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Wednesday, 30-September-2009 04:31:35 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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SETI is 50 years old. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, is 50 years old this month. We look at 10 memorable events in the search for life on other planets.
Jason sent word of an AntiVirus Comparison Report. AV-Comparatives is known for the thorough tests it does on security software. Following its May 2009 retrospective/proactive report, the company has released its August 2009 on-demand comparative. Sixteen products, last updated on August 10, were set on the same highest detection settings (except for Sophos and F-Secure) and put to the test.
Carl spotted this very childish video that I hated myself for giggling all the way through, about a Windows 7 launch party. Are there people who can relate to - let alone enjoy - this video? And has there even been a more vibrant and tangible demonstration of the difference between Apple and Microsoft? Anyway. Seriously, what were MS thinking? Is anyone actually having one of these parties?
SGI have another personal supercomputer, with 80 cores and 1TB of RAM. Octane III is office-ready with a pedestal, one-by-two-foot form factor, whisper-quiet operations, easy-to-use features, low maintenance requirements and support for standard office power outlets. More here.
It seems like Bletchley Park is safe for now, with another big heritage money award. Some of Britain's best brains spent the war cracking enemy codes at Bletchley Park, with many historians agreeing that their efforts shortened the war by two years. The codebreakers' success allowed the Allies to know in advance what German forces were planning.
NewScientist report that gamers are more aggressive to strangers than friends. Victorious gamers enjoy a surge of testosterone - but only if their vanquished foe is a stranger. When male gamers beat friends in a shoot-em-up video game, levels of the potent sex hormone plummeted. Seems kinda obvious.
There's more about the National Broadband Network and the difficulty involved. "You have to physically go to 10 million premises and bring a cable there, either (by) digging it or via (power) poles and then obviously it's not just having the cable, you have to have the installation in the house."
Microsoft have some multi-core OS improvements planned. Interestingly, it uses some open source BSD third-part libraries, which are "covered by various BSD-like open source licenses." This has led to speculation that the new OS may be free and open source, not terms you typically would associate with Microsoft.
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