http://www.blazingpc.com/forum Computer overclocking and help forum dedicated to helping everyone overclock their entire computer system from the CPU, graphics card and memory for the best possible performance. en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:33:39 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/images/styles/mech/misc/rss.jpg http://www.blazingpc.com/forum http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21201&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:18:49 GMT Hewlett Packard (HP) expects to become the world's second largest supplier of netbooks in 2011, and should the company get there, they should consider sending a bottle of Cristal to Intel, the world's No. 1 chip maker. It only seems fitting, considering Intel just shipped a large number of its new dual-core Atom N550 processors to HP for $65, representing a significant 25 percent savings over the chip's official $86 price tag.
As it currently stands, Acer, Samsung, and Asus are the three largest netbook suppliers in the world, in that order. MSI could have been in the mix too, but the company is putting on the brakes somewhat citing concerns over market demand for dual-core netbooks. Instead, MSI is reportedly stepping back to focus on single-core units, and eventually will exit the market in favor of traditional notebooks.

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More... ]]> News Pages News Guy http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21201 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21200&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:18:49 GMT For those of you who don't mind walking on the beta side of software, there's a new version of Skype available, version 5.0 Beta 2. Among the handful of changes, Skype 5.0 beefs up its group video calling feature with support for up to 10 people. For it to work, however, everyone in the group needs to be running the latest beta release.
The new version also comes with a revamped UI that Skype says is "sleeker, neater, and crisper than before." Skype Home has been added, where you can keep tabs on your contacts' mood messages, set your own mood message, select a profile picture and receive account notifications.
Otherwise, most of the changes are internal. Skype says it managed to improve call quality when making group calls and squashed a number of bugs that mucked with stability.
Skype 5.0 Beta 2 Download

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More... ]]> News Pages News Guy http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21200 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21199&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:06:53 GMT Browsers grow up so fast, don't they? Just a short while ago, Google Chrome was nothing more than an idea, and now it's a spunky two-year-old browser with a 7.52 percent share of the market, trailing only Internet Explorer (60.40 percent) and Firefox (22.93 percent). To celebrate the occasion, Google has gone and released a new version of its open source browser, Chrome 6.
"Today, we're releasing a new stable version of Chrome that is even faster and more streamlined," Google wrote in a blog post. "Chrome is now three times faster than it was two years ago on JavaScript performance. We've also been working on simplifying the 'chrome' of Chrome. As you can see, we took the already minimalist user interface and stripped it down a bit more to make it easier to use."
Chrome's two menus are now combined into one, and Google slightly "adjusted the color scheme of the browser to be easier on the eyes." Not yet part of the package is hardware acceleration, though Google says it's in the pipeline.
You can get the update by clicking on the wrench icon and selecting 'About Google Chrome,' or grab the download from here.

More... ]]> News Pages News Guy http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21199 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21198&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:59 GMT Sears is known for selling home appliances and tools, but at least one woman is accusing the retailer of being a tool for selling mouse pads with... Sears is known for selling home appliances and tools, but at least one woman is accusing the retailer of being a tool for selling mouse pads with messages some find offensive.
"My kid had sex with your honor student," one mouse pad reads, while another says, "My President fooled around with your honor student."
It's not like we haven't heard these one liners before or seen them on bumper stickers when stuck in traffic, but we're admittedly surprised to see Sears of all places carrying them. We're just not offended by them, like Patti from St. Charles, who wrote an email to her local CBS affiliate in Chicago.
"I was shopping at Sears online store," she wrote, "and I was shocked to find that they sell mouse pads saying things like, 'I got your honor student pregnant.'"
We're guessing she probably wouldn't like the mouse pads that are sold in Spencers, either.

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More... ]]> News Pages News Guy http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21198 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21197&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:59 GMT Let's cut right to the chase -- according to security firm Panda Security, the infamous Nigerian scam ranks as the decade's most popular online ploy to swindle victims.
"This was the first type of scam to appear on the Internet and continues to be widely used by cybercriminals today," Panda Security says.
Coming in second are lottery-based scams, in which potential victims receive an email claiming that they won the lottery. The ones that fall for it end up sending out something like $1,000 to supposedly cover bank related fees and other expenses in order to transfer the winnings, only the victim never sees a dime.
"As with all the classic scams that predate the Internet, many of the numerous users that fall for these tricks and lose their money are reticent to report the crime," says Luis Corrons, technical director of Panda Labs. "If recovering the stolen money was difficult in the old days, it is even harder now because criminals' tracks are often lost across the Web. The best defense is to learn how to identify these scams an avoid taking the bait."
You can view the entire list here.

