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If you are playing Half Life 2, I definately suggest that you head over to TweakGuides and grab his latest indepth tweak guide to get the most out of this game.
Andrew sent in information about a vulnerability that has been found in the Java plug-in from Sun Microsystems. Find the full article about it here, including the link to updated versions.
This guy made his Playstation 2 portable, some pretty crafty modding in there. Thanks dred!
Dean from Overclocker Cafe sent in this: This is more of something that was too hip not to pass along instead of hardware news. In addition to several other things I collect, I collect 1:18 scale muscle cars. There is a small site called Junkyard Jewels that "restores" these 1:18 cars to look like something that was left under a tarp for 20 years. Here's their site.
A few people sent in this 600kW eight-wheeled electric car. Damn, I would hate to think how long the AA's last in that.
OCC has a How-to Make a CPU Keychain guide posted. This guide will take though the tedious art of de-pinning, and the construction of your very own CPU keychain.
IceTeks has posted an article regarding what exactly ".bin" files are.
The Barix Exstreamer is a neat little nugget of home automation technology, that lives to stream MP3 audio from a network. It's touted as a great way for home and commercial users to shift sound over local and wide area networks. And it works. Check out Dan's article here.
Dan also has more letters! In this issue, I hold forth about photo lighting, LED-lit apartments, twin-armature hard drives, scary magnets, headphone selection, USB juice extraction, vapour-screens, perpetual preposterousness, a scam store, and a beautiful human being.
Something that I am definately going to do, is mod my Xbox controller to use it on my computer as a USB device. Check out the guide on OCModShop.
Scientists are trying to use nanotechnology to cure diseases, ameliorate the energy crisis and reduce golf scores. Full story on CNN.
Apparently Longhorn (64bit Windows) will only work on 64bit processors, and not 32bit, according to this article. Thanks fester2001!
Mariomart sent in news that they (in Northern Territory) might have been the first to photograph a meteorite hitting earth.
Whirlpool have news about Broadband powered by ... power.
Recently Patrick Volkerding, the man behind Slackware Linux has become very ill. He put this note up on his ftp asking for help.
Relocate your activity light on your network card, but following this guide over on GideonTech.
Apparently heaven has been found. The Holodek Gaming Centre features 16 x 73 inch, 3 x 100 inch, 1 x 13 foot projector screens attached to Alienware PC's or Xbox's and an awsome looking 180 degree sphere for immersive gaming. You can even order food without leaving your desk! Gaming heaven! Thanks ACodingFettish!
Spode's Abode has a new article on memory. This article is aimed at understanding how memory works and what to look for when buying it. We also take a look at gaming performance on the Pentium 4 platform and see how different factors such as latency, and frequency can affect it. We also cover DDR and DDR-II memory. Check out their guide here.
Pimprig have a guide that deals with wireless network security and tries to briefly explain some of the jargon as well as recommend the best basic way to keep your data safe.
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