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Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

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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

Microsoft settles with Real

Microsoft pays up $761m to settle an ongoing lawsuit with Real. But do they really care?

October 12, 2005 | 07:28

J Allard talks Xbox 360 launch

The logistics of launch, big titles, allocation problems, the PS3, Xbox Live - Allard spells it out.

October 11, 2005 | 15:13

Philly goes WiFi

State Government plans to work with Earthlink to WiFi the entire city. Is this an effective use of public money, or will it turn internet provision into a State monopoly?

October 11, 2005 | 12:52

Macrovision's New Licences Transferable

Macrovision, the company behind the FlexNet software suite, have released the latest incarnation of FlexNet Publisher. It's different from previous instalments, as it features a transferable licence. Could this be a big shift in the software industry, including ISVs using digital distribution methods?

October 11, 2005 | 11:32

beblu component Media Center system

beblu are a new company with a fresh spin on home theatre PCs. Their latest creation mimics component Hi-Fi with a small form factor system designed to run Windows Media Center.

October 11, 2005 | 08:56

Sony Ericsson launches P990 smartphone

Sony Ericsson has announced the feature-rich successor to the P900, dubbed the P990. It has everything you could want in a phone, and more. Click for details.

October 11, 2005 | 08:11

Weta goes bananas for blades

Weta Digital have boosted their render farm capacity by 50% with 250 new dual-Xeon IBM blade servers in order to complete post-production work on Peter Jackson's new US$150 million epic, King Kong.

October 10, 2005 | 15:05

Stanford SUV wins DARPA desert race

Intel-sponsored Stanford University complete the 132-mile course in 7.5 hours with their unmanned Volkswagon vehicle. We have the details.

October 10, 2005 | 10:54

HD DVD won't have region codes

A Toshiba spokesman has suggested that HD DVD won't include region coding, making discs open for all the world to play. What impact is this going to have?

October 10, 2005 | 09:54

Newegg has X1800 XLs

After scant availability on launch day, it seems that the US is starting to see X1800 availability, with Newegg seemingly getting the jump on the rest.

October 10, 2005 | 09:40

Tony Hawk's soundtrack revealed

The new American Wasteland title has 60 songs from top punk, metal, electronic and hip-hop artists. We've picked out some of our favourites, along with some throwbacks!

October 10, 2005 | 09:10

Quake 4 website goes live

Downloads, wallpapers, bizarre backstory - you can now grab it from the official Quake 4 website, which is officially open for business.

October 10, 2005 | 08:54

Microsoft's X05 event in pictures

Microsoft held its X05 event in Amsterdam this week. We have the pictures - included modded Xbox 360s, as well as new screenshots from Gears of War, Project Gotham 3, Perfect Dark Zero and FIFA 06.

October 9, 2005 | 16:56

Forums roundup - cool threads!

Looking for a few cool things to while away your Sunday afternoon? We've got a roundup of some of the cool stuff going on in the bit-tech forums.

October 9, 2005 | 14:54

HIS Radeon X800GTO IceQ II iTurbo

X800 GT, X800 XL, 6600 GT, 6800 Std... will the suffixes ever end? We take a look at a X800 GTO card which aims to be a buyer's best friend.

October 7, 2005 | 16:59

Google and Sun join forces

The two companies will engage in some wishy washy handshakes, but the good stuff is what they plan to do in the future. Web 2.0 fans, get excited.

October 7, 2005 | 11:47

City of Villains prices announced

Extra, extra, read all about it! Games publisher not ripping off MMO players, shocker! More inside!

October 7, 2005 | 11:02

Fedora up with Windows

Whilst I dodge and weave abuse from my Mac-loving colleagues, I delve into a world without Windows and wonder if I really can break out of the monotony of the Microsoft monopoly.

October 7, 2005 | 10:51

Project AvP by GoTaLL

The tagline for the film was 'Whoever wins, we lose'. However, when engraving master Micke Gustafsson is inspired to do an Aliens vs Predator engraving mod, bit-tech readers are definitely the winners!

October 6, 2005 | 17:52

PS2 mod chips legal

Six Australian High Court judges have unanimously ruled that it is not illegal to install a mod chip in a console for the purposes of playing imported games. Pirated versions still naughty though.

October 6, 2005 | 08:49

Canon expands into TV market

Digital camera specialists, Canon, will diversify into making digital TVs based on SED technology, in a joint venture announecd with Toshiba. Canon's 40-50" flatscreens are intended to take on existing plasma and LCD rivals in 2006.

October 6, 2005 | 07:38

iPod Video next week?

Wednesday 12th October could be the day Apple unveil their latest must-have, rumoured to be called the iPod Video. Is it all smoke & mirrors by Apple CEO, Steve Jobs?

October 6, 2005 | 06:05