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Friday Afternoon (12 Comments) (link)
 Friday, 1-October-2004  17:35:06 (GMT +10) - by Agg

HardOCP looked at some immature reference motherboards featuring the new K8T890 and K8T890Pro chipsets from VIA, for PCI-Express and S939 A64 CPUs.

Of course, there are other A64 PCI-E chipsets on the way. VIA Technologies, ATI Technologies, Nvidia and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) all plan to release products.

Being killed by your hamster has to rank highly in the all-time most embarrassing ways to die, thanks Raven.

There's a DOOM3 1.1 patch on Shacknews. As before, the update resets your progress in a saved game, so you'll have to play whatever level you're on from the beginning. TechSpot's DOOM3 tweak guide covers the new version.

ViperLair spent a day at ATI and talked graphics and more with representatives from multimedia, desktop, integrated and mobile.

The "Family First" political party suggests an annual levy on Australian internet users to fund a national internet filtering scheme. The party wants the internet filtered at server level, warning that children exposed to online pornography could exhibit "disturbed, aggressive or sexualised behaviour".

From thetron: Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS. Eraser is FREE software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.

NordicHardware have an Introduction to Linux article.

TechFreaks revisited the cooling problems of the Silverstone Lascala LC-02 HTPC case.

HotHardware have a little retro-gaming happening, looking at a Coleco games machine with some of the classic games.

PC-Perspective wonder if the 64-bit features of a new game are anything but marketing fluff.

If your monitor is displaying weird colours, Flickerdown have an article that might help set things right.

Schools in Japan are looking at microchipping students. Schools in Tokyo have started trials where students carry chips that have tiny antennae and can be traced by radio.



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