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(link) Thursday, 16-March-2006 13:59:25 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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The big rumour at the moment is about Dell taking over Alienware. Designtechnica and TheInq are reporting it, among others, while others say Dell's denying it.
We're a bit late reporting this, but McAfee AntiVirus went nuts and started eating legitimate files.. ouch. More info here. I guess if you were affected you'd already know. :)
InternetNews have an interesting article about the workings of Google. In fact, at Google, many will fail every day. So, Google has automated methods of dealing with machine failures, allowing it to build a fast, highly reliable service with cheap hardware.
Mobile phones may be the key to getting cheap broadband in the bush, thanks Sniper. Remote communities could access cheaper wireless broadband services than their city cousins via new-generation mobile phones and computers, say Australian researchers.
John spotted this cool site with many panoramic views around the world, including this one from a Sydney Harbour Bridge pylon.
Futurelooks played with two XFX 7800GT in SLI. Now we're going to put two of them together to find out if the extra dollars are worth the upgrade for the every day gamer.
You can take it with you now, with an SLI laptop on Bit-Tech, thanks Cadal. We'll show you some scale over the next couple of pages, but you can see that the 19" widescreen runs a resolution of 1680x1050 (with the option of a 1920x1200 screen if you want it).
PureOC meanwhile wonder if 256MB vs 512MB makes any real difference on video cards. I don't believe anyone reading this would disagree that 512MB cards will become a firm requirement of high end gaming very soon, but the key question here is do 512MB framebuffers offer anything to us now, other than future proofing?
A few snippets from Wes: A desktop future analysis. New PSP features coming in next firmware. Sony's new UK ad campaign. Aussie consumers fearful of Net security. Ronnie Johns vid downloads!
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