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Dymo DiscPainter Giveaway, Redux

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:22:37 GMT

The fine folks at DYMO have not only sent us a DiscPainter to review over at PlanetX64 but they also sent us a second one to give away! That's right gang, a $279 DYMO DiscPainter. Here's what you have to do: Post a short essay on what you will use the DiscPainter for. Post your entry here before noon EST (GMT-5) on January 18, 2008. The staff and I will review the entries and select the best one. That's all there is to it! So get writing and the DiscPainter is yours! If you already entered...(read more)

Optimizing Google Analytics for CommunityServer

Ryan Hoffman — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:10:55 GMT

CommunityServer now has built in support for entering your Google Analytics JavaScript code, which makes it extremely simple to start tracking your visitors. In the CommunityServer control panel, go to System Administration –> Setup –> General Site Settings. On the bottom of the screen is the area to paste in the JavaScript code. Once you save these settings, Google will start tracking your traffic!

Once the basics are setup, there are just a few settings that can be changed in your Google Analytics account to start tracking more then just views, like site search and new user registration. To change any of these settings, you have to go to the “Edit” link on your Analytics dashboard to bring up the Profile Settings for your website.

To change the site search settings, choose the Edit link on the top right of the “Main Website Profile Information” box. Choose the “Do Track Site Search”, enter q as the Query Parameter, choose “No, do not strip query parameters out of URL”, and select No for “Do you use categories for site search?”. Click save, and now Google Analytics will track your visitors searches on your site!

To track new user registrations, on the Profile Settings page, choose edit for one of the goals in the “Conversion Goals and Funnel” section. Change the settings for the goal as shown below. The most important thing to make sure is that you enter the Goal URL and Step 1 URL exactly as follows:

Goal URL:	/msgs/default.aspx?MessageID=24
Step 1 URL:	/user/CreateUser.aspx

That’s it! You’re now tracking site search and new registered users!

Swiftech Apogee GTZ waterblock for Intel Core i7

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:17:00 GMT

The word Apogee means the farthest or highest point according to Merriam-Webster. With this definition in mind Swiftech gave this name to their top of the line water block. The Swiftech Apogee under various sub-names (GT, GTZ etc.) is one of the best water blocks out. But can the Apogee keep Intels newest i7 965 cool running full out? Read on to see if the Apogee GTZ can maintain its orbit or if it crashes to earth in flames. Product: Swiftech Apogee GTZ for Core i7 (with H20 220 Apex Ultima) Author...(read more)

Hiper Anubis Aluminum ATX Case Evaluation

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:09:00 GMT

Hiper is a name that used to be synonymous with high end modular PSUs. However they were not content to leave it there and have branched out to many other facets of performance gear. One of their recent products is the Anubis high-performance PC Enclosure. This is a Mid-Tower design with an interesting twist in looks and cooling. We took a good long look at the Anubis to see if the design, looks and performance are worth your hard earned money. Product: Hiper Anubis Aluminum ATX HTC-1K614-A1 Author...(read more)

Cryostasis Technical Preview Demo

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:43:09 GMT

When Ageia was running the PhysX game the biggest complain (other than needing another card in an increasingly crowded system) was the lack of game support. The second complaint right on the heels of the first was that even in games that supported PhysX there was nothing big to motivate anyone to want to spend the extra money. Now that nVidia has taken over these questions are still there but the Green team is working very hard to answer them. With that in mind we show you Cryostasis, the first game...(read more)

Thecus® Digital Era Has Arrived with Supreme N7700 NAS Sensation

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:19:04 GMT

Thecus® Digital Era Has Arrived with Supreme N7700 NAS Sensation Publish By: Thecus Technical Marketing 12/16/2008- Already with an enviable and complete portfolio of network attached storage (NAS) products, Thecus® has once again impressed IT community with the latest enterprise level storage platform, Thecus® N7700. View the full article...(read more)

CoolerMaster ATCS 840 Evaluation

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:23:00 GMT

CoolerMaster has been hard at work over the last few months turning out some top notch products. From the HAF 932 to the V8, now they have dropped another Full Size (perhaps jumbo would be a better word) case that build on the success of the HAF and refines it into something even better. I am talking about the ATCS 840, this case in CoolerMasters Classic Series and looks like it might just be one of the best all around cases out. Product: Cooler Master ATCS 840 Author: Sean Kalinich Category: Enthusiast...(read more)