More... ]]> News Pages News Guy http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21197 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21196&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:09:29 GMT I got this modem a few weeks back secondhand and do not know the password to access it. Now I am unsure if the unit has been reset or not and can not find out from the original owner. Is there a way to reset this unit and password or is there a default password I can use?

I really have not much clue when it comes to this sort of business and trying to set up this network here is starting to drive me nuts. I can get multiple computers to all share the net connection and talk to each other with a switch with cables. When it comes to wireless I just can't get it to work. Computer says it is connected but will not let me access other machines or the internet.

I need a beer, this is nuts:th_alc::palm: ]]> Routers tuchan http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21196 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21195&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:27:10 GMT Toshiba is now recalling thousands of T130 series laptops owing to overheating concerns, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission... Toshiba is now recalling thousands of T130 series laptops owing to overheating concerns, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. The models covered under the voluntary recall program are the Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite ProT130. The company issued the recall after being inundated with reports of the said “notebook computers overheating and deforming the plastic casing area around the AC adapter plug.” While Toshiba has received 129 complaints in all, there have been only two instances each of minor burns and minor property damage.
“The defective harness may, in some circumstances, overheat to the point of melting the computer's base at the location where the AC adaptor plugs into the unit. To date there have been no reports of serious injury, but the temperature is sufficient to pose a burn hazard if specific parts of the DC-In Jack or plug are touched when they are overheated,” reads a support bulletin on Toshiba's website.
Owners of the affected units (see full list of SKUs) are advised to update to the latest version of the BIOS either through the Toshiba Service Station Application installed on their computers or by downloading the appropriate version from the company's website. “Should the BIOS determine that a harness failure is occurring, external power will immediately be disabled eliminating the possibility of the over heating. You will then need to contact the Toshiba call center to set up a warranty repair.”

More... ]]> News Pages News Guy http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21195 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21194&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:27:10 GMT If you've somehow managed to avoid the avalanche of controversy pouring down on Medal of Honor, here's the gist: you can play as Taliban in the game's multiplayer. Not “the insurgents.” Not “the guys who look suspiciously like Taliban but totally aren't, no really.” Nope. This time around, Medal of Honor's ripping its inspiration straight from the headlines. That, however, didn't fly with GameStop's stores in military bases.
According to a memo received by Kotaku, the decision to pull the game was made “out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform.”
“As such, GameStop agreed to have all marketing material pulled by noon today and to stop taking reservations. Customers who enter our AAFES stores and wish to reserve Medal of Honor can and should be directed to the nearest GameStop location off base,” it read.
“GameStop fully supports AAFES in this endeavor and is sensitive to the fact that in multiplayer mode one side will assume the role of Taliban fighter.”
Usually, this is where we make some kind of opinionated and – we like to think – well-informed comment. However, seeing as we haven't served, we'd like to ask the following question: Men and women in the military, what are your thoughts on this? Is it as touchy of a subject as GameStop makes it out to be? Or is this just another example of political correctness gone too far?

More... ]]> News Pages News Guy http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21194 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21193&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:25:03 GMT Just as many imagined, Dell has finally given up its pursuit of data storage provider 3PAR after engaging in a fierce bidding war with arch-rival... Just as many imagined, Dell has finally given up its pursuit of data storage provider 3PAR after engaging in a fierce bidding war with arch-rival Hewlett-Packard for around two weeks. Once the world's leading PC maker, Dell announced earlier today that it won't be increasing its most recent bid to acquire 3PAR, making the coveted storage vendor's acquisition by HP a mere formality.
The deal worth $2.4 billion, or $33 per share, was quickly approved by the boards of directors of both HP and 3PAR following news of Dell's exit. The two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement. As for Dell, it has already received the $72 million break-up fee that it was entitled to on the termination of its merger agreement with 3PAR.

More... ]]> News Pages News Guy http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21193 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21192&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:36:25 GMT Well, what's the huge difference?

I want the best performance, but I want to know where spending too much is. Is 1366 not worth it? ]]> Intel CPUs ksimp88 http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21192