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The Bill Day giveaway (part 4) - Windows Vista Ultimate {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2008 6:40PM Vista - let the flames begin.
Mars Phoenix lander to touch down on the red planet tonight {Engadget}
May 25th 2008 5:23PM Exciting!
DISH Network rolls out 22 new HD channels {Engadget HD}
May 12th 2008 12:00PM A few of these channels were already on the air on Dish. CNN HD, SciFi HD etc
Fox News Channel launches HD simulcast this week {Engadget HD}
May 1st 2008 12:07PM Nice, I hope that unlike CNN they actually upgrade their cameras in the field.
AMD triple-core Phenom X3 review roundup {Engadget}
Apr 23rd 2008 2:13PM Add XP to that list of NT based operating systems that would benefit from mult-core processors. I forgot that one... although our internal testing shows that Vista benefits far more because it is based on the Windows Server kernal which is designed for many processors, whereas XP was pretty much designed for no more than 2.
AMD triple-core Phenom X3 review roundup {Engadget}
Apr 23rd 2008 2:10PM I hate to tell you this but the OS can utilize one core and decide on it's own which core to put *any* running process. Only if the application specifes a processor affinity does it have control over which core it runs on. Therefore, if you are running an NT based operating system (NT, 2000, Vista, 2003, or 2008) - you *will* benefit from a multi-core processor.
While further benefits can be had when applications (such as Adobe Premier and FSX) natively support utilizing the multiple cores on their own, there is definitely benefit in overall speed to the underlying operating system having a core to it's own and the application running to be on another one.
DISH Network launches SCI FI HD and USA HD! {Engadget HD}
Apr 18th 2008 6:45PM Now it's time to switch to DishTV and get a real DVR.
Seriously, I am a long time Tivo user. Currently have a Tivo Series 3 (nice, but a but slow, ugly and barely any HD channels on TWC) and DirecTV HDR21 (ugly and even slower).
I have used the Dish DVR and can tell you honestly it is better than even my Tivo. The response time is lighning fast, the interface is modern (anti-aliased even!). Can't wait to move to it. It was just SCIFI-HD that was keeping me on DirecTV.
DISH Network launches SCI FI HD and USA HD! {Engadget HD}
Apr 18th 2008 6:44PM Now it's time to switch to DishTV and get a real DVR.
Seriously, I am a long time Tivo user. Currently have a Tivo Series 3 (nice, but a but slow, ugly and barely any HD channels on TWC) and DirecTV HDR21 (ugly and even slower).
I have used the Dish DVR and can tell you honestly it is better than even my Tivo. The response time is lighning fast, the interface is modern (anti-aliased even!). Can't wait to move to it. It was just SCIFI-HD that was keeping me on DirecTV.
DISH Network launches SCI FI HD and USA HD! {Engadget HD}
Apr 18th 2008 6:43PM Now it's time to switch to DishTV and get a real DVR.
Seriously, I am a long time Tivo user. Currently have a Tivo Series 3 (nice, but a but slow, ugly and barely any HD channels on TWC) and DirecTV HDR21 (ugly and even slower).
I have used the Dish DVR and can tell you honestly it is better than even my Tivo. The response time is lighning fast, the interface is modern (anti-aliased even!). Can't wait to move to it. It was just SCIFI-HD that was keeping me on DirecTV.
Poll: Which is better LPCM or Bitstream? {Engadget HD}
Apr 11th 2008 2:17PM I miss seeing DTS-HD on my receiver when it plays... :-)
