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Wednesday Morning
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Wednesday, 29-June-2005 03:53:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Sun Microsystems have released their first laptop. It is pre-loaded with the Solaris 10 OS, includes 550MHz, 512MB Ram, 40GB disk drive, entry 2D graphics and wireless 802.11b, and will be generally available from next month.
If you're into Dr Who, perhaps build a Dalek, thanks Garry.
Over 100M people are online in China now, thanks Brett. Not that many out of 1.3B really.
LegitReviews ponder what DDR2 means for notebooks. The mobile market has seen benefits of DDR2 and leading market analysts and notebook builders believe that by then end of 2005 that DDR2 will be the memory module of choice in 90% of all shipping notebooks.
Battlefield 2 seems to be the game of the moment. Darkness sent in a few forum links: BF2 Issues, BF2 Official Thread, BF2 Demo, BF2+ Mod, Great Gaming Moments. He also says the new AC'97 sound drivers help with sound/stuttering problems in BF2.
France will apparently host the world's first nuclear-fusion reactor. ITER members say uniting the atoms of lighter elements such as hydrogen instead of splitting heavier ones such as uranium generates more energy, less radioactivity.
Lots of people sent in this story about zombie dogs. There's even a thread about them here.
From PodgeSSS: Justices rule that P2P companies such as Grokster can be held liable for copyright piracy. Some readers predict the decision will spur a flurry of suits against software makers; others say the ruling is far from disastrous.
OmegaDrivers have updated ATI drivers available. These drivers are based on the Cat 5.6 (Cat 5.5 were skipped) and they now include a customized version of ATI Tray Tools instead of Radlinker.
From Dinuc: The challenge for June Iron Photographer closes on Thursday, so get those entries in.
A few links from Tekka: Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP (Beta). PC makers, distributors pass on Windows XP. A new approach to file-swapping. Google maps + US Census Data = GCensus. AMD Blocked From Intel Documents in Antitrust Case. Windows 2000's Demise: Greatly Exaggerated?
Here's a couple of pics from Bern, of his new number plates. :)
 
Click to enlarge!
Interesting Forum Threads:
Mini-Review: Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W in Overclocking & Hardware.
HP Resurrection 1 -Resurrected- (lots of pics) in Modding & Electronics: Worklogs.
TT Shark Front Grill Mod! (lots of pics) in Modding & Electronics: Worklogs.
[NSW] RTA's "changes to demerit points and fines" effective July 1st in Motoring.
Ferrari track day at Winton in Motoring.
Pikes Peak Shots (large pics) in Photography.
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