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Mitsimonsta sent in word of Intel's next gen CPU codenamed Penryn. There is a thread discussing this here. Penryn's back end boasts two major advances over its predecessor. First is a new radix-16 divider that offers a 2x performance improvement on division operations vs. Core 2 Duo. The fast divider also speeds up a range of operations that depend on the divider hardware, like the square root function. Penryn's SQRT operation is 4x the speed of Core 2.
HardcoreWare have posted an article about the 5 best and worst products from Microsoft. Interestingly XP and Vista is not on the list anywhere and unsurprisingly Windows ME is there. According to our web stats, if you are a reader of this site, there is a 96% chance you’re using a Microsoft OS. So you know as well as I do that love ‘em or hate ‘em, Microsoft is still the best choice for most people to have on their desktop PC’s right now. Microsoft does more than just operating systems of course, and this is where they have to work even harder to win customers over. Some Microsoft products have been famously bad, while others have been very good. Some of Microsoft’s initiatives are simply taken for granted, which is why I decided to do a writeup on what I think are some of the best and worst product in the infamous company’s history.
Attackers have exploited a zero day flaw in Windows. The hole in the Windows animated cursor, which was flagged in a Microsoft advisory Thursday, has moved from a targeted attack to one that is widespread, said Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer for the Sans Institute, which also issued an advisory. Attackers also on Thursday launched a Trojan spam that dupes users into thinking it's an IE 7 beta, according to a Sans advisory. The Trojan uses the same file name as Microsoft's legitimate IE 7 betas, making detection more difficult, Ullrich noted.
A British school is using PSP's to help teach French, History and Geography. TEACHERS ARE starting to use Sony Playstation Portables as a way of teaching kids French, history and geography. Staff at Holyhead Secondary in Handsworth, Birmingham, were given two weeks' training in using the handheld gadgets as teaching tools.
Hexus have posted part 1 of an interview about AMD Live! and what it is on about. Having trouble understanding what exactly AMD LIVE! is? Dave Everitt ran through it with us at CeBIT 2007, and there's so much to it we needed two shows. In this first part, we learn that AMD LIVE! is like a big online book of coupons for free stuff.
ICANN has rejected the .xxx domain after a vote 9-5 against the move. "ICM's response does not address (the ICANN Government Advisory Committee's) concern for offensive content and similarly avoids the GAC's concern for the protection of vulnerable members of the community," ICANN stated in the meeting. "The board does not believe these public-policy concerns can be credibly resolved with the mechanisms proposed by the applicant." ICANN also noted that ICM's proposal could raise significant compliance issues with law enforcement agencies around the globe, many of which have different laws governing pornography.
A large section of the river Thames is now covered with mesh WiFi access. The River Thames' lower reaches in central London are now home to a Wi-Fi hotzone. Service stretches 22 kilometers (about 12.5 miles) along the banks, from Millbank near the Houses of Parliament in the west to the Millennium Dome in Greenwich to the southeast. The network, called Thames Online, is provided by the local Global Reach Group using equipment from Proxim Wireless -- specifically, the company's ORiNOCO AP-4000MR mesh access points -- about 100 were installed.
Damn Interesting have posted a new article about the SS Eastland which rolled over due to interesting circumstances. At a pier on the Chicago River on 24 July 1915, as the passenger steamer SS Eastland prepared to embark across lake Michigan, chief engineer Joseph Erickson grew increasingly concerned about his ship's demeanor. While the long line of passengers strolled up the gangplank, the engine room crew pumped water into the ballast tanks to keep the ship and its shifting load on an even keel. But the Eastland was being more persnickety than usual on that particular morning, seemingly intent on leaning a bit to one side or the other.
Todays timewaster is Skywire where you need to control the cable car though levels with obsticles. I got to level 18 so aim to beat that :).
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