[H]ardNews 3rd Edition

linuXBox:

This colorfully worded post over at the XBoxHacker forums is interesting for sure. Seems as though they have Linux running on an un-modded XBox as has been confirmed by a few folks. The reach of this is now somewhat limited but it seems as though this was the crack in the armor that many were looking for. Thanks all.

A+ For Creativity:

NEW YORK -- Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading charges -- and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!

Seems like if I was going to travel back in time to take advantage of the market, I would have personally gone back about 4 years further. Thanks Aaron Oh.

To the many of you that are writing in, YES, we know this is a joke. This Yahoo site has a history of posting such sillyness. Please remember to smile when reading it and if you can't then we suggest buying a sense of humor for tomorrow.

No Dolby For Asus:

RojackPot gives a look at the NVIDIA SoundStorm and comes up with an interesting tidbit that I was not aware of. Seems as though, the Asus A7N8X does not meet the criteria spelled out in the write-up. And the criteria they did not meet was Dolby validation.

As you can see, only three products have so far been given SoundStorm certification. No other products can claim SoundStorm support. Please note that NVIDIA initially reported the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard to be SoundStorm-certified but apparently, they have been dropped from the list.

Speed Patch Posted:

We reported yesterday that a patch offered by Microsoft was helping some folks out that are hindered with laggy systems. Now Neowin and Warp2Search are serving the patch up with no support calls needed. Make sure you read up on this before installing it. Thanks Brian Carpenter and Red!

Quiet Computing:

Sound deadening material review over at XtremeMods. Lick and stick it baby. Wait, don't lick that stuff....

In fact the kit is so good that I managed to keep my computer on for 7 hours today before someone even noticed that it was running as I took the LED’s out and turned the Matrix Orbital LCD off to see what would happen.

Cleaner Water:

Andrew Tung drops a thought on us about water cooling and keeping you lines clean. Here is the cut and paste.

I read the plugged article for clean water. What I would like to suggest for serious [H]ard fans who want the very best for their computer is analytical grade water – this is as pure as water gets. For those of you who are familiar with the pharmaceutical sector, it’s the same water they use when they’re searching for new drugs. A product description can be found at http://www.sigmaaldrich.com with a product search for the products 34877 or 34877. Of course water this pure costs quite a bit, and the good people at Sigma Aldrich might get a tad bit suspicious too. But hey, you can run this stuff for months inside your water block and not build up any crud.