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I just completed a write-up for class that summarizes a couple of articles on online mapping applications. While doing my research, I found that while information on the subject was plentiful, the amount that was easily available was few & far between, so I'm posting it here in hopes that it may help someone in the future. It's a quick overview of what goes into an online mapping application and a look at how companies are starting to ditch Google Maps in favor of open source alternatives like OpenLayers.

geekE news: Reviews from the web edition

Reviews
Written by t-readyroc
Friday, 29 February 2008
Notebooks HP Pavilion dv6500t Special Edition @ HardwareLogic Video Cards Palit GeForce 9600GT Sonic @ TweakTown Motherboards VIA EPIA-PX10000G Pico-ITX @ Hexus RAM Aeneon Xtune DDR3-1333 2GB @ TweakTown Etc. Apevia X-Jupiter Jr. G Type @ techPowerUp Nexus Basic Series @ BurnOutPC LG CU515 @ DigitalTrends ENERMAX Caesar Keyboard @ Motherboards.org A-DATA Nobility N702 4GB Flash Drive @ ThinkComputers

Now that's one heck of a backup system

Cool!
Written by t-readyroc
Thursday, 28 February 2008
A half petabyte of compressed data? 600Mbit/sec? Wow. "The EMC DLm uses 1TB SATA II disk drives with RAID 6 protection. It comes in two configurations, namely with either two or four virtual tape emulators."

Mid-range graphics card memory size examined at the TechReport

Interesting
Written by t-readyroc
Thursday, 28 February 2008
The guys at the TechReport test three 8800GTs, each with different sizes of on-board memory. Does the 1GB version actually make a difference? Also, if you're in the market for building a new rig, head on over to their recommended system guide; updated for this month. "For enthusiasts, a gig of memory on a sub-$100 graphics card makes about as much sense as putting a spoiler on a Yugo."

Catalyst 8.3 preview at HotHardware

Previews
Written by t-readyroc
Thursday, 28 February 2008
The HotHardware guys show us exactly what we can expect from the new Catalyst drivers that bring along CrossFireX & hybrid CrossFire support. "In addition to the typical batch of performance enhancements and bug fixes, the v8.3 suite is going to deliver official support for three and four GPU CrossFireX and Hybrid CrossFire configurations, plus some new anti-aliasing features, previously unavailable tweaks for video playback, and GPU LCD scaling, among some other things."

geekE news: Reviews from the web edition

Reviews
Written by t-readyroc
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Video Cards XFX GeForce 8800GTS 512MB @ InsideHW Motherboards VIA EPIA-SN Mini-ITX @ TweakTown RAM Mushkin HP2-6400 4GB @ Ninjalane Power FSP Everest 1010W @ XSReviews Tuniq Miniplant 950W @ Bigbruin Cases Cooler Master Cosmos S @ Phoronix Antec P182 Advanced Super Mid Tower @ Futurelooks Cooling Thermaltake BigWater 760i Liquid Cooling System @Virtual-Hideout Cooler Master Sphere CPU Cooler @ OCIA Etc. CE-Secure Vault Edition @ Techwarelabs Logitech Z Cinema PC Speakers @ DigitalTrends Vizo sata Saturno 2.5” hard drive caddy @ XtremeComputing ATI TV Wonder HD 600 PCI & HD 650 Combo USB @ TechGage

geekE news: Reviews from the web edition

Reviews
Written by t-readyroc
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
PCs Dell XPS 630 @ HotHardware Video Cards Asus EN8800GTS TOP 512MB @ APH Networks EVGA e-GeForce 9600GT SSC Edition @ Gamepyre Galaxy 9600 GT 512MB OC @ Madshrimps Leadtek WinFast PX8800 GT ZL 512MB @ TweakTown Palit GeForce 8800GT Super+1GB @ TechGage Motherboards Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 @ OCModShop Power Tuniq Ensemble 1200W @ XSReviews BFGTech ES-800 800w @ the [H] Etc. Saitek GM2400 Laser Mouse @ ThinkComputers Zalman ZM-DS4F Dual Speaker Headset/Headphones @ Tweaknews Kingston 4GB DataTraveler Mini & Mini Fun @ HardwareLogic Noctua NH-U12P Heatsink @ techPowerUp CS-Secure Vault Edition @ Techwarelabs

