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Thursday, 12-August-2010 17:14:28 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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The National Broadband Network will apparently be 10 times quicker than previously advised. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy confirmed today that the National Broadband Network NBN would reach speeds of up 1Gbps, ten times faster than the originally announced speeds of up to 100Mbps. Conroy said he had only found out about the 1GB speeds yesterday when NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley called him last night. Discussion here.
Mittoni have a video with their take on Old Spice Guy, starring our old friend John Gatt. You can make up your own mind which is cooler. :)
It must be about time for the semi-annual Duke Nukem Forever is being revived rumour. The studio responsible for Brothers In Arms, Borderlands and Aliens: Colonial Marines is said to have picked up Duke Nukem Forever development where former studio 3D Realms left off, perhaps Duke's best bet for eventual completion.
Tech Report go multi-GPU DX11 crazy. We've tested 23 different single- and multi-GPU configs to answer the question: are two mid-range cards better than a single expensive one?
Sniper spotted some new HDD technology from Seagate. If the 3.5” HDD form factor survives, then we should see PMR to top out at about 5-6 TB per drive. With roughly 50x the potential of PMR, HAMR should lead the way beyond 100 TB drives and possibly into the region of 200 – 300 TB in the 2020 to 2025 time frame.
Dating site OkCupid have crunched the numbers on their database of photos and discovered some interesting and somewhat tongue-in-cheek trends about which camera to use and other ways to appear more inviting. In conclusion, the data strongly suggest that if you're single, you (or someone you know) should learn a little bit about photography. Technique can make or break your photograph, and the right decisions can get you more dates.
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