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haha stupid mistake i used conductive screws so the bord short-circuted its all good and redy to go

Version 4 themes will be awesome.

I'm pretty happy how the space theme came out.

no... no i havent but i have read something about it somewere

Well that is a relief. Thanks everyone.

Its a pair of socks that look more like gloves for ur feet. their pretty wierd but since it annoys my brother i love them

happy new year everyone

Its like PSP in a sense, minus the phone. By the way exshinobi, Your freaking sig always makes my ass laugh when I see it. Where the hell did you get it? LOL it goes from cloud being shot to toad...WTF?! LMAO

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»Google\'s gOS 2.0 Launching January 7th, 2008

At CES, expect cool things. Here's a PR for Google's new gOS 2.0 "Rocket."

LOS ANGELES, California-January 3, 2008-Good OS, the open source startup that introduced gOS, a Linux operating system with Google and web applications, on a $199 Wal-Mart PC last November, today announced that gOS Rocket will debut Monday, January 7 at 11:30 a.m. at the exclusive press preview, Lunch@Piero's, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and online at http://www.thinkgos.com. Rocket is packed with Google Gears, new online offline synchronization technology from Google that enables offline use of web apps; gBooth, a browser-based web cam application with special effects, integration with Facebook and other web services; shortcuts to launch Google Reader, Talk, and Finance on the desktop; an online storage drive powered by Box.net; and Virtual Desktops, an intuitive feature to easily group and move applications across multiple desktop spaces.

gOS Rocket introduces gBooth, the first of many web apps to come specially customized for gOS. gBooth is powered by gOS spin-off, meebooth, a browser-based web cam application that makes it fun and easy to capture photos, add special effects, and share across Facebook, YouTube and other web services. To introduce a gOS compatible web cam, gOS and meebooth partnered with leading web cam manufacturer Ezonics to create the "gCam," a web cam compatible with gOS and gBooth.
||P|A|G|E||"After over a decade in the traditional web cam business in Wal-Mart and other major retailers, we're revamping Ezonics in 2008 to be 'Web 2.0' focused and 'Linux' conscious," says Ezonics' CEO Liu Ping. "We are excited to work with gOS to launch the gCam as a first of many Linux friendly, cloud devices."

At the center of Rocket's new desktop is a gorgeous Google search box, enabling users to perform Google searches directly from the desktop. This new feature launches Google search results in Firefox, the leading, open source web browser. Surrounding the Google search box is an attractive desktop environment comprised of new wallpaper, icons, digital clock, and other new desktop elements.

"Like most of our customers, we absolutely love the gorgeous design and simplified navigation that gOS provides," says Paul Kim, director of marketing for Everex. "With the release of Rocket, the gOS team has once again shown the industry how to make a great looking operating system intuitive and easy to use."

Rocket includes Google Gears to enable offline use of web apps. Google Reader, which allows you to read all your news and blogs in one place, is the only Google application to currently work offline with Google Gears and has been added to the gOS desktop. Launching Firefox will reveal a new custom gOS homepage that prominently features a continually updated list of web apps that work with Google Gears to allow offline access.

"Rocket, the second major release of gOS, launches with Google Gears to further advance our computing into the cloud," said David Liu, Good OS's CEO. "I am also excited to release gBooth with gCam, marking the first of a series of web products we will help build to create a gOS software hardware ecosystem for the cloud."

Other new features in gOS Rocket include:

· Virtual desktops: Available on the desktop, allowing easy grouping of applications across multiple desktop spaces

· Online Storage Drive: available on the desktop, allows easy online backup and file sharing powered by Box.net.

· Adobe Flash 9 for Linux: preloaded, allows instant use of YouTube, gBooth, Google Talk

· Updated Wi-Fi Manager "Exalt": for improved reliability

Pricing and Availability

gOS version 2.0 Rocket will be available online on January 7, 2008 as a free download. Rocket requires minimum 128MB of RAM, 400 MHz processor, and 3GB disk space. The launch of gOS Rocket will coincide with the launch of new web cam, developer kit, desktop, and notebook products:

*Ezonics gCam available direct at http://www.ezonics.com on January 7, 2008.