geekE news: Reviews from the web edition

Reviews
Written by t-readyroc
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
PCs Uberclok Reactor Gaming PC @ DigitalTrends CPUs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ LegitReviews Video Cards ASUS EN8800GT TOP 512MB @ TechGage HIS Radeon HD3870X2 @ OverclockersOnline ZOTAC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB AMP! @ BenchmarkReviews Diamond Viper HD 3850 PCIE 512MB Crossfire @ Gamepyre Biostar GeForce 9600 GT 512 MB V9603GT52 @ techPowerUp Palit GeForce 9600 GT Sonic @ the TechReport Motherboards ASUS P5K64 WS Intel P35 DDR3 @ ThinkComputers RAM OCZ PC2-8000 4GB Platinum Edition Dual Channel @ OCIA Audio Logitech Squeezebox Duet @ Hexus Zalman ZM-DS4F Dual Stereo Headphones @ Hi-techreviews Power Glacial Power 550W @ GideonTech RaptoxX RT-750 and RT-1000 PSUs @ 3DGameMan Cases Lian Li PC-A17 Midtower @ OCIA Cooler Master Cosmos S Full Tower @ Bigbruin Cooler Master COSMOS S @ TechGage Cooling Scythe Ninja Copper CPU Cooler @ HardwareLogic Gigabyte VPower @ XSReviews Noctua NF-S12 Fan @ ASE Labs Etc. VOX V1 750GB eSATA/USB 2.0 External Hard Drive @ Pro-Clockers Vaja i-Volution SP - Leather Case for iPhone @ LegitReviews Sony alpha DSLR-A200 @ DigitalTrends Mtron MOBI 3000 2.5-Inch 16GB SSD MSD-SATA3025 @ BenchmarkReviews

Blu-ray: won the battle, but lost the war?

Editorials
Written by t-readyroc
Friday, 22 February 2008
Since blu-ray has officially been declared the winner of the HD disc format war, I have been looking into purchasing a blu-ray reader/writer drive for my Home Theater PC (HTPC) so that I might be able to enjoy 1080p movies at home without paying the premium for a standalone blu-ray player. If you already have an HTPC, the cost difference is actually quite worth looking into, as the combination of drive plus software will only run approximately $250 at the time of this writing. The entire time that the "format war" has been going on, the mass majority of consumers has been sitting back, content to wait out the slugfest for a winner to be declared. The problem, for blu-ray anyway, is that HD content may just be getting to users by a very different means by the time we actually do see a mass production of reasonbly-priced standalone blu-ray players hit the market. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, which took place last monthin Las Vegas, online on-demand video turned many heads as major industry players like Sharp, Samsung, and Panasonic all jumped into the IPTV game. Like Dvorak says, "In the ideal IPTV scenario, anyone at any time can watch anything in teh entire world that is deliverable over the Internet," and this will include HD movies, when the time comes. Just consider the rabid success of video web sites like YouTube over the past few years, and you will see the connection that the article is trying to make: the future of HD delivery may be disk-less. In the end, will this deter blu-ray from becoming the next optical drive of choice? I doubt it. There's always a market for higher capacity optical drives that can be used to easily transfer large amounts of data, and DVDs have already reached their capacity. Mass delivery of HD, and indeed all television, does look to be going the way of on-demand, and the "format war" may have just made that transition that much easier.

UC Riverside develops technique to easily store binary in DNA

Unbelievable
Written by t-readyroc
Friday, 22 February 2008
750 megs on a single strand. This stuff just blows my mind. Bam. See, there it went. "Since we only need three percent of DNA there is plenty of room to encode information in a genome, allowing the information to be preserved and replicated in perpetuity."

