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  • NEW! [27th Oct 2008] Latest Intel chips still can't match ARM for power saving - Intel issued a "correction" Thursday regarding comments one of its executives made earlier this week slamming the iPhone as incapable of working correctly with the internet.
    Among other things, the executives accused ARM chips of being unable to "handle the internet" and singled out the iPhone as an example of a smart phone that could be really great if it used one of Intel's low-power x86 architecture processors, known as Atom.
    More Info: Silicon.com
  • NEW! [12th Oct 2008] Major new RISC OS application in development - Long-term RISC OS devotee Paul Vigay has recently announced a new application he's currently working on. With a development version to be demonstrated at the forthcoming RISC OS SE Show, WebAnim8r is a powerful and comprehensive application for creating animations and graphics suitable for including on websites and presentations.
    A flexible built-in scripting language allows the user to create complex designs with the aid of simple keywords, or fall back on the intuitive user interface.
    More Info: WebAnim8r homepage
  • [27th Sep 2008] End of the line for Iyonix - From 30th September it will no longer be possible to purchase an Iyonix computer. After 15 years of business, Jack Lillingston and John Ballance would like to thank all their customers for their support. There are still limited supplies of Iyonix computers available, so order one now as remaining stock is available on a first come, first served basis. From 1st October, support for the Iyonix will continue through the Iyonix dealer network, website and email.
    More Info: Full press release

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WROCC February 2025 talk on wednesday - AGM
There is no February 2025 WROCC talk on wednesday. It's the Club AGM (which is an important part of running the club). It takes place on Zoom and kicks off at 7.45pm.
January 2025 News Summary
Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?
New Beatstreet game
Regular readers will already be familiar with Jeroen Vermeulen and his efforts to port retro games to RISC OS.
Rougol kicks off 2025 on monday with T-Wimp Games
The January 2025 Rougol meeting on Monday 20th January sees a new speaker talking about some new software. The action which kicks off at 6.30pm in the Duke of Sussex and online at 7.30pm on Zoom (usual link or contact Rougol for one).

RISC OS Open

London show roars again
After a short interlude, the London show is back in a new venue this Saturday the 26th October from 11am. The organisers have lined up an impressive list of exhibitors, all bringing the latest software and hardware developments in the RISC OS world for you to explore.
A metric tonne of RISC OS improvements
This is one for the all developers out there! We love celebrating significant anniversaries and milestones, so it didn’t escape our notice that the source code to RISC OS has just reached one thousand accepted merge requests since being migrated to be held in Git back in 2019.
An ePic reshuffle
ePic is a single SD card combining both the official RISC OS Pi release plus a huge bundle of commercial applications (previously called NutPi) totalling almost £600, had they each been bought individually.
Euro vision of RISC OS welcomes all!
Now that the Eurovision contest is over for this year, the next big euro vision to eXperience is the one organised by the Big Ben Club at their annual day.
RISC OS 5.30 now available
It feels like more than a year since doing the code reviews of which hardware platforms might meet the stable release criteria, attaining an even numbered long-term-supported version. So without further ado we’re proud to announce RISC OS 5.30 is now available for the seven platforms that met or exceeded benchmark.

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'Maybe the problem is you' ... Linus Torvalds wades into Linux kernel Rust driver drama

Open source project chief hits out at 'social media brigading'

Weighing in on yet another Linux kernel spat - this time over Rust device drivers - Linux supremo Linus Torvalds has shot the messenger.[an error occurred while processing this directive]
NASA solar mission data recovering after server room flood fiasco

Spacecraft weather solar storms, but ground processing laid low by water

They can put a man on the Moon - but back on Earth, a busted water pipe managed to knock out NASA's solar mission data for months.
UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order

Blighty's latest stab at encryption? A secret order to pry open iCloud, sources claim

The UK's Home Office refuses to either confirm or deny reports that it recently ordered Apple to create a backdoor allowing the government to access any user's cloud data.
SoftBank woos OpenAI with $40B, making Microsoft's $13B look quaint

Some of that cash is reportedly headed for $500B Stargate dream

The AI investment landscape is shifting once again, with SoftBank reportedly finalizing a $40 billion stake in OpenAI - pushing its valuation to around $300 billion.
Datacenter energy use to more than double by 2030 thanks to AI's insatiable thirst

Shocking research warns electricity shortages could create construction bottleneck

AI's thirst for electricity will see datacenter energy use more than double by the end of the decade - just five years from now - according to the latest forecast from investment banker Goldman Sachs.

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