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Atomic V2: Got features? - Feature #26
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Jan 13, 2004 | Comment Now 
It’s finally arrived. On or near Atomic’s two year birthday, we give to you this present. Atomic V2. The site that’s outta-site.
 
 
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Fonophobia - Fallout #31
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Jan 9, 2004 | Comment Now 
Does the welcome message for your phone sound like someone making love? John Simpson's does.
 
 
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The fan - I/O letters #33
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Perhaps, due to microscopic energy flies or evil men with electron-strippers, computers stop working for one reason or another. We combat them with Dan Rutter, who comes ...
 
 
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Indications obvious - I/O letters #32
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Look out! Simulated explosion effect! Lucky for you, it was only your computer that got toasted – that’ll teach you to eat cornflakes and milk out of your PSU. Tisk, tisk, says ...
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #34
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
I tweak therefore I kill. So let's kill stuff. Kill stuff dead. Kill things that get in our way.
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #33
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Brought to you by the number 3.141592654 and the letter ß
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #32
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
"Give us a tweak, you're the Tweakin' Man, give us a tweak tonight. Cause we're all in the mood for a tweak0ring, and you've got us tweakin' alright." (Apologies to B. Joel)
 
 
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Dan sees The Future, again... - #34
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Hold on to your paperbacks folks, Daniel Rutter says they'll eventually become antiques.
 
 
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V-Pr0n - #33
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Dan Rutter wonders how bright a future without porn will be?
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #31
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I tweak0red, weak and weary Over many a caffeine beverage and chewed up apple core While I modded, heart a-flapping, suddenly there came a ...
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #30
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Take some time to think about all the stuff you’ve ever tweaked, tweakified and tweakibroked. While you desperately try to plug the flood of geared-up gizmos and failed fans ...
 
 
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Safety hat optional - I/O letters #31
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Dan Rutter's back on-site to rebuild the mess you've made of your brand new, real-real-shiny PC. Or old, smells-like-ozone VAC. As ozone-leaking components are bad things, ...
 
 
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ISA is the enemy - I/O letters #30
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Two makes one. Mathematically, no, but take two pieces of one whole piece, and together they make a piece. Singular. It’s all fix-related, and the Grand Master of Fixification ...
 
 
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Fix me now - I/O letters #35
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Garbage! You can fix anything as long as you have the right tools. Like sawdust for a shafty gearbox, or a screwdriver to turn back odometers. While our man Dan Rutter can't ...
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #35
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Simon says there's nothing wrong with some personalised touching up, now and again. So let's make a list of it, and get some spunk happening.
 
 
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Wrenched Tools - I/O letters #29
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
There’s been a hull breach from a refrating pulse torpedo, and we’re all out of nanobots. Never fear though, because Dan Rutter’s donning an astro stripper and the might super ...
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #29
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
We’re back under the bonnet this month with Simon Peppercorn. He’s had to wrench himself free of Windows’s mechanical mess after some punk threw a spanner into the works. So, ...
 
 
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Insidious occlusion - I/O letters #28
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
If Atomic was a mag about deep-sea diving (or escaping submarines) we’d have a tutorial on how you could build your own hyperbaric chamber. We’re willing to bend backward every ...
 
 
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Phr33x tw33x - #28
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Got tw33x? If yours is big, phat and hard(core) then mail it into phr33xtw33x@atomicmpc.com.au for a proper going over. We'll whip it into shape and display it in all its gory ...
 
 
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Wise Sam, Samwise - I/O letters #27
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Och, it be borken. No, no you read right. Borken. If you’re computer’s been playing tiddly-winks with your sanity, type some text and send it in. No doubt Mr Rutter will be ...
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #27
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
We’re flooded by tweaks every month. While gasping desperately for every last un-tuned breath, we’re drenched with. . . well . . . registry hacks mostly. As great as these are, ...
 
 
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My friends call me sweary - I/O letters #26
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Swear violently. Make your friends cringe at the verbal assauly at your poor, defenseless box. Feel better? Didn't think so. We all know that abusing your system won't get you ...
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #26
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Each month we receive tw33x from g33x all over Australia. Some good, some not so good. But we want more…dammit! Send ‘em now to phr33xtw33x@atomicmpc.com.au and bask in the ...
 
 
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Smokeless - I/O letters #25
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
It's pleaseing in a way that Atomicans send in i/o letters. It is a common mis-conception that Atomic readers know all there is to know about PCs and tech. Seeing these letters ...
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #25
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Each month we present the best of our user submitted tweaks. We test them, explain what they do and give them a rating of Atomic goodness. Send your coolest, most bad arse ...
 
 
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i/o, i/o, it's broken, dear god no! - I/O letters #24
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Most PC mags have a 'Holy mother of God, my life is toast because my router's rooted, help me [magazine name], you're my only hope!' letters section. Ours is different because ...
 
 
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Phr33x Tw33x #24
By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now 
Each month we present the best of our user submitted tweaks. We test them, explain what they do and give them a rating of Atomic goodness. Send your coolest, bad-arse tweaks to ...
 
 
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The Return of Captain Atomic
By Staff Writers | 12:02 Aug 5, 2003 | Comment Now 
In early November 2001, Atomic was approached by Perth's eCentral TAFE campus with a proposal to bring our very own Captain Atomic to life, via the talent of 43 graduating ...
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Atomic Magazine

Issue: 137 | June, 2012

Atomic is a magazine aimed squarely at computer enthusiasts, gamers, and serious PC upgraders.

Every month we bring you the latest reviews of new technology and PC components, in depth features on everything from overclocking to console hacking, and gaming previews and interviews.
 
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