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Along with "Play!" there is another game related concert occurring called Eminence. Eminence is showcasing its annual event of the year, 'A Night in Fantasia'. And this year the whole concert is dedicated to video games. Named 'A Night in Fantasia 2007- Symphonic Gaming Edition', the 90 person orchestra and choir will be performing music from: Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, World of Warcraft, Kingdom Hearts, Tekken, Shadow of the Colossus, among many others... The original composers of Final Fantasy XII, Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Cross, among others will be attending as guests of honour, and fans are able to get autographs after the show. The concert will take place in Sydney at Sydney Town Hall on 20th + 21st of April, and at Hamer Hall in Melbourne on the 27th April.
Nick has sent in this column about Vista activation. Microsoft always says it opposes "software pirates" who sell thousands of unauthorized copies of Windows. But the Redmond company has made things a lot easier for pirates by adding a line to the Registry that can be changed from 0 to 1 to postpone the need to "activate" Vista indefinitely.
Dell is set to be the first to offer 1TB HDD in its computers. Dell is the first computer system supplier to ship 1 terabyte (1,000 gigabytes) hard drives targeted at users needing to store large amounts of digital media. The higher capacity is particularly needed for storing video content, such as high-definition video. This will affect consumers first but then business, particularly media-related businesses and applications. It is a reversal of normal practice where business received higher-capacity disk drives first.
A pioneer of the Fortran programming language, John Backus, has died. John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82.
Check out this new solid state hard drive, the HyperDrive4. Following launches by Sandisk, Samsung, Intel, and Super Talent (did I forget anyone?), Dutch electronics maker Attorn BV has also announced its own solid-state (SSD) or flash disk, the HyperDrive4.
TechGage has posted a preview of Windows Home Server. We have a look at the beta version of the Home Server software, which you’ll be able to purchase separately or as part of a Home Server bundle from PC makers like HP. With its combination of features and simplicity, this is one future home networking product that’s worth looking forward to.
Bit-Tech has posted a field guide to cryptography. Cryptography - the very word speaks of mystery, secrets, and a good storyline. In fact, what most of us know about the subject revolves around exactly those terms. Its history and usage are often portrayed as shrouded secrets, where the only data valuable enough to deserve such treatment involves the national security of some nation. For most of us, the very concept brings up images of the CIA or MI6.
DamnInteresting has posted a new article about flying saucers. Under the cover of darkness on 07 October 1959, a convoy of military vehicles escorted a flatbed truck through the abandoned streets of Malton, Canada just outside of Toronto. Local police had arranged to clear the route from a top-secret aircraft hangar to Toronto harbor, so the drivers paid little mind to traffic laws as they traversed the city.
Falls sent in todays timewaster, a new "tower defence" style game Flash Circle TD.
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