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First up, some news from Bollocks regarding this weeks winner in the Folding Giveaway...
The winner of the main prize for the first week of the Folding Giveaway is mike_wp from the Whirlpool subteam who wins a Spire FalconRock II Cooler and 256 MB Samsung PC2700 memory courtesy of Radiical Computing. The consolation prize winner is EviseratoR who wins a 4m CAT5 network cable donated by ToranaGuy, congratulations goes out to them both. The main prize for week two is a AMD XP2400+ processor kindly donated by forum member leonard and the consolation prize of a 4M CAT5 network cable is once again supplied by ToranaGuy. To enter the Giveaway check out the Giveaway Page and then nominate yourself in This Thread in the DC Forum. We had a great response to the Giveaway last week and reached our target of 500 nominees for the first week, this week I think a target of 550 is obtainable. The other target ([H]ardOCP) is just that bit closer given the response to the Folding Giveaway by the OCAU community.
In other news...
A number of people sent this in. "Legal threat to commercial Linux users: The owner of the UNIX operating system today warned that Linux is an unauthorized derivative of its software and that commercial users of Linux may be legally liable for violation of intellectual copyright". I'm not sure of the full implications of this yet but for those who use Linux at work, it might be worth keeping an eye on the developments. More info here and here.
Voided Warranty have an article all about Static Electricity - Electrostatic Discharge (ESD). An interesting read.
If you saw that Star Wars Kid video, you might want to read this interview with him. Thats right, they found him! Thanks gatecrasher.
Digit-Life attempt to explain the behind the scenes goings on regarding nVidia's Intellisample Technology. "Exactly to eliminate that weak point and prevent that awful performance drop because of the anisotropic filtering they launched the Intellisample technology announced together with the NV30 family".
Those crazy French guys have been at it again, submerging their PCs in oil! Shame you couldn't put any fish in there.
Hexus have a 3-way Canterwood comparison featuring boards from Asus, MSI and Epox.
A write-up comparing the latest and greatest in the Video card markets called New Video Cards From nVidia and ATI.
The Tech Report give us the low-down on nVidia's new Detonator FX 44.03 drivers. Find it here. You can get the drivers themselves from here.
Wild sends word that our PC Database now has over 5000 entries. Well done folks. In the PCDB you can find pics and specs on just about any size, shape and colour of PC you can imagine. Theres even a fridge!
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