*gOS Rocket Developer Kit with VIA motherboard and CPU on January 7, 2008 at ClubIT.com

*Everex CloudBook, gPC, gPC mini, gBook available at Wal-Mart.com and others February 2008.

gOS is a new open source startup dedicated to taking open source mainstream. Its new alternative operating system, called gOS, is based on Linux, designed to fit the modern consumer, and based in the Internet cloud with Google and web apps. In November 2007, gOS launched a $199 desktop, the gPC into Wal-Mart with Everex. In the first two weeks, the Everex gPC sold out of Wal-Mart, and tens of thousands of developers downloaded gOS and purchased the gOS developer kit that sold through ClubIT.com. gOS version 2.0 "Rocket" launches for users and developers to download on January 7, 2008, and with a second wave of hardware products for consumers in early 2008.

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»Wed Reviews

Please look up top to see our latest reviews including: »A look at KDE 4 and the »AOpen S150 ITX Case.

<a href="http://www.3dxtreme.net/index.php?id=logitechg51p1">Logitech G51 Speaker System Review at 3DXtreme</a>

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The Logitech G51 Speaker System is rated for 155 Watts so while it's = not the most powerful set of Speakers in the Logitech product line these = can turn 2-channel sound into intense 5.1-channel audio. After using = them, I'm not quite sure if they were even created with the PC in mind. = Connecting these speakers to a game console or MP3 player seemed to = really be the driving force behind this product...

<a href="http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/cases/lancool-metal-boned-k7/">LANCOOL Metal Boned K7 Review - XSReviews</a>

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Nearly everyone who's looked for a new PC case will have heard the name Lian Li who are celebrated for their aluminium enclosures. Lian Li have always aimed their cases at the conservative computer owner, who would rather have a light-weight clean looking case rather than one jam packed full of cold cathodes and LED encrusted fans. Today I have in my hands the Metal Boned K7 chassis that while being dressed with a 'LANCOOL' badge is manufactured by Lian Li and has a distinct taste of it manufacturers styling. In fact the badge could be changed for a Lian Li and no-one would bat an eye-lid.

<a href="http://www.bigbruin.com/2008/wd320scorpio_1">Western_Digital_320GB_Scorpio_2.5_Inch_SATA_3Gbps_Hard_Drive_Review_@_Bigbruin.com</a>

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The 250GB version of the Western Digital Scorpio 2.5 inch SATA hard drive was reviewed at Bigbruin.com in September 2007, and it made a very positive impression. With an even higher capacity and faster transfer rates, it seems that the newer 320GB version would be destined for even greater accolades.

<a href="http://www.bonafidereviews.com/article.php?id=241">BFR Review: Super Mario Galaxy</a>

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In fact, just about the only clich&eacute;d thing about the game is the story - which is almost exactly the same as every other Mario title in existence: Mario's love interest, Princess Peach, has been kidnapped by the evil Bowser, meaning that the plump plumber must embark upon an epic journey across many different locations filled with devious platforming challenges to save her. No surprises there. The twist is that this time, Bowser's taken Peach into outer space, so Mario's quest will require him to visit extraterrestrial venues.

<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11646">DXG USA DXG-110 10MP Camera</a>

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"Normally at Phoronix we don't look at any digital photography products, but the DXG-110 from DXG USA had caught our attention as being the first 10 megapixel digital camera available for under $200 USD (it retails for $170 to be exact). Higher megapixel cameras are often misinterpreted by consumers as meaning a higher quality product, while that is not always the case and with the DXG-110 you shouldn't set out looking to take professional-grade photographs. In this article we are also looking at some of the photo management programs available to Linux users."

