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EVGA have an EvE-themed PC up for grabs in a new contest, thanks Bullus. You do not have to be an EVE Online subscriber to win, and this promotion is open to our global community! Sign up today, fill out the short questionnaire and you're eligible to win!
South Australia, once the stumbling block for the R18+ games debate, now say they will have adult ratings for games regardless of what the other states and territories do. O'Connor hinted at the possibility that each state and territory could adopt different arrangements should consensus not be reached. This is exactly what South Australia has now done.
Gigabyte have a video demonstrating their new touchscreen BIOS. With Touch BIOS™, GIGABYTE engineers have completely re-imagined how users can interact with their BIOS, allowing for a more familiar icon-based user experience. In fact, with a touch screen monitor, GIGABYTE Touch BIOS™ is as easy to use as most apps on your iPhone. Hrm, I'm not sure if system-pwning settings should be made too easy for newbies to fiddle with.
Sniper meanwhile spotted this video about uranium maybe being useful for data storage in the future. Would you buy a hard drive containing uranium? One of our team has made a significant breakthrough involving a uranium compound which acts as a molecular magnet.
HardOCP have some 3-way action from both sides of the video card camp. We've seen what a Radeon HD 6990 can do when paired with a Radeon HD 6970 for "Tri-Fire" performance. Now it is time to find out what three NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 video cards in 3-Way SLI game like in comparison. We will look at A2A performance comparisons and discuss which setup offers the best gameplay experience. Discussion here.
ArsTechnica have a cool article testing if racing games make you a real racer or not. All of this has been great fun for racing fans, but is any of it really true-to-life? What do racing video games teach you about racing real cars? I was recently able answer to this question when I got the opportunity to go ChumpCar racing.
NeoWin remind us that Microsoft's anti-trust shackles lift soon. Thirteen years later a federal judge has ruled that on May 12, 2011 the antitrust case will expire. Since 2002, U.S District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has dealt with the case and today said that "May 12 will close an important chapter in the history of antitrust law."
Check out this zombie-proof house. Also quite an effective response to religious/political doorknockers, I imagine.
Microsoft's talking paper clip is back, in a way. After killing off the cartoon paper clip, Microsoft decided to revive him (I guess it's a him?) in limited fashion as part of a learn-how-to-use-Office game called "Ribbon Hero 2: Clippy's Second Chance."
The Chaser weren't allowed to put their live spin on the Royal Wedding as it progressed, but sabz spotted these sample clips so you can still get your fix.
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