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Australia's Defence Department has been criticised over IT maintenance. The restriction on upgrades has alarmed some members of the Defence Force, leaving expensive consultants unable to perform their duties despite being paid on a daily basis.
Rezin spotted this page about Windows 7 and SSDs. This post looks at the way we have tuned Windows 7 to the current generation of SSDs. This is a rapidly moving area and we expect that there will continue to be ways we will tune Windows and we also expect the technology to continue to evolve, perhaps introducing new tradeoffs or challenging other underlying assumptions.
In case your wimpy 1200W PSU just isn't cutting it anymore, perhaps this upcoming 1500W one from Silverstone is what you need. The page is in Swedish but the slides etc are in English. Or, maybe this upcoming 850W from XFX is more realistic.
Thailand's criminal court has ordered 72 websites to close. The court order follows the death of a 12-year-old boy who jumped from the sixth-floor balcony of his school building on Thursday after he was banned from playing computer games by his father.
Lardman sent in this article about licensed memory in Vista. That 32-bit editions of Windows Vista are limited to 4GB is not because of any physical or technical constraint on 32-bit operating systems. The 32-bit editions of Windows Vista all contain code for using physical memory above 4GB. Microsoft just doesn’t license you to use that code. Hrm, interesting claim.
Mashable interviewed Dr Stephen Wolfram, the creator of WolframAlpha. For 45 minutes we discussed the concept of Wolfram Alpha, the difficulties of parsing language, how social media helps filter information, and even the ability to analyze multimedia. Dr. Wolfram also revealed that Wolfram Alpha is set to exceed 100 million queries. Below is an analysis of the interview. If you’re interested in the full audio, we’ve provided it at the end, embedded via Yahoo Media Player.
PCPerspective say a new Intel Atom is on the way. With this new technology Intel is hoping to continue to keep a firm hold on the netbook market that has grown from basically zero to tens of millions of units in just a couple years time.
Also on the mini-CPU front, Dell are using VIA's Nano for servers. The XS11-VX8, which was known as the "Fortuna" platform during development, sees 12 full servers in a 3.5” high case. “That’s three times as many servers as Dell usually squeezes into similar, compact systems.” [NYTimes] The 2U form factor server chassis provides shared power and cooling to all twelve servers inside.
HardOCP looked at real-world gameplay CPU scaling. We are going to answer such questions as: Is the Core i7 920 really faster in games than a Core 2 Quad? Is there really any difference in gameplay performance between the triple-core AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE compared to the quad-core AMD Phenom II X4 810? Intel or AMD? Clock speed vs. multi-core? Finally, what value does each CPU bring, and can overclocking help?
A modified version of Necrovision, which had previously been banned in Australia, is now available according to GoN. The Board notes that blood detail appears throughout the game as a grey “dust” effect when enemies are hit. Zombies fly into the air or their bodies jerk when bullets impact. However no further injury or wound detail is visible. There's a review (presumably of the non-modified version) here on GamingHeaven.
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