<a href="http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5701&Itemid=38">Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound Review @ DragonSteelMods.com</a>

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There are so many companies out there now making their own thermal compounds now, most every company that makes a CPU cooler now has their very own thermal compound to go with it. Is that a bad thing? Not really, but how does a person know which one is really the best choice where the choices are so many? Well that's why there are sites like this one to help people make informed decisions by throughly testing these products and comparing them to the other leading brands out there. I just reviewed the Noctua NH-U12P CPU cooler and with it came a small sample of their new NT-H1 thermal compound, they also sent me a full tube as well to test for review purposes. It just so happened I was also in process of doing a thermal paste round-up comparison when this arrived for review so the timing was great to get a good comparison of the NT-H1 against the four others I'd already tested so far. So continue on to learn more about the new Noctua NT-H1 thermal compound and see how it compares to the leading brands out there today...

<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11636">AMD 790FX Phenom Chipset On Linux</a>

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"Back in November AMD had launched their "Spider platform", which is made up of AMD's first quad-core processor, ATI Radeon HD 3800 series graphics, and the AMD 7-Series chipsets. While we were quick to cover the ATI Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 graphics under Linux, today after much testing we are finally delivering our first Linux report from AMD's new 790FX Chipset. Is the chipset that's designed for PC enthusiasts and performance seeking overclockers worth anything under Linux? Does this chipset even work with the latest Linux desktop distributions? We'll be answering these questions and more, as we look at the Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 motherboard."

<a href="http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback226.html">Home Theater 2008: Hi-Def Predictions @ Digital Trends</a>

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And Now, Predictions for 2008 Plasma and LCD will keep maturing but will not be replaced: These maturing technologies will continue to be bargains for consumers-that's the cool thing about maturing technologies-even as they get less and less profitable for manufacturers. Successors like OLED are on the horizon, but Sony won't bring OLED to the U.S. next year and Toshiba has no plans till 2010. Rumors that Samsung has a 40-inch OLED prototype will be confirmed or refuted at next month's Consumer Electronics Show. SED, which might have made a big difference in 2007 had Canon and Toshiba been allowed to introduce it, died in a fusillade of litigation.

<a href="http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=650">Three OCZ PC2-6400 DDR2 Kits For The Budget Conscious @ Madshrimps</a>

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"As DDR2 ram becomes cheaper, some interesting deals become available. We have a look today at three OCZ kits, available for $70-$100. Which one to get ? Take a look to find out."

<a href="http://www.legitreviews.com/article/622/1/">Kingston 19-in-1 Media Reader Review @ Legit Reviews</a>

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Nothing goes better with digital media than an external reader for your desktop or laptop at home or on the road. Kingston's Media Reader opens a direct gateway between your digital media and a USB port by simply using expandable storage cards to move photos, music, data and more between devices and eliminating the need to carry cables to connect multiple devices. Read on to see how the new Kingston 19-in-1 media reader performs compared to previous generations!

<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1205">Asus Maximus Extreme @ Bjorn3D</a>

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Ferrari automobiles, Rolex watches and Brioni suits. Each of these items commands respect in their individual fields. Standing as the pinnacle of engineering, each of these products fetch a high premium but with that premium comes the satisfaction of knowing you are getting the very best. While they may not be the most practical choices for one reason or another, they deliver on their promise of quality. Which brings me to the Maximus Extreme, a motherboard that offers the very latest in features and options. Keeping the enthusiast in mind, this motherboard was not designed for a casual gamer or even a hard-core gamer who only loves to play. No. This board was designed for those of us who must tweak and fiddle endlessly, eek out every last MHz of performance. Is it practical? Much like a Ferrari, there are cheaper ways to get to the store but this is the one we all dream about. So come with me as I dive deep into the inner workings of the Maximus Extreme and try to uncover t! he true potential of this board. And if nothing else, you get to use the line 'I have a Maximus, what do you have?'

