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Monday Morning (2 Comments) (link)
 Monday, 24-March-2003  07:22:28 (GMT +10) - by Mred32

Why aren't PC games released on the DVD format? With many games being released on two or more Cd's, why not move to DVD? This article tries to answer that question. From Joseph.

Mods mods and more mods. phi came across these pics with some excellent looking machines. I love the microwave oven PC. phi also found this illuminated mouse pad.

If you're a big Counter Strike fan, and I'm told there are one or two around, then here is a competition where you could win NZD$5000 for playing your favorite game. Thanks mibberz.

z3us tells us that KXProject have an excellent driver set for the range of Sound Blaster cards powered by EMU10k* chipsets.

Need a laptop that can handle the knocks? This might be what you're after. "We drop each one 54 times from one meter, bake it in an oven, chill it in a freezer, vibrate it, and submit it to a shower of hurricane proportions". Link from Eric.

Bjorn3D are going to have an IRC chat with nVidia's Bill Rehbock on the 25th of March, thats tomorrow. To join in the chat, go here for details.

EliteCool have a video showing how to install a heatsink on your CPU. Have a look here. Might be handy if you've never had to do it before.

On New Scientist, an article which says Intel might have a way to permanently stop DDoS attacks. Now that would be handy if it works.

The flash thing for today is...umm...Penguin Chat. Walk around, chat to people you have no interest in and throw snowballs at them. Check out the bar for some cool tunes.

Reviews
Crucial USB Portable 6-in-1 Card Reader at 8BallsHardware
Creative Nomad MuVo MP3/WMA Player at Dead-Fish
Essentec MT. BLANC-1Z Heat Pipe Socket A Cooler at 3dXtreme
TOCOOLS Novasonic HSF at 3DVelocity
Msystems 32 mb USB Drive at R&B



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