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IGN has taken a look at the Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality which aims to make a realistic computer Battlefield simulation. The official site of the mod including download can be found here. "The very first thing you'll notice about the weaponry is the lack of a crosshair. In the real world, floating crosshairs aren't magically displayed in front of the soldier's face (not yet, at least). Just like real life, players must use iron sight mode if they want to hit anything smaller than a zeppelin. With practice it's possible to still fire from the hip, but only at extremely close ranges."
An interesting article has been posted about an interesting case of piracy where somebody has been reposting content on Youtube with added advertisements. "All you have to do is visit YouTube, find a top rated video. Snag it. Open it with some consumer video editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Video Vegas, etc. Add your advertisement(s) and upload the finished product to YouTube with the same tags and title. If it was popular before you added your ad, it will be popular again. You get all of those gross impressions free!"
PCPer has looked at Intel's 80 core Terascale Chip and how it works. "During the Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this past September, Intel started to unveil information on its terascale processing projects. Terascale is basically defined as processing on terabytes of data on single machine requiring teraflops of power. Intel initially told us that the research being done by the terascale team was not intended for a particular product, or that it would even result in a sellable product, but as we have been getting more and more information, the likelihood of seeing this technology soon is increasing."
Paul has sent in this link about the worlds quickest electric motorcycle called "Killacycle". "The KillaCycle is the result of years of effort on the part of Bill Dube’, his sponsors and team members. It is currently the quickest 1/4 mile electric drag bike in the world. Recently driver Scott Pollacheck did a record 8.76 second @ 145.44 MPH run in Las Vegas. The motorcycle is powered by 374 volts of electricity stored in 880 small, but powerful, Lithium Ion cells (batteries) provided by A123 Systems. The cells are connected to provide 7kWh of energy storage and are capable of supplying up to 1350 amps. The entire battery pack weighs just 175 lbs yet puts out about 350 horsepower."
From Duncan: I know it is a bit old but AMD has announced Quad-Core Opteron Server Chips codenamed Barcelona. There is also a forum thread which can be found here. "AMD will pitch the chip to users of high-end, commercial workstations and servers. Users could see performance improvements of up to 70 percent in database applications and 40 percent in floating-point applications compared with AMD's dual-core "Rev. F" Opteron."
It seems that Apple is planning a new superstore part of a $200 million dollar development in Melbourne. It is certainly an interesting building they have got planned. "According to design documents, a cubed-shaped Apple store, reminiscent of the company's flagship location in San Francisco, would consume the largest chunk of space within the retail plaza. It would lay adjacent to both the hotel and apartment complex, interconnecting with those buildings at the podium level by a distinct and suspended translucent space frame characterized by circular, interconnecting rings."
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