<a href="http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=1">ZOTAC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB ZT-88TES2P-FSP @ Benchmark Reviews</a>

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The ZOTAC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB ZT-88TES2P-FSP graphics card features 1800MHz GDDR3 memory paired to an NVIDIA G92 GPU operating at 660MHz. Compatibility with Microsoft's DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 ensures the ZOTAC GeForce 8800 GT is ready for next-generation gaming titles, and with NVIDIA's Unified Shader Architecture the GeForce 8800GT features 112 stream processors for unparalleled 3D processing capabilities. Benchmark Reviews tests this new video card against the most widely used NVIDIA product: the GeForce 8800 GTS.

<a href="http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1265/ocz_freeze_thermal_interface_material/index.html">OCZ Freeze Thermal Interface Material</a>

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Now comes a new material hot on the heels of a new breed of thermal interface material that is trying to knock off the industry leader from its high perch. Other compounds we have recently tested have done quite well, so now the big question is if OCZ can add its name to the list of products that can trounce the popular Arctic Silver line.

<a href="http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=8094">Fedora 8: An Assault On Ubuntu @ MadPenguin.org</a>

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Lately, I have been looking into other distributions that, like Ubuntu, are working to make strides to attract new users. I still have Debian Etch burned to a CD, waiting for a test in our lab. Next up is going to be Fedora. In the past, I have never been too impressed with RPM-based distributions, but to be fair, most of this came from nightmare scenarios with Mandriva and SuSE. And the last time I really took Fedora for a solid run was with Fedora 5, so it has been a while since I tested the Red Hat supported distro.

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»MS Office 2003 SP3 Blocks Formats

If you are on the Microsoft upgrade-mill, expect that your document formats will eventually be terminated. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/en-us">Office 2003 SP3 starts that trend</a>. Many older formats are being disabled. This is another reason why ODF is so important.

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After you install Office 2003 SP3, some Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft Office Word 2003, and Corel Draw (.cdr) file formats are blocked. By default, these file formats are blocked because they are less secure. They may pose a risk to you.

And to enable them, there is a convoluted process of registry edits.

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»No LTS For Kubuntu

The KDE based distribution from Canonical will not receive Long Term Support due to the KDE4 release. <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-devel/2007-December/002099.html">KDE4 is too new, and KDE3.5 is too old</a>. Tough position.

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Will a bug in KDE 3.5 receive upstream attention in March 2011?
In order for Canonical to make a commercial commitment to their customers, who have signed contracts and terms of service with them, they need to be sure that they can honour the terms of their agreements. The KDE upstream position appears clear, KDE 4 is the focus of developer attention; KDE 3.5 will be supported as long as KDE 4 isn't suitable for support. Given the attention being paid to KDE 4, it is difficult to believe that this will not be the preferred release in three years time. Thus it is difficult to guarantee that upstream will still support the current stable series for the timescale required.

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Most camera phones are 1.3 Megapixels or less. Although I have seen some higher.

get fire fox XD

woah i could make money offa this!

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»Japan Eyes Internet Content Regulation

Japan may be taking a step closer to restrictive content and such on the Internet. <a href="http://gyaku.jp/en/index.php?cmd=contentview&pid=000320">America is already heading down that path</a>, we might as well drag everyone with us.

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While the cases of Internet regulation and mobile phone filtering primarily revolve on concerns over content, the third government policy proposal advanced this month in the domain of online communication targets the area of content transfer. On December 18th, the Private Music and Video Recording Subcommittee of Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, an advisory body under the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (Monbukagakusho), held a meeting to re-examine Article 30 of Japan's Copyright Law. With respect to online file transfer, the existing law currently bans uploading of copyrighted material onto public websites, while permitting copies for personal use only [12,13,14].

The quote I picked was done because of the RIAJ (which is the Japanese counterpart to the RIAA, of course).

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»Black Hole Fires Jet At Close Galaxy

These picture are amazing to look at. <a href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/3c321/">A black hole is piercing a companion galaxy with its jet</a>. Very cool.

