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Tuesday, 8-November-2011 02:30:12 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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TomsHardware take a look at how Windows 8 will cope with zillions of CPU cores. Processor IDs can be extracted from the graph with just a simple mouse hover. The graph will also scale and display a scroll bar when appropriate. Power users (or regular users who just want to break things) can also assign a processor affinity for a certain process within this task manager. This gives a massive amount of control to the user, but for mostly everyone, this is something that should be left alone.
ZDNet are reporting that Apple is threatening an importer and demanding purchaser info. Dmavo told ZDNet Australia yesterday that the Cupertino-based gadget maker was "dreaming" if it thought the company would stop selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and was outraged at the implication that it would hand over customer data.
HardCoreWare have an AMD vs Intel shootout. Perhaps it's fittingly late, but we have finally published our review of the AMD FX lineup of CPUs. We included the FX 8150, and replicated an 8120 and a theoretical "61xx" which makes use of three of the Bulldozer modules, but with full L3 cache. We put all the CPUs against the full lineup of Intel Sandy Bridge processors in the price range, and included a few extras, and even Llano.
VR-Zone meanwhile ponder the future of desktop CPUs. Right now, even after AMD's Bulldozer roll-out, Intel still seems to have quite clear processor performance dominance on the desktop for some time to come. So, since the refinements to the existing processes, and the new semiconductor process nodes will bring the capability to improvements, how to use them? Performance, power or price (read: integration)?
Zorinaq notes the spike in HDD prices due to the flooding in Thailand. Thailand manufactures 25% of the world's hard drives, and the severe 2011 monsoon season floods affected some of its largest industrial parks, where many hard drive manufacturers and component suppliers are located, causing worldwide shortages and price increases.
Apparently 6,000 copies of Modern Warfare 3 have been stolen in a daring truck heist, thanks Rezin. After running the truck off the road, two men armed with knives emerged from the ramming car, hurling tear gas at the truck’s driver and passenger. According to this report, they then liberated an estimated 6,000 copies of Modern Warfare 3, valued at around €400,000 ($550,000 AUD).
It seems the CIA are sifting through social media to track how people feel. The intelligence analysts at the agency's Open Source Center, who other agents refer to as "vengeful librarians," are tasked with sifting through millions of tweets, Facebook messages, online chat logs, and other public data on the World Wide Web to glean insights into the collective moods of regions or groups abroad. According to the Associated Press, these librarians are tracking up to five million tweets a day from places like China, Pakistan and Egypt.
Phoronix report from the Ubuntu 12.04 Developer Summit. The Ubuntu Developer Summit for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" release has now ended in Orlando, Florida. Here is a brief summary of some of the interesting news and discussions that took place for this leading Linux desktop distribution.
It's not a web game, but it's a free download (for Windows), so today's timewaster is Stealth Bastard, from Linkin. A fast-paced, frenetic, one-step-away-from-chunky-death melange of sneaking, platforming, hacking and cursing. A whole lot of fun. It's like Metal Gear Solid and Super Meat Boy had a baby out of wedlock. Semi-literally.
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