NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 256MB Benchmarked on Linux
The GeForce 8500GT is NVIDIA's value-priced contender in the GeForce 8 series. The 8500GT has a 450MHz core clock and 400MHz memory clock, but how is this $100 creation able to compete against other graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA? We have our hands on the passively-cooled Gigabyte GeForce 8500GT 256MB graphics card and have run our usual Linux graphics tests along with some of our first overclocking attempts with this new solution. Without further ado, we present the world's first Linux benchmarks of the NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT.
Editor in Chief Harry McCracken Returns to PCW
In a surprise announcement, Robert Carrigan, president of IDG Communications, told PC World's staff today that "Harry McCracken has decided to remain with PC World as vice-president, editor in chief." (Read on Source)
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Best in the Business? Alienware Have Always Supplied Quality.
Alienware is an american computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell. Alienware's most famous series of desktops are the Aurora and Area-51 lines; Alienware also sells considerable...
Mossberg's Ubuntu Linux verdict: Nope
Ubuntu doesn't measure up to Mac OS X or Windows for average users, influential WSJ tech reviewer concludes.
Who Do You Trust? New Young Readers' Book Reveals All
Kendra Kandlestar is an adventurer and just after the first book in the series has won the votes of moms and kids--a sequel to awarding winning children's book will be released this November. (PRWeb Oct 26, 2007)
DNA 'barcode' revealed in plants
A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between plant species has been identified.
Taylor win gold at EU boxing championships
Reigning World and European lightweight champion Katie Taylor completed a fantastic day for Irish amateur boxing after claiming her third major title at the European Union Championships in Liverpool this afternoon.
Aug. 14, 1888: I Sing the Meter Electric
1888: Oliver B. Shallenberger receives a patent for the electric meter. There's no free lunch. You'll get an electric bill.
When Thomas Edison started selling electricity for illumination in 1882, he charged per lamp. He soon replaced that with a complicated chemical ampere-hour meter.
It was an electrolytic jar with two zinc plates immersed in a zinc-sulfate solution. Electricity flowing through the jar dissolved zinc off the positive plate and deposited it on the negative plate. Workers had to remove the electrodes every month and weigh them to see how much zinc had been transferred from one plate to the other.
It was messy, it was inefficient, and it wasn't very accurate. Even though Edison also developed a motor-type meter, his interest in chemistry caused him to prefer the chemical version. Blind spot.
Electrical polymath Elihu Thomson devised a walking-beam meter in 1888. It was a complicated, Rube Goldberg-type apparatus. A heating element in the circuit warmed a small alcohol-filled bottle on a seesaw lever. The alcohol warmed, evaporated and flowed into a matching bottle on the other side. When there was more alcohol in the opposite bottle, it would sink and up start heating up to reverse the process. Each time the bottles rocked, they ticked off a notch on the meter. Not exactly a robust design.
Shallenberger was an Annapolis graduate who left the Navy in 1884 to join the Westinghouse company. He was working on a new arc lamp one day in 1888, when a spring fell out and landed on a ledge inside the lamp. Before an assistant could reach in to replace it, the ever-observant Shallenberger noticed the spring had rotated.
He soon determined that the lamp's rotating electric fields had caused the spring to turn. Shallenberger realized he could use the effect to turn wheels in a meter to measure electrical charge. Not only could he use it, he did ... and built an alternating-current ampere-hour meter in just three weeks.
The Shallenberger meter was a key part of George Westinghouse's AC electrical system. (Nikola Tesla later pointed out to Shallenberger that the induction meter was a type of AC motor.)
The meter went into commercial use within months, selling 120,000 units in 10 years. The ampere is a measure of current, and the ampere-hour a measure of charge. So power companies that used these meters charged by the charge.
Thomson invented a commutator watt-hour meter (that measured the energy consumed), also in 1888, and brought it to market the following year. It worked on both alternating- and direct-current systems, but fell by the wayside in the late 1890s when the induction watt-hour meter came into general use, where it remains to this day.
Source: Dave's Old Watthour Meter Webpage
The Case Against Case-Mate Clear Armor for iPhone
Case-mate Clear Armor for iPhone is yet another product in the increasingly crowded clear-film-covering-for-your-iPhone category. I've reviewed two similar products in the past year -- InvisibleSHIELD and BodyGuardz -- and know of several others that appear to be pretty much the same. All three products offer pretty much the same pitch.
