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Friday, 9-September-2011 02:46:19 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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AMD have shipped their first Bulldozer CPUs, the world's first 16-core x86 CPUs. Compatible with existing AMD OpteronTM 6100 Series platforms and infrastructure, “Interlagos” is expected to launch and be available in partner systems in the fourth quarter of this year. Many of the initial shipments have been earmarked for large custom supercomputer installations that are now underway. More info here.
Sniper sent in some more photos of an NBN installation. We got a close-up look inside the guts of an NBN connection this week at a new home built at Doonside in Western Sydney. As a new estate, with a few months before the first homeowners are slated move in, it's more a look at what might be, if and when the NBN rolls down your street in the months and years to come.
Broox noticed that Nike are launching self-lacing shoes inspired by Marty McFly's, from Back to the Future. When Nike gives you a call at midnight, you know it’s something good. With just a few hours notice Nike flew me out to LA for “a big announcement.” When they won’t tell you what it is until you get there, you know it’s something bigger than a new colorway of Dunks. More here and here.
HotHardware have a 3TB HDD roundup. Today we take a look at four of the latest 3TB drives to hit the market, from Hitachi, Seagate, and Western Digital. Although each HDD offers the same amount of storage, there are some distinct differences between them. Read on to find out what separates these products from one another, and then examine the performance numbers we recorded from each drive after running them through our gauntlet of benchmarks.
Tweaktown meanwhile have some 7-SSD RAID fun happening. The 120GB Force GT from Corsair has already lit up our test system, but today I thought we'd take the 240GB version which are being used in my new testbeds for a spin. Of course, this isn't a hard drive review or anything like that, Instead, because a total of seven drives arrived for my new testbed line-up and a smart cookie on our facebook page commented we should throw them into RAID 0 for a bit of fun, we figured why the hell not!
The mobile phone patent battles continue, with Google seemingly giving HTC more ammo against Apple. Apple is now being sued by HTC with patents that were owned by Google until a few days ago, according to Bloomberg. HTC already had cases going against Apple (Apple, likewise, has gone after HTC on a few fronts), but the new patents stand to bolster its lawsuits, and may even include property acquired by Google when it bought Motorola Mobility.
ArsTechnica have an article about the complex options available to CoD:MW3 purchasers. The full details surrounding the for-pay Call of Duty: Elite were also announced, and it feels like the series has hit its turning point: Activision is beginning to ratchet up how much you'll need to pay to continue to be competitive. If you thought a yearly release was excessive, this may cause you to yearn for the days when you only had to pay $60 for the game each year.
GamignNexus have an interview with the makers of Gunshine. You can't throw a rock around the gaming world without hitting three or four free to play browser games. Unfortunately for core gamers most of those are aimed at bored soccer moms who are killing time between PTA meetings. When I first heard about Gunshine I was interested because they are doing something quite different by creating a game that core gamers are interested in. You have to sign up to play, but it's free and in-browser, so I guess Gunshine will count as today's timewaster. :)
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