[H]ardNews 6th Edition

Leadtek WinFast A380 Ultra:

The Leadtek WinFast A380 Ultra TDH MyVIVO is in the spotlight today as the folks at Gaming Nexus run it through the review process. From personal experience, take a little advice from me, if you ever buy a Leadtek card…cut that fine mesh screen over the fan off or it’ll be clogged in no time at all. Clogged fan = added heat.

Leadtek’s WinFast A380 Ultra TDH MyVIVO is a very good card for those looking for more than fast game performance. It is rather expensive but unlike the Radeon 9800 XT, you get VIVO features at a price that’s less than the ATI cards. A plethora of cables and connectors along with a nice multimedia bundle highlight this product. The bundled games are a little below average in quality however.

iPod Batteries Suck:

Time for Apple fans to get mad at me again. It seems that some iPod owners were told to shell out $255.00 after 18 months for a new non-replaceable battery. While every other MP3 player on the planet takes regular rechargeable batteries that cost $10 a year, Apple thought you should pay the same amount a NEW iPod would cost, just for battery replacement. Hell, just throw your iPod away after 18 months and get a new one….smart marketing. You can get aftermarket stuff for a lot cheaper, if you send in your iPod but still way too expensive.

Brothers Casey and Van Neistat, who collaborate on video projects using Mac editing software, said they were told by a technical support representative at Apple Computer that the cost to replace the dead battery in an 18-month-old iPod would be $255--comparable to the cost of a new device.

The brothers created a funny movie that should give most of you a laugh. Also, Chris Newkirk pointed out these cheap (well, $50 cheap ) batteries that are an alternative.

Porn Trojan:

This is one of those funny headlines that you just can’t make up. A porn Trojan is spreading because goobers like me and you keep opening them thinking that they are pr0n. Thanks Joe.

"The author thinks that most men are dogs who'll look at anything for kicks," said Graham Cluley of antivirus company Sophos. "Once activated the Trojan will allow remote access to a computer, and maybe the writer thinks the type of person who opens the attachment would have other images he might like to look at."