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Saturday, 3-December-2005 03:24:08 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Firefox v1.5 came out a couple of days ago.. WindowsAtoZ have their thoughts, and there's a tweak guide for it too.
Bit-Tech checked out the Xbox 360 on its European launch. They also have what they're calling the first modded one, thanks Ambush. FlyingShrubs meanwhile wonder whether the Xbox 360 is good or bad for PC gamers.
PCStats have a beginner's guide to home networking & file sharing, while PCMech cover optimising your SLI config. TheTechZone meanwhile offer 6 ways to reduce spam in your Inbox.
Digit-Life compared a few budget LGA775 coolers. To clear up the issue, today we'll focus on 11 coolers, more or less alternative to the boxed modifications - five models of the CI5-9HDPA and CI5-9JD3A series from Cooler Master, four Igloo 5071 models from GlacialTech, as well as two LeopardStream models from Speeze.
Snoop-wiggles has written up a review of Silverstone's ST365 PSU for the Wiki. For a budget unit, the specifications are rather impressive. The big one is an excellent 300W combined 12V rail, or 25A.
Thetron spotted this article about ATI Avivo Xcode, which can apparently encode movies five times faster than Microsoft's encoder. It’s more than impressive to experience a first glimpse of what the Avivo architecture in ATI’s X1000 series is capable of.
Microsoft have a new email management tool called SNARF, which is a free download and works with Outlook. Microsoft Research hopes that with SNARF's distribution to the public, other researchers can learn how people use e-mail so that they can devise new and better ways to help users manage messages, Brush says.
SharkyExtreme have a high-end gaming PC buyer's guide. One of the few that isn't just a big PriceGrabber spamfest, they cover both the Intel and AMD perspectives.
Ben spotted the third Office Bricolage competition winners on BleachEatingFreaks. Weapons made from office supplies.. some of them are getting kinda scary now.
In space news, the Mars Express probe has discovered water ice on Mars, while Hubble has produced a stunning picture of the Crab Nebula.
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