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White Castle Appeals 'to the 17-Year-Old in All of Us'
In this video by Brokaw, White Castle details its marketing efforts for the past year and describes how they strengthened its brand. The work targets "Rip" (the 17-year-old boy Brokaw claims is living in all of us), using jokes, awkward radio campaigns and ironic tees that play on the idea of being small. (Read on Source)
What Is It?
I remember, more than 20 years ago, when this happened, 170,000 years ago. As I'm in the Northern Hemisphere I wasn't so placed as to directly observe it, but if I had been I'd have seen a fairly bright star where none was before, a phenomenon no one has seen for over 300 years. The two images below could have been taken ten seconds apart. (In ... (Read on Source)
Drinking Alcohol Before 15 Years Of Age Is Risky For Later Alcohol Problems
Researchers have known that age of first drink (AFD) is associated with the later development of alcohol-use disorders (AUDs). New findings show that an early AFD, before the age of 15, is especially risky for later AUDs. Experts recommend delaying the onset of drinking behavior as late as possible, until 18 or older.
Miami Hurricanes look ahead to UCF
UM recap Let's look ahead: At 2-3, the Hurricanes take a week off from ACC play to take on the UCF Knights, also 2-3, Saturday at Dolphin Stadium. The Hurricanes' secondary, which has struggled all season, might catch a break from the Knights, who are ranked 109th in passing offense and have spent the year with an uncertain quarterback situation. ... (Read on Source)
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E7: Follow-up: Windows Desktop Search
The discussion and email about desktop search offered an opportunity for us to have a deeper architectural discussion about engineering Windows 7. There were a number of comments suggesting alternate implementation methods so we thought we?d discuss another approach and the various pros and cons associated with it. It offers a good example of the engineering balance we are striving for with Windows 7.
How to Blog Full Time and Be Successful
If you are thinking about being a full time pro blogger, here’s a few things you need to know… How many people do you know that would kill to work for themselves doing something they love? How many...
More Antigay Remarks From Jerry Lewis - New York Times
 New York Daily News | More Antigay Remarks From Jerry Lewis New York Times - The comedian Jerry Lewis, who made an antigay comment a year ago during his annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, has done it again, The Associated Press reported. Jerry Lewis Slags Off The Gays Via The Medium Of Cricket Jerry Lewis Drops Another Anti-Gay Slur |
Oklahoma Supplement Distributor Files Bankruptcy After Breach Of Contract Decision
OKLAHOMA CITY - AMS Health Sciences, a distributor of natural supplements, recently filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, citing a November verdict and judgment against it related to its acquisition of Heartland Cup Inc. (In Re: AMS Health Sciences, No. 07-14678, N.D. Okla. Bkcy.). Full story on lexis.com
Thank Journalist, Rather Than Pilgrims, For Thanksgiving Feast
Historians explain that the current version of Thanksgiving was created by a journalistic crusader, and would have been unrecognizable to the Pilgrims it supposedly honors.
Gears Of War II (GoW 2) Glitches: Visible Giant
Tactical third-person shooter video game Gears Of War II (GoW 2) glitches & tricks: The Visible Giant - Tutorial coming next
Guy Kawasaki says outrageous things about Twitter
Guy Kawasaki is a pretty influential guy and when he says “Twitter is a weapon,” in an interview I did with him my ears perk up. But he got more outrageous from there. He took on TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington with a challenge. Guy would rather give up his cell phone for a week than give up Twitter for a week. (Read on Source)
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The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. - Paul Ambroise Valery Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Web Hosting Provider IAS.net Eviction Brings Down Customer Websites
... December 19, 2008 - (HOSTSEARCH.COM) - Web hosting provider was evicted from its premises in Northern Brewery Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA ...
Best Wishes for the New Year
Linux Journal: "These days, there is an almost unfathomable number of ways in which to communicate. I have a telephone, email, snail mail, and a multitude of Instant Messaging accounts. I have a cell phone and can send and receive text messages. I'm on MySpace. I can receive phone calls over the Internet via SIP. I'm on IRC and various mailing lists. You would think that I use these wonderful tools to keep in touch with friends and family."
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