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Saturday Evening (11 Comments) (link)
 Saturday, 17-January-2009  19:32:11 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Brains spotted this article about Macs being smashed to pieces. Who cares why, just grab your hammer! Contacted for comment, Apple Australia Marketing Director Rob Small claimed that Apple does not smash perfectly good Macs and put them in bins. "We only destroy stock that's either beyond economic repair or is been deemed not fit for sale to a customer again," Small added.

Tweaktown looked at SSD performance in Win 7 BETA and Vista SP1. Keep in mind this is just a first look; Microsoft may still and probably will provide further performance optimizations for SSDs under the final shipping version of W7 and this is merely a look at the performance difference so far.

Deepspring sent in a couple of cool PC mod projects, this Retro radio one and an Incredible Hulk one. Instead of being a modded case, it's more like the guts of a computer that got caught in an action sequence.

The first Australian Google Android phone has been delayed indefinitely. In a statement released this afternoon, the company said the delay was "due to future interoperability issues."

TheWedgie noticed this Microsoft DreamSpark site, which seems to be a way for students to get free software from Microsoft. DreamSpark is simple, it's all about giving students Microsoft professional-level developer and design tools at no charge so you can chase your dreams and create the next big breakthrough in technology - or just get a head start on your career.



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