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Friday, 11-January-2008 14:40:28 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, has died aged 88. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced the news today. Miss Clark said the death of New Zealand's greatest hero was a profound loss.
NASA have advised that asteroid 2007 WD5 will probably not hit Mars later this month. Boo! Our best estimate now is that 2007 WD5 will pass about 26,000 km from the planet's center (about 7 Mars radii from the surface) at around 12:00 UTC (4:00 am PST) on Jan. 30th. With 99.7% confidence, the pass should be no closer than 4000 km from the surface.
One worrying development at CES concerns internet filtering. Network-level filtering means your Internet service provider – Comcast, AT&T, EarthLink, or whoever you send that monthly check to – could soon start sniffing your digital packets, looking for material that infringes on someone’s copyright.
Speaking of which, there's a petition to stop Australian Internet Censorship. Show your support by signing this petition. Show Mr Conroy and Mr Rudd that Australia does not require a Government babysitter. I'm not a big fan of online petitions but it can't hurt I guess. "Email Required" is a bit of a worry tho.
IGN looked at a new game from Radical, called Prototype. This game has a similar sense of chaotic freedom and power. Rather than feeling artificially restrained, this is a game where you can run up the side of a building, then leap from rooftop to rooftop. This is a game where you can barrel down the street like a charging bull, knocking pedestrians aside and vaulting off the bonnets of any vehicles in your path.
They also take a look back at the history of Duke Nukem Forever. I still remember the awesome fun we had playing Duke Nukem 3D at work. Laser tripbombs, the shrink gun, jetpack jousting.. come on, DNF!
From Marc: This is pretty cool, this allows you to use your GPRS Windows Mobile to act as an ad-hoc Wi-Fi router, allowing you to access the web through the phone's GPRS.
An Australian company now offers loss of license insurance. The policy was designed for good drivers who fell victim to revenue-raising, National Underwriting Agencies spokesman Noel Johns said.
Snippets from Justin: Plastic fibre slashes optical network costs. A study holds new promise for spinal injury patients. Apparently nVidia card owners can download the latest portal demo from steam for free.
Tweaktown looked at Gigabyte's Dynamic Energy Saver technology. First of all, DES is not a fad and it will be available on pretty much all GIGABYTE motherboards bar the really low-end models. However, the roll-out will take some time but the good news is that GIGABYTE has already shipped motherboards with DES.
USB 3.0 is on the way, thanks Nick. Info here on TheReg and here on PCMech.
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