January 2002
 






 
Sunday   January 06, 2002

The Contest Link...         03:35 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Oops! I forgot to update the Xigma EM-500 PDA case review with the link to the contest... I have already corrected that. The link is available at the end of the review. If you still don't see it, try refreshing the page (or Ctrl-R). Or just click here to get to the contest directly. :)

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FrontPage 2K2 Problems         03:25 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

I just installed FrontPage 2002 recently and it's been giving me really major headaches! Loading HTML pages take forever and it actually hangs very often! I have already updated it with the Office 2002 Service Pack 1 but there have been no real improvement. If you have any idea why loading a simple HTML page off my hard disk takes over two minutes, please let me know. Thanks! :)

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Temporary Host         03:10 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Sorry for the long disappearance, everyone. The site got hit by DOS attacks right after we posted the RAID Optimization Guide. Crowz restored the site several times since then but they kept hitting it. Hence, the site was more or less dead for the last 2-3 weeks.

Apparently, the attacks came from China. I don't know what they have against us but they seem to be targeting us rather doggedly! Don't they have better things to do??? Sigh...

Anyway, I have mirrored most of the site on another server. For the moment, the URLs www.rojakpot.com and www.adriansrojakpot.com won't work. You will have to go to www.itcp.net/~awsh/ to access the site but if you are reading this, you should already know this, right? Heheh... But please do me a big favour and spread the word. Many people are still e-mailing me and asking me what happened to the site.

We will have more updates coming up. But in the meantime, enjoy the pictorial guide of the Xigma EM-500 PDA case and if you own a Casio EM-500 Pocket PC, do take part in the contest. The case is worth USD 69! :)

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EM-500 PDA Case & Contest!         02:50 AM MYT     Adrian Wong

The standard cases that come with most PDAs leave much to be desired. This has created a lot of demand for quality PDA cases. Recently, I have been fortunate enough to receive one of these cases for review purposes.

It was a Xigma PDA case for the Casio EM-500 Pocket PC and today, I'll take you on a tour of the package as shipped by Xigma. In addition, you will also stand a chance to win this case. For the pictorial guide and more details about the contest, click here!

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News From The Net

Think Techie reviewed the Global WIN SAK38 cooler! Clip - "The SAK38 from GlobalWin looks at first glance to be a throwback HSF. Its giant alluminum fins and top-mounted fan give it more in common with an old-fashioned Alpha cooler than some of the newer offerings we've been seeing (like just about anything from Zalman, or even GlobalWin's own TAK68)."

Psycho Hardware posted these new articles :-

  • How-To LAN Party - "Most people either don't have broadband and if you are lucky enough to have it your games still seem to get boring after a while. If you don't know what a LAN party or you would like to host your own then this is the article for you."
  • Windows Networking How-To - "This is short and sweet. You shouldn't have any problems if you follow this. First you need to get network card. My favorite is Netgear 10/100 cards. I'm not sure why though. You can usually pick these up for around $15-$20."

Overclocker Cafe tested the new Bluetake USB Dongle! Snip - "Click through the usual default installation location screens and reboot the system. After that, two new icons appear. One icon in your system tray and one on the desktop. The one on the system tray lets you configure your settings, and the one on the desktop is your “Bluetooth neighborhood” this is where your Bluetooth devices will show up. Installation was as hard as putting a piece of toast in a toaster. You just plug the thing in to an open USB port."

VoidYourWarranty reviewed the Thermaltake Volcano 7 cooler! Snip - "The utility of a thermally controlled fan that has its probe on the side of the fan rather than embedded into the heatsink should be questioned.  Even with relatively cool intake air (24-25C), the CPU is still running extremely hot (74C if you trust AMD's technical document), but even with the CPU close to meltdown, the Tt fan is still poking along at minimum speed.  One would have to get the ambient temperature another 10-15C to cause the Volcano7's fan to spin at full speed."

PC-Extreme posted a review of the Crystal Orb! Quote - "Nowadays us Overclockers don't just cool the CPU to push the Mhz further and further to gain more performance out of the applications we use and the games we play. One of the main points in increasing performance in games is to overclock the graphics card to however much the cooling can cope. Many Graphics cards are not supplied with active cooling and low performance heatsinks which does not assist this, so what we need is an active cooler for our Graphics card, in my case a Geforce 2 MX, I was able to before using the Crystal Orb get the core speed to 190Mhz, with the Crystal Orb I will try and push this to 220Mhz."

Unique Hardware posted a review of some green neon string! Clip - "Neon string is great, you can mod virtually anything with it. Be it lighting up the case within so you can see through your window, or modding a keyboard. The choice is yours ! First off I'll review the neon string itself, then mod something with it!"

BurnoutPC posted their review of the ASUS TUSL2-C Socket 370 motherboard! Quote - "Asus is well known in Motherboards but also in VideoCards. They made / and still make, High quality motherboards. Overclockers want the best motherboard, and of course a Socket motherboard, well it's not that new anymore like the AMD XP and the P4 even, so I'm reviewing a socket motherboard now :)"

  

    

 
Friday   January 11, 2002

The Thermalright CB-6L!          02:00 AM MYT     Adrian Wong

Here's something new from Thermalright - a cooler that was designed to offer the famous SK-6's performance in a smaller, quieter package. That's quite a tall order. Did they succeed? That's what we intend to find out today.

In today's review, Chai will examine the new Thermalright CB-6L cooler and test its performance. Here's a clip of the review :-

"Although the SK-6 has great performance, it was really quite heavy. So, Thermalright decided to produce something lighter, while maintaining the great performance level of the original SK-6. SK-6 AB is one of the resulting variants - it uses an aluminium base to reduce weight. In addition, there's also the CB-6L which is a lower-end version of the SK-6 series, targeted at mid-end users."

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News From The Net

Coming up later!

    

     

 
Sunday   January 13, 2002

Busy, Busy!         09:35 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Phew! I'm in the middle of a last minute cramming session here. Sorry, everyone! I'll post more updates on Monday night or Tuesday morning. Have this big test on Monday. Grrr....!!!

In the meantime, I would really appreciate your help in letting everyone know about the new temporary URL ARP will be using until those script kiddies stop hitting the original server. Please let everyone know that they can get here through this URL - www.itcp.net/~awsh/. Thanks! :)

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Temporary Host         09:10 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

The URLs www.rojakpot.com and www.adriansrojakpot.com is still down although Crowz will attempt to restore it in a few hours' time. For the moment, to get here, you will have to use the www.itcp.net/~awsh/ URL. Please help ARP by spreading the news in the newsgroups and forums. Thanks!

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EM-500 PDA Case & Contest!         08:25 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Whoops! Big mistake here! I forgot to correct the end date for the contest! It was originally listed as 14th December, 2001. In actual fact, I meant it to end on the 17th of January, 2002! Sorry, everyone! Please feel free to send your entries in. The contest is still going on... :)

For the pictorial guide of the Xigma PDA case and more details about the contest, click here! Or just click here to get to the contest directly.

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News From The Net

Sorry! No time today. Will post them tomorrow! :)

  

    

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
     
   

 

 
 

 
   

 

 
 
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