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According to this article, Google sees record $1.6bn profit. Google reported net profit of $1.64bn (£1bn) for the third quarter, a 27% increase on the same period a year ago. Revenue for the three-month period came in at $4.38bn, which was well ahead of analysts' expectations of $1.29bn In a related story it was reported that Google Accounts for 6% of internet traffic. It seems like it has been a pretty good year for them. :)
Heaven Media News has taken a look at the performance and quality difference between DirectX 10 vs DirectX 11, on the ATI Radeon 5800/5700 cards. The article also includes the worlds first detailed look at S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat running in DirectX 11 mode.
Research Group Uses Sonar for Computer Power Management. Discussions among the group led to the idea of using sonar. The group developed software that, when the user is not using the mouse or keyboard, plays a tone at a high frequency and records the tone’s echo. The computer then processes the tone and filters out everything except the frequency and looks for variance." “If the echo is constant over 10 seconds, that tends to indicate there is no one there,” Tarzia says. “If there are fluctuations, it’s likely due to a person’s movements.”
AnandTech has written up a story on the current issue with extreme overclocking on P55 hardware. Normally we do not worry too much about mishaps during extreme overclocking testing as they are typically caused by factors outside of the supplier’s control. The overriding concern is that we have damaged every motherboard in our possession for the P55 overclocking (extreme) shootout as well as two very expensive i7/870 processors. These problems are the cause of a single component and are repeatable. As such, we thought we would provide details on current problems and will provide an update once all of the motherboard manufacturers affected have had a chance to properly respond.
In a continuation of its coverage of the iiNet v AFACT case, TorrentFreak has posted another article with the latest developments. Day eight of the trial between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. Today’s proceedings centered around the quality of the evidence supplied to the court by AFACT. It was ascertained that AFACT likely counted breaches more than once, with one of their lawyers admitting that one method used was not 100% accurate.
With previous article on the lines between mobile techology posted recently, there is further evidence that things are changing in the mobile communication and computing environment. The BBC has reported that the Battle of the smartphones has begun. "The mobile internet is at the same stage as the internet was in 1998," said Ian Fogg, an analyst with research firm Forrester.
Government to re-write Privacy Act. THE Rudd Government will rewrite the 21-year-old Privacy Act for the technology age, ending the fragmentation of state laws and streamlining the rules to apply to both private and public sectors. "It is vital to ensure we have a Privacy Act capable of facilitating the great opportunities (offered by technology) whilst protecting the individual privacy we hold dear."
MaximumPC have a hands-On with Western Digital's TV Live HD Media Player. Yesterday, Western Digital officially announced the second generation of their WD TV HD media player. In our review of the original device, we loved its ability to play back almost any video we tossed at it, but lamented its inability to handle encrypted media files. Since then, Western Digital has issued a series of firmware updates that improve format compatibility (including DivX), but the new WD TV Live adds new hardware features as well.
12-million-digit prime number sets record, nets $100,000 prize. The computing project called the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) made the discovery on a computer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Mathematics Department. Computing manager Edson Smith installed and maintained the GIMPS software at UCLA, and thousands of other volunteers also participated in the computation
Callan has sent in this link to a stunning photograph of Jupiter and some of her moons. The picture also contains Earth and her moon in the same frame. The image was captured by the Mars observer camera. A highly detailed PDF of the orbiting device can be found here (2.7MB PDF). In a related space video, this link shows the progress on the international space station, thanks AirQ.
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