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  Friday, 5th May 2006 


We are winners

Last Friday night the Atomic crew fronted up at the Sun Microsystems IT Journo awards evening. Held at the Star City Casino’s Grand Ballroom, the team donned their finest daks, brushed their hair and borrowed their Dad’s work shoes.

The boys were hot, and so was Atomic. For the second time in three years Atomic won the best mag award! Against all comers, your Atomic took the crown for ‘Best Technical Title’. This is a mighty achievement and we’re as proud as we are stoked. This is a very nice reward for all the hard work we put in to make Atomic such a pleasurable thing for you each month. We hope that you can share the good feeling, you should, we do it for you and all this is is recognition of the quality you enjoy.

Elsewhere, the Atomic forums are go go go for activities. Check out almost any thread and there are things to do that range from freakishly funny, to insanely joyous. This week’s free plugs go to the Shutterbug Comp http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=2&c=11&t=3292
And the Iron Chef Atomic http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=1&c=1&t=84918

Both show that the stereotypical ‘geek’ is as comfortable creating masterful dishes in the kitchen, as they are making beautiful photographic images. Suck on that, Nerdlinger.

Have a magnificent weekend, whatever you’re doing.

Ben

  • Asrock 775i915P-SATA2
  • Asetek Vapochill Lightspeed
  • Ergodex DX1
  • VL Systems M-Play 202 Plus
  • XFX 7800GS
  • Ballmer defends Microsoft's US$6.2B R&D plan
  • Nokia and ATI in multimedia deal
  • Intel files motion to dismiss AMD antitrust complaint
  • Chili Pepper bassist fired up over early downloads
  • Digital video game distribution favoured
  • Report: AMD delays 64-bit notebook chip
  • Microsoft research gives glimpse of future technology
  • Take-Two game rating toughened on topless feature
  • It's back to the drawing board for 802.11n wireless standard
  • Apple woos PC users
  • Microsoft takes Xbox Live gamers to E3
  • Race challenges robots to one-up drivers
  • Mobile games 'stagnating,' study claims
  • Intel to spend US$1 billion in developing nations
  • June 2006 Hotbox winner; vote for July 2006!



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    June 2006 Hotbox winner; vote for July 2006!
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    Asrock 775i915P-SATA2
    A budget board that open the door to Crossfire graphics. More...


    Asetek Vapochill Lightspeed
    Vapour phase change cooling in a tidy little silver box. More...


    Ergodex DX1
    There's never been a keyboard like this before. And there may never be again... More...


    VL Systems M-Play 202 Plus
    VFD = Vacuum Flourescent Display. Or, Very Funky Display. You decide! More...


    XFX 7800GS
    Craig Simms gets all dusty for AGP's last hurrah. More...


    Ballmer defends Microsoft's US$6.2B R&D plan
    Microsoft will invest US$1.1 billion in MSN online and US$6.2 billion in R&D overall during its next fiscal year to escalate adoption of its MSN AdCenter and Windows Live! and Office Live! platform services, said CEO Steve Ballmer. More...

    Nokia and ATI in multimedia deal
    Nokia and digital media vendor, ATI Technologies has signed an agreement for it to bring multimedia to Nokia’s mobile phone range.
    More...

    Intel files motion to dismiss AMD antitrust complaint
    Intel on Wednesday filed a motion to dismiss all foreign business conduct claims in an antitrust suit filed by rival Advanced Micro Devices. More...

    Chili Pepper bassist fired up over early downloads
    Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist, Flea, is hot under the collar about internet distribution of the band's unreleased album. More...

    Digital video game distribution favoured
    Digital and packaged media video game sales are seen reaching 19 percent of game market by 2010. More...

    Report: AMD delays 64-bit notebook chip
    Advanced Micro Devices has pushed back the launch of its Turion 64 X2 processors by about one month, DigiTimes reported Wednesday. More...

    Microsoft research gives glimpse of future technology
    Microsoft showcased some of its upcoming innovations, including geographical and realtime Web search technology, in an open house at its Silicon Valley research campus. More...

    Take-Two game rating toughened on topless feature
    LOS ANGELES - A popular fantasy role-playing video game co-published by Take-Two Interactive Software had its rating toughened due to excessive gore and the discovery that female characters could appear topless, the industry's content-ratings body said on Wednesday. More...

    It's back to the drawing board for 802.11n wireless standard
    The IEEE 802.11n working group on Tuesday failed to ratify the first draft of the high-speed wireless standard. More...

    Apple woos PC users
    Apple is getting high praise for its Get A Mac ad campaign. More...

    Microsoft takes Xbox Live gamers to E3
    Microsoft is inviting gamers to attend the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) by taking them there virtually, for free, via their Xboxes. More...

    Race challenges robots to one-up drivers
    The next government-sponsored competition for autonomous robot cars aims to get unmanned vehicles to do something that plenty of drivers cannot: follow traffic laws. More...

    Mobile games 'stagnating,' study claims
    Cellular operators' hopes of generating new revenue via mobile games are not being borne out, according to a new market study. More...

    Intel to spend US$1 billion in developing nations
    Intel is planning to spend more than US$1 billion over the next five years in a broad new program to spread the use of the PC in developing nations. More...

    Competitions

    5x copies of Galactic Civilizations II
    Feel like conquering the universe? Of course you do!

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    3x Xitel Hi-FI Links
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