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(link) Monday, 14-November-2011 14:19:32 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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NASA are preparing to launch a new car-sized Mars rover in a week or so. NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft with the Curiosity rover is set to launch to the planet Mars aboard an Atlas V rocket on Nov. 25, 2011 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. ... Curiosity has 10 science instruments to search for evidence about whether Mars had environments favorable for microbial life, including the chemical ingredients for life. The unique rover will use a laser to look inside rocks and release their gasses so that a spectrometer can analyze them and send the data back to Earth.
Adobe have officially given up on Flash for mobile devices. Software developer Adobe Systems is halting development of its Flash Player plug-in for mobile devices. The multimedia software is used to run movies, games and other applications. Adobe says it now believes the alternative HTML 5 technology offers the "best solution" because it is "universally supported". Discussion here.
If you have an original iPod Nano, Apple have some good and bad news for you. Bad: it might explode into flames. Good: they'll give you a replacement non-explodey one. An Apple spokesperson confirmed the company will be sending first-generation iPod Nanos to those whose serial numbers match the units with defective batteries. When asked how many of those first-generation iPod Nanos were available for the recall, the company was not willing to reveal that information.
Tech Report have a BF3 GPU comparison. Join us as we test three pairs of competing mid-range cards and see how well they handle EA DICE's latest blockbuster, Battlefield 3. XbitLabs have a similar comparison. Besides Battlefield 3, which is an important event in itself, DICE's rendering engine is going to power the upcoming Need for Speed: The Run and Mirror's Edge 2, both potential hits. So, our today’s tests will give you a general notion of system requirements you can expect from the next generation of PC games.
Marty sent in this rage comic from an 86yo. Normally they're a bit lame but this one is quite touching.
From IntelInside, a new cyber-security centre in Canberra. Lockheed Martin has added a cyber-security centre in Canberra to an international network of labs that includes facilities in the US and UK. Its NextGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Centre (NCITE) is now under construction, and will comprise 900 square meters of floor space. Due for its official opening in March 2012, Lockheed Martin says the facility will eventually employ 200 staff.
XbitLabs compared CPU-integrated graphics. Over the past few months AMD and Intel have been actively promoting desktop processors with computational and graphics cores insides. During our comparative test session we studied hybrid products like that and compared the performance of AMD A8, A6 and A4 against that of Intel Core i3 and Pentium processors.
Callan sent in this free driving game. Nitronic Rush is an experimental survival driving game developed by students at DigiPen Institute of Technology. Using the car’s many abilities (including boost, wings, and jump), avoid obstacles that the city throws at you. In many ways the game is a tribute to racing games of the 1990's, but with fresh graphics, audio, and gameplay.
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