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From Troy: Here is a satellite photo of the Victorian Bushfires (high resolution). You can see more in this thread.
From James: Apparently Mobile Phones don't cause cancer. "You can stop worrying about getting brain cancer from your cell phone. A massive study of just about every private cell phone user in Denmark shows no link between gabbing on your mobile and the development of brain tumors. The 420,000 participants averaged about 8.5 years of cell phone use, although some of them had been using cell phones for as long as 21 years. But there was not even a hint of an increase in brain cancer incidence the longer they used the phone."
For people wishing to buy green technology you may want to rethink your purchase. Apple scored fairly low in the rankings pulling in at 11th out of 14 companies with a score of 2.7 out of 10. Dell and Nokia were equal 1st with a score of 7 out of 10.
Remember that Benq ad for a MP3 player which featured a person listening to the product with a backdrop of the collapsed World Trade Center towers? Well they have issued an apology.
From Nick: For those keen to buy Windows Vista you can check out this site which should help you out with your decision on which version to get.
From Matt: There seems to be a flaw in Microsoft Word. "A newly disclosed flaw in Microsoft Word could let malicious hackers take control of victims' computers by sending them e-mail with a Word document attached."
PCMech has a short article about webhosting and the number of nines myth.
Apparently there has been a breakthrough in solar efficiency. "A solar cell produced by Boeing-Spectrolab has recently achieved a world-record conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent, establishing a new milestone in sunlight-to-electricity performance. This breakthrough may lead to systems with an installation cost of only $3 per watt, producing electricity at a cost of 8-10 cents per kilowatt/hour, making solar electricity a more cost-competitive and integral part of our nation’s energy mix."
Nik has made this ever so tasty edible Wii. "There was a gingerbread house competition at the uni I go to a couple of days ago and I entered with a Wii. Unfortunately I didn’t win; possibly because half the judges didn’t know what a Wii was (yea, they live under a rock). Anyhoo, this was my take on a Wii in pastry, icing and candy…"
From Brendan: 2KGames is offering Railroad Tycoon as a free download. You can download it here and weighs in at 14.2mb.
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