Portal lead designer confirms Portal 2

Gaming
Written by t-readyroc
Friday, 22 February 2008
Luke's right: I skipped through to the ~2/3 mark. Her " announcement's" at 2:50, though, if you really wanna just watch that part over & over again (I'm not saying I didn't). "Well, we haven't heard squat from Doug, but hey, your word's just as good!"

Realplayer = badware

Security
Written by t-readyroc
Friday, 22 February 2008
My first thought after just reading the headline for this article was a simple, "yes." Convince me otherwise. "StopBadware.org, a non-profit group funded by Google, Sun Microsystems and Lenovo and managed by Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Oxford University's Oxford Internet Institute, takes exception to the Message Center feature in RealPlayer 10.5 and the installation routine when RealPlayer 11 is loaded on a computer."

The full GeForce 9 lineup

Graphics Cards
Written by t-readyroc
Friday, 22 February 2008
Now that the 9600GT reviews have us satisfied that the GeForce8 series is very near to relegation, the question is, what about the rest of the 9-series? Well, DigiTimes are reporting that there will be six more GeForce 9 SKUs, launching beginning next month all the way through the summer. But how will the 9800-series cards perform? My guess? Faster. You heard it here first, folks. "At the top-end of the 9-series cards will sit the dual-GPU GeForce 9800 GX2 which will launch on March 11 this year. This will be followed by the GeForce 9800 GTX and 9800 GT between the end of March and beginning of April. For the mid-range Nvidia will offer the GeForce 9600 GS in May, according the sources. In June, the company will launch the value-level GeForce 9500 GT based on the G96 graphics core with a reduced 128-bit memory interface. To complete the series, the GeForce 9500 GS will launch in July."

geekE news: Reviews from the web edition

Reviews
Written by t-readyroc
Friday, 22 February 2008
Video Cards ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GT AMP! Edition @ Hexus RAM Kingston HyperX DDR3-1375 2GB @ ThinkComputers Cellphones Backup-Pal Cell Phone Contacts Backup Device @ TechwareLabs Samsung Juke @ DigitalTrends Storage QNAP TS-109 Pro SATA Gigabit NAS @ BenchmarkReviews A-DATA Classic C701 2 GB USB Flash Drive @ techPowerUp Software ATI Catalyst 8.2 Analysis - XP & Vista @ TweakTown Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare @ BonaFideReviews Cases Silverstone Kublai KL03 Tower @ Pro-Clockers Gigabyte Poseidon 310 @ 3DGameMan Cooler Master Cosmos S @ OCIA Thermaltake Mozart TX Cube Tower @ HardwareLogic Cooling Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler @ APHNetworks Noctua NT-H1 heat paste @ XtremeComputing Etc. Rosewill RX81-MP 3.5" e-SATA Enclosure @Virtual-Hideout TRENDnet TEW-633GR Wireless N Gigabit Router @ TechGage

9600GT reviews hit the web

Reviews
Written by t-readyroc
Thursday, 21 February 2008
It's GeForce 9 time already? Well, mid-range GeForce 9, anyhow. nVidia has officially taken the wraps off of the 9600GT, & the reviews are starting to hit the web. I'll post 'em as I find 'em. TweakTown (Zotac) techPowerUp (Zotac) HotHardware (ASUS, eVGA, Palit) ChileHardware (Palit - Spanish) LegitReviews (eVGA, Palit, XFX) the [H] (BFG) Guru3D (BFG, ECS, eVGA, Galaxy, nVidia reference, Point of View) PCPerspective (BFG) Anandtech (eVGA)

Massive CPU cooler roundup at THG

Reviews
Written by t-readyroc
Thursday, 21 February 2008
THG's posting a CPU cooler roundup so big that they've broken it into three different parts. They test 80 different coolers from 30 different companies on a QX6850, so your potential choice for cooling is most likely covered in this one. Part one has been posted today. "Keep cool! That's what CPU coolers are there for. 45% of our candidates fail our test. We uncover weaknesses and expose false promises."

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