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I hope you are all coming to the Sydney OCAU weekend... :)
AMD have set their date for the 333MHz FSB Athlon 2700+ and 2800+'s. October 1st. "The chipmaker will unveil its long-awaited 333MHz frontside bus in the 2700+ and 2800+ Athlon XPs, on that date, our sources tell us, pointing to a revival of the chip wars between AMD and Intel in the run-up to the pre-Christmas buying binge."
Apparently, Doom is going to hit the silver screen! Woo! you say? Well, read on :( "Although the video game was controversial because of its violence when it was originally released, the feature film version will aim for a PG-13 rating." Doom the movie with no gore...
Froodogs sent in this cool site where you can design your own shoes and them get them made!
S2YODA sent word of a new redesign of mozilla called 'Phoenix'. "...a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Chimera, but written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform." More info here.
Invictus has been busy and sent in a few links!
When Bad Viruses Go Good. "Using the malicious power of biological viruses to help build new technology.The researchers soon discovered that virus replication could also build nanosize materials for next-generation optical, electronic and magnetic devices."
How about paying for the shopping by swiping your mobile phone!.. sorta. "Instead of swiping your AMEX/VISA cards you pass your phone near a reader, and enter the pin on your phone."
There is an article about cyber security and what reasons can justify the cost of protection.
Apparently, Microsoft's Chief Security Strategist, Scott Charney, will be the keynote presenter at the 29th Annual Computer Security Conference and Exhibition. "One of the industry's top computer security experts with wide-ranging experience in cyber crime and computer forensics ..."
There has been a warning issued regarding Microsoft's Virtual Machine. Symantec advises:
"Microsoft Virtual Machine contains three vulnerabilities that could allow a remote attacker to execute code on the vulnerable system. Successful exploitation could lead to a complete system compromise."
Are you a hardcore StarWars fan? What about LEGO? yea? Well here is a 1 meter long LEGO Star Destroyer about to be released.
Want to know how to find the best CD-R media?
Apparently, Dell have chosen Lexmark to sell their 're-badged' printers through. More info here and here.
Linux may be more widely spread in the government soon! "Growing demand from government CIO's for critical Linux information has prompted Australia's peak IT advisory body to step in with plans to conduct a government sector Linux seminar by the end of the year."
There is a 4 way PSU roundup here. "four very different power supplies from Antec,Thermaltake, and Vantec. Which is easiest on your wallet and ears, and which is able to provide the most consistent power under load?"
On the subject of roundups, there is a shootout of five I845E motherboards here. "Today we bring you the shoot out of five I845E motherboards. The .. Asus P4B533, Aopen AX4Bpro 533, Abit BD7 II, Abit IT7 and Gigabyte 8IEXP."
Apparently everyone (1.2 million people) who downloaded the UT2003 demo cut the speed of the internet in half!
Funny flash about Keeping your parents off the internet. Thanks BiGstu
Free Stuff :
OCModShop - Free window kit and case badge. As usual, check the international status.
Sorry knowsfords, No sprinkles. :)
Reviews :
Palit Daytona Geforce 4 Ti 4200 @ 3dextreme
VapoChill Premium Edition from hexus
MONSTER ScreenClean Display Cleaning Kit @ futurelooks
Arctic Cooling SuperSilent Pro TC Cooler @ exhardware
Winamp3 @ futurelooks
Switched baybusat RipNet-UK
Macase Galaxy II KA-280W Case Review @ AusPCWorld
Pentium 4 2,80 GHz @ guru3d
MIST Silent Twin heatsink from dwpg
GearGrip - LCD Shield Harness Review by bjorn3d
PC Guardian 2000 review @ Alltechbox
Nostromo N30 Gaming mouse from burnoutpc
Cooler Master ATC-210 DX1 Aluminium Case Review @ BlargOC
MyIE2 browser reviewed at RipNet-UK
ATI and FIC Radeon 9700 Video Card Video Review #217 (Part 1):
NV18 and NV28 GPUs @ digit life
Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro review by digit life
Connect3D Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB from 3d Velocity
ABIT IT7-MAX2 DDR Motherboard VS ASUS P4T533 RDRAM @ tech-pc
Samsung Yepp-90S MP3 Player Review from techwarelabs
Samsung Syncmaster 171p LCD Review @ GideonTech.com
Ontrack In-Lab Data Recovery Service @ explosivelabs
EPoX 4G4A+ i845G P4 Motherboard Review @ mikhailtech
Sky Hawk's Jupiter Aluminum Case @ systemcooling
Neumann's ECS Xabre400 Review @ neoseeker
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