The quest for the ability to properly hide that you’re looking at porn on your computer has come to a three way stand off. Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox all have active (or will by the launch of their next beta) a method that will allow users to ensure their privacy when doing private things.

Internet Explorer 8 calls their mode InPrivate.

Google Chrome calls their mode Incognito.

But as of yet, Firefox does not have a name for their privacy mode that will be launching with next months Firefox beta 3.1.

Let’s hope it’s something witty.

Tags: FireFox, firefox beta 3.1, google, google chrome, ie8, Internet Explorer, porn, privacy

AMD isn’t content with sitting back and letting Intel take over the netbook market. While it may not be something they’ve got ready to launch just yet (with their first attempt being on the desktop side), AMD had started developing the Athlon Ultra-Value Client (UVC) series. They’ve already created processors to match the single core 1.6GHz Atom and the dual core 1.5GHz Atom down to the T. But they’ve also seemed to beef up the wattage on these chips, making them a bit more powerful.

If they can get the prices right and make the laptop version available quickly, we may just see Atom get a run for its money.

Tags: AMD, athlon, atom, dual core, Intel, netbook, ultra-value client, uvc

The rumors and gossip surrounding this topic are starting to get a little thick. But hopefully we can take the words of HP’s Chief Technology Office Phil McKinney stating that HP funding the development of a rival operating system to Vista “makes no sense”. Especially when their goal has been “innovating on top of Vista.”.

But the confusion comes from the fact that BusinessWeek has reported that there are people within HP who are “exploring the possibility of building a mass-market operating system.”. The rumors also state that the OS would be based around Linux, but much easier for the average user to grasp.

Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Tags: businessweek, hp, linux, microsoft, phil mckinney, vista

Tired of not being able to play Crysis Warhead on your computer? Looking to build a new rig? Well instead of going nuts trying to build it yourself, you could always just check out the machine that GameCyte has put together.

The system is pretty well build, with a Core 2 Duo E7300 processor, GeForce 9800GT video card, 2GB DDR2 800mhz RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. There’s plenty more as well, so just check out the flyer above.

No, you’re not going to have to fork over some massive dough to get your hands on this bad larry. It will only cost you $700 and it’s already fined tuned to specifically work with Crysis, giving you 30 frames per second on the highest DX 9 settings possible.

While the game doesn’t come with it, Windows XP does.

Tags: core 2 duo, crysis, crysis warhead, gamecyte, GeForce, Intel, Nvidia, tiger-direct

Looking to build a brand new AMD system? Well if you are you’re in luck! With all of the hubbub surrounding AMD’s line of new dual-core Phenom processors, it seems like the company is jumping the gun and slashing prices on their existing processors. You can start picking up some of their triple core Phenom X3 processors for chump change.

Phenom X3 8450 is now available for $104

Phenom X3 8650 is now available for $119

Phenom X3 8750 is now available for $129

Phenom X3 8750 Black Edition (with overclocking support) is now available for $134.

We’re now looking at some of these powerful processors competing with the lower end Intel Core 2 Duo’s price wise, which makes them pretty tempting.

Tags: AMD, core 2 duo, cpu, Intel, phenom x3, processors

It looks like Google has decided that they’re big enough to break into the web browser world themselves. Today marks the launch of the Google Chrome web browser beta. If you’re interested in shedding your IE, FireFox, or Opera shell for something new, read through the press release below and give it a whirl. What’s the worst that could happen, you delete it?

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Tags: chrome, FireFox, google chrome, Internet Explorer, opera, web browser

Comcast, we’ve got a problem.

First you decide to invade the privacy of your customer base and establish which ones are torrenting and have slowly been killing their connection. Now you’re going to set a physical bandwidth cap per month?

The press release below issued by Comcast is announcing that their new monthly bandwidth cap is now set at 250GB per account. They’re even nice enough to break this down into the number of emails this would equate!

But the issue is, this doesn’t just hinder pirates, people who legally purchase movies and tv shows may easily find themselves at that cap on a particularly heavy month. What to do!

Read the press release after the jump.

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Tags: 250gb limit, broadband, comcast, high speed internet, piracy, torrent

We’ve already had a chance to discuss the new Shuttle desktop that’s coming soon, but we’ve just recently received a price clarification. The Atom based X27 mini PC will be going for a paltry sum of $189. That means that those of you looking for a tiny little computer to hide somewhere inside of your car or to place in those awkward to reach places in your house might just have found exactly what you’re looking for.

Luckily those of you interested in this system won’t have to wait that long. Shuttle is expected to be on schedule to release the X27 mini PC just next month and it looks like it won’t have a problem being found either as it’s being picked up by some larger distributors.

Tags: atom, Intel, mini pc, shuttle, x27

NVIDIA has apparently offered up quite a bit more to Intel as of late in regard to their SLI technology. After board manufacturers didn’t pick up on the offer to let them use the nForce 200 chip for SLI on their product, NVIDIA has decided to let the Intel X58.

This is pretty big news as it means that every board manufacturer who intends to use th X58 chipset will be implementing SLI. And not just two PCIe x16 slots either. We’re looking at up to 4 allowing for 3-way SLI capabilities and the fourth card running a PhysX engine!

Tags: Intel, invidia, pcie x16, physx, sli, x58 chipset

Shuttle has decided to hop on the bandwagon on ultra small nettop pcs. Their latest creation, the X27 is much smaller than what they’ve previously released. This little device runs with very little power, requiring only 23 watts when idle and 36 watts while active. Most of the energy saving aspect come from the fact that it’s sporting the new Intel Atom chipset. This also means that the fan noise is next to nothing.

The case isn’t that big either at 10- x 7- x 2.75 inches. There hasn’t been an announced date or price yet, but we’re sure that we’ll be hearing more about it by the end of the month.

Tags: eee box, msi wind, nettop, shuttle, x27