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On Dell – Audigy 2 issue
Update: June 2006: THE LATEST drivers from Creative appear to work perfectly with DELL OEM Audigy 2 cards. You can get the drivers here. Update: Scroll to the bottom for a fix that has so far worked on 5 Dell PCs, including my own. Jeff Jarvis has generated enough bad-press on the blogosphere that Dell…
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Flickr/blog meetup in Cork
Ryan has suggested we all meet up for some photos and pints in Cork, sounds like a good idea to me!
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Rockets hit Red Sea ports; 1 dead
It looks like an unsuccessful attack, but interesting in that in this region it was unexpected. The ships were in port so sailors could train with regional partners, U.S. Navy Commander Jeff Breslau told CNN. “It’s very unusual for U.S. ships to be under attack in this part of the region.”
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DSL Extender trial wraps up
Interesting technology from Telstra in Oz. This could be a very viable solution for parts of rural Ireland – god knows when we would see it implemented. [via Slashdot] Telstra has finished its “DSL extender” trial and is now allowing the equipment to be used in its live copper phone network. Telstra announced a trial…
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Archaeologists Find Ancient Treasure
This one via Powerline. Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed about 15,000 tiny golden pieces that date back to the end of the third millennium B.C. – a find they said Wednesday matches the famous treasure of Troy. What a find that would be…
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Saleh Mohammed al-Aoofi killed in Saudi?
Apparently some high up militants were killed in Saudi: Saleh Mohammed al-Aoofi was among six al-Qaeda linked militants said to be killed during police raids on several locations in two Saudi cities, Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki told The Associated Press. …al-Aoofi reportedly fought in Chechnya and travelled to Afghanistan where he joined al-Qaeda shortly…
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Microsoft Unveils Xbox 360 Packages, Pricing
So there shall be 2 different spec XBOX machines, one bare bone, and one with all the bells and whistles: As widely speculated, Microsoft made its announcement of the $299 Xbox 360 Core System at the German Games Convention, but the company surprised many with a second package including hard drive, wireless controller, headset and…
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Russia, China Kick Off Military Exercises
Warmer ties indeed, and just when the US is getting cosy with India. So in Asia its China + Russia vs USA + India…Pakistan is the odd one out – but they all have nuclear weapons. But who is who’s proxy? The drills, dubbed ‘Peace Mission 2005,’ are the latest indication of warming post-Cold War…
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GPs to get drill for bird flu pandemic
This is a very interesting development. It seems that H5N1 is being taken even more seriously than before: Every doctor’s surgery in Britain will next month be sent official instructions on how to handle an outbreak of bird flu as ministers step up their preparations for a global pandemic that, if the worst fears are…
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Google buying Apple?
What are the chances folks? How much would this upset the market and how keen are Google to get into the OS and music business? I have been thinking about this for a while, surely it is a logical step for Google? And they have asked to sell $4 billion worth of shares today :…
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