Hardware 22 - The Second Day Magazine

Hardware 22 - The Second Day Magazine

Posted on 23rd Apr 2011 at 09:52 by Podcast with 7 comments

It?s podcast time again, and this time we?re talking about all the lovely hardware we?ve seen in our labs over the last few weeks. Clive starts off by telling us all about the AMD Radeon HD 6790, and why it?s only likely to be around for a relatively short period of time.

We also get chance to quiz Antony on the Silverstone TJ11, which it was his pleasure to review. The case is humungous, but isn?t quite the water-cooling behemoth we expected. Paul then gives us an account of his recent trip to Istanbul to cover the MSI Master Overclocking Arena European finals. Extreme overclocking and benchmarking is a funny old world, and it?s always interesting to get to see the action first hand.

Finally, we find time to discuss some of the larger tech news stories such as Seagate swallowing up Samsung?s hard disk production division, and the rumour that AMD is planning to mass produce its Radeon HD 7000-series GPUs in May.

Hardware 22 - The Second Day Magazine

As always, we've also set up our weekly competition too, the lucky winner of which will walk away with a Speedlink Strike FX wireless gamepad. This game pad is compatible with both the PC and PlayStation 3, and functions at distances of up to 10m.

As ever, the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks, and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below. Also, be sure to let us know your thoughts about the discussion in the forums.

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Microsoft readies critical bulletin for Patch Tuesday

After dishing out a record number of fixes in April, Microsoft only has two security bulletins on the menu this month. While May's Patch Tuesday won't be shattering any records, you'll still want to grab the updates when they become available next week. Both of the scheduled bulletins address security vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, with one classified as "critical" and the other as "important."

The critical bulletin affects all supported versions of Windows Server (2003, 2008, and 2008 R2), while Windows XP, Vista and 7 won't require the update. Microsoft hasn't detailed exactly what the critical patch will fix, but Andrew Storms of nCircle Security suggests that it might have something to do with an Active Directory or DHCP component. "It's definitely a [reading of the] tea leaves," Storms said.

The important bulletin is equally mysterious, though it also addresses a flaw that could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability is apparently present in Microsoft Office XP and 2003 as well as Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac. Storms believes this patch might target a file format bug in PowerPoint. Both updates may require a reboot and could still prove to be an annoyance for IT administrators.

Along with providing advanced notice about Tuesday's patches, Microsoft shared upcoming changes to its Exploitability Index, a rating system that helps customers understand the likelihood that a specific vulnerability will be exploited. In a TechNet article, Microsoft said it would soon provide two Exploitability Index ratings per vulnerability: one for new platforms and another for older versions.

"This change makes it easier for customers on recent platforms to determine their risk given the extra security mitigations and features built in to Microsoft's newest products; under the previous system, vulnerabilities were given an aggregate rating across all product versions." Storms noted that this was at least partially a marketing decision to show that Microsoft's newest software is the least risky.

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Meet Heather Poe


This is Heather Poe. She?s a young woman, living in Los Angeles and attending college there, though it isn?t her hometown. She?s kind, happy, eager to please and a little bit geeky. She?s also one of the best features of one of my favourite games, Troika?s Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

You find Heather in the hospital, where she?s been rushed into the emergency room for some strange neck wound. As a newly turned vampire yourself, you know that there?s more to this story than meets the eye, but your heightened senses also tell you that she?ll survive her undead encounter if she just gets some fresh haemoglobin. Unfortunately, there isn?t a doctor to hand and the hospital is criminally understaffed.

Earlier, a friend of yours told you that vampire blood has certain special characteristics when drunk by humans ? mainly as a healing elixir. You pause, then slit your wrist to save her young life before disappearing back into the night. You have errands to run, after all. Little do you know that this isn?t the last time you?ll be seeing Heather.

She shows up a few nights later, grabbing you on the street and desperate to thank you. She?s babbling and doe-eyed and she knows far too much about you and your kind ? you?ll suffer reprisals if you don?t take this matter in hand, but now is not the time. You send her back to your haven ? that grotty motel in Santa Monica ? and tell her to wait for you.

