BBC Reveal Beta of their new Homepage
24 December 2007 – Category: Other
The BBC have made available to the public the beta of their new homepage which is likely to be a close to finished product unless there are any major problems through testing it or if it is disliked by the public.
Bible put on a pinhead-size chip
24 December 2007 – Category: Other
Researchers in Israel say they have succeeded in putting a version of the Bible on a chip smaller than a pinhead.
Its 300,000 words in Hebrew were inscribed on a silicon surface at the Haifa Institute of Technology.
Scientists say the aim of the project is to increase young people’s interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
The record [...]
After finding out the performance of Crysis on a Windows Vista x64 machine running in x64 mode in DX10, I wondered about how much different it made over 32-bit.
Excellent New Stats from Valve for Team Fortress 2
18 December 2007 – Category: Gaming
Often praised for their outstanding games winning awards for all their games, but also critised for their failure to keep hackers out of their online games and some huge glitches that prevent people from enjoying the masterpieces and also Steam have released statistics for Team Fortress 2.
The stats can be found on the Valve website. [...]
Honda Advert – UK
16 December 2007 – Category: Other
So, a Honda feels like driving with a 8 year old kid in your car trying to imitate the sounds the car is doing…just makes you want to go out and buy a Honda doesn’t it. They also seem to have forgotten to design a nice car…
Here are some benchmark results for a medium-high spec PC running Crysis on Microsoft Windows Vista x64.
The PC in question is the following specification:
Intel Core2Duo E6750 overclocked to 3.2GHz
4GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM
250GB SATA 7200RPM HDD
Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB overclocked to 560MHz core, 850MHz memory
This including case and PSU etc, excluding monitor and [...]
Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS
13 December 2007 – Category: Cars
At the official opening of Aston Martin’s first ever dedicated design center in Gaydon, Warwickshire, on Tuesday 11 December, Dr Ulrich Bez, Chief Executive Officer, thrilled an audience of more than seven hundred VIP guests with a surprise unveiling of a stunning new 600bhp performance concept car; the V12 Vantage RS.
The V12 Vantage RS [...]
Opera accuses Microsoft of anti-competitive behaviour
13 December 2007 – Category: Other
Microsoft has once more come under fire for allegedly anti-competitive behaviour – this time from software rival Opera. The Norwegian company, which makes an internet browser of the same name, has filed a complaint with European Union officials accusing Microsoft of stifling competition.Opera, which has around 12 million users worldwide, said today that Microsoft had [...]
