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An interesting read here about living with wireless. Looks to be quite in-depth.
Remember Duck hunt? Or maybe time crisis? Check out this outlandish looking gun for the PC.
Here is a nice roundup of VIA KT400 motherboards for you. In-fact, there is another 7way roundup of the same boards here.
If you're looking for a new OS and don't want to pay for it, check out this list of free ones!
FB008 sent in this silly stair dismount game. We've seen it before, but it's funny in a sick kind of way.
If you run Windows XP here is an article about hacking the start menu button name and how to add your own themes.
It seems as good a time as any to promote folding@home again. There is an article here for the hardcore enthusiast on how to make a disk-less folding farm. Great if you have a few spare PC parts around the house. If none of this is making sense, drop into our very own folding page here or pay a visit to our Distributed Computing forums to find out a bit more info on how YOU can help cure some nasty diseases! There has also been a challenge laid down. "relic has challenged the top 3 Folding@Home teams ([H]ardOCP, Overclockers Australia and overclockers.com) to reach a combined team total of 5 million points by New Years day." Plenty more news and stuff at our page, check it out.
Comdex is famous for 2 things, computer hardware and large parties. Have a peek at the parties right here.
This seems pretty neat, have a squiz at the JackRabitt32 external 32X DVD/CD-RW drive. "When connected to your computer, the JackRabbit32 can act as either a CD Burner or a DVD Player. In the former, you can burn CD-Rs at 32x and CD-RWs at 10x, or read at 40x"
Baker has taken a trip down memory lane and dug up some old archives of OCAU. All the way back to 2000. Geeze, it looks so different now.
Looks like there is going to be some 32-bit DDR SDRAM DIMMS. Cheers Nigel.
Apparently, 3 identity thieves have been caught. "the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan and the FBI apprehended an alleged ring of identity thieves, accusing three men of stealing tens of thousands of credit reports."
Virtual terrorists beware! "The Attorney-General's office has teamed up with Queensland-based AusCERT to create a national information security alert scheme, which will lead to the creation of a centralized information source on IT security issues ranging from viral outbreaks to serious hack attacks." Cheers Sonic.
Look out! The net could be under serious attack at any time! "Simulated attacks on key internet hubs have shown how vulnerable the worldwide network is to disruption by disaster or terrorist action."
Kasar let us know that bbspot have an amusing article up about a supposed new palm model, this one includes a clock!
Valhalla, South Australia's biggest LAN is on this weekend (30th Nov/1st Dec 2002).
Reviews :
Pen Drive Plus 2.0 32MB USB 2.0 review at envynews
Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop Review @ BlargOC
ATi Radeon 9700 PRO from gotapex
MSI 845PE Max2-FIR Intel i845PE from A1
Intel Pentium4 3.06GHz review at tweakers
Thermaltake SK-6+ Heatsink review from envynews
eDimensional 3D Glasses review @ techspot
Creative Jukebox 3/ZEN FM Wired Remote Review @ ExtremeMhz
Maya Radeon 9700 Pro and 9000 from tweaktown
mATX Chilli Pro Computer Case review @ technoyard
Iomega External USB 2.0 48x24x48x CD-RW fom HWZ
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