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May even give this ago my self, just to see how the CPU is doing after all this time.
Should be able to tell if the AR5 is starting to get old/dry on the CPU that I applied some years back.

Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, Dual Core, Quad Core and Core i7 processors. Each core on these processors has a digital thermal sensor (DTS) that reports temperature data relative to TJMax which is the safe maximum operating core temperature for the CPU. As your CPU heats up, your Distance to TJMax will decrease. If it reaches zero, your processor will start to thermal throttle or slow down so maximizing your distance away from TJMax will help your computer run at full speed and more reliably too.

Main Features
+ Reads temperature information from all Intel Core based processors. Pentium 4 processors are not supported.
+ Ability to individually calibrate Real Temp for each core of your CPU.
+ Program is based on temperature data gathered using a Fluke 62 IR Thermometer.
+ Test Sensors feature will check your DTS sensors for any sign of problems.
+ Keeps track of Minimum and Maximum temperatures with full logging features.
+ Reporting and logging of the Intel PROCHOT# thermal throttle activity bit.
+ Quick, very accurate and repeatable benchmark.
+ Displays MHz, TJMax, CPUID, APIC ID and Calibration settings.
+ High temperature alarm and shutdown feature based on CPU or Nvidia GPU temperature.
+ No installation or registry modifications required.
Support for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7 (32/64 bit)

Real Temp 3.4

Real Temp 3.40

The only app I ever used in Office 2007 was Outlook.
It was to me a terrible version of Office
Lets hope that like Windows 7, Microsoft gets this right as well.

TechReviewSource reviewed the Office 2010 Technical Preview earlier this past summer and they liked what they saw. There isn’t a whole lot of changes between the two, but just a few minor interface tweaks. Their new pictorial review of the beta 2 leaked version is build number 14.0.4514.1007, which is very close to the rumored 14.0.4514.1009 build that Microsoft will release within the next few days.

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2 Pictorial Review

This might be of interest to you guys

Features:

In-Depth view of all installed Devices, Device Classes, Drivers and Services on a Windows System (Hidden, Detached, Current installed, Problematic Devices,etc,…)
Easy mass removal of multiple Devices On-The-Fly
Modification/Manipulation of Devices, Drivers and Services on the System
Live detailed View of Device Detections on the System
Multiple Device Problem solving Features and Functions
And many many more useful Features,…

Device Remover 0.9.3597.24362

Mac Book Pro or a new Core i7 for Xmas this year ?
Apple seems to be a little behind the eight ball with technology.
If you want thin, long battery life and are willing to pay a premium then the Mac Book pro is for you.

The 3 Mac Book Pro's

The 17-inch MacBook Pro was the first to use Apple’s integrated batteries out of necessity. Apple wanted to build a slim, attractive 17-inch MacBook Pro, and cutting down on battery volume enabled that. A side effect was that the 17-inch model has impressive battery life.

Paired with a 95Whr battery, Apple promised up to 8 hours of battery life – a realistically attainable figure as you’ll soon see.

From a hardware perspective the 17” isn’t that much different from the rest of the lineup. The system starts with a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M chipset, adds a separate GeForce 9600M for GPU intensive workloads (3D games, OpenCL apps, etc…) and gives you the option of either a 2.8GHz or 3.06GHz 45nm Core 2 Duo with a 6MB L2 cache. The vast majority of users will find the 9400M is sufficient for their needs. And paired with Snow Leopard, the 9600M in the off state doesn’t sap as much battery power as it did under Leopard.

The machine starts with 4GB of memory, expandable up to 8, and comes with a 500GB 5400RPM SATA drive. SSDs are still only optional from Apple.

For the full review of the NVIDIA powered Mac Book Pro’s head on over to AnandTech

Seems to be raining Chrome versions right now, 237, is working quite well for me after the 22x versions were very broken.

So will give 345 a go too.

Google Chrome BETA 4.0.245.0

Stable Update: Fix Google Chrome not Starting
Thursday, November 12, 2009 | 10:50
Labels: Stable updates
Google Chrome’s Stable channel has been updated to 3.0.195.33 to fix a potential issue that could cause Google Chrome to stop working and a security issue.

This release removes a dependency on a Windows library (t2embed.dll) that is not required by Google Chrome. If that library is missing or the user does not have permission to read it, earlier versions of Google Chrome would fail silently.

Security Fix:
CVE-2009-2816 Custom headers incorrectly sent for CORS OPTIONS request

A malicious web site operator could set custom HTTP headers on cross-origin OPTIONS requests.

More info: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28446, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949

Severity: Low. The majority of users are unlikely to be impacted by this issue.
Credit: Apple Security
Mitigations:
A victim would need to visit a page under an attacker’s control.
The OPTIONS attribute is not widely supported by servers.

Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

Google Chrome 3.0.195.33 Final

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on November 10th, 2009. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.

Important: Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security prior to deployment of these updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date.

This DVD5 image contains the following updates:
KB975542 / (MS09-045)
Windows 2000 – 24 languages
KB975025 / (MS09-051)
Windows 2000 – 24 languages
KB973565 / (MS09-063)
Windows Vista – 36 languages
Windows Vista for x64-based Systems – 36 languages
Windows Server 2008 – 19 languages
Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition – 19 languages
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems – 4 languages
KB974783 / (MS09-064)
Windows 2000 – 24 languages
KB969947 / (MS09-065)
Windows 2000 – 24 languages
Windows Server 2003 – 18 languages
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition – 11 languages
Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems – 4 languages
Windows XP – 24 languages
Windows XP x64 Edition – 2 languages
Windows Vista – 36 languages
Windows Vista for x64-based Systems – 36 languages
Windows Server 2008 – 19 languages
Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition – 19 languages
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems – 4 languages
KB973037 / (MS09-066)
Windows 2000 – 24 languages
Windows Server 2003 – 18 languages
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition – 11 languages
Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems – 4 languages
Windows Server 2008 – 19 languages
Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition – 19 languages
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems – 4 languages
KB973039 / (MS09-066)
Windows Server 2003 – 18 languages
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition – 11 languages
Windows XP – 24 languages
Windows XP x64 Edition – 2 languages

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This is the size I’m starting to take interest in getting one.
Not the fastest performance I’ve seen in a SSD but still very good.

When it comes to Solid State Drives (SSD’s), it seems like many of the offerings available are from companies known for memory, not storage. This is because unlike traditional hard drives SSD’s have no moving parts and use NAND memory chips. So you would expect a company like Crucial to have a line of SSD drives, and they do! Actually our first SSD review here at ThinkComputers was a Crucial Drive. Today we will be looking at the 256GB M225 Solid State drive that is based off the ever popular Indilinx Barefoot controller. Let’s take a look…

Special thanks to Crucial for providing us with the M225 Solid State Drive for review!

Specifications & Features
Series Name: Crucial M225 Solid-State Drive
Capacity: 256GB Crucial M225 Solid-State Drive
Internal Cache: 64MB DRAM
Performance: 250MB/s READ, 200MB/s WRITE
NAND Flash Components: Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND Flash Memory
Interface: Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s (SATA)
Form Factor: 2.5″ (100.20 mm x 69.85 mm x 9.50 mm)

The whole review can be found here

The Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla’s browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform.

Firefox is a small, fast and very easy to use browser that offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows and the tabbed browsing.

Here are some key features of “Firefox”:

· Comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop;
· A tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you’re on;
· Integrated search (powered by Google);
· Industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type – find links and page text by simply typing;
· Simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively;
· A streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable;
· A large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser.

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