You have a choice now. Your blood is mixing with Heather?s and creating a potent, mind-altering brew. The more time she spends with you, the more she falls under your thrall, whether you want her to or not. You know you should send her away, break the bond and tell her to forget all this silliness about vampires. You know you should, but a lot of reasons run through you mind for why you shouldn?t ? a lot of excuses.

You?re little more than a servant for others at the moment, so the idea of cultivating your own slave does have a certain appeal. Letting her go may bring the wrath of your superiors if she exposes you. You wonder about the direction you could steer Heather, making her serve you in a way that seems repugnant in the daylight hours.

That?s what's great about being a vampire; not casting a reflection. You can avoid a lot of guilt and shame when you don?t have to meet your own gaze.


Over the next few days or weeks, Heather changes. Sometimes you're the one pushing, telling her how to dress or to surrender her life savings. At other times, it?s the blood that changes her. She was eager to please at the beginning, but now her devotion is fanatical. One day you find she?s bought you home some food - still alive and locked in the bathroom. The longer the ?relationship? lasts, the more you get the idea that it isn?t going to end well, but the harder it becomes to end it.

Heather?s fate ultimately lies in your hands. She?s a nice, likeable person and you want to do well by her. At the same time, though, the rest of LA is working to reshape you. You may have been just an average guy a few weeks ago, but now you?re a vampire; suffering and cruelty is your stock and trade.

As you acclimatise to this new existence, you start to adapt. You already don?t have to look at yourself in the mirror, but now you?re learning to hide the rest of yourself behind your new definition of what you are. You are a demon. Once you accept that, it becomes very easy to do very nasty things to a very nice person.

Then, when the game ends, you realise what?s happened and you learn something about yourself. That?s why Vampire: Bloodlines is one of my favourite games.

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Meet Heather Poe


This is Heather Poe. She?s a young woman, living in Los Angeles and attending college there, though it isn?t her hometown. She?s kind, happy, eager to please and a little bit geeky. She?s also one of the best features of one of my favourite games, Troika?s Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

You find Heather in the hospital, where she?s been rushed into the emergency room for some strange neck wound. As a newly turned vampire yourself, you know that there?s more to this story than meets the eye, but your heightened senses also tell you that she?ll survive her undead encounter if she just gets some fresh haemoglobin. Unfortunately, there isn?t a doctor to hand and the hospital is criminally understaffed.

Earlier, a friend of yours told you that vampire blood has certain special characteristics when drunk by humans ? mainly as a healing elixir. You pause, then slit your wrist to save her young life before disappearing back into the night. You have errands to run, after all. Little do you know that this isn?t the last time you?ll be seeing Heather.

She shows up a few nights later, grabbing you on the street and desperate to thank you. She?s babbling and doe-eyed and she knows far too much about you and your kind ? you?ll suffer reprisals if you don?t take this matter in hand, but now is not the time. You send her back to your haven ? that grotty motel in Santa Monica ? and tell her to wait for you.

You have a choice now. Your blood is mixing with Heather?s and creating a potent, mind-altering brew. The more time she spends with you, the more she falls under your thrall, whether you want her to or not. You know you should send her away, break the bond and tell her to forget all this silliness about vampires. You know you should, but a lot of reasons run through you mind for why you shouldn?t ? a lot of excuses.

You?re little more than a servant for others at the moment, so the idea of cultivating your own slave does have a certain appeal. Letting her go may bring the wrath of your superiors if she exposes you. You wonder about the direction you could steer Heather, making her serve you in a way that seems repugnant in the daylight hours.

That?s what's great about being a vampire; not casting a reflection. You can avoid a lot of guilt and shame when you don?t have to meet your own gaze.


Over the next few days or weeks, Heather changes. Sometimes you're the one pushing, telling her how to dress or to surrender her life savings. At other times, it?s the blood that changes her. She was eager to please at the beginning, but now her devotion is fanatical. One day you find she?s bought you home some food - still alive and locked in the bathroom. The longer the ?relationship? lasts, the more you get the idea that it isn?t going to end well, but the harder it becomes to end it.

