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LANAddict have an article titled LAN Party Economics 101. "One of our LAN Party Host veterans shares his secrets on how to keep the budget down, and the quality up".
News of a new product in the graphics card arena, namely, the Quad Information Display (QID) from Matrox featuring full AGP support for 1600 x 1200 DVI output to 4 monitors. That would be nice!
It's getting hard for even the most dialled-in person to stay on top of all the latest trends popping up online. The latest, seems to be phonecam blogging.
Lots of people wrote in saying that iTunes, the Apple/Mac based media/music player is now available in a Windows flavour. I might give it a try myself.
What! No AGP slot. Never fear, Sudhian have a roundup of PCI based graphics cards. I remember them :)
Ever wanted to turn your computer on using a key card? Kind of like punching in at work. It's not as hard as you might think, and GideonTech want to show you how. We also have a guide to building a key start for your PC by Baker.
The Modfathers have a guide to building an LCD display for cheap. You could also checkout our original LCD building article by Wolfy.
There have been several Matrix parody's out and about since the release of the original movie. This one has to be one of the best. Several sized videos are available from 10mb to 65mg in both MOV and WMV formats. I laughed. Thanks to thetron for the link.
What would todays kids have to say if they were to play a game of Pong!, or Super Mario Brothers, or sit in front of an Atari for a while. Read this and find out. Yep, I feel old now.
Identity theft! A quick way to ruin a persons life in many ways. It looks like South Australia is going to introduce a law that will outlaw just that kind of thing. The first in this country.
And #1 in tonights top 10 list of "Ways to Lose Your Data" is... A man so angry with his laptop that he shot it. hehe...recover that! From Dink.
Telstra's problems are not getting any better it seems, with a virus/trojan now being blamed. They have an official statement here, and you can find more info on Whirlpool and ZDNet. Thanks predder.
There has been a heap of new security patches released by Microsoft in the last day or two. I wont go into all the details but suffice to say, we need them. Get them here. Grab all the ones for October, and any others you have missed in the past. Thanks to all those who sent in the link.
While we're on the topic of Microsoft, Bill Gates says that "developing its next generation of Windows operating system software (Longhorn) will cost as much as it cost the United States government to put a man on the Moon." It says so right here. Thanks Duncan.
YYK sends word of a worthy event coming up, one for those into pedal power. Its the "Sydney to the Gong bike ride for the MS Society (Multiple Sclerosis), on Sunday 2 November." As well as riders, YYK is looking for 500 Volunteers to help out on the day. If you can lend a hand, or some feet even, drop into the forum thread linked, and get in touch.
Wheels clamps for parking offenders. We don't have them here in Australia that I know of, but if they ever arrive here, I want this guy to move in. Angle Grinder Man. You've gotta give him points for the costume at least :) Thanks Arachnadactly.
Lots of stuff in Dans letters today.
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