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Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

beblu Pentium M component HTPC

Following on from its first, Epia-based appearance in these pages, beblu has produced a machine that uses a Pentium 4 mobile chip for greater computing horsepower. Does it solve the niggles that we saw in the first revision of the case? It seems that way.

December 13, 2005 | 10:40

Sam & Max return - in a comic

The furry duo, it seems, really are poised for a comeback. The developers of the new title have the first part of a webcomic online.

December 13, 2005 | 09:58

Chrimbo - iPod pants are the new socks

If you normally get socks for Christmas, why not ask for something a little different? These boxer shorts have a funky little iPod pouch sewn in.

December 13, 2005 | 09:41

Malicious Editor of Wikipedia Comes Clean

"I thought it was a joke website" says sorry dude in his defence - but ends up losing job after coming clean.

December 12, 2005 | 18:44

Red Dino flags issue with latest Foxy Browser

Mozilla have admitted that there is a flaw in FF 1.5, but Dino is playing down the issue, "As it's very easy to fix..."

December 12, 2005 | 18:19

ATI shipping super-duper X1800s

The X1800 XT OC is the latest weapon in the NVIDIA / ATI war of attrition. A little slower than the 7800 GTX 512MB, it is at least (at last?) available to buy.

December 12, 2005 | 07:14

Nintendo patents displacement mapping

The Revolution, as with every other next-gen platform, will use displacement mapping. Nintendo have gone and patented some new hardware which optimises the technique.

December 12, 2005 | 06:57

Creative is after Apple again

Creative have launched a competitor to the iPod video, called the Zen Vision:M. They're not just after them in the stores though - there's talk of a lawsuit.

December 12, 2005 | 06:40

Cinematic Effects in Source

Not content with bringing HDR to mainstream gaming, Valve are introducing a range of new cinematic effects to their Source Engine: Depth of Field, Motion Blur and more. Day of Defeat never looked so realistic.

December 9, 2005 | 14:42

ATI to release 13 Catalysts this year

ATI has released the December edition of its Catalyst 5-series drivers today. However, we understand that the Catalyst Crew will be releasing another driver before the year comes to a close.

December 8, 2005 | 19:53

Creative creatively clones video iPod

Creative has just launched a new version of it's Zen audio / video players - they seem to have a decidedly Granny Smith flavour...

December 8, 2005 | 19:07

New Compound Gives Chips Speed Boost

Intel have been working with Brit company Qinetiq, brewing up new, faster chip compounds

December 8, 2005 | 18:41

Ballmer has to buy a 360 like everyone else

Head honcho at Microsoft can't get a 360. Rest of world sighs, keeps queueing for theirs.

December 8, 2005 | 18:38

iTunes now offers NBC video

The video store gets an upgrade, with content from NBC - as well as the previous content from ABC - now available. Good times!

December 8, 2005 | 18:14

Tracing Trends: Multiplayer FPS

The recent release of Quake 4 sees a return to the old days of arcade-style shooters, after a recent glut of war and tactical games. We examine the gameplay characteristics of both, and fathom some trends in multiplayer shooting.

December 8, 2005 | 17:18

Pretty in Print

The worlds of print IT publishing and web IT publishing are still pretty divided. Find out what we're doing at bit-tech to pull together the best of both worlds to give you a better read.

December 8, 2005 | 16:23

GECUBE to ship overclocked X1800XT soon

Not long ago, ATI gave its partners the go-ahead on shipping overclocked versions of the recently-launched Radeon X1000-series. GECUBE looks set to intro a Radeon X1800XT 'Extreme Edition' that comes with a 700MHz core speed.

December 8, 2005 | 06:05

GeForce 6800 GS AGP spotted

Komplett has jumped the gun on the launch of GeForce 6800 GS AGP. It looks like the card will be launched next week. There are no firm details on clock speeds just yet, but we expect it to be clocked at the same speeds as the PCI-Express version.

December 8, 2005 | 05:41

SP2 Users battling against torrent of Rootkits

Redmond sounds the alarm as malware in the shape of stealth rootkits batters SP2 users

December 7, 2005 | 19:19

Xbox 360 Ring of Light is Ring of Death

Fiddling with the console to show off funky functionality could lead to dead dodo disc death, we think.

December 7, 2005 | 11:05

Intel Apple boxes to arrive on June 6, possibly

There are rumours that Intel Macs will launch at MacWorld in January, but Taiwanese sources are saying that they won't be available until June. Who knows? We have the speculation.

December 7, 2005 | 10:38