Editor's Note

G'day, Justin here taking over for this week's letter.

Apart from declaring mutiny upon the magazine's leader and placing myself at top spot, there's been quite a bit going on around Atomic HQ this week. Dave's not really been usurped (yet), but both he and Designer_Dave are working feverishly on the mag ready to send Issue 104 to the printers next week!

Up in this newsletter first off is the Pentagon's flesh-eating robots - and while the company that produces the little scamps have debunked rumours of their desire for meat they're still fascinating. We take a quick look at what they do, how they work and what they are.

Next up is a list of ten things we want from the next Star Trek film. It covers all the usual suspects (KHAN!), but there's also quite a bit of interesting discussion about it going on that's definitely worth a read as much as the article itself!

Our Tech Journo competition has finally had some finalists drawn, and each of the three lucky contestants will be receiving some tech and a game in the mail. They then fight against each other's reviews, each hoping to nab a spot in the pages of the magazine.

Finally we take a look at Thermaltake's Element G case, an evolutionary rather than revolutionary beast - whether this was a step forwards or backwards is up to you to decide.

There's a lot of other stuff listed below to point out (like the Shattered Horizon game, Prototype vid and Intel's cheap SSDs), so click on to have a read.

-Justin Robinson, Tech Writer

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News

Intel Core i5 details leak through

by Justin Robinson | July 22, 2009

Core i5 sounds interesting on paper...

Microsoft give away Linux kernel drivers for free

by Justin Robinson | July 22, 2009

Linux might be seen as serious competition by Microsoft after all.

Intel launching 34nm SSDs at bargain-basement prices

by Justin Robinson | July 22, 2009

Intel's speedy SSDs might be cheap enough to include in every enthusiast rig!

AMD's DX11 'Evergreen' cards due soon! by The Inquirer \| July 22, 2009 DX11 cards from AMD could be out as soon as September.		Tech Journo comp finalists! by Justin Robinson \| July 21, 2009 Three lucky Atomicans get their chance to put tech to the test.
New Shattered Horizon screenshots arrive on auspicious day by Justin Robinson \| July 21, 2009 Essential Linkage: Futuremark's game efforts are shown on the 40th anniversary of the moon landing.		Apple may sue Microsoft over 'misleading' adverts by The Inquirer \| July 21, 2009 Microsoft may be bitten by Apple's lawyers.
A day in the life of an Extremophile by Justin Robinson \| July 20, 2009 Some organisms just gotta live somewhere different to the rest of us.		Graphics cards sales will pick up...next year by The Inquirer \| July 20, 2009 The 2009 sales slump set to end in 2010.
22nm CMOS silicon coming soon by The Inquirer \| July 20, 2009 Manufacturing processes just keep on shrinking.		Intel roadmap leaked by The Inquirer \| July 17, 2009 Nehalem mobiles aplenty, and a mess more from Intel in the future.
Wolfenstein motion comic by David Hollingworth \| July 17, 2009 Video: Watch BJ Blaskowicz take the fight to the Reich in glorious black, white and blood red.		Pentagon contracts company for flesh-eating robots by Justin Robinson \| July 17, 2009 These tiny little bots have big appetites!
Soitec and IBM go 3D by The Inquirer \| July 17, 2009 Layer upon layer of 22nm silicon...		Tricks and tips for Prototype by David Hollingworth \| July 16, 2009 Video: Learn some tricks of the super-mutant trade in this handy Prototype video...
Marvell SATA 3 chips stripped from P55, X58 motherboards by Justin Robinson \| July 16, 2009 There's a problem with Marvell's new chips.		GF playing the semiconductor field by The Inquirer \| July 16, 2009 Global Foundries wants to distance itself from AMD.
Ancient Global Warming: It's all happened before by Justin Robinson \| July 16, 2009 Essential Linkage: A new study shows that we are not, in fact, in immediate danger.		Microsoft opens store right next to Apple by Justin Robinson \| July 16, 2009 Microsoft and Apple are BFFs!
Dead Elpida chips, what next? by The Inquirer \| July 16, 2009 More musings on the Elpida failure saga.		The Android OS comes to the PC by The Inquirer \| July 15, 2009 Not just for ARM chips anymore!

Reviews

Thermaltake Element G

by Justin Robinson | July 17, 2009

Updated: Thermaltake's Element G Case - with more than a few puzzling inclusions...

Thermaltake ProWater 880i

by Justin Robinson | July 16, 2009

A convenient way to get wet, from Thermaltake.

Features

10 things we want from the next Star Trek film

by Staff writers | July 17, 2009

As Paramount gears up for its next Star Trek film, here's our wishlist of what we'd like to see...

Why Torchwood has the potential to be better than Doctor Who

by Simon Brew | July 16, 2009

Did Torchwood: Children Of Earth do what Doctor Who often wants to do but can't?

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