HP Touchsmart IQ816 PC

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:47:19 GMT

Brief Review Quite frankly, the whole touch screen on a computer up until now seemed impractical to me. I may have just changed my mind, sort of. When you open up the HP Touchsmart IQ816 PC box, the feeling is of excitement. For this unit is not only slick in design, but rugged and well built. Slightly heavy (35.28 lbs approx), but nothing the well designed adjustable rear stand can't handle. Very reminiscent of an Apple iMac, the computer feels a whole lot different than your typical all in...(read more)

QNAP Unveils TS-509 Pro Firmware Upgrade

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:43:23 GMT

Taipei, Taiwan, December 2008 - QNAP Systems, Inc. today unveils the new firmware version 2.1.0 for the high performance TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS (http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=104) to support iSCSI (http://www.qnap.com/pro_application.asp?ap_id=135) target service and a number of security solutions, e.g. AES 256-bit volume-based encryption, automatic policy-based IP blocking, instant SMS alert, and the powerful Surveillance Station (http://www.qnap.com/pro_application.asp?ap_id=70...(read more)

Streaming Speeds Video Conversion for SAPPHIRE users

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:38:54 GMT

Streaming Speeds Video Conversion for SAPPHIRE users Latest driver unlocks potential of Stream Processors SAPPHIRE Technology has announced that the next release of graphics driver from AMD Catalyst 8.12 - will unlock the potential in all the recent generations of SAPPHIRE graphics cards to use the on-board Stream processors for a wider range of computing tasks. View the full article...(read more)

Cooler Master Unveils 500 Sets of Black Label Limited Edition

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:44:22 GMT

Cooler Master Unveils 500 Sets of Black Label Limited Edition A masterful collection of Cooler Masters best in chassis, cooler and power supply Taipei, Taiwan December 11th, 2008 Cooler Master introduces the Black Label Limited Edition with worldwide availability of 500 individually numbered sets. This luxiourious collection brings together the companys award-winning computing chassis, cooler and power supply, with an added touch of sophistcated black appearance plus feature enchancements:...(read more)

2K GAMES LICENSES NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:10:55 GMT

2K GAMES LICENSES NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY FOR ITS STUDIOS WORLDWIDE SANTA CLARA, CADECEMBER 8, 2008NVIDIA Corporation today announced that 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., has selected NVIDIA® PhysX technology for use by 2K Games studios worldwide. NVIDIA PhysX technology is the worlds most pervasive physics solution for designing real-time, real-world effects into interactive entertainment titles, and is another example of how NVIDIA GPUs transcend beyond...(read more)

EA SIGNED ON TO LICENSE NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:53:19 GMT

EA SIGNED ON TO LICENSE NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY NVIDIA PhysX Technology Made Available as a Development Platform for EAs Global Studios SANTA CLARA, CADECEMBER 8, 2008NVIDIA® Corporation today announced that Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has licensed NVIDIA PhysX technology as a development platform which will be available for EAs studios worldwide. NVIDIA PhysX technology is the worlds most pervasive development platform for physics acceleration in interactive entertainment. View the...(read more)

HP Magic Giveaway begins now!

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:39:39 GMT

The PlanetX64/PlanetAMD64/Echenique dot com edition of the HP Magic Giveaway starts right now! Here's what you have to do: Sign up to Animoto (http://animoto.com/?ref=luyofxgh) (free) and create a 30-second slideshow using your pictures and their holiday music showing the magic of giving - pictures of you and the other person(s) you would like to share the prize bounty with. Post your video to YouTube (free too). Go to PlanetAMD64 and post a link to your video in the HP Magic Giveaway Begins...(read more)

HP Pavilion dv4 -1145go

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:20:19 GMT

Brief Review The HP Pavilion dv4 -1145go is an Entertainment Notebook PC powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5800. It comes with 4GB of RAM, 360 GB had drive, and is pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1. With it's 14.1 HP Brightview, the units native resolution of 1280 x 800 demonstrates it's ability to display rich colors and deep blacks, while doing daily computing tasks, as well as watching entertainment media, or playing games. http://www.planetx64...(read more)

HP Mini 1035NR

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:35:38 GMT

Brief Review The HP Mini 1035NR Netbook (aka. HP Mini 1000 line) is HP's next addition to the growing netbook market. Given the current flood of netbooks, there appears to be some room for vendors to provide a better experience to different users at varying price points. That said, the HP 1035 is a good performer when compared to it's predecessor the HP Mini-Note 2133 which was slightly under powered by the Via C7-M (1.2G) processor. The 1035 is powered by Intel Atom 270 (1.6 Ghz) Processor...(read more)