Heather?s fate ultimately lies in your hands. She?s a nice, likeable person and you want to do well by her. At the same time, though, the rest of LA is working to reshape you. You may have been just an average guy a few weeks ago, but now you?re a vampire; suffering and cruelty is your stock and trade.

As you acclimatise to this new existence, you start to adapt. You already don?t have to look at yourself in the mirror, but now you?re learning to hide the rest of yourself behind your new definition of what you are. You are a demon. Once you accept that, it becomes very easy to do very nasty things to a very nice person.

Then, when the game ends, you realise what?s happened and you learn something about yourself. That?s why Vampire: Bloodlines is one of my favourite games.

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TNW?s Daily Dose ? 24 hours of tech news in 5 minutes [Audio]

Could Apple be dumping Intel processors in favor of ARM for its MacBook line? Playboy is coming to the iPad, with an official launch date. No word yet on one-handed UX enhancements to the device. UK Government has pledged £1 million to startups in Silicon Roundabout.

You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web. Make sure to hit the subscription button of your choice below to get The Daily Dose as soon as it?s available.

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5 Reasons You Need to Attend NEXT11 in Berlin

Conference season every year brings you to the point that you have to figure out which ones are worth your money and which ones aren?t. While we?re exceptionally proud of what we are able to do with The Next Web Conference, we?re also incredibly proud to be able to bring you the news about NEXT11.

What is NEXT11? It has been heralded as one of the leading European conferences for the digital industry. Combining incredible minds with an exhibitor hall and a one-to-one atmosphere, NEXT is the next conference that you?re absolutely not going to want to miss.

1. The People

So let?s talk about what makes NEXT so special. First off, it?s all about the people. Business developers, marketing experts, agency managers and digital enthusiasts from around Europe and the world will converge on Berlin for two days of programming, over 100 speakers and 4 parallel tracks each day.

While that content is important (and we?ll talk about that in a minute), it?s really the people involved that make the difference.

2. The Content

See? I told you we?d talk about this. NEXT is absolutely full to the brim with amazing content. From talks about content versus data to presentations that will help you to keep yourself out of data slavery, you will be treated to refreshing aspects that you?re not going to see anywhere else in Europe.

Need more proof? How about the 12 amazing finalists for NEXT11?s Elevator Pitch competition?

3. Boris and Hermione

We?d be remiss to not talk about two of TNW?s shining stars. Boris has been described as ?a passionate speaker who tells great stories based on his experiences? but more than that, he?s a serial entrepreneur with the life lessons to pass on from it. As creator and host of his own highly-successful conference, Boris understands what it takes to make things work.

Hermione Way is TNW?s Video diva. Her sharp wit, keen understanding of tech and pointed (sometimes difficult) questions cut past the usual fluff and get people truly figuring out what makes a startup tick. Having her on the panel of NEXT is going to bring a level of engagement that you?ve likely never experienced before.

4. The Location

Just a touch Southwest of the center of Berlin, Station-Berlin is the location for NEXT11 and it?s one that you simply can?t beat. With a rich history dating back to the early 1900?s, Station-Berlin will house NEXT11 in comfort and style, while keeping you close to everything else that you want to see in the city.

Add to that location the beautiful springtime weather of Berlin and you?ll be in for a treat of near-epic proportions for this vacation-turned-experience.

5. The Discount

You?ll note that we didn?t say ?The Price?. That?s because the price doesn?t matter so much when there?s a steep discount involved. Want to get a 30% bargain on your ticket to NEXT11? Just use the code ?TNWdiscount? when you sign up.

So there you have it. May 17th & 18th, Berlin, Germany. It?s NEXT11, with special guest appearances (and of course media coverage) by The Next Web.

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Blog - How To Make Graphene Paper

Carbon fibres were developed in the 1950s and have since helped to revolutionise the design, manufacture and performance of everything from yachts and planes to cars and bicycles.

Now, 60 years later, a new material looks set to have a similar impact: graphene paper.

