Thursday August 29, 2002

[H]ardNews 8th Edition

Cool Cold Cathodes:

Cold Cathodes kick ass on many levels when it comes to PC lighting. Virtual Hideout has a handful of cathodes that are purdy.

I've seen alot of cold cathode kits in my time and the Sunbeam Tech kits are on the very top of the list that I've seen up to this point. They've done their homework on what makes a great kit, and when you do your homework, it pays off in a big way. This kits not perfect, but it's damn close. I think one of the best features about it is the striped acrylic casing. It just does so much for the overall look of the kit and also to hide the bulb and wire inside. I'd have to say it's the most professional looking kit I've yet to review.

Damn Terrorists:

It’s bad enough that old perverted men already have all the cool AOL screen names like h0+bu5+ychiX0r but dammit, now all the terrorist get the cool hotmail addresses too.

Moussaoui asked that the government hand over the file on his e-mail address at Hotmail.com, a widely used free service owned by Microsoft. Prosecutors responded the next day that they had sought Moussaoui's Hotmail records for the address "xdesertman" but were told that Hotmail did not have any records.

2.8 P4 Review

The TechZone finally got their hands on a 2.80GHz Pentium4 for review.

AMD introduces the XP2600+, Intel strikes back with the new P4 2.8Ghz processor and restore Intel's spot as the fastest CPU maker. The Tech Zone takes the new 2,800Mhz processor for a spin around the lab and tries to overclock it to 3+Ghz as well.

Pop ups on every page though, be warned.