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There's a couple of cool OCAU photos in the news box - firstly Paul spotted this very cold OCAU Mug from James086. Also cool (but not for the person involved) is this story about some credit card fraud - Anthrox spotted OCAU on the screen in the photo. :)
This is Privacy Awareness Week. This year, public and private sector organisations across the Asia Pacific region will celebrate Privacy Awareness Week 2011 with a broad range of a programs and initiatives, all in the interest of promoting awareness of privacy issues.
South Korea has banned youngsters from gaming online after midnight. Yonhap news agency reported the new law - which bans anyone under 16 from playing online into the early hours - was passed by lawmakers worried about growing levels of addiction to gaming among youngsters.
NewScientist report on a new fibre optic speed record. Two separate research groups have just lapped the field, setting a world record by sending more than 100 terabits of information per second through a single optical fibre. That's enough to deliver three solid months of HD video- or the contents of 250 double-sided Blu-ray discs.
Facebook have been copping some flak over copyright takedowns on their site, thanks psyc0de. Facebook is so eager to protect copyright that the mere accusation of copyright infringement is enough to get an account locked. Ars found this out the hard way Thursday morning when our own Facebook page became inaccessible, with no warning, no explanation, and no clear appeal process. To make matters worse, Facebook is not responsive to inquiries about account lockout, and the company provides absolutely zero useful direction on how to rectify a complaint.
RamblingThoughts ponder the eBook and Book Publishing industry in Australia. Think back just over three years. Amazon in the USA had just announced a new ebook reader product called the Kindle, to much excitement – over there at least. Back in Australia at the time, ebook readers were not entirely unknown, but we were faced with limited options when it came to buying the ebooks themselves, along with eye-watering prices for relatively uninspiring readers. My wife just bought a Kindle, and she loves it - and I have to say I'm pretty impressed with it too. I'll do a review if I can get it out of her hands for long enough.
Guru3D have updated their VGA charts, to help you make some sense of product numbers etc. So our charts might not be perfect but the the VGA charts will show you the baseline performance of products we have tested in recent times brining you a comprehensive and fairly reliable indication of graphics performance, we'll add future results over time. The VGA charts are for your reference only. There will be no comments on product performance, it's just a quick way to find results in a selection of modern games.
OCClub checked out Mushkin's headquarters. So I wasn't sure what to expect and how much I was allowed to shoot photos for, but I must say they let me do what I want and wondered where I wanted. I can tell you it was so hard not to touch anything ... I was really struggling not to drool over anything. I now bring you the compound and all of the stuff they have on their shelves waiting to move.
Tech Report wish that GPUs had a volume knob. I've long been a vocal proponent of robust, user-configurable fan speed controls on motherboards. With that horse beaten to within an inch of its life, it's time to saddle up a new pony: graphics cards are long overdue for better fan speed controls.
In case you've been hiding in a cave in Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden has been killed, with an announcement from President Obama confirming it today. "Tonight, I can report to the people of the United States and the world, the United States had carried an operation that has killed Osama Bin Laden, a terrorist responsible for killing thousands of innocent people," Obama said in a statement. Discussion here.
This isn't a game, but it's a very nice timelapse video which will chill you out for a few minutes, thanks Steve.
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