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Entries for November, 2008

Latest AV Comparatives (On-Demand) results - is NOD32 still the best?

The latest set of results from the well known AV-Comparatives is the set of on-demand scanning results. These results show NOD to have a lower than the top rating. The best possible rating is “Advanced+”. NOD32 v3 got “Advanced” instead.
This result was released a good month or so ago. Why I did not comment on [...]

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Technology: a stronghold of Consumerism

For those who are not sure about consumerism, I quote the Wikipedia definition: “Consumerism is the equation of personal happiness with the purchase of material possessions and consumption.”
Recently, while looking at the stats for my blog, I was struck by a very unexpected trend. I noted that those of my articles, which focus on companies, [...]

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AMD and Intel (and Nvidia) - How Things Stand

Much has been written about how Intel has trumped over AMD cleanly in recent times, with it’s Dual and Quad Core processor (Santa Rosa, Penryn, Nehalem, etc).
Well, to begin with, do no take this article as review. This is just a opinion, a presentation of kinds. This article will not help you buy a processor [...]

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More Ad Experiments

The most observant of my regular readers will note that today, my ad setup has changed once again.
This post is just a notification. Any complaints with the new ads will be welcomed.
I have shifted to Direct Rightmedia, and Adify. So far, the highest grossing was made by Direct Rightmedia, so that stays. Bidvertiser went out, [...]

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Faster than light - Impossible, even if Sci-Fi says so

Once upon a time, I was watching some movies, and I realized how many sci-fi movies rely on the concept of faster than light travel. This was many years ago (I was hardly into high school then). I wrote, at that time, a small article about why faster than light travel is impossible. While there [...]

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