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Possibly the coolest news tonight comes from Andys.. residents of Sydney can now order Pizza Hut Pizza online. Sure, it's probably easier to order it over the phone, and probably quicker too.. and then they give you an idea of how long. But it does rate right up there on the Geek scale.
BeachSideTech have a guide to building a Value PC.. the funny thing is, at the price point of what was considered a Value PC a year and half ago (even accounting for inflation) you will build yourself a high quality 1.4GHz Athlon.. which I would hardly class as a "budget" system :)
Ace's hardware is having a bit of a Dually Duel: 1.2GHz AthlonMP SMP vs 1.7GHz Xeon SMP. Just a limited amount of processing power there.. *cough*. What was that? Run Folding? For OCAU? Heh.. Anyway, I doubt most of us could afford either setup, but it's nice to dream. Incidently, I noticed that 1.2GHz AthlonMP prices are about the same as 1.4GHz T'Bird prices - is anyone buying these for single processor workstation use? How do they overclock? let me know :)
Jackal and Farrod pointed out that Creative now have a new range of Sound Cards out: the Audigy series. Most interesting thing to note is the inclusion of a Firewire hub as a part of the card.. sort of a two birds with one stone job. Anyone have pricing for these in aus? Once again - let me know :)
HardOCP have checked out the Asus 8200 Deluxe GeForce3 card.. and in classic Asus Deluxe style it goes right out and includes every little thing you could possibly think of.. including a rather large price tag.
vegeta points out this spoof site of counter-strike.net: counter-spoof.net.. if you've been playing CS for a while you'll find some of the jokes made there quite amusing.. if not, then there is always newgrounds.
sniper points out this article which talks about how in the future there may be an annoying animated voice bugging you while you drive your car.. sort of like the motoring version of popup adds. It's all for a good cause tho, that being to keep fatigued drivers awake.. I know on long trips an annoying passanger has actually been an assett to me.
Rik points out that the Victorian government has given permission to Telco's to use the railway corridors as routes for laying broadband cables. The advantage of this? lower costs to run pipes out west, so ~maybe~ more broadband for the bush. Or maybe the same amount of broadband at a lower cost to telco's. Bit of an either/or situation: which do reckon the telco's will choose?
Finally tonight, Hexus have checked out one of the Leadtek GeForce2 Pro cards.. best thing about these is they can be had for a rather low (~$330) price on the Australian market at the moment.. giving a good alternative for users who can afford a bit more than the standard MX.
Reviews:
Fortis A92 + A102 coolers on HardAvenue.
Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical mouse on G3D.
Soyo Dragon KT266 board on AMDmb.
GlowWire Case-Mod Kit on GideonTech.
ABIT KT7E cheapy socket-a board on OCcafe.
IWill BD133U universal socket-370 board on ClubOC.
Compaq 3650 PDA on NeoSeeker.
CH Pro Throttle USB joystick on Max3D.
DLink DI714 cable/dsl router on Electic.
Promise Fasttrak 100 TX2 IDE RAID controller on PCHardware.RO
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