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Big news this morning seems to be that WinXP has gone gold, which means no more release candidates: just a full, finished (sort of) version ready to get boxed and sent out to your local software store... which means it should be on your friendly warez pub about *looks at watch* now.
Arsonist has pointed out that the Attorney General reckons that R-Rated computer games featuring sexually explicit and violent scenes are not harmful to children. He goes further to say that if the rating system is changed, these titles should still be available in Australia. Finally someone with some sense!
Chris McMahon has a thread in the Case Mods forum with a Mini-Review of the CoolPC Rainbow Neon. Quite a novel idea that too - writing a review in the forums. If it's good, I'm happy to link to it on the news page.. if your spelling is worse than mine (and that's saying something), then your chances drop somewhat.
TheTechZone have guide to building your own case, just like several members of our PCDB have done.
OZEight points out that the Federal Government has approved the proposed sale of C&W Optus to SingTel. It dosn't mean that Optus is sold, it just means SingTel can now make a bid and be confident the Government isn't going to tell them it's not on. Optus shares no doubt experienced a price hike. Of course, with C&W Optus now having a bigger brother the prices are only going to fall.. we hope.
Wokkett points out that the Genome@Home Team are racing up the ladder, now within the top 40. Now, you all know I want you to be running Folding (burn AusGamers burn!), but if you're on dialup that can be a little bit difficult.. so until the F@H client v2.0 comes out, you can go and run Genome. But you better come back now, ya'hear?
OverclockersOnline have been modding the Kyro2.. and modding it just a small amount. Like by adding a Tt Volcano2 Socket-A Heatsink to it's core.. yes, as I said. Small amount *cough*. Good read for all Kyro2 Owners tho, as the card is limited by heat somewhat so some good OC's can be had with proper cooling.
News over at RatedPC is that DDR333 has been revealed in Japan with support from Via, SiS and ALi. Mmmm, 166MHz DDR FSB.
TweakMax has an editorial about the Palomino and Morgan core AMD CPU's up.. in part of it they question why it has taken so long for them to be released.. and to me the answer to that is obvious: no need. Why release a new CPU onto a market that is already dominated by your old one, and faces no significant competition.
Finally this morning, Dan has checked out some cheap gigabit ethernet.. and while it's not something everyone needs (the exception being the attendees of large lans like QGL), at this price point it's rather decent. And fast.. very very fast.
Reviews:
CH Products Pro Throttle USB flight stick on SystemLogic.
FrozenCPU Blizzard 280 mid-tower ATX case on SystemLogic.
Compex 11Mbs Wireless Network Device on NeoSeeker.
EPoX 8KHA KT266 board on Noticias3D.
StreetGlow PC Neon Connector on GideonTech.
Leadtek 64Mb GF2Pro on Tech-Planet.
ThermoSonic ThermoEngine on HWextreme.
1GHz 'Morgan' Duron CPU on AMDmb.
VideoLogic Vivid!XS 32Mb Kyro2 card on TechJunkie.
Vantec 6035D on AMDZone.
Acorp GA815EPD Dual i815EP board on Accelenation.
ProLink PixelView GF2MX400 on Digit-Life.
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