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The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has put together a supercomputer that's based around a cluster of graphics processing units (GPUs)

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Packed with features, only its value for money lets it escape without an award this month

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Legal beagles from software bully Microsoft have managed to close down the last public download source for the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE).

Not only can you stream movies from your PC to your big screen TV, but you can turn an Xbox into a media centre, and tap into online video on demand, all from the comfort of your lounge

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A solid draft-n router with NAS and media-streaming features – though it’s a little on the slow side.

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