Thank God there is X-Bit Labs

[Prof.Wizard]

Is there a better place to get comprehensive and essential news on the current workings of the computer world? If yes, suggest me...

Anyone noticed that X-bit now publishes news even on weekends. They used to not...

 

[timwhit]

I used to get all my news from Anandtech when they actually updated news every day (couple years ago). After their news slowed down I pretty much stopped reading hardware news all the time.

In the last couple months I started reading slashdot which almost always has the most up to date news. And they post news that isn't directly related to the computer biz which is nice too.

 

[Tannin]

If it's important enough, I'll get to read it right here. Lately I don't even have time to read all the threads here. But yes, X-Bit is good.

 

[Handruin]

I usually pull my news from icrontic if you haven't noticed. They have an interesting mix, and they update more then once a day, even the weekends. They are not always the fastest to the front page for news, but they put in a good effort.

 

[timwhit]

Does anyone else here read slashdot regularly?

 

[SteveC]

I check slashdot a few times a day, even though they sometimes just put links to articles I've seen already. The discussions are usually fairly interesting though, with somewhat of a mix a viewpoints. However, I gone months in the past without checking it, but right now I seem to be in the mood to keep up with it.

Steve

 

[Mercutio]

I have a four-digit slashdot user ID... that I can no longer access 'cause it was linked to an email account I don't have any more and I forgot the password. But still, I've read /. for a really long time.

My second account is #40000-something.

Lately I've been finding everything2.com (slashdot sister site) extremely helpful as well.

fark.com is kind of a fun general news site, except that they have the (boobies) code for, uh, the obvious, and they throw that in with everything else.

 

[Prof.Wizard]

Do we know anything about those Russians that write the articles for X-bit?
I mean, we know the history behind Tom, but them? :-?