 | Sky Writing |
| This tutorial details a simple technique to create text with a shadow that conforms to the structure of undulating clouds behind it. Images created using this method would not win you any medals, but they may get you noticed in business meetings... | |
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 | Ancient Scroll |
| Learn the tricks and techniques used to create an ancient grunge scroll to compliment your next web layout, or display design. | |
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 | Realistic Fog & Mist |
| You would think that with the Clouds filter it would be easy to create a fog effect, but you could not be more wrong! Making realistic fog/mist is an artform all in itself, but this tutorial details a relatively simple way to replicate decent results. | |
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 | Using Layer Masks |
| A layer mask in Photoshop is basically a way of hiding and revealing certain parts of a layer. In this video tutorial, you will learn how to create, edit, delete, and modify layer masks in Photoshop. | |
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 | Life Beam |
| Learn how to create an awesome life beam effect. | |
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| Sorry about the downtime - Posted by webmaster |
| We have had some problems with out webhosting provider the past week, but the site is moved to another server and works perfectly now. |
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| Intel Readies 64-Bit Pentiums - Posted by Phate |
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Battling back against AMD's increasingly popular Athlon 64 processor, Intel is poised to bring 64-bit computing to its desktop CPU lineup when it unveils its P4 6XX series. The processor family could be announced as early as later this month.
"The 6XX is a follow-on product to the Pentium 4 Prescott family," says Willy Agatstein, general manager of Intel's reseller products group. "It has an 800-MHz front-side bus, 2 MB of on-die Level 2 cache and EM64T technology. In addition, it has a number of enhanced power-management features, which allows you to get the latest performance, but be able to do it at reduced power." Interestingly, the 6XX parts won't be Intel's first 64-bit Pentiums, though they will be the first to be broadly available to resellers and consumers. Last summer, Intel quietly began shipping to IBM an OEM version of a Pentium 4 Prescott processor equipped with 64-bit instruction-set extensions. The device was used in an IBM BladeCenter blade server. Though the new 6XXs will have a beefier cache to boost performance, folding in the 64-bit capability wasn't much of a technical challenge. More than a year ago, at an analyst's meeting for the business community, Intel president Paul Otellini revealed that Intel was building its 64-bit instruction-set extensions into all its Prescott-class processors, but that it wasn't turning the feature on. Otellini said it was holding off on enabling the extensions until Microsoft was ready to release a 64-bit version of its Windows XP operating system. The 64-bit release of Windows XP still isn't officially available, but it appears to be wending its way toward shipment. A second beta version was recently made available to developers by Microsoft. Though Microsoft and Intel aren't commenting, talk has been circulating that this will be the final beta before an imminent official release. Compared with some previous processor rollouts, Intel appears to be soft-pedaling the 6XX. That could be because it doesn't want to overemphasize 64-bit instruction-set extensions, since competitor AMD kicked off that category nearly two a years ago when it debuted its AMD64 architecture and companion extensions. These are implemented in AMD's Opteron server and Athlon 64 desktop processors. Intel's extensions, which were first used in a Xeon server processor and are called EM64T, are compatible with AMD's extensions. According to Dean McCarron, principal analyst at Mercury Research in Cave Creek, Ariz., the extensions won't be a big differentiator. "It's going to be a moot point, because most likely by midyear both companies will be offering complete coverage in the [desktop] performance segment," he says. "It is a significant advance, however. It's not going to get used a lot initially. It's much more important for establishing an infrastructure for when the applications will be using it a year or two down the road." The Intel 6XX processors are single-core devices. Intel's first multicore CPUs are expected to be announced later this year. |
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| Firefox 1.1 will be released three months later. - Posted by webmaster |
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Firefox 1.1 will be released three months later than originally planned, according to Ben Goodger, the lead programmer on the browser.
