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Thursday, 2-December-2010 13:48:17 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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The voting is open in November's Iron Photographer contest, thanks NismoR31.
If you're one of the people eagerly awaiting D-Link's Boxee Box Atom-powered HTPC widget, it's now available in Australia - there's even a Sponsor Special for it. The striking black box allows users to watch available movies and TV programs from the Internet, stream videos from nearly any website, exchange recommendations with friends using social media sites like Facebook, organise and enjoy personal music, photos and videos, and browse the Internet, all from a simple to use remote.
TechReport tackle the old question of whether two cheap GPUs is better than one expensive one. Can a pair of sub-$200 video cards outperform a $500+ monster? What happens if two $500+ monsters team up? And which solution has the best value proposition? We have a look.
Australian ISPs have accepted an anti-zombie code of practise. The IIA was concerned that zombied computers could capture and forward passwords in session, send information to others without the knowledge of users, wipe information stored on machines or cause personal computers to attack other computer systems worldwide. "Harnessing many thousands of zombied computers gives vast, hidden computing power to cybercriminals who are preying on internet users' inexperience or inertia," IIA chief Peter Coroneos said.
Meanwhile Exetel are suing the TIO. Exetel has issued a detail customer communiqué detailing why it had decided to sue the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), a government agency it describes as a “rogue organization.”
I didn't even know this existed, but timbot sent word that Microsoft's Fix It site has been updated. Could be good for those endless tech support calls from friends.
Here's a little puzzle timewaster from MT: 8 Queens of Death.
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