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Saturday, 18-September-2004 18:15:37 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Ever had a niggling problem at work that really needs fixing, but you keep using a bandaid solution because it works in the meantime? Here's a dramatic example of why fixing instead of ignoring is a good idea. Because of a software glitch in an FAA computer, a technician is required to reset the computer that controls the radios every 30 days - something that was not done. ... "It left us in a situation where we had no ability to talk to 400 aircraft that were under our control," says Hamid Ghaffari, president of the local National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
Xbit report on some speculation about the authenticity of Intel's dual-core demonstration at the recent Intel Developer Forum. It is even more likely that Intel merely designed a dual-processor motherboard around its 915 chipset.
CNN have an interesting read about supercomputers predicting storms. I bet this technology will get a funding boost with all the hurricanes wreaking havoc on the USA lately.
Firefox is making inroads into the browser market against Internet Explorer. And people using browsers made by the Mozilla open-source software group grew from 3.5% to 5.2%.
ATI announced HyperMemory technology, an innovative technology that reduces PC system costs by allowing its visual processors to use system memory for graphics processing. HyperMemory uses the high-speed bi-directional data transfer capabilities of PCI Express to store and access graphics data in system memory, leading to less of a dependence on graphics memory and ultimately a lower overall system cost. If you're thinking this sounds like the old "use a bit of main memory for the framebuffer" trick that onboard graphics have been using for years, you'd be right. However, using PCI-Express, it's apparently now fast enough to use for high-end cards as well. So we might be seeing less memory on video cards in future?
There are new nForce drivers out, version 5.10.
Last week we had robots living on flies, now we have mobile devices living on spinach, thanks Timbot. Derived from spinach chloroplasts, PSI is 10 to 20 nanometers wide. Around 100,000 of them would fit on the head of a pin. Or, we could just power stuff with body heat.
America's FTC proposes a bounty for spammers, with up to $250,000 rewarded to encourage people to turn over friends or associates who send out millions of deceptive e-mail pitches in violation of the law.
Ford has pulled their Jaguar team out of Formula One next year. Australian driver Mark Webber is secure though, he's already signed to drive with Williams next year.
Neevo noticed this handy utility for A64 owners: "A64CLK (AMD64 Clock Utility) is a simple utility designed for realtime CPU frequency monitoring and realtime adjustment of the CPU multiplier (FID) and voltage level (VID) of the upported CPUs via processor's power management model specific registers (MSRs)..." No A64 here so I dunno if it works.. but grab it here if you want to try it.
Neevo also spotted this mother of all fans. Watercooling is for wimps.
If you're having trouble installing WinXP on a Prescott P4 machine, this update from Microsoft might help, thanks Lockjaw.
Eric sent in this 159KB video of someone forgetting their PC isn't a typewriter...
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