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Bit-Tech have taken a look at S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, the much anticipated game which has been delayed several times. Eurogamer also have done a review of it. Set in an alternate future, Stalker puts the player into The Zone – a 30 square kilometre area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that tragically went into meltdown in 1986. Developed by Ukrainian studio GSC Game World, the game presents a future where additional events in 2006 and 2008 led to the development of various anomalies and mutated wildlife. Now 2012, curiosity and greed has led humankind to once again populate the area with divergent groups putting forth their own agendas to control The Zone.
XSReviews have done a review of the Optimus Mini Three, a OLED "precursor" to the much anticipated Optimus Keyboard. There are several products out there that appeal directly to the nerd nation merely because of the extreme technology put into it. The Optimus Mini three is the precursor, and ‘beta test’ for the full Optimus Keyboard and gives you an insight into the world of OLEDs and what can be done with them. Lets have a look…
The TechReport has upgraded their system guide with newer hardware and Vista. THE VISTA LAUNCH HAS COME and gone, but the hardware market certainly hasn't been sitting still over the past month and a half. Nvidia has brought DirectX 10 graphics below the $300 mark with its GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB, AMD has generously discounted its Athlon 64 X2 line, and hardware prices have dropped overall—especially in the memory sector. With these changes in mind, we've cooked up a new system guide for your shopping pleasure. Our recommended systems are now faster and cheaper, and we've also added a one-off "LAN Box" system for enthusiasts and overclockers who need a portable gaming system that won't break the bank.
VIA Arena have posted some videos including an interview of a guy who designed a system to automate a cattle station with a VIA EPIA PC. Direct link to videos here (large 80Mb) and here (small 30Mb). In March 2007 we visited the Beef Spectacular Show in Dubbo. Kattle Gear Australia had their cattle stations on display, including their automated system. The designer of the EPIA based system, Leonard Hill from Belvoir IT was kind enough to allow us to film him talking us through how the system works. (We also have this 30MB version available for those of you who would prefer a smaller file size).
Although I am trying to keep all of the Cebit stuff to one post this Sanyo waterproof TV stood out. As we wandered the show floor at CeBIT this year, we noticed that things that can operate in water are all the rage. While we don't really care if a cash register is waterproof, we are very, very excited by a television that works during a spot of rain. Yes, that's right, the Sanyo 42LM4WPR-E really is a television that's impervious to the electronic-destroying properties of water. And it's HD ready. Click on for more photos.
DigitalTrends have checked out the 2007 Photo Marketing Association convention. The annual Photo Marketing Association convention is a gathering of photo retailers, imaging geeks and manufacturers touting their latest gear. Although most of the show floor is dedicated to things the average consumer couldn’t care less about, DigitalTrends dutifully walked the aisles to uncover items of interest.
Todays timewaster is from Matt with a follow up to that other Virus game that was posted a few days ago. Here is the regular Pandemic.
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