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    UEFI BIOS Updates For Spectre

    the asrock z97 extreme6 now has a bios 2.80, which looks like it is spectre microcode. its slow, but it does appear to be happening... havent installed it yet but i have it ready to go...
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    500 Million ASUS Motherboards. The Celebration Starts at [H]. - Lucky Draw

    my asus board was one that a compulsive upgrader let go all the way back in october 2009; i only let it go at the end of last year and handed it off to my brother to use. the aforementioned compulsive upgrader was an overclocker as well; hed taken the trouble to crossflash the P5E deluxe to the...
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    Judge: Give NSA Unlimited Access to Digital Data

    okay so Posners' credit card numbers and social security numbers have no expectation of privacy under that reading - if he wishes to hide them then hes obviously neither the person who he claims to be or is undertaking 'bad activities' with his lines of credit? and this guy is a judge? can he...
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    Verizon: We Don't Think You Need 1Gbps

    it could be worse. you could be here in Australia where the current govt is saying they dont see a widespread need for more than 15mbps ... in 2023. http://theconversation.com/broadband-projections-fail-reality-test-31341
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    Why Government Researchers Think We May Be Living in a 2D Hologram

    no they arent on something. this isnt exactly a new concept - the idea that position of information (matter) in 3d space can be represented in a 2d flat plane (hologram). it helps to think that when you have a hologram card of a persons face, say, you can turn the card edge on and you can see...
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    MSI's New Next Generation Naming Scheme - GAMING 3, GAMING 5, and GAMING 7

    which slot is that between the last two physical x16 slots on the 7 and 9 boards?
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    Winamp Is Officially Dead

    if they let the source free and go back up the tree a bit they better not break the visualisations. i kept using winamp for that reason, and some of the Milkdrop settings available now really do leave the original visualisation abilities in the dust. i suspect if id would up into maths instead...
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    Motorola Patenting A Neck Tattoo That's Also a Microphone

    No. but if they can do it as a stick on tatt im all for it!
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    Daylight Saving Time Ends Tonight

    Here in Queensland we have no DST. And I'd have it back because sunup at 4am is a constant annoyance vs the two occasions you adjust the bodyclock at fall and spring. Its also annoying because we are an hour out of kilter with other states on our longitude that DO use DST - for banks...
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    People Even Pirate Shows They Already Paid For

    here in Australia, the Land they're all Complaining about - you can indeed get GOT legally. but we dont have cable blanketing our cities like you guys , we mostly get our telly via terrestrial broadcast. so while you can get it on foxtel, not that many could access it- until recently, they...
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    SeaSonic M12II Power Supply Lucky Draw

    good price, ridiculously good voltage regulation, good to excellent efficiency, great warranty - only had the one Seasonic so far personally; but ive never had to put in for customer service on it. If i did id fully expect top notch service to match the quality of the hardware in the first...
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    USPS Bans Overseas Shipments Of Tablets, Smartphones

    bloody idiots. i have to agree im of the school of thought that says "if they dont treat packages with respect they damn well should be at risk of explosions, they might take a little more care in future". if they DID treat the packages right they wouldnt have any NEED for the policy in the...
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    Canadian Usage-Based Internet Billing Explained

    what are you whingeing about? thats the way its been here in oz for donkeys. the scary thing is the TB and half TB plans now available here (things have improved) are well and truly in front of the new UBB plans that seem to have cropped up over there. it feels weird having that be the case -...
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    MSI - Metro 2033 - GTX 460 Giveaway!

    you shouldnt ride the metro cos ...well.... have you SEEN what passes for a toilet down there? errrgh... if you really *must*... /passes gasmask would love a copy, wanted it when the Steam summer sales came up but wasnt able to take advantage of it.... :(
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    Australian Government to Introduce Internet Filter

    any porn site not behind a verification wall=blocked anything that winds up as refused classification=blocked. which is quite odd as some content is perfectly fine when its in films and on newstands but as soon as it hits the net its ALL ABOUT SAVING TEH KIDZ! unfortunately in this...
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