New Shiny Skype 2.0 Released

Skype 2.0 had been released and there are great features added in this release as well as many bug fixes. It’s currently available in Windows only. There’s a new release for OS X but it doesn’t support video calls yet while Linux has not received any update yet so let’s hope that both OS X [...]

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Earphones Might Damage Your Hearing

I recently read this article about ear buds causing hearing loss and it’s very alarming as MP3 players are so popular today. So you own an iPod or Zen? You probably want to change the earphones / ear buds that comes with it. The article suggests using ear muffs / headphones because they have noise-cancelling [...]

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Why AMD’s clock rate don’t equal Intel’s

Recently at Digg.com, an article was submitted about the comparison of AMD clock rate vs. Intel clock rate. I know this for years already but for those who don’t know the facts yet, it’s good to read the article. Ever make this off-the-cuff comment? “AMD is only clocked at 2.8GHz, while Intel is at 4.0GHz! [...]

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IE 7 Will Use Firefox RSS Icon

Good news, Microsoft Team RSS announced in their blog that they have collaborated with Mozilla to adopt the RSS icon used in Firefox in upcoming version of Internet Explorer, IE 7. In an attempt to create a standard interface for everyone, the team agreed that it’s in the user’s best interest to have one common [...]

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Firefox Tweak Guide

Whether you are a newbie or a veteran Firefox user, you might be interested to learn more on customizing Firefox beneath the hood. After all, Firefox is well known for its extensibility. To fully customize your own copy of Firefox you need to have a better understanding of each and every feature of Firefox. Fortunately, [...]

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My Next Desktop will be AMD-powered

Do you know why? Because AMD trashes Intel out of the competition in 64-bit dual-core processor match up. I’ve been waiting for years that AMD surpasses Intel processors and now that it is a reality, I’ll be more than happy to buy a new AMD-powered PC next year. Whatever is the task, from day-to-day software [...]

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