Favorite freeware programs

Since discovering Usenet a few years ago, I have tried several different Newsgroup programs, however there were very few free ones available. A few weeks ago I discovered a great freeware program called alt.binz.

One thing I really like about this program is the fact that it can be set up to automatically check, repair, and unrar your downloaded files. This is a real time saver.

Cooler Master KODE5 Video Shootout- coming Oct.1st

Beginning October 1st 2007 Cooler Master will be launching it's KODE5 Video Shootout Contest.

Over $10,000 of prizes will be given out:

The participant with the best submitted video will win a trip to the KODE5 2007 Global Finals, courtesy of Cooler Master (approx. $1500 in value)!
4 x COSMOS 1000
4 x CM Stacker 832 SE
4 x CM 690
4 x CM Stacker 830 NVIDIA Edition
12 x Hyper 212
4 x Hyper TX2
8 x LED On/Off 120mm Fan
8 x CM Sphere
4 x Real Power M1000
4 x Real Power 750W
4 x Real Power M520
8 x Real Power 550W
8 x X Craft 360
8 x X Craft 250

With all these amazing prizes there should be a lot of entries.

XFX introduces it's GeForce 8800 GTS Fatal1ty Edition

XFX has released it's 8800GTS Fatality video card. This has to be the fastest 320mb version to date. I'm quite shocked because past Fatality hardware by XFX has been mid level stuff like 7600GT and 8600GT.

Clock rate: 650 MHz	Shader Clock: 1500 MHz
Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600: Yes	Memory Clock: 2.0 GHz
Chipset: GeForce 8800 GTS	Memory: 320 MB
Bus Type: PCI-E	Memory Type: DDR3
Memory Bus: 320-bit
Highlighted Features: HDTV ready , HDCP Ready , Dual DVI Out , Vista , RoHS , SLI ready , TV Out

Another Cooler Master Prize Win!

Week two of Cooler Master's "Talk About Your Cosmos" contest has just finished, and the winners have been announced.
I won another prize pack this week consisting of a PWM Fan Hub and two 120mm PWM fans.

There are still 2 weeks left to enter, so submit your entries and you might win too.

Game On With Sidney Crosby- Canada only contest

Every hour Pepsi Canada will be giving away a prize from September 9, 2007 at 12:00:01 AM CT to November 3, 2007 at 11:59:59PM CT. Previous years saw iPods and Xbox 360 give aways.
Visit http://www.gameonwithsidney.ca/ for contest entry and official rules. A total of 1344 prizes will be given away in the contest. Prizes include:

EA SPORTS™ NHL® 08 video games

960

$69.00 CDN

Xbox 360™ Core video game and entertainment System

200

$299.00 CDN

Samsung 32” LCD HDTV

120

$1,199.00 CDN

Sidney Crosby Autographed Hockey Stick

28

$549.00 CDN

Sidney Crosby Autographed Replica Hockey Jersey

28

$549.00 CDN

†ALL-STAR VIP Experience

4

$4,750.00 CDN

†Meet Sidney Crosby Experience

4

$4,750.00 CDN

Two Prize Pack Wins From Cooler Master!

The Winners are posted for the first weeks Cool Master Cosmos contest, and I won a Real Power Pro 750w PSU, a Hyper 212 CPU Heatsink, a PWM Fan Controller, and two 120mm PWM case fans.


There are still three weeks left to enter, so head on over to the Cosmos Blog.

The 4th Annual Cooler Master Case Modding Contest

Cooler Master's 2007 Mod Contest has started and there are some very nice prizes listed, with more to come. Any questions you may have can be asked here.

Cosmos 1000 Video Review by 3DGameMan.com

3DGameMan.com has posted a video review of Cooler Master's new Cosmos 1000 full tower case.

Cooler Master's Cosmos Blog

Cooler Master has started a blog all about their new Cosmos full tower case. To promote this new product they're having a contest with some great prizes being given away from Sept.3rd to the 28th.