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November 30, 2007

Tree Man

Filed under: Random Fun — kingkong @ 4:16 am

try climbing this tree.

-Kk :twisted:

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November 27, 2007

Windows XP stomps on Vista

Filed under: Ramblings, Windows — kingkong @ 9:24 pm

Well I’ve had Vista for almost a year now, and its been a great experience.  Most of my software from XP is still working with Vista, and the upgrade to Vista itself was a seamless process, much unlike when Windows XP came out.  Now with SP3 released for Windows XP it has surpassed Vista in with its own SP1 in service on various benchmark tests. Now the question is how much performance will you be willing to give up for style! I understand style over comfort, for example I have this crazy suit I hate wearing it but i am the flyest monkey at the party. So its a balancing act that Vista hasn’t definitely hasn’t mastered! CNET had the following to say!

Vista’s first service pack, to be released early next year, is intended to boost the operating system’s performance. However, when Vista with the Service Pack 1 (SP1) beta was put through benchmark testing by researchers at Florida-based software development company Devil Mountain Software, the improvement was not overwhelming, leaving the latest Windows iteration outshined by its predecessor.

Vista, both with and without SP1, performed notably slower than XP with SP3 in the test, taking over 80 seconds to complete the test, compared to the beta SP3-enhanced XP’s 35 seconds.

Vista’s performance with the service pack increased less than 2 percent compared to performance without SP1–much lower than XP’s SP3 improvement of 10 percent. The tests, run on a Dell XPS M1710 test bed with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo CPU and 1GB of RAM, put Microsoft Office 2007 through a set of productivity tasks, including creating a compound document and supporting workbooks and presentation materials.

In response to the test, a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement that although the company understood the interest in the service packs, they are “still in development”…..

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRAUlK8_2VE[/youtube]

What do you think? Windows XP or Vista?

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Don’t forget to enter the contest for the MP3 player!

-Kk :twisted:

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November 26, 2007

Mp3 Player Competition Thread

Filed under: Random Fun — Abdalla Ahmed @ 5:25 pm

This is just another chance for you all to win our current ongoing competition for the mp3 player we have.





People who have already entered from this blog with previous comment get another ballot for simply commenting below.

People who subscribe to RSS (new) get 10 Ballots - I.E new visitors from SweetHacks Technology Blog

People who have already subscribed have their ballots already counted for as long as they have stated so in the previous competition threads. Good Luck All!

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November 25, 2007

Feeling Lucky? Punk!

Filed under: Google — kingkong @ 8:38 pm

Google cofounder Sergey Brin told public radio’s Marketplace that around one percent of all Google searches go through the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button. Because the button takes users directly to the top search result, Google doesn’t get to show search ads on one percent of all its searches. That costs the company around $110 million in annual revenue, according to Rapt’s Tom Chavez. So why does Google keep such a costly button around?”It’s possible to become too dry, too corporate, too much about making money. I think what’s delightful about ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ is that it reminds you there are real people here,” Google exec Marissa Mayer explained, or at least tried to.

[ValleyWag]

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November 23, 2007

Apple:Black Friday

Filed under: Tech — kingkong @ 10:53 pm

Apple’s Black Friday sale is underway but if you’re dispensing Apple gifts this year, you had better act fast–the sale is of the one-day variety. Highlights include $51 or $101 off MacBooks and iMacs (sadly, you’re out of luck if you’re trying to justify a MacBook Pro purchase), $21 off the AirPort Extreme Base Station, and $21 off the iPhone Bluetooth Headset. Three iPods are on sale: you’ll save $31 on an iPod Classic and $11 on either the Nano or the Shuffle. Lots of other products and accessories are on sale. See them all here.

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