Unreal Tournament bots appear more human than humans

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/09/unreal-tournament-bots-appear-more-human-than-humans/

Network boffins say Terabit Ethernet is TOO FAST

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/28/terabit_ethernet_too_fast/

Cisco acquires WiFi data firm ThinkSmart Technologies

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/cisco-acquires-wifi-data-firm-thinksmart-technologies/

Openreach announces next phase of superfast broadband roll-out

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5461-openreach-announces-next-phase-of-superfast-broadband-roll-out.html

Nokia reveals Lumia 820 and 920 pricing and release date- The Inquirer

Nokia reveals Lumia 820 and 920 pricing and release date- The Inquirer

Virgin ramps 4G to a whopping 90Mbps - and switches it off

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/27/virgin_lte/

iOS 6 becomes 15 percent of Apple mobile device traffic within 24 hours

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/21/ios-6-becomes-15-percent-of-apple-mobile-device-traffic-in-24h/

Apple integrates Facebook into Mac OS X with 10.8.2 update - The Inquirer

Apple integrates Facebook into Mac OS X with 10.8.2 update - The Inquirer

Samsung may have paid up but it's not over...

HTC Windows Phone 8X hands-on review - The Inquirer

It's thicker than it looks!
Plus points: Beats audio and a very high ppi on a 4.3" screen.

HTC Windows Phone 8X hands-on review - The Inquirer

Raspberry Pi patch adds warranty-safe overclocking

Some pretty impressive performance increase there. Stick a small heatsink on that and it it'll spend longer at those speeds as well most likely.

http://www.reghardware.com/2012/09/19/raspberry_pi_gains_1ghz_overclocking_turbo_mode/

Netgear D6300 mates 802.11ac WiFi with ADSL, risks one heck of a mismatch

Hmm Engadget sees this as a bit strange but the fact that people have a lot of traffic flying between devices internally with media centres etc make this seem like common sense to me. A lot of people will reside on ADSL 2+ until FTTC/P reaches their price point they are willing to pay...

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/17/netgear-d6300-mates-802-11ac-wifi-with-adsl/

Linkedin tops 10 million users in the UK - The Inquirer

Linkedin tops 10 million users in the UK - The Inquirer

Google has 400 million users - The Inquirer

Google has 400 million users - The Inquirer

Windows 8: Never mind Office, it's for GAMING

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18/windows_8_as_a_gaming_platform/

BT gets postcode knickers in twist, plants Shoreditch on Mount Everest

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/14/bt_postcode_mix_up/

Got $1000 to spare? want your name in a game?

I've had my name in the credits of a game but I think this might even be cooler! Obsidian is offering people to name a character in their next game which they have gone to kicker starter for due to the pains of publishers.

Check it out:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity

Update: I also like how they have structured their project with certain goals meaning they will match various criteria ($1.6m for a OS X version and $2.2m for a Linux version). The only thing I have an issue with is that the'd likely be building the game engine from the ground up with the expectation of being multi-platform already. Still its unique and I praise them for it.

New tech roundup.

God September has been busy. Here is a roundup of some of the major announcements:

Mobiles:
Iphone5:
http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/14/3328436/iphone-5-apple-secrecy
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/iphone-5-hands-on-video-details/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/14/iphone-5-contract-prices-UK-networks-vodafone-ee-three-orange-tmobile/
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2205420/apple-iphone-5-interactive-guide

Nokia:
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/nokia-lumia-920-what-you-need-to-know-1095066
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Nokia-Lumia-920_id7471
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/47333/nokia-windows-phone-8-devices

Samsung:
http://www.samsung.com/global/ativ/ativ_s.html

Sony:
http://www.t3.com/news/sony-xperia-t-uk-price-announced

Nintendo:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/14/nintendo-wii-u-pre-order-amazon-uk/

Nvidia:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-650/

RIPE NCC Begins to Allocate IPv4 Address Space From the Last /8

End end is nigh!

http://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/news/ripe-ncc-begins-to-allocate-ipv4-address-space-from-the-last-8

Mobiles...

So much choice!

iPhone 5, Nokia Lumia 920, and the Galaxy S3 are all really nice phones but even the 'tier 2' runners arn't looking so bad. Sony's Xperia T looks pretty nice and the Samsung Note got a refresh for those who like their phones in the XL fashion.

I feel like I should repent for getting a retina Macbook Pro and get the Lumia:
http://www.wpcentral.com/iphone5-versus-lumia-920

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Available for Download

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/ubuntu-12-10-beta-1-available-for-download

The Cloud First to Enable Default UK Internet Censorship on its Public WiFi

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2012/09/the-cloud-first-to-enable-default-uk-internet-censorship-on-public-wifi.html

Apple takes Iphone 5 memory orders away from Samsung - The Inquirer

Apple takes Iphone 5 memory orders away from Samsung - The Inquirer

Apple Vs Blu-ray

It still really annoys me Apple haven't given hardware support for Blu-ray in their product lines. Although saying that my Macbook Pro doesn't even have a optical drive.

On the flip side you can get third party drives and software from http://www.macblurayplayer.com/. I'd really like to see a thunderbolt blu-ray super drive though!

MacBook Pro retina.

Wow, that was a bit of hassel but i'm finally there.

MacBook Pro retina with boot camp windows 8 RC fully working!

I've got Guild Wars 2 working nicely as well.

The reason it took a while... The laptop came with lion, not mountain lion... I had to go off to Apple, apply for mountain lion with my serial to get the free copy (that was quick) and then wait for it to download the whole OS.

Next I had to download Windows 8 RC and boot camp assistant took an ages as well download windows content for the install. Once into Windows 8, the boot camp install took a while and me being me, took a while to realise i needed to hold 'alt' when booting the machine to get the boot choices (I'm used to GRUB just appearing with Ubuntu)...

[edit] Here is a quick screen grab one week in: