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Wednesday Afternoon
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Wednesday, 3-August-2011 16:28:58 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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A couple of people sent word that IE users are dumb, officially. In an online IQ test of 100,000 people, AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting found that users of alternate browsers were likely to have a higher IQ than Internet Explorer users. "It comes out pretty clear that Internet Explorer users scored lower than average on the IQ tests," said AptiQuant.
Lots of people also sent in this unlimited detail video which is a follow-on from one a year or so ago, by an Australian company. This demo only shows what was ready at the time, we have a lot of really good stuff here but we are keeping it secret for now. Discussion here, but Notch of Minecraft fame is not convinced.
The NBN may be coming to you soon, if you live in one of the nine new sites in QLD, NSW and ACT announced recently. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said Springfield Lakes and Aspley in the Brisbane region, Toowoomba in Queensland, Riverstone in Western Sydney, Coffs Harbour, NSW, and Gungahlin, ACT, are next in line for the NBN.
Foxconn is looking at replacing workers with robots. The founder and chairman of Foxconn Company Terry Gou says he wants to reduce the rising labour costs and improve efficiency at the same time by replacing workers with robots that can perform tasks such as spraying, welding and assembling. He says Foxconn will boost its robotic workforce from 10,000 to 300,000 next year before reaching 1 million by 2014.
Apple has won a court injunction to stop the Samsung Galaxy entering Australia until a patent dispute is resolved. Samsung, based in Suwon, South Korea, agreed to stop advertising the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia and not to sell the device until it wins court approval or the lawsuit is resolved, according to an accord reached by lawyers during a break in the hearing. Discussion here.
HardCoreWare compared mid-range SSDs. We take a look at four 128GB SSDs that are similar in price but vastly different in hardware. Which one is fastest? OCZ Agility 3 vs Kingston SSDNow V100 vs Crucial M4 vs Patriot Torqx II.
Meanwhile NeoSeeker looked at three budget cases. Hit our latest roundup to see if the Cooler Master Centurion 5 II, BitFenix Shinobi, and NZXT Source 210 Elite end up being more impressive than they appear to be for the value market.
Carlos sent word of a risk of sitting still too long, with one Xbox-playing man dying from a blood clot. Deep vein thrombosis normally affects passengers on long-haul flights, but medical experts fear youngsters who spend hours glued to their consoles might also be at risk and have urged them to take regular breaks. Surely watching TV, using a PC, or any sitting activity has the same risk, though?
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