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- All Water Cooled EVGA 680i Mainboard -
Innovatek's
high-quality blocks are used for the CPU, PWM, northbridge and
southbridge - the hottest-running parts of the board.
- IBM Unveils Super Conductive Thermal Paste -
The new
technology allows air-cooling systems to remove more heat and helps to
improve the overall energy efficiency of computers.
- Cool Havok Behavior Video @ GDC -
In this podcast
with PodTech's Rio Pesino, Havok's Jeff Yates demos the Havok Behavior
Tool.
- Creative updates ALchemy software for Vista - Aside from a
handful of bug fixes,
the new version
1.3 ALchemy software adds support for Baldur's Gate 2, Battlefield
Vietnam, C & C Generals, The Chronicles of Riddick, Dungeon Siege, Far Cry,
GTA 3, GTA Vice City, Hitman 2, Knights of the Old Republic 2, MDK2, The
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Serious Sam 2, and Serious Sam: The First
Encounter.
- Ten Must-Have Gadgets for Windows Vista Sidebar -
Sidebar gadgets are basically the Microsoft answer to the Mac's
Widgets—free, downloadable applets that can be useful, fun, both, or neither
- Google puts an "Easter Egg" in the Personalized Homepage -
If you chose any theme other than Bus Stop and Classic, visit the
homepage at 3:14 AM (your local time).
- Polymorphic computer unveiled -
It performs as a
single system on a chip, resulting in a significant reduction of the
number of processors required for computing systems, and it performs in an
array of chips for teraflop throughput. In addition to the ability to adapt
its architecture for a particular objective, the MONARCH computer is also
believed to be the most power- efficient processor available.
- Folding@Home - Sony Playstation 3 fights cancer -
When not in use
the console will join a supercomputing network researching causes of
cancer, Alzheimer's and other incurable diseases.
- Wii's Opera Browser Final Version Delayed to April - But Opera
promises that
they've been working with Nintendo to add features that fans have
requested to the Wii's Internet Channel. A fair trade?
- UK retailers say PS3 won't be in such high demand on launch day after
all - Didn't get around to pre-ordering?
Don't worry, there won't be a rush
- Xbox 360 Elite, 120GB HDD May Ship With Data Transfer Cable -
The question on all Xbox 360 owners' minds is how they are going to transfer
all their saves, videos, XBLA games and other junk over to the bigger drive.
Without a specific solution from Microsoft, the only feasible way to
transfer data from drives is to use a memory card—and even then, even the
newly announced 512MB unit isn't big enough for some files.
- News Corp. and NBC: YouTube competitor coming -
The service will
launch this summer with "free" ad-supported TV shows and movies
- It's Been an 'All Out War' on Pot Smokers for 35 Years -
Since
1972, U.S. taxpayers have spent well over $20 billion enforcing criminal
marijuana laws and 16.5 million people have been arrested. It's time to put
an end to this waste.
- France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years -
France became the 1st country to open its files on UFOs when the
national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600
sightings spanning five decades.
- New Bill Aims to Rid U.S. of Inefficient Light Bulbs by 2012 -
The bill (PDF),
which was submitted by California representative Jane Harman, indicates that
light bulbs which have an overall luminous efficacy of 60 lumens per watt
(lm/W) will be prohibited by January 1, 2012. The energy requirements get
progressively steeper every four years. On January 1, 2016,
the requirement will grow to 90 lm/W and will reach 120 lm/W by 2020.
- World's Largest Commercial Airplane Touches Down in LA, NY -
The
Qantas-operated Airbus A380 arrived at Los Angeles International with
just its flight crew and a squad of engineers inside. Seems like a waste of
space, since the giant aircraft can seat 555 people.
- Light Echoes From a Red Supergiant -
This Hubble Space Telescope image of the star V838 Monocerotis reveals
dramatic changes in the illumination of surrounding dusty cloud structures.
The effect, called a light echo, unveiled never-before-seen dust patterns
when the star suddenly brightened for several weeks in early 2002.
- SciFi Extends BSG Season Four To 22 Episodes -
It won't
come back until January at the earliest, but "Battlestar Galactica" fans
do have something to celebrate now: A 22-episode fourth season. But the
question remains whether this back-nine pickup is good for the show, or bad
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