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Friday, 10-November-2006 01:09:50 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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This news post is actually from waynejkruse10.. enjoy!
Bit-Tech has an article dealing with internet gems that not many people have heard about. "Whilst the world is still trying to get their heads round the scale of Google Maps and its desktop client counterpart, Google Earth, the company has expanded its satellite photography fieldtrip into outer space and come up with Google Mars and Google Moon. These apps, you guessed it, use the Google Maps interface to allow users to view the two stellar bodies in all their mapped photographic glory....
Chilehardware has an interesting interview with ATI about folding on the GPU. Since the launch of the Radeon X1800 we knew that our hardware was capable of doing more than just rendering graphics (we actually started working with Stanford’s Folding@Home project before we even launched the Radeon X1800). We knew that any application that required significant parallel processing would greatly benefit from ATI’s powerful GPUs. So we started talking with Stanford, and both parties thought it would be a great application to accelerate with the GPU – and of course it’s a very noble cause....
From Jotham: A Japanese inventor unveils what he calls the next generation of eco-friendly energy sources - (video) batteries powered by water.
From Nick: Appently a German ISP has been forced to delete IP logs to guarentee the privacy of their customers.
The HardwareZone have an interesting article about Blu Ray and HD-DVD. You've probably heard of convergence at some point or another by now. It's loosely used to convey the merging of personal computing and digital entertainment with home theater. You may even already have convergence products in your living room, purchased or setup your own HTPC system with networked media streaming throughout your house. The next step is obviously to upgrade and support new generation formats and media. For home entertainment, this would be Blu-ray and HD DVD....
Techarp has a good article dealing with multiple monitor tips and tricks.
If you haven't been watching the new TV show focussed on gaming, Good Game on ABC2, you can download the episodes off their website here. Each episode is around 80mb and is in either MP4 or WMV format. The latest episode which screened on tuesday this week is up there and features an AOE 3 masterclass, review of Dark Messiah, the new Tekken game and Empire at War - Forces of corruption.
This page has updated system requirements for the new CryEngine2 game engine from Crysis the makers of Far Cry. Apparently it will be very scalable for older machines and multi cores are supported.
Andandtech have an article about P965 memory performance. Our memory choices represent an excellent blend of performance at today's inflated prices, although we are finally starting to see some price stabilization in the DDR2 market.
Andypoo sends word that a new beta version of Skype is out. For those who are into VoIP and are interested with the new featured, check it out.
In Sci-Tech news, apparently India wants to put a man on the moon by 2020. "The technology is within our reach," Nair told Hindustan Times. "Initially, the space journey will be for a week. The lunar mission will be for 15 days or a month."
Today's timewaster is from Chris with Qwerty Warriors!.
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