Editor's Note
It's been a big couple of weeks for Atomic, as you can see from the size of this email!
Not only did we finish issue 98 (which is a pretty sexy looking issue, if I do say so myself), but we also had a visit from the Haymarket Media head honcho from the UK. Whacky fun.
But we didn't let any of that distract us from the task of bringing you the biggest, best and often most interesting news from around the wide world of tech and geekdom.
We're probably most excited about Sennheiser's new headphones, which we got to have an all-too brief play with recently. Listening to music on these two-grand-plus lovelies is like having honey poured straight into your ear canal, and then dying of happiness. They're that good.
While he wasn't lying on the labs floor in a pile of orgasmic joy, Justin was taking apart a shiny new GTX295 graphics card from NVIDIA - and finding a few ways to make it run cooler!
He also went a little crazy with some sandpaper and a Core i7 Nehalem chip, and he's shared with us his easy guide to CPU lapping - assuming your brave enough to take to your favourite bit of silicon with an abrasive, that is!
Oh, and we're also very chuffed to annouce two new content sharing deals, which will bring you much more cool stuff, on both the site and in the magazine.
So get on browsing!
- David Hollingworth, Editor
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Issue: 97 | February, 2009
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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News
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Sennheiser HD800 Audiophile Headphones
We give our impressions of the mind-warpingly good quality of the Sennheiser HD 800 kit.
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Military-grade robot snake saves lives
Essential linkage: We bow down to our new robot-snake overlords!
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Intel's Xeon chips make e-tail debut
Latest high end processors from Intel find their way into the wild.
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New Stormrise unit renders
Pics of the infantry and vehicles of Creative Assembly's new RTS - Stormrise.
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E3 returns to the Glory Years
We can only hope the E3 booth babes follow suit.
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Intel puts 45nm Fusion CPU on ice
Essential Linkage: Even Intel is feeling the pinch of the waning economy.
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New unit details for Stormrise
Details of some of the cool new units in the upcoming strategy game from Creative Assembly.
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Superuseless Superpowers
Essential Linkage All the superpowers you'd never want to have, but they're still hilarious!
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Rumble Massage for the Xbox 360
Feeling those good vibrations... ohh yeah.
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More Atomic Content!
Atomic announces two exciting new content partnerships.
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Dropping the logic bomb
Contract IT worker goes to court over attempted logic bomb attack on US financial giant.
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Graphics chip shipments slow down
Desktop PC's slow and grim decline? Say it ain't so!!!
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So that's what GFWL stands for...
Games For Windows LOSE. Essential linkage and much whining about Fallout 3 and DLC.
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Putin casts aside helping hand from Dell
Russia can do it alone.
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NASA agent comes out on UFOs
NASA agent defends UFO hacker Gary McKinnon.
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Atkinson's head firmly in sand on censorship
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Starcraft University Course
We're not kidding in the slightest, Starcraft fans - this is the real, totally awesome deal.
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NVIDIA CEO explains how Intel is wrong
Jen-Hsun Huang also hates netbooks, loves VIA and is kinda ambivalent about AMD's Neo. Whoa.
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EU refuses to give Intel more time
Just don't drop the soap!
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For sale: One games mag
People will sell anything on Ebay, apparently. Even entire magazine operations.
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WD announces 2TB drive
And on only four platters, no less - go Western Digital!
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Lost Planet movie to have a huge budget
And a great producer too!
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Chip cooling breakthrough
Essential linkage: New integrated thermoelectric system drops chip temps by 15°C!
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AMD gets socially aware
AMD announces a move into charitable gaming at Fifth Annual Games for Change Festival.
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Windows 7 beta walkthrough
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Latest viral marketing campaign for The Watchmen celebrates everyone's favourite naked atomic being.
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AMD embraces the cloud
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Bollywood gets game
India's first 3D computer game to be based on hit movie based on hit movie.
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Cosplay + Portal = AWESOME
Essential linkage: What's the best thing a cosplayer can have? A boyfriend who's a professional prop-maker...
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New Mafia 2 screenshots
Five new screens from 2K Games' tale of gangland violence. Mafia 2 is looking good!
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Solar Power and Intel
Essential linkage: Harnessing the power of the sun to save a bit of cash.
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Intel predicts loss
Chip giant Intel is set to record its first lack of profit in 21 years this quarter.
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Seagate fracks up firmware update
You know that update you just installed to save your Seagate drive from failing? Guess what - it causes failures all of its own! Joy!
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BOOM! Headshot!
Essential linkage: It's official - the iPhone is now ubiquitous, thanks to a US military contractor's sniper rifle add-on.
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Reviews
Call of Duty: World at War
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MSI X58 Platinum
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Dual in-line... heatsink?
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The Alienware M17 laptop, complete with Crossfired 3870's!
GIGABYTE EX58-EXTREME
No more pink DRAM slots in this motherboard!
Thermaltake Element S
The classy(ish) Element S PC case, fresh from the box!
Antec Nine Hundred Two
Can the Antec 902 case bring anything new to this popular design?
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
This anime is further proof that messing with the timeline is a little... unpredictable.
ASUS Xonar HDAV 1.3
It's a mixed bag of a soundcard from ASUS, but we cannot help but like the Xonar HDAV.
Coolermaster V10
A 1.2KG, 200W-capable behemoth of a heatsink, crushing lesser mortals with its CPU cooling power!
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Features
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Atomic guide to CPU lapping
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Piracy. Greed or grievance?
Opinion: Meet my wealthy Uncle, Torrence. On piracy and why it happens, and what can be done about it.
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