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ExtremeTech Weekly
Passionately Committed To Technology
November 30th, 2004
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In This Issue:
Feature Story:
* ExtremeTech Geek Gift Guide 2004
News Flash:
* Benchmarking Half-Life 2: ATI vs. nVidia
* Rent to Never Own
* Failed Windows XP Upgrade Downs 60,000 UK Gov't PCs
* Exploding Cell Phones a Growing Problem
* American Modder: Computer Bike
Discussions:
* The debate over ATI and nVidia
* The future of media: Pay-Per-Play?
* Kazaa Rates as Worst Pest on CA's Spyware List
* Firefox not a threat to IE?
* Access the Tech Brawl!
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FEATURE STORY
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ExtremeTech Geek Gift Guide 2004
The annual ExtremeTech Geek Gift Guide is finally here! Check out our gear,
entertainment, gadgets, and reading gifts to satisfy the inner geek in you, or
someone else.
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NEWS FLASH
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Benchmarking Half-Life 2: ATI vs. nVidia
With a state-of-the-art 3D engine, Half-Life 2 performance is sure to be hotly
contested. We show you how to benchmark the game, and compare recent ATI and
nVidia cards.
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Rent to Never Own
The overlords of media are gradually moving to a pay-per-use paradigm. Will we
ever own our media again? What about fair use? Also, this week on ExtremeTech.
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Failed Windows XP Upgrade Downs 60,000 UK Gov't PCs
The outage at the Department for Work and Pensions disconnected staff e-mail,
benefits processing, and Internet and intranet connectivity for over four days.
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Exploding Cell Phones a Growing Problem
Safety officials have received 83 reports of cell phones exploding or catching
fire in the past two years, usually because of bad batteries or chargers.
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American Modder: Computer Bike
ExtremeTech's Master Modder continues his pursuit of constructing the first
ever "Motorcycle Mod." See what challenges and surprises he finds along the way.
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DISCUSSIONS
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The debate over ATI and nVidia
This newly published article has quickly generated discussion on graphics
cards. What do others think?
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-203-2-2-145394-22450-1
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The future of media: Pay-Per-Play?
What do you think about the idea of not owning media, but paying for each use?
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Kazaa Rates as Worst Pest on CA's Spyware List
The most famous P2P application turns out to be the most famous spyware pest.
What does this mean to you?
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Firefox not a threat to IE?
Does Microsoft have reason to be shaking in their boots now that Firefox has
accumulated millions of downloads in weeks?
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Access the Tech Brawl!
A forum devoted to those eager to talk tech!
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UTILITY DOWNLOAD
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Startup Cop Pro: Control PC Startup!
Startup Cop Pro controls the programs that launch with Windows, describes
programs, issues alerts, creates permanent blocks, and more!
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