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I am back from the ski slopes and luckily I haven't broken any bones, so here is some news!
Other broadband providers are set to follow Optus by counting uploads, thanks Mick. BROADBAND consumers have always had to pay for their internet downloads, but they may soon have to pay for uploading as well. Uploading pictures and videos onto social networking sites such as MySpace and YouTube had until last week been free for anyone with an internet service provider other than Telstra.
HardwareLogic have posted some information about buying OEM hardware. To OEM or Not to OEM. It's a valid question that often doesn't get approached very well at enthusiast sites. You need to know the pros and cons before you make the purchasing leap.
Phoronix have looked at Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 3. The third alpha release for Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon is now available for download. New in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 3 include the latest desktop effects powered by Compiz Fusion, the GNOME 2.19.5 development release, the Gutsy Gibbon server installation now includes Ebox for network services control, and a lot of work between Tribe 2 and Tribe 3 has went into improving AppArmor.
AMD has reported another quarterly loss, thanks Robert. Advanced Micro Devices, the second-biggest maker of computer processors, posted its third quarterly loss in a row on Thursday as a price war with rival Intel took a toll on results. AMD said its net loss was $600 million, or $1.09 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a profit of $88.9 million, or 18 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue was 1.38 billion, up 13 percent from $1.22 billion a year earlier.
PenstarSys have posted some commentary on the AMD story. Yesterday AMD posted revenues of $1.378 billion, and a loss of around $600 million. While the loss is larger than expected, revenues beat the street by a pretty hefty margin. Speaking of margins, AMD has stated that they have increased margins from last quarter's 31% to about 34%. The news of revenue growth and increased margins has had a positive effect on AMD's share price in after hours trading. In pre-market trading the stock is up $0.34 from yesterday's $15.78.
Dan has posted his thoughts on the new cheap quad core processors. Yes, it's a real quad core CPU, and yes, it only costs $AU396. That's 99 Australian dollars per core, including delivery. It wasn't always that way. When the Q6600 was new in January 2007, the thousand-unit wholesale price was $US851. Now it's well under half that price, retail! I'm not sure, but Intel's price cuts of the last week may be the fastest CPU discounting in history.
XYZComputing have posted an article about Linux on UMPC's. Getting back to the original question- saving the UMPC is a very difficult task. There is no doubt that Linux could work on the UMPC and that it could improve it while still offering a full-fledged operating system, but making it a success is another story altogether. The original idea of the UMPC, a flyweight travel companion that was smaller than your notebook and more affordable is something that has yet to be realized.
PCMech have checked out some freeware IRC clients. In this week's Freeware Frenzy, I will be discussing two IRC clients. IRC is short for Internet Relay Chat, a popular communication method online. Instead of chatting directly with one buddy as in AOL Instant Messenger, you join a room full of buddies to discuss any topic under the sun. So read on to learn about XChat and IceChat.
TechARP have looked at the reliability of laptop computers. You have read about all those cool protection technologies packed into your notebook, but have you ever seen them in action? Join Masaki Kobayashi of Lenovo's Yamato Labs as he drops a notebook and pours water on another!
Apparently Vista driver support for Nvidia and ATI mobile graphics chips is lacking. Microsoft Windows Vista has been out now for more than 6 months. At first ATI was praised for supporting Vista and Nvidia was criticized for not supporting their products. Quietly however ATI and Nvidia has not been providing drivers for mobility/Go customers. I can hear you saying "You're Kidding Right" nope but I wish I was. Complete lack of support for Mobility and Go owners for an operating system is unacceptable
Joanna sent in todays timewaster, Clickage where you need to try to click 100 times as fast as possible. See if you can get the highest rank of "Superman" without cheating.
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