CNN reports that the Klez virus is running rampant with its eigth variant, Klez.H. Symantec has instructions on removal of the worm. As always, UPDATE YOUR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE.
Some wise guy put a small VIA motherboard in his gutted Nintendo. It runs Windows XP. Whoopie.
Samsun develops DDR-II and Crucial is finally producing DDR-2700.
Intel has finally reduced the prices of its Pentium IV processors as much as 53%. Look at the price list here.
Turkey is regulating the Internet away to the extent that it will be impractical to have a website and dangerous to run an ISP.
8-inch nanotubes have been constructed, making this the longest a nanotube has ever been built.
Also, a paper on how to take over the internet is quite interesting.
And, a couple Israelis now own microsoft.com. 5w337. I want something like that, too.
Lastly, RocketGuy intends to ride a rocket soon. He's not suicidal, just really damn cool.
OK, my usual disclaimer:
WARNING: Some of these prices may shock you, leave you breathless, make you sick, get out your wallet, or something else dangerous or drastic in some way. The Junkyard is not responsible for your actions.
(Prices below do not reflect shipping charges or international customs fees, however, these are the cheapest available items, as these prices are selected based on shipping and handling charges. International shipping is not taken into account, if available.)
| Memory (256MB) | |||
| Type | Price | from last week | Retailer |
| PC-100 | $27 | $0 | Alpha Business International |
| PC-133 | $27 | $0 | Alpha Business International |
| PC-150 | $49 | $2 | Alpha Business International |
| PC-1600 | $44 | $3 | 1st Choice Memory |
| PC-2100 | $34 | -$2 | Alpha Business International |
| PC-2400 | $44 | -$1 | OC System |
| PC-2700 | $45 | -$3 | OC System |
| PC-3000 | $71 | -$4 | OC System |
| PC-3200 | $72 | -$10 | OC System FASTEST DDR AVAILABLE 400MHz |
| PC-800 RDRAM | $62 | $0 | Bassotech.com (price for phone orders only) |
| CPUs | |||
| AMD Athlon XP 2200+ | $219 | n/a | McGlenn Micro |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz | $390 | -$122 | Computer Expo |
| AMD Duron 1.3GHz | $59 | -$8 | Thompson's Computer Warehouse |
| Intel Celeron 1.3GHz | $77 | -$2 | Thompson's Computer Warehouse |
WARNING: chances are, these CPU prices are for the OEM package. That is the CPU only, no instructions, no stock fan/heatsink. No cool box either. Sorry. That's what you get for saving 20-50% on everything ^_^
| 40GB 7200RPM EIDE Hard Disk Drives (5 choice manufacturers) | |||
| Maxtor | $60 | -$4 | EstoreToGo |
| Seagate | $59 | -$3 | House of Computers |
| IBM | $57 | $0 | House of Computers |
| Western Digital | $60 | $0 | House of Computers |
| Samsung | $68 | $5 | Esystor |
