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(link) Wednesday, 21-January-2009 15:50:30 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Timbot spotted this cool scrabble keyboard which is also kinda steampunky. This keyboard was commissioned by a couple of friends of mine from back east (NJ) who are avid Scrabble players. Most of the keys are made from real Scrabble tiles that were all hand-beveled (truly an exercise in patience/masochism!) and built onto a USB, clicky, mechanical-switch keyboard.
Next from the "Whacky Chinese Internet Policy" department, we have online gamers having to register their real names in order that they can be monitored for signs of gaming addiction, thanks Dopefish. The government of China already treats addiction to Internet use as a medical disorder, so this would seem to be the next logical step from there—especially considering the country's restrictive stance on online gaming for its students.
Also on ArsTechnica, a judge has decided that illegal downloads don't equate to lost sales. Judge James P. Jones gave his opinion on United States of America v. Dove, a criminal copyright case, ruling that each illegal download does not necessarily equate to a lost sale, and that the companies affected by P2P piracy cannot make their restitution claims based on this assumption.
XbitLabs looked at 4GB DDR3 kits in LGA775 systems. Most users believe that it doesn’t make sense to use DDR3 SDRAM in LGA775 platforms. However, this conclusion is based on the facts from the times when 2GB memory kits and Intel’s 3rd series chipsets were dominating the market. Today we are going to check out 4GB kits in a contemporary platform based on Intel P45 chipset.
Sniper sent in this Cadillac-inspired design, quite aptly named the WTF. For the 100th anniversary of Cadillac I designed a car built to last another 100 years on the same fuel source.
Mykl sent in this 1TB SSD from PureSilicon. Four of these drives can fit in the same space as one 3.5" drive, and pureSilicon claims its speed "approaches" the SATA II max of 300 MB/s. Unfortunately, it's targeted at servers and other large dull users like the military, rather than a sweet new consumer laptop. Discussion here.
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