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Watch out for any black cats and things, it being Friday 13th! :)
Google have unveiled some Chromebook notebooks running their Chrome OS. More here. Because the laptop runs on a stripped-down system, first-time setup takes three minutes, and the computers boot up in 8 seconds, Sundar Pichai, an executive for the Chrome group, said during the presentation.
VIA meanwhile have a Quad-core Processor, that they have ingeniously named QuadCore. Today, Via is announcing a new product, the QuadCore processor, that combines a pair of Nano X2 chips on a single package to deliver a low-cost, low-power CPU whose position in the market is fairly distinctive. More here.
I didn't realise that YouTube has entire legal films on it, many of which you can watch for free. Even some Australiasian classics! :)
DarkAvernus posted this Australian LAN Survey in the forums. The Australian LAN Survey for 2011 will be conducted over a two week period from the 11th of May 2011 through to the 25th of May 2011 and will ask the general community what they think about current events, what they would like to see in the future as well as what is hampering E-Sports within Australia.
TomsHardware say you shouldn't be surprised if your cheapy PSU explodes. Beyond the solutions from well-known vendors, there is a very large number of cheap, no-name products out there, many of which are really easy to find on auction sites at really attractive prices. To get an idea of what lies behind these purported bargains, we bought three of them using Buy It Now. Obviously, we did not give away our real identities to the seller, ensuring we'd receive the same hardware as everyone else.
XbitLabs looked at GPU performance in WoW:Cataclysm. DirectX 11 API is already quite a mature piece of software that has been with us for a couple of years. Unfortunately for end-users its actual implementation in real life applications has been slow. But recently Blizzard has officially released its World of Warcraft: Cataclysm 4.1 Patch, which should attract just that bit more attention to this. Read on to find out why.
LegitReviews compared 15 web browsers. With Flash 10.2 and HTML5 taking off we figured that it would be a good time to look at the performance of 15 of the most used web browsers again. Read on to see which is fastest browser as we run seven tests to find out which is fastest and supports the most features.
TechSpot meanwhile compared 13 budget video cards. Along with wallet-friendly HD 6000 and GTX 500 products, many older mainstream cards have been demoted to the budget bracket. We'll compare the most relevant ones in this review, with a total of thirteen graphics card models tested.
From mrs_dan77: Just letting you know that the Iron Chef Easter voting is now underway. The voting thread can be found here, with the full entry thread found here, and rules and discussion found here. Voting closes on Wednesday, 18th May. Who's cuisine reigns supreme?
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