For the moment, it's only possible to make graphene in tiny scraps. So the trick in scaling it up is to find ways to stack these sheets and bond them together to make something larger. Trouble is nobody has yet managed this feat.

Today, Yilun Liu and pals at Tsinghua University in Beijing, calculate from first principles what such a material might be like.

The trick in making graphene paper strong is to find ways to bind small sheets of graphene together end-to-end to make a larger sheet but also to bind layers together using bonds between them. Many biological materials use the same trick to increase their strength, materials such as bone, teeth and nacre.

Of course, these materials are only as strong as their weakest link. So Yilun and co have calculated what sort of strength we can expect from graphene paper.

Their answer is that it depends on the types of cross-links, their strength, number and whether they reform quickly after they are broken as epoxy and hydroxyl groups do.

This approach allows engineers to design the material accordingly. In fact, the new model can be used to design other papers too so it may be possible to improve the properties of all kinds of thin, layered sheets.

Yilun and co's model makes a number of interesting predictions. For example, it says the links between graphene layers will increase the distance between them, thereby reducing the density to about half that of graphite. So graphene paper is not only going to be strong but also very light.

All it needs now is somebody to go ahead and create a sheet of this stuff. And if it can one day be made cheaply and easily enough we'll see it everywhere--both inside and outside our bodies.

Ref: arxiv.org/abs/1105.0138: Mechanical Properties of Graphene Papers

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5 Reasons You Need to Attend NEXT11 in Berlin

Conference season every year brings you to the point that you have to figure out which ones are worth your money and which ones aren?t. While we?re exceptionally proud of what we are able to do with The Next Web Conference, we?re also incredibly proud to be able to bring you the news about NEXT11.

What is NEXT11? It has been heralded as one of the leading European conferences for the digital industry. Combining incredible minds with an exhibitor hall and a one-to-one atmosphere, NEXT is the next conference that you?re absolutely not going to want to miss.

1. The People

So let?s talk about what makes NEXT so special. First off, it?s all about the people. Business developers, marketing experts, agency managers and digital enthusiasts from around Europe and the world will converge on Berlin for two days of programming, over 100 speakers and 4 parallel tracks each day.

While that content is important (and we?ll talk about that in a minute), it?s really the people involved that make the difference.

2. The Content

See? I told you we?d talk about this. NEXT is absolutely full to the brim with amazing content. From talks about content versus data to presentations that will help you to keep yourself out of data slavery, you will be treated to refreshing aspects that you?re not going to see anywhere else in Europe.

Need more proof? How about the 12 amazing finalists for NEXT11?s Elevator Pitch competition?

3. Boris and Hermione

We?d be remiss to not talk about two of TNW?s shining stars. Boris has been described as ?a passionate speaker who tells great stories based on his experiences? but more than that, he?s a serial entrepreneur with the life lessons to pass on from it. As creator and host of his own highly-successful conference, Boris understands what it takes to make things work.

Hermione Way is TNW?s Video diva. Her sharp wit, keen understanding of tech and pointed (sometimes difficult) questions cut past the usual fluff and get people truly figuring out what makes a startup tick. Having her on the panel of NEXT is going to bring a level of engagement that you?ve likely never experienced before.

4. The Location

Just a touch Southwest of the center of Berlin, Station-Berlin is the location for NEXT11 and it?s one that you simply can?t beat. With a rich history dating back to the early 1900?s, Station-Berlin will house NEXT11 in comfort and style, while keeping you close to everything else that you want to see in the city.

Add to that location the beautiful springtime weather of Berlin and you?ll be in for a treat of near-epic proportions for this vacation-turned-experience.

5. The Discount

You?ll note that we didn?t say ?The Price?. That?s because the price doesn?t matter so much when there?s a steep discount involved. Want to get a 30% bargain on your ticket to NEXT11? Just use the code ?TNWdiscount? when you sign up.

So there you have it. May 17th & 18th, Berlin, Germany. It?s NEXT11, with special guest appearances (and of course media coverage) by The Next Web.

