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Quite a bit happening in the OC scene atm..
WAZ sends in this reg link talking about secret MS plans to stop non-WHQL drivers working with XP.. there are already deterrents against using these drivers in 2K/ME, so it wouldn't be a huge suprise to see official support removed.. as always with MS software, give it a week and there will be a way around it :)
What used to be XOOM and then became NBCi has now stopped offering hosting. They where one of those geocities-like free homepage hosting places.. quite crap nowdays anyway. If you had anything hosted there, it'll still be there.. but you can't update your content. Thanks to Vorkun_Hull for pointing that out. Also in the hosting world, the Atomic Rhino network that hosted quite a few hardware sites, now, well, doesn't. They decided all sites that don't receive over 3,000 impressions/day have 48hrs to find new hosting, and then they're deleted.. which is a bit stiff.
K6Plus have a neat little guide on upping the quality of the subwoofer unit in the Creative FPS-1000 4.1 speaker set. Little plastic subwoofers don't sound too good, as they soon found out. Need something like this for real bass.
I announce with great pleasure, this milestone in OCAU folding history.. We're currently beating AusGamers!! Sometime yesterday we passed them by a healthy 400 packets, and are projected to continue issuing them smackdown in some healthy aussie folding competition. If you're not running folding yet, we are always in need of more help, and keeping us ahead of AusGamers is always a good reason to run it. Stats are here, you can find support in the Team OCAU forum, and handy setup guide from postal here. Thanks to Baz for sending me in the right direction.
A realllllly short blurb on Reactor Critical pointed out to be by Antonius reckons that developers are now receiving ATi Radeon2 boards for evaluation.. which is pretty decent news. Competition is always good :)
For all the desktop junkies out there, Stasis points out this litestep distro aimed at the newbies.. good if you're a junkie without smack :)
The latest issue of ZZZ online is up, number 91. In this issue there is talk of emotion based user interfaces for computer systems, self focusing eye glasses, a new image search engine and a hybrid bus and tram. Always a good place to find a dose of the scientifically absurd.
Wayne pointed out an news item on Whirlpool which suggests that Telstra BPA may be infeceted with the Code Red IIS worm.. oh dear. Meanwhile, in light of all the recent ADSL problems the Aussie network has been experiencing, one of the Telstra resellers, iPrimus have taken a rather innovative step of offering their customers a dialup account to use whilst Telstra get their act together. Nice work.
For your daily dose of alpha-beta-stuff-stuff-your-system-up software Electic have leaked versions of the detonator 14.10 driver set and Internet Explorer 2530.1 for Win9X/Me.
Bit-Tech have reviewed the Matrix Orbital LCD screen kit. They are a rather funky 5.25"-bay mountable screen with some control buttons on either side of the screen. It connects via a loopback cable to your PC's serial port and youc an send it all sorts of funky messages. They are leet.
Finally this morning, Dan has an review up of the ToPower TOP-420P4 420W ATX power supply. In fine dansdata tradition he wrote over 3000 words about it, and didn't just talk about the power supply. If you've been wondering where all those figures on the side of the unit come from, and how some less reputable manufacturers fudge them, this article is worth your time. Dan rocks.
Reviews:
AOpen AX3S i815E based motherboard on BlueSmoke.
DFI AK76-SN AMD 761 DDR board on 2FastCPU.
AMD Duron 950 socket-a CPU on NewsForge.
IWill KA266 ALi-based AMD DDR board on PCStats.
PC Mods Dual Lighting Setup on TechPlanet.
AOpen CRW1632 16/10/32 IDE BurnProof/JustSpeed burner on CDRinfo.
Street Glow PC-Neon Connector Kit on Radeonic.
Compex DS1216 16 port 10/100 Ethernet Switch on Guru3D.
Atec 630/635 cases on TheTechZone.
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