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I just completed a write-up for class that summarizes a couple of articles on online mapping applications.  While doing my research, I found that while information on the subject was plentiful, the amount that was easily available was few & far between, so I'm posting it here in hopes that it may help someone in the future.  It's a quick overview of what goes into an online mapping application and a look at how companies are starting to ditch Google Maps in favor of open source alternatives like OpenLayers.

 
Nehalem/Core i7 Reviews Hit the Web
Reviews
Written by t-readyroc   
Tuesday, 04 November 2008

Nehalem has been officially "born" as Intel's Core i7, and the reviews are hitting the inter-tubes this morning in all their glory. I'll post 'em as I find 'em.

Madshrimps
OCAU
LegitReviews
the TechReport
ChileHardware (Spanish)
HotHardware
PCPerspective
Anandtech
the [H]
FiringSquad
Bit-Tech
Hexus
Xbit

 
geekE news: Reviews from the web edition
Reviews
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 23 October 2008

Notebooks

Asus U6V Laptop @ Rbmods

Video Cards

MSI Geforce 9600 GT 1Gb Hybrid Freezer @ Madshrimps

Motherboards

Gigabyte GA EP45 DQ6 @ TechwareLabs

ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Express (OC Palm Edition) @ TechARP

Storage

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB @ the TechReport

Thecus N5200BR NAS Server @ Gamepyre

Audio/Video

Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player @ DigitalTrends

mStation 2.1 Stereo Tower @ ThinkComputers

Apple iPod Touch 32GB @ DigitalTrends

Power

Rexus PST-3 Digital Power Supply Tester @ LegitReviews

InWin Commander 1200W PSU @ XSReviews

Mice

SilverStone Raven @ TechwareLabs  SilverStone Raven @ ThinkComputers

Cases

Thermaltake V9 @ ThinkComputers  NZXT Guardian 921 @ TechwareLabs

Etc.

Cooler Master V8 Heatsink and Fan @ TechwareLabs

HTC Touch Diamond (Sprint) @ TechReviewSource

 
T-Mobile ANDROID announcment imminent?
Just News
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 11 September 2008

According to Reuters, the first ANDROID announcements could be less than two weeks away. You know that the other major carriers can't let T-Mobile steal the spotlight, so if there is indeed an announcement on the 23rd, I can see others quickly following.

"Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit is set to start selling a mobile phone based on Google Inc's Android software within weeks, according to people familiar with the matter."

 
Ex-Verizon Employee is in ur phone lines, usin' ur minutes
Unbelievable
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 11 September 2008

Five thousand 1-900-number calls. Five thousand. Bringing you to a grand total of 45,000 minutes. Wow.

"In his defence, Vaccarelli told WABC-TV New York that it was 'outrageous' to imagine he'd made so many calls."

 
Resistance 2 Beta Signups; Anti-Spore Christians
Gaming
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 11 September 2008

Go get your name in that for the Resistance 2 beta if you're so inclined. Kotaku's reporting that you can sign up now on the game's official site, that spots are likely limited, & that you'd better act fast if you want in.

You can now apparently throw some christians into the mix of Spore-haters. Yep, DRM-haters are no longer alone in their quest, though the motives are clearly from different ends of the spectrum.

 
geekE news: Reviews from the web edition
Reviews
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 11 September 2008

Notebooks

ASUS Lamborghini VX3 @ the TechReport

HP Pavilion TX2520 @ Hexus

Video Cards

Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 @ Hexus  Palit Radeon HD 4850 @ TechwareLabs

