[H]ardNews 6th Edition

Internet Speed X10:

No, this is not an e-mail promising this, this is a legitimate article about research conducted by Penn State that could make the net 10x faster. Thanks Wicker Bill.

A Penn State researcher has developed a faster method for more efficient sharing of widely distributed Internet resources such as Web services, databases and high performance computers. Jonghun Park, assistant professor in Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) who has proposed the protocol, says the new technology speeds up to 10 times faster the allocation of Internet resources.

GFFX Questions Answered:

Beyond3D ( wouldn’t that technically make them 4D then? ) has some reader submitted questions that were kindly answered by NVIDIA concerning the GFFX. Here is a good one:

Ummm, after someone translates that answer for me, I’ll tell you what that actually means.

Water Cooling Giveaway:

A reminder that I have one of the Koolance EXOS, external water cooling kits up for grabs in the first of 5 water cooling kit giveaways at that freaky little corner of the internet I call Hypothermia. We reviewed this very same unit here recently, and liked it a lot. There is one week left to win this kit, then we have a complete Danger Den kit up for grabs after that.

We will kick off the first of at least 5 separate water cooling kit giveaways. The first contest is courtesy of the fine folks at Koolance. This is an external cooling solution that can be transferred easily from one system to another, very impressive, very effective and a great prize for our first H20 giveaway.