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Saturday Lunchtime (1 Comments) (link)
 Saturday, 23-December-2006  11:58:49 (GMT +10) - by Rational

Phoronix has posted an article about an interesting Java desktop environment called Project Looking Glass. "Project Looking Glass has reached version 1.0! For the uninformed, Project Looking Glass is an open-source 3D desktop environment for not only Linux but also Solaris and Windows. This software is all powered by Java after three years in development. Curious to see what Project Looking Glass looks like in action, as well as some of their Java 3D applications? We have an arsenal of images to demonstrate this software as we run it on Fedora Rawhide FC7."

This prank should give the office workers some ideas for future pranks on your coworkers.

PCStats has looked at some performance tips for Windows. "Our focus is on making your Windows XP computer perform faster, boot quicker and run better! Whether this means booting and shutting down quicker, achieving better 3D gaming performance, or just making your PC feel quicker, chances are there's a tip or two in here to help you speed things up."

TechArp has posted a Mobile CPU comparison guide covering 390 mobile processors allowing you to compare them on a number of different specifications.

The Guardian has posted their idea of the 100 most useful websites. There are certainly some useful sites there but it is obviously flawed as OCAU isn't mentioned.

PCMech has looked at upgrading to Windows Vista. "It's that time again. Microsoft has released a new operating system. It's called Vista. That you will have to upgrade to Vista some day, is a given. The question is when."

Hexus has interviewed Chris Heaton from Ubisoft about their new game Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

The Techreport has reported about the higher cache latencies in the newer AMD chips. It seems that AMD have built in provision for larger cache sizes in the new processors.

DigitalTrends has posted a guide for picking your next generation gaming system.

Today there is a couple of timewasters. The first one is this number game and the second being this game where you need to avoid the solid squares.



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