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Monday Morning (9 Comments) (link)
 Monday, 11-July-2005  00:20:49 (GMT +10) - by aftahours

Kim sent in some cool pictures of cats in mid-air flight. Check them out here.

Driverheaven has another gaming article posted up on their site, this time they take a look at a rather 'quirky and enjoyable 3d Platform shooter on both PC and PS2. Check the review on Psychonauts, here.

This guide is probably a great guide for people who have never overclocked their videocard, and want to know how. Check out the article here, on sgOverclockers.

Tweakguides has a handy article posted, for those that are confused or overwhelmed with all the new different hardware avenues we can go towards. He checks out the best he could afford, and wanted to futureproof his system as much as possible. Full article here.

There has been lots of debate and controversy with the Grand Theft Auto series since it was first released, but the latest San Andreas release has caused a big stir because it contains 'sex scenes'. Here's a snip from the article: Inevitably, some modders have reprogrammed popular games to add explicit sexual content. The popular game The Sims has inspired some steamy mods that enable characters to couple and even get pregnant. But ''Hot Coffee," an eye-popping GTA mod created by Wildenborg and some of his friends, goes a good deal further, with highly explicit images.. Read the full article here, on boston.com news.

Also, some interesting forum threads I'd like to share:

Make your own PC gearshifter in Modding & Electronics.
Quiet watercooled Super Lanboy in Modding & Electronics: Worklogs.
Promo girls pics from Darwin V8 Supercars (56k beware) in Photography.
Pool / snooker cue in Other Toys.
I bought the world's smallest MP3 player! in Other Toys.
OCAU Venice OC Database in AMD Hardware
Discuss Anything Basketkball (has lots of vids) in Sport, Fitness and Health.
Australia vs. South Africa Rugby Union in Sport, Fitness and Health.
Consequences & Implications of London Terrorist Attack in Current Events.
Official World Of Warcraft Discussion (GOLD) in Games.
Keeping up with Stargate: SG-1 in TV, Movies and Music.
Show Us Your Desktop! (actual desktop) in The Pub.
Vanilla Coke. -- Going? in Geek Food.

And just a few reviews to finish off for tonight:

Storage/RAM:
Lexar Jumpdrive Lightning 2GB on Bleeding Edge
OCZ Technology EL DDR PC-3200 Gold Edition Dual Channel on Hexus

Video/Display:
Nvidia Geforce 7800GTX SLI on 3DAvenue
6600GT with Dual-BIOS on bit-tech.net
MSI Radeon RX800XL-VT2D256E Videocard on PCStats
Samsung 910MP LCD TV Monitor on XYZ Computing
ABIT AL8 (Intel 945P Express) on HardwareZone

Audio:
Logitech Wireless Headphones for iPod on CoolTechZone
SanDisk Digital Audio Player Preview at CoolTechZone
Bose SoundDock on DesignTechnica

Misc:
Anodized LED Fans and Thumbscrews on XYZ Computing
Gigabyte AirCruiser G Desktop PCI Router on PC Modding Malaysia
Optorite 1600DPI Laser Mouse on TheTechZone
WL Foldable Keyboard on MHW
Silex COMBO Mini Finger Print Reader on Hardcoreware
Cableyoyo Ultra-thin Cord Manager on Futurelooks
Knoppix – a Linux OS that runs off 1 CD on The Tech Zone

Case:
Aspire X-Qpack on OCIA
SilverStone LC11B HTPC Enclosure on Ap0calypse
SilverStone LC11M HTPC Case on OCIA

Cooling:
Kingwin AquaStar AS-3000 Liquid Cooling System on 3DGameMan
CoolerMaster NotePal Notebook Cooler on Futurelooks
Thermaltake Symphony H2O Cooler on OverclockerCafe
Noiseblocker Cool Scraper SX1 CPU Cooler on Xteme Resources
Arctic Silver Products on ThinkComputers.org



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