

    
Television Channels for Cell phones
Monday, December 01, 2008

I can be a bit of a television junkie. What about you? If you miss your favorite television program what do you do? Either watch the repeat telecast or catch it on Internet.  However, it may be possible to enjoy your tv shows on the move as ATSC has set up a scheme which will allow broadcasters to put out mobile channels. These channels can be picked up on cell phones and portable media players. 

“A final ATSC standard isn’t expected until the latter part of 2009. The candidate standard is based on Mobile Pedestrian Handheld technology jointly developed by LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) and Harris Broadcast. Samsung also supports the standard after trying to push its own technology earlier on. Commercial mobile TV services aren’t expected to be launched until 2010, but manufacturers are developing test devices to run in trials next year”- MocoNews.

    
Google Earth now on the iPhone: a bird's eye view of any location on the planet
Saturday, November 29, 2008

I've been expecting this to happen for months and after a long wait, Google has released Google Earth for the iPhone. With this application Google puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your iPhone. All you need to do is to type in a location and the application zooms in to the place. Similar to the desktop version you can view information about the location through Wikipedia and also look at snapshots of the place at ground level. The application may take some time to load and produce the results but it does displays quality output in the end. It really is a beautiful application and free, one that’s worth downloading. Find out more about the application in our videos here.

    
So Many Games: Which Ones Are Worth It for Xmas?
Saturday, November 29, 2008

The Holiday season is in full force, games will be the first things on my wish list. With so many games available it’s difficult to choose the best ones. Although I’d love to have all the games, I don’t have enough time to play them all. The lat thing I want to do is end up spending money on some crap games which end up not being worth it. So, which games should I go for on this Xmas? Ocmodshop has reviewed a whole bunch and given some pointers on which ones are worth it.

    

 
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Ads in Our Games
Location: BlogsJohn Gatt's Babblings   
Posted by: John GattThursday, October 09, 2008 1:40 PM

So, Google aren’t happy with plastering ads all over the websites we read (not that I’m complaining about ad revenue!!) but now they want to attack us with advertising during our gaming experience. I can see it now … you’re just about to blow some dude’s head off with a sniper rifle and you see an ad for Coke and you think, hang on, I’m thirsty … mate stay right there and I’ll be right back! This has been attempted a few times in the past and there’s always been backlash from the gaming community.

I remember Sony releasing a beta version of its MMO Star Wars Galaxies that had advertising billboards plastered around the auction areas in the game. I can see it now, you’re walking through Tatooine and you see an ad for the latest Star Trek movie! What the?! Needless to say that Sony never let this go live, or at least it hadn’t by the time I quit playing the game.
 
The game market draws in big money as it is and although this stepping stone into flash game advertising by Google is just the beginning I can see it causing quite an uproar in the community.
 
To give you a better understanding of what I am talking about, Google is now beta testing a program that allows them to put ads in flash based games. Although Google beta program has only targeted a handful of games companies who make simple flash games, games like Quake 3 Forever could be next on the hit list, to then be riddled with ads about trying to upgrade your PC or to convince you to get a bargain on a holiday – all while you’re just trying to grab a couple of frags. If I know Google, if this works in flash games, they won’t stop there.
 
We want games to be our escape from the real world. Putting real world advertising in games will only subtract from the virtual immersion that the game artists and developers have created.
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