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Saturday Night (4 Comments) (link)
Saturday, 23-July-2005 20:26:00 (GMT +10) - by aftahours

Hardware Secrets has posted an article on their tour through the ECS factory.

Figures released by the international recording industry suggest the number of legal downloads has tripled to 180m worldwide in the first half of 2005. Full article on BBC.

One of the benchmarking team members at Hardware Asylum has broken the AMD PiFast world record. This was obtained with an AMD FX-57 dry ice cooled running at 3666MHz. This is the highest PiFast score on an AMD based system to date.

Apparently the official name for the Longhorn OS from MS will be Windows Vista! More to read here.

Consumer Affairs Victoria has warned ISPs that using the word "unlimited" to describe broadband plans that slow to dialup speeds is unacceptable. About time. Thanks Bern. =)

The Tech Zone has posted a guide on taking panoramic photos. Just remember, if you are a photo nut, then be sure to check out our great Photography Forum!

Our Brisbane guys (and girls!) have organised a few more get-togethers, one at the Pancake Manor, and Chartered Fishing in September!

To finish off this quiet Saturday night, here's some interesting forum threads to browse through. =)

Thoughts on Nuclear War in Current Events
Howard the master manipulator? in Current Events
Ultimate Battle for World Supremacy in Motoring
Official World Of Warcraft Discussion (GOLD) in Games
AMD 64 X2 Overclocking Results in AMD Hardware
First experience of my HT and DTS! Wow! in Audio Visual
What are you having/had for dinner tonight? in Geek Food

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