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Bigponds new sneakiness

Darren — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:42:39 GMT

Now I can't confirm which plans this applies to but I would assume most of them, at work and home I've upgraded to Bigponds Elite Liberty 200GB plans, the mother of all Bigponds plans with all the bells and whistles well so I though!

At work last week our modem was playing up so a quick restart to fix the problem and then shortly after we noticed our connection speed was only 8mbps, before the restart it was connecting at 19mbps, I really though nothing of it, just a shitty connection.

A few days later at home and a modem change, I went from 12 to 8 mbps, WTF, coincidence?

A quick WTF dude where's my internet call to Bigpond and I find out when my plan changed I was automatically changed from ADSL2+ to ADSL, they tell you sweet FA and just do it, with a bit of whinge and no extra cost I was changed back to ADSL2+.

It seem that for some reason your current connection stays as is until a disruption as in modem restart.

Once again thieving, but this time it's bandwidth.

i7-870 - Happy as.

Darren — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:52:17 GMT

I must admit that I really haven't had the chance to play with too many i7/i5/i3 machines as just about everything machine that comes in for repair or new builds are 775's.

But today I took the plunge and upgrade to i7-870 and fuck I am impressed both price performance wise. Most web sites will show these out performing a i7-930 and they use socket 1156 so something to look out for on your next upgrade venture.

Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid

Darren — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:52:17 GMT

Has anyone got one? Thoughts

Microsoft Hotfix KB2028560 For Windows 7 & DirectX 11 Improves Game Performance

Joshuayu101 — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:50:04 GMT

Quote:

This article describes an update for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2. This update is a separate package of changes that must be installed in addition to Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This update provides new functionality and performance improvements for the graphics platform.

An update is available for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2 which provides new functionality and performance improvements for the graphics platform

This update will be included in the win 7 sp1

New GFX card assistance

Ratty — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:28:33 GMT

OK guys I?ve been running on a temp Nvidia 9600 1g OC for the last few months looking at upgrading, but I?ve been out of the hardware market for a while now.
I was looking at maybe getting a radeon 5770 due to the fact that I really don?t want to spend over say $250 mark.. (Unless really necessary)

But a few reviews I?ve looked at have compared them to the old 9800gtx and the gtx 460 saying for the price difference I?m better off looking at the nvidia cards.

so my question is what do you blokes rekon is the best option for a card in that sorta price range?

Samsung Galaxy Tab

snake coward — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:45:15 GMT

Unveiled on September 2 at the IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany
Froyo Shown Running On Samsung Galaxy Tab Along With Swype | Gizmodo Australia

Android
1024?600 AMOLED Screen
PowerVR SGX 540 graphics processor
GPS
Wi-Fi b/g/n
3.2MP back-facing webcam
VGA front-facing camera.

Teaser vid
Watch The Samsung Galaxy Tab Official Teaser Video | Gizmodo Australia

Whats' The Best Windows You Ever Used

Xolares — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:22:25 GMT

What is the best windows you ever used

Mine is Windows 98
Fast and the Best for gaming from 95-2000

Desktop recorder and something to join quicktime files (& possibly edit them)

psyave — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:15:31 GMT

Hey all,

I took lots of videos with my iphone of my flag gridiron team playing offense and I'd like to join them all together before uploading them to youtube. Anyone know of a good piece of software to do this without giving me sound and video errors. If I can edit the videos, even better.

Also,

Anyone know a good desktop recorder? One that would take a video, with sound and also record where I click. Would be nice if it exported into a standard video format (mpg, wmv, mp4, etc) and if need be I could choose my compression settings, ie Quality settings.

Cheers,
PA

Microsoft Web Expression 2007 - Thoughts

Darren — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:39:09 GMT

Help!

Just wondering if anyone has or does use Web Expression and what they think of it. I have been a Frontpage user for a long time so it seems like a natural upgrade although I feel I should be be using something better but as I am a lite user I really don't want the complications of learning something new like the once upon a time I thought I would write a site in Flash MX, fail.

What is the norm these days for basic web creation?

Intel buys McAfee

snake coward — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:45:31 GMT

Intel buys McAfee for 7.68 billion, anti virus chips coming?
Intel acquires McAfee for $7.68 billion -- Engadget