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From Adam: The Sydney Opera House is presenting a symphony of video game music. "Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, HALO, Castlevania, World of Warcraft, Kingdom Hearts, The Legend of Zelda, Mario Bros, Sonic the Hedgehog... over 20 blockbuster video games at the Sydney Opera House in a polyphonic, sight-and-sound, live music extravaganza. Performed by the Sydney Symphony with Principal Conductor and Music Director Arnie Roth, PLAY! features award-winning music from the biggest and best video games around. And then there's the graphics. Massive screens, cinematic in scope, suspended over the orchestra - showing stunning gameplay sequences."
From Matt: According to the SMH the Nintendo Wii has surpassed the Xbox 360 sales. "In the first four days since its launch last Thursday, 32,901 Wii units were sold nationwide, said Daniel Morse, games analyst at GfK. This compared with the previous record of 30,421 Xbox 360s sold in the four days after its launch in March, he said."
Sharky Extreme has updated their Gaming PC buyers guide. More information on parts recomendations can be found here.
Tweakguides has posted an article about tweaking your computer for optimum gaming performance. "Many years ago when you started up a game, all you had to worry about was changing the difficulty settings, and perhaps adjusting the volume; at worst you also had to adjust a couple of other basic settings. Within a few years the number of in-game (and hidden) configurable options exploded to the point where now most games have several screens of basic and advanced settings, some of which have amazingly obscure and counter-intuitive names."
Lyle has sent in this old page which benchmarked some common CD (and DVD I suppose) scratch repair solutions.
China has signed an agreement to crack down on piracy. "China signed a memorandum of understanding today with several trade associations in the UK and US, agreeing to crack down on copyright infringement and piracy in the country. The memorandum, Establishment of a Coordination Mechanism For Online Copyright Protection, was signed in Beijing by the National Copyright Administration (NCA) of China."
Techreport has an article about the new server platforms from AMD and Intel. "Much has changed in the realm of server and workstation processors since our last round of tests, just before Intel's "Woodcrest" Xeon 5100 series debuted. Those Xeons have now made their way into the market, and AMD has countered with Socket F Opterons that promise higher performance and lower power consumption. More recently, Intel unleashed its new quad-core "Clovertown" Xeon 5300 series that aims for an even higher performance plateau."
Hothardware has another holiday buyers guide covering high end, mid range and low end PC's.
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