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Chris sent in this watercooling PSU. Not just a watercooled PSU (there's a couple of those already) but a watercooling system based around the system's PSU. Digital Cowboy Japan has come to the rescue with the Water Cowboy DC-WCP450, a 450 watt ATX power supply which has a built in radiator, pump and tank. The unit has a 12cm angular fan which cools both the power supply and the radiator.
ZDNet report on a benchmark tool built into Vista which seems to need a little work. The critique is that the current version of the Windows System Performance Rating feature could be "misleading", Brad Goldberg, general manager for Windows at Microsoft, said in an interview at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle.
APC meanwhile say 64-bit driver issues will be less of a problem with Vista than WinXP. Another Microsoft spokesman said the company was currently being let down by some hardware vendors in specific categories, such as printers, wireless networking, SATA and storage. They also have some info about Vista's SuperFetch technology and Samsung's hybrid flash/hard drives.
If you're a fan of Mythbusters, or at least a fan of Kari from Mythbusters, you'll be a fan of this FHM page (which probably isn't safe for work), thanks thetron. Video, too. Mmm, science.
Thetron also spotted this downloadable video of a "4 Corners" story about nuclear power in Australia. Speaking of which, browca04 sent in this article about possibly using Mount Gambier for a nuclear power station, and there's a lengthy forum thread discussing this issue here.
TheTechZone report on some new laptop battery technologies. Micro fuel cells can use such fuels as alcohol or methanol and offers ten times the power of conventional batteries using only 1/20th the weight. Perfectly suited for laptops or notebook computers.
Skit has an article about some annoying calls. They now prank your mobile with one ring then hang up. This has been happening for at least a few months before Christmas. Most people will call the number back to find out who they missed. These people are then greated with a recorded message saying they have won! and then requests them to dial a $2.50/min number for further details. What amazes me about that page is the comments from people who Google for missed call numbers! Never even thought about doing that.
ByteSizedReviews checked out a few CrossFire motherboards. Although ATi recently released its RD580 chipset (Radeon Xpress 3200), it plans on continuing its RD480 (Radeon Xpress 200) products as the "mainstream" crossfire solution.
XYZComputing have pics and info about eBook readers. A proper digital book should fit the form factor of a normal paperback, though will replace the pages with memory and the cover with a display. While this is a simple enough concept, actually making a feasible product has been extremely tough.
BTXFormFactor continue their Microprocessor History article with Part 2. If (like me) you don't remember Part 1, you can brush up here.
From Jared: I just noticed that you can download episodes of McLeod's Daughters. Not that i'm interested in that but when they start offering more shows it could be good. Nice one Channel Nine!
XbitLabs compared some professional graphics accelerators from ATI and NVIDIA. Today we are going to talk about those graphics cards that are intended not for gaming needs, but for serious work. We managed to get our hands on a few new solutions from Nvidia and ATI from the Quadro and FireGL series.
Bjorn3D had a chat with a few people from NVIDIA about the new nForce 5 chipsets. what is the planned lifespan of the nForce 500 series? As long as folks love it. We are still selling nf3.
DriverHeaven have a DirectX 10 overview article. Staff member Pete Grass was at the recent ATI press briefing in London regarding DX10. He has written an overview of the technology which is interesting reading.
Murray noticed that Western Digital have quietly upgraded some features of their 36GB and 74GB Raptor hard drives. Among the performance updates are increases in 'Buffer To Disk' sustained transfer rates of 84MB/sec up from the previous models' 72MB/sec as well as lower overall average seek times. The updated 36GB and 74GB Raptor models are also 3 dBA quieter in the idle state.
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