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Friday, 18-September-2009 03:00:27 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Mpot sends word of a Tasmania photography competition. The prize pool is valued at nearly AUD$9000, and includes several Canon 1000D DSLR cameras, a return journey on board Spirit of Tasmania for two adults, and a seven-night Tasmanian accommodation package. Tassie photos taken in the last 5 years are eligible.
From Rod: Just saw this: Bing Visual Search (may need to change your country to United States). It’s very nifty for when you know what something/someone looks like but not what it's called. For instance I could remember what Forrest Whittaker looked like but didn't know his name - selecting Popular Celebrities and then narrowing it down to male actors I scrolled through the list and found him.
OCZ have announced availability of their PCIe SSD Z-Drives. Z-Drive SSDs are shipping in two main flavors: the e84, which uses single-level-cell (SLC) flash memory, and the p84, which employs cheaper and more commonplace multi-level-cell (MLC) flash. Both models can be had with either 256GB or 512GB capacities, and you can get the p84 with a cool 1TB, too.
Cracked had a recent photoshop competition about video games being realistic. Some funny stuff there.
Timbot sent in this article looking inside a Zune HD. So many parts inside have similarities to the iPod Touch. The battery and headphone jacks share connection types like the Nano and Touch. Not that I need/want one, but are these things available in Australia yet?
Similarly, Chinese giant Lenovo have launched what they're hoping is an iPhone killer, thanks Joanna. The OPhone will run on an operating system developed by China Mobile and will work on the carrier's homegrown TD-SCDMA third-generation wireless technology platform.
Sniper noticed a new 650W PSU from Corsair, perhaps replacing the venerable and very popular 620W model. "The HX650W offers the same unmatched quality standards and 7 Year warranty, but at a power level more suitable for mid/high-spec PC builds, such as those based on Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 'Lynnfield' processors."
Tech Report have an updated system guide. Over the past few days, we've been scrambling to update our usual builds with the latest and greatest hardware, including (but not limited to) the new Core i5 and i7-800-series processors and matching P55 motherboards. AMD's new cheap quad-cores may reshuffle things again.
InsideHW have compared ATI and NVIDIA video cards when transcoding in MediaShow Espresso. Now, there is one application that can use both GPUs and do exactly the same job: CyberLink MediaShow Espresso. CyberLink promises ten times faster transcoding by using GPU processing power along with ability to transcode few files at once.
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