More information about the newly renamed Circuit City in-home services department are surfacing every day, including this view of firedog's repainted vehicles.
It's definitely … um … unique.
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Image of the Day: Geekmobile In-Flight Refueling
This rare shot of a Geekmobile refueling in-flight came courtesy of a visit this week by the Monster energy drink team at the local mall as part of their summer promotional tour.
It makes for a nice cross-branding image, with the amount of energy drinks your average computer geek ingests during their day.
ATI Radeon X1900XTX
My recently purchased ATI Radeon X1900XTX PCI-Express video card arrived via FedEx today.
I can't believe how incredibly heavy this thing is, thanks to a large card-length, copper heatsink and fan that take up two full card slots. With it's 512MB of DDR3 ram running at 1550MHz and core clocked at 650MHz this card runs very hot.
I haven't benchmarked the card, but it's definitely an improvement over my previous Radeon X800XL. I'm now able to run the game F.E.A.R. at full resolution with all the graphical details and effects turned to their highest settings.
Now to go back through my stack of older games and see how they look with everything maxed out.
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Circuit City’s PC Services Department Gets Official Name
According to Circuit City employees who attended a company meeting in Las Vegas, this is the new name for the company's in-home and on-site PC services department.
Although most of the public knew the company's PC service department as the "IQ Crew ", this was only a test name used in a limited market.
According to employees, the name did poorly in numerous focus groups and marketing studies held by Circuit City. For most of the year, the PC services at your local store have simply been known as "PC Services".
The Firedog name comes originally from Oklahoma company Firedog Technology Solutions , which mentions that "[t]he name we have used for more than 7 years was such a great name, that someone wanted to buy it." They've now changed their company name to 3Nines Technologies.