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Welcome to our Articles section, we try and update this section at least twice weekly, so check back regularly for the most up to date info. Our sections include Future of Computing, Internet Tools, Tea Break and Web Development.

Nov 05 2007

Bruce Lee 2008

Why do we have to conform to the laws of physics, and others don’t!!?

Nov 04 2007

World’s most powerful computing network

Following up from the Game Console could help cure cancer article, the PS3 project has now been recognized as the World’s most powerful distributed computing network.

The network has more than one petaflop of computing power - the equivalent of 1,000 trillion calculations per second.

Oct 29 2007

Impossible to get Dugg without a Digg Circle

It seems that if you haven’t got a ‘Digg Circle‘ going, or are not a well established Blog then you have very little chance of getting Dugg to the Home page these days. Only the sites which are already the big players have the power of making new Blogs and sites more powerful. Is it possible to get Dugg without a Digg Circle?

Oct 29 2007

New device warns you if you’re boring

A DEVICE that can pick up on people’s emotions is being developed to help people with autism relate to those around them. It will alert its autistic user if the person they are talking to starts showing signs of getting bored or annoyed.

Oct 28 2007

Emoticons are older than we think

Emoticon Pumpkin

Claims that Carnegie Mellon University invented the :-) emoticon 25 years ago have been dismissed.

On her Urban Legend busting website Snopes.com, Barbara Mikkelson says that while Carnegie might have been first to use the : - ) online, it was not the first use.

Oct 28 2007

Wii Controller Secret

The editors over at Fortune magazine were kind enough to dissect the Nintendo Wii controller recently, revealing an interesting tidbit.

Oct 09 2007

Windows XP SP3 goes Vista-ish

The next service pack for Windows XP contains bits and pieces from Vista.

According to NeoSmart Technologies, which is among those who have received the first version of Windows XP SP3 build 3205 as part of the Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista SP1 beta program, SP3 has more than 1,073 patches/hotfixes including security updates.