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[H]ardware Round-Up II

Cases & Modding

IN WIN X-Fighter Case @ PureOC

ETC.

MSI Wind U100 Netbook @ I4U

Novatech X55MV Pro Laptop @ Driver Heaven

Voyager Q Hard Drive Dock @ MaximumCPU

Video

Zotac GeForce GTX295 @ T-Break

T-Shooter 4 Barrel Cooler

I can’t make heads or tails of this website but I did manage to scavenge a handful of images of the sweetest looking cooler I have seen in a long time. I’ll try to dig up more info on this thing for sure.

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Jobs Not "Strong Enough" To Attend Council Meeting

According to his attorney, Steve Jobs is not strong enough to sit through a lengthy town council meeting to decide the fate of the house he wants to tear down. Before anyone freaks out, just remember…he’s got two months until he is back to work and the company’s stock price didn’t dive on word he couldn’t make the meeting.

"I don't think he would be strong enough if we were here until 1 a.m., and I think there's a strong possibility of that," Howard Ellman told the council, referring to the health issues that have forced his client to take a leave of absence from his job as Apple CEO.

Ongoing Discussion

Random [H] Sighting

Brian Holmes, long time friend of the [H] and all around great guy, sent us in today’s (not so) Random [H] Sighting. Isn’t it amazing how using seventeen hundred .223 rounds to make the [H] logo give it a 3D effect? Thanks to Brian for the picture and all the time and effort it must’ve taken to get that shot.

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The White House Has a Flickr Page

You know, I’m not really sure what I think of the White House having its own Flickr page. I mean, I guess it’s kinda cool, as long as this isn’t what they meant by transparency.

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Real Life Twitter Doesn’t Work

Regardless whether or not you are a Twitter user, this video is pretty funny. It reminds me of that "real life Facebook" video that was making the rounds last year.

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Gaming News

Fallout 3: Broken Steel Screenshots & Development Diary @ VE3D

Ghost Recon 4 Announced @ Joystiq

Sony Launches Free MMO Free Realms @ Shacknews

WET Producer Talks PS3 Controls @ Kotaku

Google Deadline Delayed Four Months

The courts have delayed the May 5th deadline for authors to opt out or object to the Google Book Search settlement. Authors now have 4 more months to mull over the decision and see if they want to opt out or object to the deal altogether.

Steinbeck, the driving force behind the extension, called the ruling great news. "We now have to time to really sink our teeth into what this agreement will mean," she said. She suggested that four months should be sufficient to determine whether changes made to the deal will make it more acceptable, or whether to opt out—or perhaps even object to the deal.

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[H]ardware Round-Up

Cases & Modding

Thermaltake Element S Case @ Modders Inc.

Cooling

Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX280 @ HT4U

ETC.

Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship 2009 @ PCPer

OCZ Behemoth Laser Gaming Mouse @ Phoronix

Motherboards

MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3 Motherboard @ HotHardware

Students Build 3D Computer Interface

A handful of students at Northeastern University have developed a computer interface that is able to track the position of a user's hand in three dimensions without a controller or markers.

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Warez Sites Raided By Police

TorrentFreak gives us a good "behind the scenes" look at some of the hardware involved in running a crappy warez site from your mom’s basement. Makes you wonder what the sophisticated ones look like.

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Windows 7's XP Mode Requirements

According to Microsoft, Windows 7's XP Mode will require at least 2GB of memory and a processor that has true chip-level virtualization.

Microsoft is coming up with details about what hardware and licenses this will need. A CPU that has true chip-level virtualization from Intel or AMD. 2GB of RAM minimum. While XP Mode will be a free download for buyers of Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Windows 7 Ultimate, you will need a licensed copy of Windows XP Service Pack 3.

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