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As I sit here in front of my new Dell SC430, grinning from ear to ear at the sheer speed of the thing (not to mention at the rate of folding that is now happening), it's time to post a few bits and pieces that I've found after a hectic week at work:
This article talks about a possible future of gaming, namely Star Wars-like holographic images. I'd be happy with that chess-like game first, though.
Reports suggest that the Playstation 3 may ship region-free for games, as an anti-piracy measure, ironically. After the DRM fiasco caused by Sony late last year, is it possible that a mega-corporation has finally caught on to the benefits of DRM-free content? Nah, not likely yet. In other Playstation news, Sony has stopped manufacturing the original Playstation console, some twelve years after its first release. Not quite as good as the Atari 2600, but not too shabby, by any means.
Following on from the delay in the launch of Vista, Microsoft has announced that Office 2007 will also be delayed. Something of a common thread, with the Ubuntu 6.04 (Dapper Drake) being delayed six weeks until 1 July to put some final polish into the product. As my SC430 is running very sweetly using 5.10 (Breezy Badger), I can hardly wait :)
Scientists from a range of institutions have created a 50MHz computer using a carbon nanotube, which is one-fifth the width of a human hair.
As many are now aware, Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef, has quit South Park over the infamous (and very, very clever) Scientology episode (available as a legal download from this link, courtesy of the South Park producers). In response, the producers have had their revenge (warning: spoilers enclosed in the article).
Finally, if the initial hint wasn't enough, those of you with new SC430s need to get folding with them, as we aren't making up any ground to regain the top spot. Hell, even those of you without new SC430s who aren't folding need to get involved as well.
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