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This composite image shows the jet from a black hole at the center of a galaxy striking the edge of another galaxy, the first time such an interaction has been found. In the image, data from several wavelengths have been combined. X-rays from Chandra (colored purple), optical and ultraviolet (UV) data from Hubble (red and orange), and radio emission from the Very Large Array (VLA) and MERLIN (blue) show how the jet from the main galaxy on the lower left is striking its companion galaxy to the upper right. The jet impacts the companion galaxy at its edge and is then disrupted and deflected, much like how a stream of water from a hose will splay out after hitting a wall at an angle.

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»SCO Being Delisted From Nasdaq

In a hilarious event, SCO is going to be delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LATH02827122007-1.htm">They have no cash resources and are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy</a>. Nice job SCO. That's what you get for trying to use the messed up patent system to your advantage when you had nothing.

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The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") , a leading provider of UNIX(R) software technology and mobile services, today announced that it received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter on December 21, 2007 indicating that as a result of having filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel has determined to delist the company's securities from the Nasdaq Stock Market and will suspend trading of the securities effective at the open of business on Thursday, December 27, 2007.

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looks good to me

Yeah I keep coming back after I get the reminder...I like this forum, I just haven't either had time or anything good to say. Blah! What's everyone doing for New Years?

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»Congress Light On Tech Issues For 2007

In a move that I enjoy, Congress took on social matters this year. <a href="http://www.news.com/2009-1028_3-6223188.html">Tech issues are largely left to the side</a>. That's fine with me. Congress has a habit of screwing things up.

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It was also a quiet year for an issue that so dominated the political debate in 2006: Net neutrality. Just after Congress opened its new session, two senators reintroduced a 2006 bill that would generally prohibit broadband operators from prioritizing Internet content, and House Democratic leaders predicted it would top their tech agenda this year. But no action has been taken on the Senate proposal; no counterpart bill has emerged in the House as of mid-December; and no congressional hearings were held, although thousands of comments on the topic poured into the Federal Communications Commission during the summer.

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STFU!!!!

It is from a Compaq system?

You're screwed. Seriously.

whats your specs? Is your chipset SIS, ATI, Nividia? You should be able to disable it. Whats the BIOS program called?

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»Merry Christmas

Everyone celebrating Christmas, have a merry one. Be safe and don't drink too much as was said in the previous post. Looking to next year, it is going to be awesome.

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»KDE4: How It Looks

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The K Desktop Environment is one of the big two of windowing managers for many operating systems. KDE4 will be released in a couple of weeks and brings many revolutionary changes. Here is a preview of what is to come.

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»Happy holidays to all.

Make sure you have a safe one, and may you live to have many more. Remember that above all, this time of year should be spent helping those less fortunate, no matter your religion; and that this is also a time of year for happiness and tolerance.
And follow the golden rule: Don't drink too much eggnog.

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Well it's Christmas Eve and I managed to sneak a few beers in my body while my parents were out. I had a chat with my uncle. I'm not going to get drunk, but I feel nice and social, which will probably be my downfall. I'm going to go jam now. PEACE. and fuck.

I'll be posting a new article on how KDE4 looks.

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»China Opens Anti-Corruption Website, Crashes

Nice one on China. <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-12/20/content_6334248.htm">They open a website to let citizens tattle about corruption and it crashes under load</a>. What do you think they'll do with the feedback? I'm guessing sending those people to prison or some other nasty thing.

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The website of the National Bureau of Corruption Prevention (NBCP) crashed on Tuesday, just hours after its launch, as droves of people logged on to complain about corruption among officials. The website (yfj.mos.gov.cn) was closed for most of the afternoon, Beijing Youth Daily reported. An NBCP official, who did not want to be named, confirmed the breakdown had occurred.

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Ok, so they told me that the story doesn't really go anywhere and when you think it's actually going somewhere it's really still not going anywhere at all, whatever the hell that means. Hope you like it, I guess.