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The new Wolfram Alpha search engine launched recently and seems fairly impressive, thanks slipkord. This web presentation gives a pretty wide-ranging overview of what it's capable of. There's a video here with more info about the launch. But really, the best idea is just to play with it. It's a little slow at the moment, presumably due to the rush of interest after its public launch. Discussion thread here.
A Dutch usenet community is taking an anti-piracy group to court. Downloading movies, TV shows and music from the Internet for your own personal use is completely legal in Holland. Making copies of original material you own for your own use is also completely legal. Even making copies of pirated material you don’t own is legal, provided it is exclusively for your own use.
HWZone take a look back at 10 years of mobile phone development, from the old brick phones to the space-age smartphones of today. Predictions, as far as one goes, are varied for the future of mobile devices. Phones with 3D holographic projection or phones small enough to be utilized as an in-ear device, or even devices that are self-charging and require no external power source - these are just a few wild cards that can manifest in the years to come.
Timbot sent in this article about Windows 7 using Hyper-Threading better but I dunno, from reading the article it sounds more like a general statement about multi-threading rather than Intel-specific Hyper-Threading. Still, using more cores more effectively would be fine by me.
IGN wonder about visuals vs gameplay in game design, while Tweaknews wonder a similar thing. I was inspired to write this article because I became engrossed in a video game, Silent Hill: Homecoming to be exact, and ultimately I just couldn't shake the idea that video games must be something more than mindless entertainment.
Fujitsu have a new CPU called Venus. It's really fast but you'll probably never see one unless you buy yourself a supercomputer in a few years. :)
An OCClub forums member has compared some strange thermal pastes, including peanut butter and toothpaste. Yes these are the best (and worst) things I could find to replace conventional TIM. I will be rating them based on convenience, ease of procurement, thermal conductivity and longevity, all the things you look for in a high end thermal compound. DansData did a similar thing a long time ago.
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