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5 Reasons You Need to Attend NEXT11 in Berlin

Conference season every year brings you to the point that you have to figure out which ones are worth your money and which ones aren?t. While we?re exceptionally proud of what we are able to do with The Next Web Conference, we?re also incredibly proud to be able to bring you the news about NEXT11.

What is NEXT11? It has been heralded as one of the leading European conferences for the digital industry. Combining incredible minds with an exhibitor hall and a one-to-one atmosphere, NEXT is the next conference that you?re absolutely not going to want to miss.

1. The People

So let?s talk about what makes NEXT so special. First off, it?s all about the people. Business developers, marketing experts, agency managers and digital enthusiasts from around Europe and the world will converge on Berlin for two days of programming, over 100 speakers and 4 parallel tracks each day.

While that content is important (and we?ll talk about that in a minute), it?s really the people involved that make the difference.

2. The Content

See? I told you we?d talk about this. NEXT is absolutely full to the brim with amazing content. From talks about content versus data to presentations that will help you to keep yourself out of data slavery, you will be treated to refreshing aspects that you?re not going to see anywhere else in Europe.

Need more proof? How about the 12 amazing finalists for NEXT11?s Elevator Pitch competition?

3. Boris and Hermione

We?d be remiss to not talk about two of TNW?s shining stars. Boris has been described as ?a passionate speaker who tells great stories based on his experiences? but more than that, he?s a serial entrepreneur with the life lessons to pass on from it. As creator and host of his own highly-successful conference, Boris understands what it takes to make things work.

Hermione Way is TNW?s Video diva. Her sharp wit, keen understanding of tech and pointed (sometimes difficult) questions cut past the usual fluff and get people truly figuring out what makes a startup tick. Having her on the panel of NEXT is going to bring a level of engagement that you?ve likely never experienced before.

4. The Location

Just a touch Southwest of the center of Berlin, Station-Berlin is the location for NEXT11 and it?s one that you simply can?t beat. With a rich history dating back to the early 1900?s, Station-Berlin will house NEXT11 in comfort and style, while keeping you close to everything else that you want to see in the city.

Add to that location the beautiful springtime weather of Berlin and you?ll be in for a treat of near-epic proportions for this vacation-turned-experience.

5. The Discount

You?ll note that we didn?t say ?The Price?. That?s because the price doesn?t matter so much when there?s a steep discount involved. Want to get a 30% bargain on your ticket to NEXT11? Just use the code ?TNWdiscount? when you sign up.

So there you have it. May 17th & 18th, Berlin, Germany. It?s NEXT11, with special guest appearances (and of course media coverage) by The Next Web.

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Apple Reportedly Looking To Move From Intel To ARM Processors

Apple could be on the verge of moving its MacBook range of notebooks away from Intel processing architectures to new chips licensed by UK technology firm ARM, if reports from SemiAccurate are to be believed.

The Cupertino-based company, which switched from PowerPC to Intel processors in January 2006, is said to have already struck a deal with ARM but will likely wait until the company releases processors with fill 64-bit cores before it moves its products over to the new chipsets. With said processors not becoming available until late 2012, early 2013, the move is still a way off.

At that point, Apple can move to ARM without worrying about obsoleting code with an ISA that is on the verge of changing, and no memory overhead worries either. Basically, it looks like the perfect time. Ironically, SemiAccurate?s moles tell us that the boys on infinite loop are planning to move laptops to ARM at about that time.

It is not known whether Apple would look to utilise their own core design, an offering by Samsung or ARM?s generic chipset, but with experience with ARM architectures as a result of its own A5 chips for iOS devices, the company could well manufacture its own.

Apple would need to change the way applications run on its systems, as the new ARM processors would operate differently from existing Intel chips. The company would need to introduce a way to emulate existing applications on ARM processors, or be recompiled to support the new processing architecture.

Reports remain speculative, especially with the suggested migration happening in nearly two years. SemiAccurate did manag to call Apple?s recent switch to nVidia graphics cards, lending some credibility to rumours.

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