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Monday Morning (6 Comments) (link)
 Monday, 3-October-2005  00:58:14 (GMT +10) - by aftahours

Thetron sent in an interesting read about the details of converting your car to run on Hydrogen, and according to that article, we'll be seeing the technology being used on cars in the showroom in under 10 years from now.

Ambush let's us know of this intersting project: The ReactOS project is dedicated to making Free Software available to everyone by providing a ground-up implementation of a Microsoft Windows® XP compatible operating system. ReactOS aims to achieve complete binary compatibility with both applications and device drivers meant for NT and XP operating systems, by using a similar architecture and providing a complete and equivalent public interface.

SharkyExtreme has their September High-end Gaming PC Buyer's Guide posted up on their site.

XYZ Computing share their thoughts on the new Day of Defeat: Source, which was released just recently. Check out the article here.

PC Mechanic explores alternative options to Google's search engine, and also reveals sources of information that are not available in Google search.

Phoronix have alot of information posted about Ageia PhysX, and it's ability to support alternative operating systems, such as Linux.

Hardware Secrets takes us through a tour of Corsair's new factory in California, USA.

The TechZone updates us on the state of HDTV and the growth of HDTV in the Pacific Basin compared to the USA and Europe. Full article here.

Creativemods have their October Modder of the Month posted. I have to say that his profile is almost as impressive as his mods: I'm currently employed at Honeywell Inc. as a laser machinist, working with jet engine parts in the aerospace industry. I also attend high school... Crazy! He also owns his own business.

Once again Rojak Pot have updated their Graphics Card Comparison Guide, with now a total of 239 cards.

OCWizard have a play with an audiocassette deck for your PC. Full review of the BTO Plusdeck2 PC Cassette Deck here.

Tweakguides has their Tweak Guide for the Call of Duty 2 Demo posted. The purpose of this guide is to provide descriptions of the in-game settings, as well as a range of advanced tweaks including full details of the major command variables you can use in the console. However the best use of this guide is for those who want to see whether they can tweak the game to achieve a good level of image quality vs. performance on their machine, allowing you to work out whether you need to upgrade for the full retail version, or indeed whether it's even worth buying the game if it performs/looks poorly on your machine.

Finally, Davo_rulz found an interview with Bethesda, the company that acquired the Fallout 3 license.



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