Archive: September 2nd 2008

IE 8 Rains On Firefox Parade, Chrome Spikes The Punch

September 02, 2008 by shogan in The Pit Blog
IE 8 Rains on Firefox Parade

At 11:00 AM on Monday August 25th, I decided to try IE 8 beta 2. I did some reading to become familiar with the included features and catch-up on the opinions of others, then I downloaded IE 8. During the download I choose not to install updates to Windows. The download took less than 15 seconds. I clicked the install icon and after a quick reboot it was done.

New OverDrive 3D Video Test

September 02, 2008 by shogan in The Pit Blog
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An all new 3D Video Test has been added to PC Pitstop OverDrive. Now you can measure your graphics capabilities as they relate to the requirements of high end games or business work stations. Find your World Ranking for all hardware in one test. Pitstop does it all, does it fast, and does it FREE

VIRUS WARS I

September 02, 2008 by shogan in The Pit Blog
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Six months ago, if you had asked me “which is the bigger problem, viruses or spyware”, I would have said spyware. That is the exact time you should have given me a swift kick to my chair shaped rear

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