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Wednesday, 28-November-2012 21:22:13 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Recent news about OCZ has focussed on their financial woes, so it's nice to see product launch info for a change. This time it's a new SSD with a new controller. Coverage on Tech Report, Guru3D, HWHeaven, Tweaktown, TheSSDReview, TechSpot and HotHardware.
The ABC report that Australia's copper network is rooted, to use a technical term, thanks Sniper. Their info seems to be based on "an insider" and others disagree, so there's a followup article here. Our insider explained how three years ago, when Telstra tendered the process to switch to their own Fibre to the Node scheme it was found that the average network pillar had a 30 per cent failure rate in terms of line faults and lines being listed as connected to the wrong number.
Researchers in the UK are making progress towards 3D printing of electronics. The material, nicknamed ‘carbomorph’, enables users to lay down electronic tracks and sensors as part of a 3D printed structure – allowing the printer to create touch-sensitive areas for example, which can then be connected to a simple electronic circuit board. So far the team has used the material to print objects with embedded flex sensors or with touch-sensitive buttons such as computer game controllers or a mug which can tell how full it is.
Adam sent in this article about a new service to address the patent system issues. Leading technology companies have launched a website to help fix a global patent system that they say stifles innovation. Patent Progress, under the umbrella of the Computer & Communications Industry Association lobby group, aims to lead enterprises and individuals struggling with the patent litigation and policy landscape.
PCPerspective follow up on the earlier stories about non-socketed CPUs in future. It has been widely reported that Intel will not be offering the next generation Broadwell architecture as a LGA based product. Broadwell is a 14 nm product that will integrate southbridge functions into the chip, making it essentially a SOC. It will be offered only as a BGA only product, which means that it will be soldered onto a motherboard with no chance of being able to be swapped out.
Meanwhile VR-Zone wonder if ARM is the beginning of the end for AMD, with a second part here. After covering AMD - among many other CPU vendors, of course - over nearly two decades, and seeing quite a few of these CPU vendors fall by the wayside, I thought of the company as a kind of 'survivor', the feisty underdog or even 'Luke Skywalker' freedom fighter which, even in spite of the 'Darth Vader'-esque Intel shadow of the past, and, more importantly, repeated top management blunders, still soldiers on to provide the PC community an alternative CPU and system platform source. However, this past year's happenings, for the first time, make me feel that AMD's time as a serious CPU contender may be coming to an end. Why?
From Tim, a link simply titled Brain Controlled Helicopter. I don't need to hear anything more! Puzzlebox CTO Steve Castellotti introduced the device as a "flying sphere you control with your brainwaves," pointing to the three components — a helicopter, the pyramid (a remote control system), and the EEG headset. Sadly, it's only a Kickstarter concept at the moment.
Rage spotted these practice tests for the Australian Citizenship Test. How Astraaaan are you? :)
Today's timewaster is Frog Fractions from BC. It's.. odd.
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