The Most Wanted Christmas Gifts from Thecus® NAS

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:12:26 GMT

The Most Wanted Christmas Gifts from Thecus® NAS M3800 and N4100PRO are holiday wishes for Home/SOHO users 12/05/2008 The holiday season is upon us once again, whats the perfect gift for multimedia enthusiasts or SOHO users? If keeping digital data secure is a concern, theres no better way to put a smile on a Home/SOHO users face than the M3800 and N4100PRO from Thecus®, this seasons most wanted Christmas gifts. View the full article...(read more)

Intel and Ubisoft Team up for a Core i7 and FarCry 2 Contest

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:46:55 GMT

The Third Holiday Constet regarding Intel is in combination with Ubitsoft. This one will be giving away one Core i7 EE CPU and 50 copies of FarCry2 per day. Yes I said Per Day. On the heels of the Intel Core i7 Processor launch and from now through Dec. 30th, 50 sweepstakes entrants will win a copy of Far Cry 2 for Windows, optimized for Core i7 processors from Intel and Ubisoft. Also, one daily participant will be awarded an Intel Core i7 Processor Extreme Edition. Read more and start the Quiz here...(read more)

Contest: Guess Intel Transistor Shipments, Win a Great Prize!

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:42:21 GMT

In the spirit of the Holiday Season Intel has another contest up (seems like everyone has one or two going). This one asks you to guess the number of reinvented transistors (45 nanometer manufacturing capability and reinvented transistor formula called high-k, metal gate) Intel has shipped since the beginning of the year. View the full article...(read more)

Tell Us YOUR Processor Story and Win!

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:22:21 GMT

Feeling creative and innovative? Tell us about it by entering the Whats Inside You Contest here (http://www.intel.com/go/whatsinsideyoucontest). Starting today, innovators, educators, entertainers, communicators, creators, or anyone using an Intel processor to do something amazing can submit an image (http://www.intel.com/go/whatsinsideyoucontest), audio or video file along with their story describing how Intels processor helps unleash their creativity. Participants must be at least 18 years of...(read more)

Why Not

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:19:22 GMT

Ok I was thinking since I waited so long for the other I will pull three more names out of the hat today :) Member Winner - Loose Cannon - CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 750 Sponsor - Kelemvor - CoolerMaster HAF 932 Folding Team - ZLTFUL - 1TB FreeAgent Desktop External HDD Congratulations guys :) More to follow...(read more)

GlacialPower GP-AL-650A Power Supply Evaluation

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:02:00 GMT

If you have not heard of Glacial you are not alone; they are a small but effective company that makes a nice line of products. Glacial is divided up into three divisions: Glacial Tech Is the main division and you can find most items under this heading with CPU coolers, chassis, and case fans being the most prominent. GlacialLight Makes well lights, from wind up flashlights to high output bulbs. GlacialPower As the name suggests they make power supplies, all kinds of power supplies. Today we...(read more)

3 New Winners!!

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:45:07 GMT

Ok I apologize for not doing this sooner but we have 3 new winners in the giveaways :) Marhie is now the proud owner of an C2D E7200 Chriso can add a Gigabyte EP45 Extreme to his stable and WFO is our Folding team winner :) I will be PMing you guys today with information :) Thanks...(read more)

Win 1 of 10 Seagate 1TB FreeAgent Desk + Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB Drive Bundles

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:40:03 GMT

Continuing the 5th Anniversary Celebrations, PlanetAMD64.com has teamed up with nine other websites to giveaway 1.5TB of portable storage, courtesy of Seagate and Notebooks.com . Backups are like paid days off: you can't have too many of them. The usual excuse is that you have no where to store it. Well enter now and you will have a chance at winning a Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB portable drive and a 1TB Seagate FreeAgent Desk drive. All you have to do is post your backup sob story and how having...(read more)

Dymo DiscPainter Giveaway

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:11:44 GMT

The fine folks at DYMO have not only sent us a DiscPainter to review over at PlanetX64 but they also sent us a second one to give away! That's right gang, a $279 DYMO DiscPainter. Here's what you have to do: Write a short essay on what you will use the DiscPainter for. E-mail the essay to contest@planetamd64.com before noon EST (GMT-5) on December 22, 2008. The staff and I will review the entries and select the best one which will be posted. That's all there is to it! So get writing and...(read more)