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Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770)

Falcon Northwest's latest Mach V ($6,957, as reviewed) remains true to the company's reputation of high performance and best-of-breed craftsmanship. But for a few exceptions, its parts offerings remain on the cutting edge, and its smart system building philosophy results in outstanding performance. If your goal is to build the...

Tags: Processors, Memory, Intel Corp., Falcon Northwest, Mach V, Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo

Product reviews 2008-05-29

Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800)

We've stayed away from the $6,000-plus gaming PCs for awhile, largely because the shift to Windows Vista has thrown the high-end PC market into a state of uncertainty. Still, we agreed to review this Mach V from Falcon Northwest because the company sent us a configuration with two long-rumored but...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Consumer electronics, DVD, Falcon Northwest, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Corp., PC, Intel Core 2 Duo

Product reviews 2007-07-26

Additional Resources

Microsoft's Seinfeld ads: what's the real agenda?

"Let them eat cake" - maybe Marie Antoinette didn't actually say it, but replicating a phrase used to denote extreme arrogance and "out of touch-ness" in an ad doesn't sound like a sincere way to sell product to me. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Cake, Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-09-06

Possible AMD Q4/08 desktop processor roadmap surfaces

Possible AMD Q4/08 desktop processor roadmap surfacesUntil AMD can develop a product...that will perform as well as Intel's offering their roadmap doesn't really matter. They will be struggling in the market day after day. They can only keep market share by pricing wars with Intel. This will prevent them from...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., roadmap surface, AMD Q4/08, Intel Corp., processor, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has answered claims that the company's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Hardware, Liam Tung ZDNet Australia, rootkit, hypervisor, Joanna Rutkowska, security

News items 2008-09-05

NetSuite moves early to support Chrome

NetSuite said Friday that it will offer native support for Google's Chrome browser, which is in beta and may not be enterprise strength yet. In a statement, NetSuite said its CRM, e-commerce, accounting and OpenAir unit will support Chrome in phases with support being complete in mid-October....

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...

Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?

XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?Mostly valid points Christopher, but, you should give OLPC more credit fortransforming the market. And, I would like to see more OLPC features in computers like the Dell Mini. I DO want a sunlight readable screen. I DO want a more durable laptop. I...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

VMworld is bringing out the vendors

Planning for an announcement is a challenging task. Large suppliers know that just about whatever they do will be picked up by the media and presented to the world. Smaller vendors have a much more difficult time getting heard. So, picking the right place and time for an announcement is...

Tags: Supplier, Announcement, VMworld, Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames: Prima Official eGuide (exe)

Covers: PC, Sony PlayStation 3 and X-Box 360. Mission intel: Full debriefing on all the missions and jobs you can take on. Maps: Area maps to get you to the objectives, including a map of all of Venezuela. Arsenal Breakdown: Rundown of weapons, vehicles, and gear to spend your mission...

Tags: Mission, Prima Games, Game Players, Recruitment & Selection, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2008-09-05

iText Pro '08 (zip)

iText Pro '08 is a flexible, reliable, yet cute Cocoa text editor with word processing. Suitable for both Power PC and Intel Macs. iText Pro '08 is iText Express with many more nicely enhanced features. Text Pro '08 follows the original simplicity of Macs, and has Microsoft Word compatibility. iText...

Tags: iText, Michiaki Yamashita, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Desktops, Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Software downloads 2008-09-05

Intel's Nehalem gets a new name

Intel's Nehalem gets a new nameBecause Intel screwed up with VistaIntel, going from good guy to stinkers, twisting weak Microsoft's arm and screwing us generally with 'underperforming chips' for Vista owe us ...So, to redeem themselves, initial Core i7 processors in production in the fourth quarter will be at 3.2GHz...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Nehalem, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...

Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list

Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September's Patch Tuesday will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating.  A "critical" rating is used to rate a vulnerability that can...

Tags: Windows Media, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Office 2.0 Conference day one

David Allen discussed his 'getting things done' methodology with conference creator Ismael Ghalimi during the opening keynote session at the Office 2.0 conference at the St Regis Hotel, San Francisco. The core of the methodology is to free up the sophisticated processing unit that is your brain...

Tags: Google Inc., General Electric Co., Conference, Office 2.0, Matthew, Cloud Computing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Ten key differences between Linux and WindowsRe: Shouldn't this be titledNot everything; for example 1) hardware support - not all closed source OS has the same level of hardware support. 2) Command line vs no command line : Many closed source OS has fully functional command line support.3) Multilayered run...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates

It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees in my yard, like kelp responding to a tidal surge. So,...

Tags: Alternative Energy, mW, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking

Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinkingI wonder -- would others please weigh inOk, your stats here are out to lunch but I wonder about your basic point.I think it's wrong - that almost any non OS specific programming language can be used to produce a standard code base from...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, operating system, Linux, Google Inc., IE8, Chrome, longer-term, COBOL, window

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Dell repair adventure, day 5, with updates

Since our last episode, our hero has been communicating with Bob Pearson, Dell's VP of Communities & Conversations, and Bill Bivin, Dell's Community Liaison, about getting my Dell Lattitude D620 back up and running. Both Bob and Bill give every impression of trying very hard to deal not only with...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04