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Thursday Afternoon (0 Comments) (link)
 Thursday, 23-September-2004  17:03:09 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Want a closer look at BTX? Intel has a heap of info in the form of pictures and PDF files, to give you more of an idea about this replacement for ATX.

You already knew that "click here to remove" links in spam emails are bad, because they're a good way for spammers to see who's reading their emails.. but apparently they can also get you infected now as well.

AMD and IBM are working to shrink chips together.

InternetWeek report that Internet users suffer when unable to use the net. "It was incredibly difficult to recruit participants for this study, as people weren't willing to be without the Internet for two weeks," said Wenda Harris Millard, Yahoo's chief sales officer, in a statement.

The Mars Rover missions have been extended by another six months, after chilling out for Mars's winter and passing behind the Sun. Spirit and Opportunity have now survived their lowest point in terms of sunlight for their photovoltaic cells, and the low temperatures that threatened to freeze gears and crack brittle parts and connections.

If you're still using Win98SE, you might be interested in this unofficial service pack for it.

Switchblade327 sent in this open-source lawsuit brewing in the Australian Courts. If proven, the allegation would force the developer to share its source code with the open source community.

Apparently AOL will offer a new password-security service to its customers, thanks Murray. For US$1.95 a month, the AOL user gets a keychain device the size of a book of matches that delivers two-factor authentication.

Rob sent in this DOOM3 case mod thread over on HardOCP. Dialup peeps probably shouldn't bother, many huge pics there.

PCStats cover the blue screen of death and how to deal with it.

Sniffer dogs may be out of a job, with sniffer rats able to get into tighter spots and smell things better, thanks lunar_c.



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