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Sunday, 12-November-2006 20:54:55 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Here's an amusing take on the "priceless" ads involving NVIDIA's latest goodies, thanks klif.
A few people sent in this cool sequence of photos from the space probe Cassini, as it passed through Saturn's shadow. With giant Saturn hanging in the blackness and sheltering Cassini from the sun's blinding glare, the spacecraft viewed the rings as never before, revealing previously unknown faint rings and even glimpsing its home world.
Sniper spotted this Japanese photo-log of a PS3 being pulled apart.
TweakTown compared GeForce 8800 GTS and GTX cards from XFX. Clearly we can also see that when it comes to size, the GTX is much longer than the GTS – it comes in at 10.5 inches long. nVidia say that they did their research and enthusiast uses most of the time have the case to carry a card so long but if you’re looking at the GTX, we urge you to make sure you can before buying as it is really long.
Plenty of people also sent in this (not work safe!) idea for making drivers pay attention to speed limit signs, in Denmark. Did I mention "not work safe"?
TheInq have an interview with AMD about their future plans. We've got traditional notebook, desktop and server areas, but now we are combined with ATI, we also have to supervise a whole new family of devices and need to address their markets, etc.
Microsoft have a virtual earth program similar to Google Maps/Earth, called Windows Live. Interestingly, this virtual exploration of the world will carry billboards with advertising. According to the press release, "Similar to billboards on the side of roads, virtual billboards will be available throughout Live Search in the 3-D view.
Timbot sent in this interesting quick HDD fix for broken pins. If you've ever broken the pin off of an IDE drive, you know what an absolute horror that is. Especially if you're like me and you don't back up quite like you should.
Dell have further embraced AMD, launching a quad-Opteron server. Dell's decision to embrace Opteron gives customers with an aversion to risk clear guidance that AMD-based servers are safe to deploy. Phew!
The ABC report that even doctors use Google to help with diagnoses. The study found clinicians were 21% more likely to give the correct answers when they used online search engines.
Here's a web-based Super Smash Brothers timewaster.
If you'd like to support Perth band The Resonance, who make the theme music for (and now edit) the OCAU Podcast, you can vote for them as "Best Live Act" in the Perth Dance Music Awards!
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