ATI Radeon HD 4670 @ LegitReviews

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 @ Futurelooks

Powercolor PCS HD 4670 512 MB @ techPowerUp

HIS HD 4850 IceQ4 512 MB @ techPowerUp

Motherboards

ECS A790GXM-A Black Series @ HardwareSecrets

RAM

Chaintech APOGEE GT DDR2-1150 4GB Kit @ TweakTown

Aeneon Xtune PC3-12800 @ XSReviews

Input

Optimus Maximus Keyboard @ DigitalTrends

Microsoft SideWinder X5 Gaming Mouse and X6 Gaming Keyboard @ Metku.net

Cases

Apevia X-Sniper Tower @ Pro-Clockers

CoolerMaster Centurion 590 @ TechwareLabs

Cooling

Noctua NC - U6 Chipset Cooler @ TechwareLabs

Noctua NH-C12P @ XSReviews

Zalman CNPS9300 AT CPU Heatsink @ HighTechReviews

NZXT Sentry LX High Performance Fan Controller @ ThinkComputers

Jetart NP8800 miniStand Laptop Cooler @ TechwareLabs

Etc.

Thermaltake Toughpower Power Express 650W VGA PSU @ ThinkComputers

Pioneer DVR-116DBK DVD Burner @ XtremeComputing

Samsung F400 Bang & Olufsen Music Phone @ TweakTown

101 Puppy Pets - PC @ Gamepyre

iStarUSA xAGE HDD Docking Station @ techPowerUp

 
Rock Band game show in the works?
Rumors
Written by t-readyroc   
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

It's only a rumor, but it certainly sounds credible to me. Game show-slash-reality TV at its best, folks.

"Centred around competition between bands of four, it'll give you the chance to not only get on TV and win the 'Ultimate Rock Band Experience...'"

 
New AMD mid-range cards this month
Graphics Cards
Written by t-readyroc   
Tuesday, 09 September 2008
DigiTimes has the full-coverage story. We'll see mid-range (4670/50), followed by entry-level (4550) cards from AMD this month, & they're still on track to get their first 45nm chips out the door before the end of the year. Fudzilla's got the english run-down on ASUS' 4670 offering plus a link to the original story which includes a photo. Non-reference cooling & HDMI in store. Graphics processing on the cheap, anyone?
 
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Gaming
Written by t-readyroc   
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

Monolith successfully regained control of the rights to the F.E.A.R. name, so Project Origin is now F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (like it should have been to start with).

"Why not drop the Project Origin name altogether? Well, for one, there has already been quite a bit of branding associated with that name, but more importantly, when Monolith lost the F.E.A.R. name it asked its community for suggestions to replace it. In a contest, Project Origin was chosen, and thus, the name has ties to the F.E.A.R. community."

 
Intel takes a stab at the SSD
Reviews
Written by t-readyroc   
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

In case you missed it, Intel's SSD hit the internets yesterday, & the reviews are all proclaiming it the best thing since sliced bread. Plenty of review-age to go around, so feel free to get your read on, but coming in at around $600 isn't going to get many people jumping on the buying bandwagon anytime soon.

the TechReport
HotHardware
LegitReviews
ComputerWorld
Anandtech
PCPerspective

 
geekE news: Reviews from the web edition
Reviews
Written by t-readyroc   
Tuesday, 09 September 2008

Notebooks

Lenovo ThinkPad SL400 @ DigitalTrends

ASUS Eee PC 901 @ the TechReport

Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 @ CompuKISS

Video Cards

XFX GeForce GTX 280 and 260 XXX Edition @ [H]

ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ ZONE Edition @ TweakTown

ASUS ENGTX260 TOP @ techARP

MSI Radeon 4850 R4850-V101 @ Motherboards.org

Point of View GeForce 9400 GT 1024 MB Wall-E Edition @ techPowerUp

Motherboards

ECS GF8200A @ Virtual-Hideout

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H @ Motherboards.org

Gigabyte EP45T-DS3R @ ThinkComputers

Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H @ Hexus

RAM

OCZ Flex II 4GB PC2-9200 DDR2 @ Legit Reviews

Storage

Super Talent PICO - C Gold 8 gig - Limited edition @ XtremeComputing

Seagate FreeAgent Go 120GB Portable Hard Drive @ ThinkComputers

Thecus N3200 3-Bay SOHO Network Storage System @ Bigbruin

PQI 8 GB Class 6 SDHC @ techPowerUp

Thecus N5200BR NAS Server @ LegitReviews

Mice

Razer Lachesis 4000DPI @ Phoronix  OCZ Dominatrix @ TweakTown

NZXT AVATAR Crafted Series @ Futurelooks

Games

Devil May Cry 4 - PC @ Gamepyre

Card Games Collection - PC @ Gamepyre

Power

Thermaltake ToughPower Power Express VGA 650W @ Techwarelabs

BFG Tech ES Series 800W @ ThinkComputers

Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W @ Rbmods

Cases

Hiper Osiris @ TweakTown   Raidmax Iceberg @ Pro-Clockers

Cooler Master HAF 932 @ HardwareSecrets

Rosewill Conqueror @ the TechReport

Cooling

Asus Lion Square CPU Cooler @ HardwareLogic

Cooler Master Hyper Z600 Heatsink @ HighTechReviews

Etc.

Lowepro Inverse 200 AW Camera Bag @ Futurelooks

Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty @ PureOverclock

LITE-ON Blu-Ray Disc Player @ TechwareLabs

Flip Ultra Camcorder @ HardwareSecrets

 
TiVo HD XL shows some terabyte love
Audio/Video
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 04 September 2008

TiVo has lifted the lid off of it's monster 150-hour HD unit, & it's sporting a Western Digital 1TB drive. Hit the link for plenty of photos, including internal shots.

"Hot on the heels of their renewed DirecTV relations, TiVo unveils a new stand-alone unit for cable (or OTA antenna) customers. The $600 TiVo HD XL will be available from TiVo.com today, followed by appearances at Amazon.com and Magnolia stores in the coming weeks."

 
More Chrome: EULA and features comparisons
Just News
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 04 September 2008

More Google! More Chrome! Holy crap can we get some more Google news here, please! Ugh.

This one's a bit interesting, though, because it seems that Ars actually read the fine print & called Google out on Chrome's EULA. Exclusive right to use all of your surfing traffic? Is anyone really surprised at this? A company that makes the majority of its money through advertising makes a web browser... Yeah, even if Google's now back-tracking on the EULA, I think I'll stay skeptical for now.

Hexus, on the other hand, is touting the "feature list" of another killer browser. They compare the memory footprint with ASCII bars. Classic.

Finally, Lifehacker points out that Chrome's best features can be added to Firefox via extensions. I figured as much. Extensions are, for me, the reason Firefox kicks so much a$$.

 
Dead Space: No Known Survivors
Gaming
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 04 September 2008
I'm surprised I hadn't yet heard of noknownsurvivors.com, because I've watched all of the animated comics for the game so far, & am really looking forward to this game. I guess I missed it somewhere along the way, but at any rate, the site is huge, full of crazy animations, & looks like it will be interactive. Several of the terminals in the first two episodes require passwords. I haven't played around with it enough yet, but I'm sure I'll be re-visiting it as new episodes are released. Thanks to SG for the heads-up.
 
AMD: roadmap updates; "asset-smart" in two weeks
CPU/Chipset
Written by t-readyroc   
Thursday, 04 September 2008

A couple of sites are covering AMD roadmap updates today. CHW goes into specific timeline details for Q4, showing a "~3.0GHz, 125W" chip under embargo until 1.8.09. ExpReview covers the chipset side of things, but only really re-hashes stuff we already knew, like the Rx8xx series chipsets rumbling along with the SB750 for the first quarter.

Finally, XBitLabs has a piece that talks about AMD's "asset-smart" strategy being announced in two weeks' time. That's right around the 18th if you're counting, kiddies. The pervasive belief is still that AMD will spin-off its fabs into a separate business unit. Not too long till we find out for sure.

 
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