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Those Vesuvius software chappies sure like cranking out the Java-based S60 5th Edition apps - just released are Hack Proof Password Manager (go on, guess what it does…), MindBreaker (a rearranging tile puzzle) and Komikj (a comic reader - needs a PC to do conversion from Internet comic standards though). Might be worth these guys discovering the Ovi Store? Anyway, all their apps seem to be free, so what are you waiting for?

Tagan PipeRock II 680W (TG680-BZII) PSU Review on Technic3D and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

“The Tagan PipeRock II 680W (TG680-BZII) PSU arrived Technic3D. See you in the following Review from Technic3D the next PSU with four +12V rail (18A), 120mm Fan (Thermal fan control), 9x SATA hard disk connectors, 2x PCI-e 6+2-Pin and 2x PCI-e 6-Pin. Better than the PipeRock I Series or SuperRock Series?”

It seems antitrust complexities are causing Microsoft to balk at including Internet Explorer with copies Windows 7 destined for much of Europe. Will anyone notice is the burning question.

Microsoft has announced that it will ship a special version of Vista's successor in Europe, titled Windows 7 E, without Internet Explorer 8. The browser-less version, a reaction to an antitrust investigation by the EU into whether Microsoft is abusing its dominant position with Windows and Internet Explorer, will be distributed in all member nations of the European Economic Area as well as Croatia and Switzerland.

When youre out there seeking for alternative methods to get more rooms to store important images, music and videos, PhotoFast has now come with the idea of using the existing port which is commonly equipped on your laptop. Instead of replace another hard disk or insert a flash disk, you can now get those troubles away. The new G-Monster Express Card SDD 34mm/54mm is just a great solution to accelerate your portable devices and to extend your laptop storage capacity.

The G-Monster Express card 54 has been fully tested and running with Read Max 180MB/sec, Write Max 100MB/sec under best circumstance. Its also been designed to be compatible with Windows Vista Plug & Play & Ready Boost. The mini-USB port equipped at the end of the card, which would be easily to temporarily transfer your data to another platform (PC/Mac). The G-Monster Express Card is now being launched in Japan, and soon in U.S. and EU.

Intel's first attempt at onboard flash fizzled in 2006. A refresh of the same idea, Braidwood will be integrated into Core i5 motherboards and tie into Microsoft's ReadyBoost technology. In theory users should see accelerated application launch speeds as ReadyBoost caches commonly used applications in the Braidwood flash memory.

Intel appears ready to take another crack at flash memory-based acceleration–this time offering it with future chipsets.
Intel Braidwood technology is based on a flash memory module

“Braidwood is a flash memory technology that provides faster boot-up time, faster application launch, and a snappier, more responsive system,” said Rob Crooke, vice president and general manager of Intel's Business Client Group, speaking during a presentation streamed over the Web from the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, earlier this week.

Intel's first attempt at onboard flash fizzled in 2006. A refresh of the same idea, Braidwood will be integrated into Core i5 motherboards and tie into Microsoft's ReadyBoost technology. In theory users should see accelerated application launch speeds as ReadyBoost caches commonly used applications in the Braidwood flash memory.

Intel appears ready to take another crack at flash memory-based acceleration–this time offering it with future chipsets.
Intel Braidwood technology is based on a flash memory module

“Braidwood is a flash memory technology that provides faster boot-up time, faster application launch, and a snappier, more responsive system,” said Rob Crooke, vice president and general manager of Intel's Business Client Group, speaking during a presentation streamed over the Web from the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, earlier this week.

We have always wondered how exactly does CPU frequency affects performance of our games, we have 3DMark 06 showing us increasing CPU frequency will lead to an increase in the scores. To be sure that CPU frequency does have an impact on the performance of our graphics card, we ran 3 benchmarks in order to find out.

The use of company-issued mobile phones could trigger new federal income taxes on millions of Americans as a “fringe benefit.” The IRS, in a notice issued this week, said employees could avoid tax liability if they showed proof they used personal cellphones for nonbusiness calls during work hours.

The Internal Revenue Service proposed employers assign 25% of an employee's annual phone expenses as a taxable benefit. Under that scenario, a worker in the 28% tax bracket, whose wireless device costs the company $1,500 a year, could see $105 in additional federal income tax.

The use of company-issued mobile phones could trigger new federal income taxes on millions of Americans as a “fringe benefit.” The IRS, in a notice issued this week, said employees could avoid tax liability if they showed proof they used personal cellphones for nonbusiness calls during work hours.

The Internal Revenue Service proposed employers assign 25% of an employee's annual phone expenses as a taxable benefit. Under that scenario, a worker in the 28% tax bracket, whose wireless device costs the company $1,500 a year, could see $105 in additional federal income tax.

While Steve and Rafe are working on the full review of the Nokia N97 (initial impressions and multimedia thoughts are already posted), Ewan has been working on a little something for the weekend. An N97p for every AAS reader. Admittedly it’s mainly made from paper (hence the p) and has limited electronics in it, but with the judicious use of a printer, scissors and glue, you to can appear to join in the revolution this weekend. See below. You will of course need a Bluetooth keyboard since the N97p doesn’t have a sliding hinged qwerty keyboard. We’d be interested to see who can come up with the best “action shot” of their N97 (p) in action, so let us know where to find the pictures!