Geoff Richards

PlayStation 3 demo next week

Word is that Sony might be showing PlayStation 3 at the Taipei Games Show next week. They're dedicating 20% of their booth to PS3, apparently.

February 10, 2006 | 16:02

10-way Skype only on Intel dual-core

You can now host your own 10-way Party Line using Skype, but Intel have an exclusive deal: it will only work on Pentium D or Core Duo processors. AMD Athlon 64 users are limited to five callers.

February 9, 2006 | 12:33

"The Road Ahead" 10 years on

When Bill Gates wrote his vision of the future back in 1995, he made a number of outrageous (at the time) predictions about what the digital world would be like in 2006. How have his predictions held up? We take a look back at the book and see what Gates got right and what he got wrong.

February 8, 2006 | 13:22

Single Malt Mod: Whisky PC

Ever woken up after a hard night's drinking wondering what to mod? Why not build a PC into that empty 1.5L whisky bottle from last night, eh?

February 6, 2006 | 14:14

Google delists bmw.de

BMW's German webteam have been caught trying to boost their Google ranking through underhanded Search Engine Optimisations. As a result, Google have delisted bmw.de, and ricoh.de are also in hot water for the same offence.

February 6, 2006 | 12:15

Airbrushed notebook heaven

Airbrushing can be used to create incredible visual mods from stock hardware. Smooth Creations have some of the most desirable notebooks ever seen.

February 3, 2006 | 15:38

GeForce 7800 GS AGP launches

Is your AGP gaming rig struggling under the strain of recent games like F.E.A.R. and Quake 4? NVIDIA have today launched the fastest GPU available for AGP: the GeForce 7800 GS AGP.

February 2, 2006 | 14:11

Optimus mini three keyboard

The Russians from Art Lebedev Studio are back, with a new three-button younger brother to their much anticipated Optimus OLED keyboard. Use this one to control iTunes or shortcut Photoshop tools.

February 1, 2006 | 14:51

Project KOS-MOS storms US

Project KOS-MOS, as featured on bit-tech in September, is on the cover of this month's CPU magazine in the US. Does modding now have mainstream appeal?

January 30, 2006 | 13:17

Fight flab with video game

Dance Dance Revolution is being introduced into West Virginian schools to encourage students to be more active and lose weight. Who says games produce couch potatoes?

January 27, 2006 | 17:05

New DoD:S HDR map: dod_kalt

Looking for something new to play? Day of Defeat has been updated with a new map. We have all the pictures and info. Spectacular HDR snow abound!

January 26, 2006 | 13:01

Disney buys Pixar

It was rumoured last week but now it's confirmed: Disney has bought Pixar in a monster US$7.4 billion share swap. Jobs laughs all the way to the Board.

January 25, 2006 | 14:58

ATI launches X1900 family

ATI has reclaimed the performance crown today with the launch of X1900XT and X1900XTX. In a surprise move, both are in stock in stores around the world already.

January 24, 2006 | 15:51

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

NVIDIA has replaced the GeForce 6200 TurboCache with the GeForce 7300 GS. For under $100, the card delivers H.264 hardware acceleration up to 1080p - ideal for low-noise HTPCs, as well as gaming at 1280x1024. We get the lowdown on the technology and talk to NVIDIA about its plans.

January 19, 2006 | 15:19

3DMark06 released

3DMark06 has been released, sporting better graphics and support for HDR ShaderModel 3.0 and AGEIA PhysX. It's a 580MB download though.

January 18, 2006 | 14:28

Apple denies iTunes tax dodge

Apple are rumoured to be setting up an iTunes office in the Channel Islands. Many suspect this is to offer VAT-free music to UK users, but Apple deny this.

January 18, 2006 | 13:20

H2D-39, the 39 megapixel digital camera

Swedish camera specialists, Hasselblad, have announced a 39 megapixel camera, the H2D-39. You read that correctly: thirty nine million pixels. Click for details of this astonishing dSLR camera.

January 16, 2006 | 12:26

CS:Source Militia screenshot

Ever the teasers, Valve have released a screenshot of their forthcoming Counter-Strike: Source map, titled Militia, and boy, is it a looker!

January 16, 2006 | 11:18

Battlefield 2: Euro Force Preview

This year, DICE will release not one but two new booster packs for Battlefield 2, titled Euro Force and Armoured Fury. They feature three new levels each, new weapons and new vehicles. We have all the details, and new screenshots too!

January 12, 2006 | 18:42

Sandisk targets iPod with Sansa MP3 players

CES 2006: Flash memory giant Sandisk have launched a two-prong attack on Apple's iPod range with two new Sansa MP3 players: the c100 and e200.

January 7, 2006 | 22:46

MXM SLI for desktops; SLI notebooks to follow

CES 2006: the MSI Geminium-Go! features two Go6600 MXM cards on one desktop PCI-E board in SLI. Even crazier is the idea that SLI is coming to a notebook near you.

January 7, 2006 | 19:32

5th Jan for Dell Cinema display

Looking to buy a dual-monitor setup? Wait two weeks and find out if Dell's Cinema Display rival, the 3007WFP, is worth a look. You can't argue with 2560x1600 from a single LCD.

December 22, 2005 | 07:56