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It seems that the Government's online filter is causing people grief, thanks Paul. AN Adelaide woman trying to shield her grandson from the dangers of the internet says the Federal Government's free online filter damaged her computer. Pauline Adams, of Seaview Downs, says when she tried to install the NetAlert online content filter to protect grandson Nathan, 14, it did not install completely and began denying her email access.
NetworkPerformanceDaily have interviewed Rob Malda, the creator and editor of Slashdot. For many years, Slashdot has been the gold standard of technical news online; the most successful blog that pre-dates the word "blog." (By about two months, actually…) It has been a haven for the geeky and the nerdy and a cultural meme over the past decade. We spoke to the creator and editor of Slashdot, Rob Malda, (also known as CmdrTaco,) previously as part of our coverage of Slashdot's Firehose. Now, as Slashdot reaches its 10th anniversary, we speak with him again about the Web site's past and its future.
Bit-Tech have posted some impressions of the Team Fortress 2 beta. Graphically, as well, the game is just on another level to its contemporaries. As already mentioned, the game isn't designed to be realistic, but rather uses a mix of cel-shading and various engine tweaks created by Valve’s dev team to create environments and models that are incredibly polished. Even effects like motion blur are implemented exquisitely, giving the sensation of speed and movement, but without inducing nausea after five minutes of play like we’ve found with some games recently.
PCPer have written a DX10 gaming performance review for high end GPUs. If the single graphics card performance of the HD 2900 XT made NVIDIA's 8800 cards look good, then the SLI versus CrossFire comparison puts NVIDIA on cloud 9. NVIDIA has done a great job improving the SLI experience on Windows Vista and has been able to produce some impressive scaling numbers. In Call of Juarez adding a second 8800 GTS 640MB card got us an 86% improved frame rate and in Lost Planet we saw an 81% improvement.
TechARP have interviewed Patrick Gelsinger, the senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group. He holds six patents and six applications in the areas of VLSI design, computer architecture and communications. He has more than 20 publications in these technical fields, including "Programming the 80386," published in 1987 by Sybex Inc. His promotion to group vice president at age 32 made him the youngest vice president in the history of the company.
IGN have taken a look at the progression of the Empire Earth series. With Empire Earth III's release just around the corner, we thought it might be a bit of a lark to take a side-by-side look at Mad Doc's latest strategy title versus Empire Earth II. Over the next 12 screenshots or so, you'll see just how much more detailed the series' visuals have become, as well as just how radically the team has shifted its approach to visual design - Empire Earth III's units and structures have much more character to them, and are far more divorced from reality.
TheTechZone have wondered about the growth of Windows mobile and how it could eventually be the only mobile OS out there. Many of world's biggest cell phone makers are slowly but surely migrating their way to Windows Mobile, at least as an option. They may not take the Windows Mobile route exclusively, but they realize that so many people are far too familiar with the Windows environment to want to move elsewhere. Perhaps the only major player to not make the jump is Research in Motion, makers of the ubiquitous BlackBerry.
I posted a video a little while ago about how to make a can stove, well there is a thread discussing it on the forums accompanied by an article and and detailed instructions. Remember: be careful with stuff like this, do it outside in a well ventilated area and keep flamables away from hot or burning stuff. I should have followed these tips when I tried to make one of these...
And finally, todays timewaster is from jk_matt with Desktop Tower Defence.
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