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Tuesday Night
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Tuesday, 3-September-2002 20:53:21 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Apparently Australia isn't getting an Intel fab, despite a visit from Intel CEO Craig Barrett and talks with the Federal Govt. TheInq says it's because we don't spend enough on IT and because of our slow adoption of broadband, but suggests he was just sniffing around anyway. While he was in Sydney, he had some stuff to say about the IT industry in general.
Some good news from RedStar, with regards the insurance craziness going on in Australia and particularly NSW at the moment. Both the Daily Telegraph and the Sydney Morning Herald have stories indicating the Govt may be intervening to control the spiralling insurance premiums for public liability.
Several sections of Acts of Gord have been updated. Be warned, if you haven't seen this site before, it's a serious time-sucker. :)
Sabretooth spotted that McDonalds might be looking into the internet cafe business.
Bit-Tech checked out the ECTS Show in London.
HWZ say they have the IWill XP333-R working with DDR400 memory.
Speculator spotted a couple of Cray Supercomputers on Sold. Please note: Do not ask for any technical information. We do not know how to turn them on. What you see is what you get.
On TheInq: An AMD roadmap confirms an October 7th launch, and discusses two Bartons at 2800+ and 3000+.
This french site has some watercooling and other silly stuff happening.
From Josh: A New Zealand company has unveiled software that can turn 802.11b wireless LANs, with a reach of about 100 feet, into an always-on wireless mesh that can blanket hundreds of square kilomters.
Malakai found this wooden PC.
Tee sent in this search engine that does strange things to your brain.
Some timewasting games: Pinkslip Panic (some strong language) thanks "me", Flashteroids thanks crag_v and WebRaced (rego required), thanks Whitey Ford.
Reviews:
Iomega 48x24x48x Internal CD-RW on HWZ.
Antec HDD Cooling System on AntecAsylum.
Dick Smith Electronics CX-5190 case on RadiativeNZ.
Powerleap PL-iP3/T Slot1 to Socket370 adapter (or Slocket/Slotket) on AusPCWorld.
Interesting Forum Threads:
Tag Mclaren, Rotel & B&W.. LONG READ! in Audio Visual.
A Challenge in Team OCAU.
Quick Guide: Maximising all IE Windows in General Software.
Big Sticky List (mostly Tualatin info) in Intel Hardware.
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