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Sunday, 3-December-2006 19:47:14 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Sniper found a story saying that 100 Gigabit Ethernet might not arrive until 2010. Ethernet was introduced more than 30 years ago and became popular as a 10mbps system for enterprise LANs. Along the way, Fast Ethernet 100Mbps, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10-Gigabit Ethernet have been added.
VOA have a report on the ancient Greek astronomical computer found over 100 years ago. The paper on the device shows the Antikythera Mechanism is based on a mathematical model of the moon's motion developed by the astronomer Hipparchus of Rhodes 2,100 years ago.
HardOCP have a GeForce 7900GT roundup, in the "affordable high-performance" video card bracket. We evaluate 7900 GTs from XFX, BFGTech and ASUS then compare them with a newer GeForce 7950 GT to see if it really is worth the extra money.
IGN.com (au) have a new Crysis DX10 Flyby video for download (freebies only low-res). Update: thetron spotted the hi-res version on Internode.
Fabricator sent in some very nice wooden computers. Wood! It grows on trees! It's the most common building material in the world, it can be harvested sustainably, it's beautiful, it's nice to touch and look at, and it's completely ignored in consumer electronics.
If you sit around the office idly constructing weapons, submit them to BleachEatingFreak's fourth Office Bricolage contest and win some stuff. The previous winners are worth checking out too, thanks Jen.
Biatch spotted this quite addictive timewaster, Tontie! Some of the other games on that site make my brain hurt.
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