PC Pioneers: 10 Hackers Who Made History
There is a list of 10 Hackers Who Made History posted at Maximum PC today that is worth checking out. Alright, who is missing from this list?
While the term "Hacker" today carries a negative connotation of an ill-intentioned computer genius, that's only a small portion of what the word really means. Yes, there are the Black Hat hackers behind internet mayhem, thievery, and chaos, but there are also White Hat hackers who use their computer savvy for good. There's also a different kind of hacker entirely: the tinkerer. They all played parts, big and small, in creating the computer world as it exists today.
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P67 Motherboard Round-Up Part II
Overclockers Club has posted the second part of its P67 motherboard round-up today for those of you interested. The review covers the Sapphire P67 Pure Black Hydra, ASUS P67 SABERTOOTH and the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe.
The most noticeable thing about the ASUS P67 SABERTOOTH is the board's thermal armor, partly because it's so different and partly just because of how cool it is. The SABERTOOTH is a full ATX motherboard and utilizes a ton of features unique to ASUS.
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Conan Has New "Lost iPhone 5 Ad"
Apple has released a new ad that addresses the lost/stolen iPhone 5 prototype "situation" and Conan has it (the ad, not the phone).
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Delivering Fast Boot Times in Windows 8
Want to see how fast Windows 8 can boot? Watch the video below, it is rather impressive:
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Apple to Match Donations Made by its Employees
Apple's new CEO sent out an email to employees yesterday saying that the company will match charitable donations made by employees up to $10k a year.
Apple has launched a new charitable matching program for its employees, with the company offering to match employees' personal charitable contributions up to $10,000 per year. The program is currently limited to full-time U.S. employees, with plans to expand it to other countries over time.
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Corsair Announces New High-Speed USB 3.0 Flash Drives
Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the availability of USB 3.0 versions of their award-winning Flash Voyager GT, Flash Voyager, and Flash Survivor product lines. Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0: Superior Speed and Renowned Flash Voyager Durability. The premium performance Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 provides data transfer rates of up to four times the speed of USB 2.0 drives, and even two times the speed of standard USB 3.0 flash drives — the 64GB model has a maximum read speed of 135 MB/sec and a maximum write speed of 83 MB/sec. Fully backward compatible with USB 2.0, it's also one of the fastest USB 2.0 flash drives on the market. The tough all-rubber housing is water-resistant, and the rounded edge design makes it an ideal choice for busy professionals and PC enthusiasts who need to quickly and safely transport important data.
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Intel Advances Software Ecosystem with $24M in Investments
Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment organization, today announced seven investments to drive continued innovation across the software ecosystem. The deals total over $24 million and include new investments in enterprise cloud automation software provider DynamicOps; building management software provider enLighted, real-time analytics provider Guavus; Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) for commerce company IP Commerce; and social games analytics service provider Swrve New Media.
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ASUS P6X58-E Pro Motherboard
After reviewing the ASUS P6X58-E Pro motherboard, the fellas at PureOC liked it enough to give it a "Great Hardware" award. We reviewed the workstation version of this motherboard here a few months ago.
We all know that LGA1366 X58 motherboards are not new products. They've been around for some time now and have proven to have quite a bit of longevity. Today we will take a peek at the ASUS P6X58-E Pro motherboard and see what goodies ASUS has added to this long lasting and versatile chipset.
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Verisign CFO Resigns, Shares Fall
Verisign, a month after losing its CEO, has just found out that its chief financial officer has resigned as well. Wow, they are on a roll over there, aren't they?
Robins' resignation comes a little more than a month after Mark McLaughlin quit as CEO, leaving VeriSign founder and former CEO Bidzos to take over the reins. During Robin's tenure, the company's stock price gained almost two-thirds in value. On Thursday, the company said it will name an interim CFO soon and Robins will assist during the transition.
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Fired Facebook Commenters Ordered Back to Work
Remember the people that were fired for posting complaints about their job on Facebook? Well, the National Labor Relations Board has ordered the employees back to work. That's not going to be uncomfortable at all.
Last week, administrative law Judge Arthur Amchan ruled on the case between the five employees and their former employer, Hispanics United of Buffalo. According to the information included in the judge's decision, the five employees last year took to Facebook to discuss their issues with other employees, as well as how much work they take on. Soon after, the five employees were terminated for the comments made on the social network.
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PC Perspective Podcast #169
For those of you that like a little hardware news on the go (iTunes or downloadable MP3) or you are just too damn lazy to read, I recommend you try out PC Perspective's weekly podcast. Here are just a few of the things the PCP gang discussed this week:
Join us this week as we discuss the MARS II combo on Newegg, an update to the SSD Decoder, the new Antec SOLO II chassis, our review of the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer tablet, news on Ultrabook development and even announce a new contest partnership with Drobo!
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