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Thursday, 20-October-2011 23:18:53 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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If you're near Brisbane and you're a plane nut, I have good news for you tomorrow. There will be a mass formation flypast of up to 20 F/A-18F Super Hornets over the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Brisbane and Ipswich, this Friday (21 Oct) as part of the welcoming ceremony for four new Super Hornets. The arrival of the four new aircraft completes the Australian Super Hornet fleet to 24 aircraft. Discussion here.
Nick Ross has posted a rant about piracy in the ABC Tech website. We've been deluged with the arguments against piracy for years. But what's the other side of the story? Could it possibly be that copyright infringers and pirates aren't always the bad guys? Are copyright owners their own worst enemy? Judge for yourself and tell us what you think.
ExtremeTech meanwhile have a rant about CPU brand loyalty. Having received and tested an early model of AMD’s new top-of-the-line, Bulldozer-based FX-8150 CPU, I wasn’t too taken aback by its mostly lukewarm reception in the tech press. But what did shock me were the reactions from commenters on many of those reviews — and what they revealed about a mindset within the builder and enthusiast community that I consider frankly impenetrable.
Skymaster noticed that the IE10 developer preview is now available. Download the Windows Developer Preview to experience IE10. More info here. He also spotted that the Microsoft Skype deal has been finalised.
XbitLabs want to tell you all about Flight Simulator Joysticks. In this review I will attempt to compile a more or less exhaustive and, hopefully, comprehensive list of features you should take into account when choosing and buying your joystick. To back up my review with practical data I will glance over some specific brands and their products. I want to note that this review refers to joysticks for playing true flight simulators like IL-2 Sturmovik or better (IL-2 used to be a revolutionary title in this field but has lost its leading position by now). Arcades like H.A.W.X., Blazing Angels and others can be played well enough with just a keyboard and mouse.
But if Battlefield 3 is more your style, try this ultimate simulator video. Centred on the world's first, portable omni-directional treadmill (designed by Swedish company MSE Weibull) the simulator lets you control the movements of a Battlefield 3 character with your own body. Other key technology employed includes: 12 paintball markers that allow the player, in real time, to feel the enemy gunfire experienced in the game; a wireless gun system; ambient LED lighting; and an Xbox Kinect camera hack.
A few people sent in this PocketTouch video. Interesting idea I guess, but surely popping out phone out and apologetically cancelling the incoming call is less awkward than jiggling around in your pants pocket for 30 seconds.
Tech Report consider SSD scaling. Fresh from rounding up a collection of the latest 120-128GB solid-state drives, we've turned our attention to a pack of 240-300GB models to see how SSD performance scales as one climbs the capacity ladder.
One thing I really like about Noctua is their policy of providing free mounting upgrades for cooler owners when new sockets come out. Paul noticed they're now offering this for socket LGA2011 CPUs. The new mounting is backwards compatible with all Noctua retail coolers since 2005 and will be supplied to Noctua users free of charge after uploading a proof of purchase on the company's website. Do any other manufacturers do this?
In a true back to the future moment, you can now buy an Electric DeLorean. There's a new DeLorean DMC-12 coming out — or rather, there's a new version of the same stainless steel wedge of a sportscar that became an icon (and perhaps the lone representative) of '80s cool. But it won't run on gas — it'll be electric.
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