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For BF2 players out there OCAU has a Battlefield 2 team and it seems we need more players if we want to continue in the next season. For those interested I direct you to email Xosfear here via the online form.
From Andrew: The RAAF has got some shiny new planes. Information and pics located at the link. "The first of the RAAF's C-17 Globemaster III's flew from Canberra to it's home base RAAF Amberley today."
With the release of the Nintendo Wii it was only time before people got modding and hacking the controller (aka. Wiimote). David sent in this video of a Wiimote running on a PC controlling a game of Half Life 2.
For those feeling generous this holiday season I direct you to the Childs Play charity fundraiser. A number of OCAU'ers are involved with it, check it out as it's certainly a good cause.
From Matt: The world chess champion Vladimir Kramnick has been beaten by the Deep Fritz chess playing computer program. "Kramnik, seeking a final win to level the match, played an unbalanced opening with Black. He built up a good position and equalized. But he then went astray, losing a pawn from which he never recovered."
DVHardware takes a look at some holiday gifts for tech savvy friends.
According to TrustedReviews everybody is a journalist with the growth of non professional online content. "The main point of the event was to evaluate the importance of non-professional online content, or social media – while myself and Jack were on hand to discuss how social media differs from traditional journalism, and whether the phenomenon is having an effect on professional publications."
The popular graphics card tweaking program RivaTuner has been updated to version 2.0 RC 16.2 with a number of new features.
PCMech has a valuable article about creating online backups of files for greater redundancy. "One of the biggest IT challenges for small businesses is backing up their data easily and effectively. Everyone knows and understands the principle behind regular backups. But few put it in practice."
Phoronix takes a look at overclocking under Linux. "In 2005 we had featured several articles on the state of NVIDIA graphics card overclocking under Linux. In early 2005 the only option for Linux users was NVClock. The open-source NVClock was started by Roderick Colenbrander in 2001 and since then has been evolving. However, coming out in June of 2005 from the NVIDIA camp was CoolBits support for their alternative operating system drivers."
The SMH has an article about Australia's draconian copyright laws. ""The Free Trade Agreement with the United States means the worst aspects of the American Copyright system has been imported into Australian law but with none of the consumer safeguards such as open ended fair use rights that exist in the United States," said Greens senator Kerry Nettle."
Even the computing world has their own version of Miss Universe, its called SysAdmin of the Year and the winners have just been announced with great prizes from a trip to Washington DC to computers and cases of soft drink.
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