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Monday, 30-April-2012 17:42:18 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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NVIDIA have announced the dual-GPU version of Kepler, in the GeForce GTX 690. Coverage on PC Perspective, Tech Report, HotHardware and Bjorn3D. Discussion continues in the giant 600-series discussion thread.
There's some chatter about Ivy Bridge running hotter than its predecessor - coverage on Tech Report and OC.com. How does TIM paste generally compare with fluxless solder for conducting heat? Heat conductivity can be measured in watts per meter Kelvin. To be technically exact, we would need to know exactly what Intel is using for TIM paste/solder. When I went to Intel and asked, their polite answer may not surprise you – “Secret sauce”! Given that, we can use some rough approximations.
The Federal Government is apparently going to find out why downloading software is expensive in Australia. He says it is unreasonable for companies to blame Australia's isolation for higher costs. "Certainly you can understand if companies have costs to bear in getting a product to Australia, you'd certainly appreciate that those costs will be passed through," he said. Seems odd. Discussion here.
Meanwhile in America, the House of Reps has passed CISPA, a controversial new cybersecurity bill, that some people think is way worse than SOPA. Microsoft seem to be distancing themselves from it. What makes CISPA so controversial is a section saying that, "notwithstanding any other provision of law," companies may share information with Homeland Security, the IRS, the NSA, or other agencies. By including the word "notwithstanding," CISPA's drafters intended to make their legislation trump all existing federal and state laws, including ones dealing with wiretaps, educational records, medical privacy, and more. Discussion here.
Microsoft have closed a hotmail security flaw, but not before it was widely exploited. Hotmail's password reset system uses a token system to ensure that only the account holder can reset their password — a link with the token is sent to an account linked to the Hotmail account — and clicking the link lets the account owner reset their password. However, the validation of these tokens isn't handled properly by Hotmail, allowing attackers to reset passwords of any account. Initially hackers were offering to crack accounts for $20 a throw.
Rezin sent word of Google Drive, a new file storage/sharing service. First, Google's service goes well beyond rivals because of integration with Google Docs, Google+, Gmail and other services Second, beyond a basic free level, ordinary consumers will pay to use Google Drive — not much, but enough to make them into customers, and not just users of an advertising-subsidised service. That's a pretty big philosophical shift for Google. TechReviewSource have hands-on info posted. Discussion here.
Sciby, no stranger to bizarre foods, sent in this DIY mini-hamburger kit from Japan. There's a whole culture of these meals apparently. It's like a model aeroplane you can eat. Bizarre!
Also Japanese is today's timewaster: Sniper, from BC.
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