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Specs compared: Samsung Galaxy Note vs. Note 2 vs. Note 3

The Galaxy Note 3, and its companion device the Galaxy Gear smart watch, is now on sale across Australia. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) If you’re wondering whether it’s worth upgrading from the Note 2, or even the original Note, we’ve compiled a quick rundown of the important specs. For our money, the Galaxy Note 3 is undoubtedly the best of the …

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Frax app brings fractal

In 1983, intrigued by an article on fractals, I wrote a program to display the Mandelbrot set on my family’s TRS-80 Color Computer. It had a maximum screen resolution of 256×192 when plugged into our TV, had 16KB of memory after we soldered on new memory chips, and ground through the calculations so slowly that I had to wait for …

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