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David Field

Nov 26, 2008 | 13 Comments

You know what the most appropriate use for triple SLI is? I hate to break it to you, but it’s not for gaming. It’s for kitting out the Nvidia booth at a trade show. We built a triple ...

Zara Baxter

Geek eye for the average guy

Nov 20, 2008 | 3 Comments

It used to be, back in the day, that everyone thought we’d be wearing stylish one-piece jumpsuits by the year 2010. The only way I can see that happening is if the geeks take over. And ...

David Field

How Twitter pwned Dave’s inbox

Nov 17, 2008 | 16 Comments

I’d like to apologise to everybody in my Gmail address book who I inadvertently spammed yesterday. I’d also like to place the blame squarely at the overzealous marketing people at ...

Ashton Mills

Simple truths

Nov 11, 2008 | 12 Comments

Well, that’s one way to spend $US300 million. You know the ads – Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Gates, what could possibly go wrong? Oh, not too much – except perhaps the message. Aside from the ...

James Matson

The new vapourware

Oct 31, 2008 | 7 Comments

It may surprise the hordes of people that gave Auran’s ‘Fury’ a wide berth to learn, but I actually enjoyed the Unreal 3 Engine powered MMOFPS. Sure, it wasn’t a game I was glued to ...

David Field

Stop lying to me about what I 'need'.

Oct 2, 2008 | 12 Comments

Consumer digital displays (oh alright, LCD TVs and some LCD computer monitors) are getting steadily better across the board. But in an attempt to lure customers, the companies that make ...

Ashton Mills

Opening Hardware

Sep 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

It began with software, and with source code, but the principles of open source are being applied to hardware as well – which may seem strange, at first. After all with software it’s ...

Zara Baxter

Zara's geek secret

Sep 19, 2008 | 10 Comments

I have a confession to make, oh Atomicans. My revelation will damage my geek cred severely, and you may even snicker – everyone in the office did – but I need your help. See, a while ...

Logan Booker

Bed TV

Aug 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

I can’t remember the last time I slept in my own bed. From this statement, one could assume there’s something terribly wrong with my usual place of rest. While it does sag in the ...

David Field

The Alzheimer’s of King X86 -- Part Two

Jul 31, 2008

Authors' note: It's dangerous to read on without starting from the beginning! Had the King been able to remember what was beyond his walls, he would have worried. For the King's rule ...

Ashton Mills

The Streisand effect

Jul 30, 2008

It’s more than a little intriguing in this day and age, where the internet is no longer a Hot New Thing, that people, companies, and sometimes even entire countries (here’s looking at ...

Logan Booker

Army of Who?

Jul 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

I didn’t believe Salem when he said we could have unlimited, super-powered bullets just by standing with our backs to each other. Or that he could turn invisible, just by having me shoot ...

Ashton Mills

The open call

Jul 25, 2008

Inevitably as Linux has gained traction it’s attracted more and more attention. From Dell selling Ubuntu PCs to ASUS choosing Xandros for the EeePC, it’s become almost trendy to add Tux ...

Logan Booker

Where’s the Earth-shattering kaboom?

Jul 15, 2008

Living on the edge is great. Not a literal edge, of course. I can’t imagine building your house on the lip of a precipice would be much fun, especially if the door was on the cliff side ...

James Matson

Opinion: Is bigger really better?

Jun 30, 2008

You’re reading the words of an unashamed RPG fan. I was brought up on the old school world of pen-and-paper RPGs, oddly shaped dice and character sheets worn by repeated erasing and ...

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