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Graphic By: Jonelle Thackston Review: The Sims Online   Amanda Hoffer | Life Section Manager If you weren't already obsessed with Maxis's best selling "The Sims," be prepared, because the Sims are online. That's right, the folks at Maxis have taken one of the all-time best selling PC platform games and moved it to the net for large scale multi-player action.

Graphic By: Jonelle Thackston P4 Hyper-Threading Processors (SMP for the Lonely Processor)   Chris Brown | Staff Writer P45 Hyper-Threading processors are the new wave of processor technology. Up until recently the only way to get the benefits of a multi-processor system required two processors, a dual processor motherboard, and a large bank account. In walks Hyper-Threading, or as Intel calls it, ãHT.ä Hyper Threading architecture allows a single processor to run two threads at the same time.

Graphic By: Jonelle Thackston Web Composition Week 2   Jonelle Thackston | Graphics Manager In the beginning of the internet there were no personal web pages, no music downloading, and no eBay. The internet was strictly for email and file transfers between research institutions. It was not until 1990 that the internet became public to all. Since then the World Wide Web has caused an evolution.

Graphic By: Jonelle Thackston Submitted For Your Approval Season 4: Second Edition   Amanda Hoffer | Life Section Manager Submitted for Your Approval is Whim's weekly look at the weirdest the web has to offer. From the slightly odd to the downright bizarre, you can find it here. Dancing cats, oddball animations, and stuff that will amuse even the easily amused, we have something for everyone. Log on every week to check out the world wide weird with SFYA.

Graphic By: Matt Witherow Ask The Geek Season 3: First Edition   Kevin Martin | Tech Section Manager Ask The Geek is Whim's weekly technology help column, where everyday folk ask our resident geek science and technology questions. Now in its third season, ATG is your source for sound, experienced advice on what has or might run amuck with you in the technology world. Kevin Martin, the Section Manager, uses his 10 years of modern technology experience, as well as the knowledge and experience of his guru friends, to answer almost all technology questions submitted. To get your question answered, see the link inside. Do you think you can stump the geek?

Tech Section Staff