"In a move that I would hope should surprise exactly nobody, we're pushing back 1.1 by a little bit because of the realities of the work remaining to be done," Goodger said in a blog posting last week. Some reports have speculated that the change in date was caused by Goodger's recent move to Google. But Goodger denied these reports in a later post. "Also, the slippage from March is not due to my move to Google; it is due to us needing to ensure the 1.1 release is of identical quality and scope as the 1.0 release--that means a period of testing, the localization system needs to be brought back online, etc.," Goodger said. "These things are done by more people than just myself, so quit with the wacky speculation." Firefox 1.1 was initially scheduled to be released around March 2005. But the final version has been delayed until June 2005, as shown on the updated Firefox road map on the Mozilla Web site. David Hallowell, a Mozilla contributor, said one of the primary goals for Firefox 1.1 is to improve the browsing experience for non-Windows users. "One of the main aims of 1.1 is to improve the user experience for users on Linux and Mac machines so that they can have a version of Firefox that fits in with their operating system as well as the Windows version fits in with the Windows OS," Hallowell said. Browsing will be faster in version 1.1 due to improvements in the rendering engine, according to Hallowell. "A lot has gone on behind the scenes in improving Gecko, which is the rendering engine used by Firefox, Mozilla and other browsers such as Camino," Hallowell said. "1.1 will see the result of these improvements, including faster page rendering, further improved standards support and further incremental improvements." Thanks to Phate for this news. |
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| Blaster author sentenced to prison - Posted by ReFredzRate |
| The guy who once gave me a 30-hour day of work, has been finally sentenced to prison. Me and a collegue had to manually Blaster-proof the entire network thanks to this guy. Whoever burns his bottom, has to sit on the blisters.... More on it right over here. |
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| Memory x 5 - Posted by ReFredzRate |
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Here are some Memory reviews for you guys to enjoy. Have fun with it! (Thanks to Virtual-Hideout.net)
Kingston 1024MB PC2700 SODIMM Review Neoseeker Crucial Tracer Ballistix PC4000 Review Corsair XMS2 Revisited @ OCTools.com Corsair XMS TwinX512-3200C2 Rev. 4.2 ram Wintec AMP-X DDR2-5400 Review @ GruntvillE.com |
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| Microsoft's new AntiSpyware Program - Posted by Kotik |
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Microsoft has finally taken a step against spywares. They are to release two programs that will fight against spywares and keep your computer a safe place against unwanted crap.
To get ready for the release of their program they have released a beta version of the program. Just like all microsoft program this one too is extremly user friendly. Its worth a try. For more information about the spyware click here To download Microsoft AntiSpyware (BETA 1) click here |
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| New mobile technology.... "Turion" - Posted by Kotik |
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AMD has announced that they will make a mobile technology processor for Laptops that will try to over take the Intel's Centrino-platform.
"SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- January 10, 2005 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it will usher in a new era in mobile computing. AMD Turion™ 64 mobile technology was unveiled by six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong at an AMD event at the International CES 2005 show in Las Vegas." It will come in both 32 & 64 bit processors so it up to you to chose one according to yours needs. Read more at [URL=http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20050107080442.html]X-bit Labs[/URL] |
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| Run ATi and nVidia on a single mother board - Posted by Kotik |
 Alright! Here is the deal. Tom's hardware have made a test about running an ATi X800 and GeForce 6800 Ultra on an SLI mother board. They also explain how to switch the graphic cards while running windows. It is a must read. [code:1]an SLI computer with GeForce 6800 Ultra or GT beats everything for performance! The performance reserves of an SLI system are tremendous. Even with an Athlon64 4000+ the cards almost always have to wait on the CPU.[/code:1] Read the whole article [URL=http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041123/sli-performance-32.html]here[/URL]. (the article is three pages long.) |
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| Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD - Posted by Kotik |
The day before yestreday (21st) Western Digital released a 320 GB Hard disk that is the largest HDD in the market.
 More details on the HDD [code:1] Space: 320 GB 7200 RPM 8 MB cache[/code:1] More info on the HDD can be found HERE |
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| OCAU reviews 5 large Pentium4 coolers - Posted by ReFredzRate |
OCAU has been working on a review, for five large Pentium4 coolers. Between those there are a few very sweet looking coolers, and a few high performance coolers as well. Check out the article right HERE to see which one would fit your needs best.
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