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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, ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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.

Science

Everything is anything! - #35

By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now

Dan Rutter shakes hands with Mork and talks about Nano Nano(tech).

Science

Making Wires Invisible - #29

By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now

Have you seen those interfaces? Bad seeing-things person! Now, help Dan Rutter and go do some eye-pulling and nose-ripping.

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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, ...

Science

Invisible miracles - #28

By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now

For roving mobs, the pitchfork was a great technological advance. Daniel Rutter wonders what's shaped modern society, other than the poptart.

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Entertainment

Digital couch potatoes, arise! - #27

By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now

That's right -- record all those Sean Connery classics while you work. Or, maybe not. As far as Dan Rutter's concerned, it is all just a pain in the arse.

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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, ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Science

Filling up the laptop - #25

By Staff Writers | 00:00 Dec 9, 2003 | Comment Now

Daniel Rutter wants what everyone who uses battery-powered devices wants: more power, for longer.

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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 ...

Lifestyle

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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