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Monday, 6-September-2004 00:25:18 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Despite all those nasty MP3-copying music pirates killing the music industry, BMI had a record profit in the 2004 fiscal year, report ArsTechnica. They also mention Google issuing a takedown notice to a Google parody site. Hope they don't get too grumpy about our search page.
Caltech and CERN have set another internet speed record, hitting 6.63 gigabits per second over 15,766 kilometres. This record speed of 6.63Gbps is equivalent to transferring a full-length DVD movie in four seconds.
Chris spotted a story on TheInq about ATI's X700, their upcoming midrange GPU, aimed squarely at NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 range.
HotHardware compared the GeForce 6800 Ultra and Radeon X800 Platinum in Doom3 and, more interestingly, Counter Strike Source. DOOM3 seems to favour the NVIDIA hardware, but is that true of the engine that will power Half-Life 2?
Smack01 sent in this warning rant about CCFL inverters used for case lighting. I will admit that the cathode is a bright lighting solution but they are no where near as bright as the fire they can sometimes cause.
I think ABIT currently hold the "confusing motherboard names" crown, with their newish NF7-S2 being a different product to the popular NF7-S v2. Phoronix compared these two socketA motherboards and explained the differences.
"EGN + GSL" is another gaming industry tradeshow in London, with coverage from Accelenation and Hexus.
Digital-Silence have a guide to using thermal adhesive to stick things to hot things.
LostCircuits used a 64-bit application called Panorama Factory to benchmark 64-bit environments.
Tom spotted a 4GHz desktop machine from Alienware.
Sudhian have a ranty editorial about how the Dell model, which seems to be mostly about RAM, affects PC users and the industry.
Dan wrote quite a lot about little weights for your cables.
TweakGuides updated their Catalyst Guide to include the new Catalyst Control Centre.
Here's a pile of links from Tekka: Don't Wait for Longhorn: Copernic Releases Instant Desktop Search Tool. First Look: Rio's Hot New Carbon MP3 Player. Blu-ray Disc To Support MPEG-4, VC-1. Microsoft: Spyware Could Bungle SP2 Update. Government finds witness in RAM price-fixing probe. Atari to Beta Test New 'Pirates!'. Flaw Found in Windows XP SP2.
Interesting Forum Threads:
Just found an easter egg in Winamp in General Software.
Theoretical use of Gallium as a coolant in Extreme Cooling.
Raid 0 - don't bother in Storage, Backup & Memory.
iPod, the final decision in Audio Visual.
Does racing game experience help you learn to drive in reality? in Motoring.
Modifications for fuel efficiency? in Motoring - Technical.
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