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General Hardware / Apple iPhone warning proves true

« on: September 28, 2007, 12:04:48 PM »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7017660.stm

An Apple software update is disabling iPhones that have been unlocked by owners who wanted to choose which mobile network to use.
Earlier this week Apple said a planned update would leave the device "permanently inoperable".

Thousands of iPhone owners hacked their expensive gadget in order to unlock it for use with other mobile carriers and to run a host of unsupported programs.

There are also reports of the update causing issues with unaltered iPhones.

Oh boy....

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Contests & Hot Deals / Ultra Grid ATX Case Giveaway at ClubOC

« on: September 26, 2007, 11:11:42 AM »

Might be worth a shot. 

Linkkie:
http://forums.cluboverclocker.com/showthread.php?t=7784

CONTEST RULES:

1. To enter, simply make a post about any Ultra product.

2. You may post as many times as you like, but please stay on subject.

3. This contest is open to everyone, including Moderators. (Official ClubOC Staff may not enter.)

4. This contest will end at Midnight, Mountain Time on 10/31/2007. The winner will be announced on 11/01/2007.

5. Contest rules are subject to change at any time without notice.

Good luck and please follow the rules!

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General Mayhem / Funny Cat Picturez

« on: September 25, 2007, 03:56:26 PM »

Title says it all. Post some here or at this forum if you have some nice ones 

http://forums.ocmodshop.com/default.aspx?m=19310&f=9&p=1#m19699

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General Hardware / Building a Modular PSU

« on: September 24, 2007, 02:56:52 AM »

Might be worth a try if you're handy and you have a spare power supply and system to test it on 

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2007/09/21/building_a_modular_psu/1

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General Mayhem / Parents get upset at Wii Gun attachment

« on: September 18, 2007, 07:24:58 PM »

I don't think Duck Hunt ever made killers 

http://www.theinq.com/?article=42343

The Gun Remote which can be seen here looks as much like a realistic gun as a banana does, or a lump of wood. However that has not stopped the column thundering about it in a somewhat silly way.

Most parents the magazine spoke to thought it a "bone-headed idea". The quotes provided include such gems as it will train children to learn to aim and shoot. That will, of course lead to kids killing kids.

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General Mayhem / Halo 3 Ad "Believe"

« on: September 16, 2007, 01:35:04 PM »

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/14748

<a href="http://www.gamevideos.com:80/swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;src=http://www.gamevideos.com:80/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D14748%26ordinal%3D1189972953640%26adPlay%3Dfalse" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.gamevideos.com:80/swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;src=http://www.gamevideos.com:80/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D14748%26ordinal%3D1189972953640%26adPlay%3Dfalse</a>

Pretty neat how Bungie built a 1200 foot diorama and used it for this ad. 

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General Mayhem / The Invasion of the Birds!

« on: September 14, 2007, 09:22:35 PM »

I wouldn't want to be under them...

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=b0627106-4992-4044-a64f-1acce9d3605b&k=12219

Hundreds of blackbirds swirl in the evening sky over Beaconsfield Court as they prepare to descend on the suburban street. The huge autumn roost has residents demanding that city hall do something.

Every night just before dusk, dark clouds of what are really dense flocks of blackbirds swish this way and that way across the Beaconsfield sky, their droppings sounding just like heavy rain.

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Operating Systems & Software / Google readies PowerPoint killer

« on: September 14, 2007, 09:00:54 PM »

I hope it will have some good fullscreen slideshow capabilities just like PowerPoint

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42352

SURE AS EGGS ARE EGGS, it’s been known for a long while that Google will at some point take on PowerPoint with a web-based presentations package. The breaking news is that the coming-out party for the software is any day now.

Called Presently, the slideshow program is likely to be based in part on code Google bought through the acquisitions of Zenter and Tonic Systems earlier this year.