Interesting stuff news roundup: Tom's Hardware Guide: Stress Test Tom stress tests a high end Intel system and a high end AMD system for 5 days. GameShout wonder whether Firefox is really more secure? I don't think they actually come to any conclusion though - and point out that IE has more bugs that they know about. Opera release a talking web browser, Apple gonna make a droppable ipod, something matt might be interested in boffins decode chromosome 16, ibm/apple's next chip to gets high end features, knoppix make live cd slimmer, a funny story here microsoft attempt to shutdown macslash. (in other bad guy stories: apple are suing various people: the people who leaked Tiger, and the people who leaked info about new mini flash ipods?)
2004 favourites/worsts: Cnet, kuro5hin's asshole of the year awards.
My 2004 Favourites:
- Really cheap DVD players - eg £25 multi-region at richersounds.com - $10 in the US!!
- Really good digital cameras - they are getter smaller in size, better with bigger screens, faster with quicker response, and cheaper. (Next year should be even better!)
- On-line shops are really cheap. (Amazon.co.uk are excellent - I've ordered loads of stuff and it's all been very cheap, sometimes way cheaper than anywhere else on the net, and always delivered in perfect condition)
- RSS / Bloglines is REALLY really good - like proper awesome! (you can read RSS on your ipod)
Bad stuff:
- Real shops are still WAY more expensive than on-line shops, and where they "say" they will price match the internet - they won't actually when you go in there.
- Firefox doesn't have a "blog this" button that you get with the google toolbar.
- Apple still way expensive
- Microsoft very dull this year. (XP still bad, IE still the same)
- Still waiting for Nano-itx from VIA, and still waiting for silent 1ghz mini-itx boards from VIA, and still waiting for 1.4ghz or more VIA cpus/boards (1.2ghz was out in around May!).
- Keyboards / Mice etc are still wired - why don't they just make them all wireless?
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