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Time to say goodbye from all of us at bit-tech.net

November 1, 2021 | 14:00

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

Nvidia pulls 162.15 driver from nZone

On Friday, Nvidia pulled the 162.15 driver from its nZone portal after a number of complaints from end users.

July 2, 2007 | 12:18

Critical Windows update for Core 2s

UPDATED: Microsoft has released a critical update for Windows machines running processors from Intel's Core 2 and Xeon 3000/5000 families. Intel's Nick Knupffer dropped into bit-tech's forums to offer more insight.

June 29, 2007 | 01:08

Vista-only game doesn't need Vista

Confusing, but the Vista-only Shadowrun has been cracked to run on XP.

June 25, 2007 | 13:18

No Vista Service Pack this year?

The final version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 may not be delivered by Microsoft until early on in 2008.

June 23, 2007 | 17:55

Company of Heroes DX10 comparison

We take Company of Heroes out for a spin and compare the DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 versions to see what advantages DX10 offers.

June 20, 2007 | 12:01

MS & Google continue anti-trust feud

Things have been quiet on Microsoft’s anti-trust case for a while now, but that looks like it is about to change after Google filed a complaint with the Department of Justice.

June 18, 2007 | 12:55

D-EFI-nitely Maybe

A lot has changed over 26 years - so why hasn't the way our computers boot? Brett Thomas takes a look at motherboards, Microsoft and transportation in the future as he questions the continued presence of the BIOS.

June 9, 2007 | 06:22

Lego Star Wars Saga announced

After months of speculation, the complete saga of Lego Star Wars is announced, with details of the additional content.

May 25, 2007 | 11:36

Halo 2 Vista delayed due to nudity?

Halo 2 Vista, which PC owners have been waiting for for over two and a half years now, has been delayed again due to nudity accidentally appearing.

May 25, 2007 | 09:45

Vista is not helping PC sales

Market research firm In-Stat has stated that the launch of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has had no impact on PC sales.

May 24, 2007 | 11:29

iPod finally gets Vista fix

After a multi-patch collaborative effort between Microsoft and Apple, iTunes and the iPod finally work properly on Vista. It's only been 3.5 months, after all.

May 11, 2007 | 09:20

Napoleon Dynamite game announced

Crave Entertainment has announced the development of a game based on the Napoleon Dynamite movie.

May 10, 2007 | 12:10

Halo 2 delayed

The PC version of Halo 2 has been delayed because of installation issues.

May 9, 2007 | 09:37

Dell reintroduces XP on home PC selection

The people have voted: over 11,000 votes to re-introduce Windows XP into its range of home PCs and notebooks and Dell has responded in increasing their range with XP Inside.

April 24, 2007 | 11:33

Thunderbird 2 is go

3, 2, 1 Mozilla Thunderbird 2 is go, supporting Vista and great new features like Message Tagging, improved Search and Advanced Folder Views.

April 20, 2007 | 11:15

Microsoft sells only 244 copies of Vista in China

Recently leaked figures show that in the first two weeks of sales Microsoft sold only 244 copies of Vista in the whole of China

April 19, 2007 | 18:31

Apple updates Boot Camp for Vista

Catching up with some of the virtualisation technologies on the market, Apple's swing-both-ways utility gets an update.

March 29, 2007 | 11:33

Catalyst 7.3 adds Vista improvements

CrossFire works in OpenGL, Dark Messiah gets performance boost, but plenty still left to fix.

March 29, 2007 | 11:07

Vista sold 20m licenses in first month

Microsoft has released the sales figures for Vista's maiden voyage. The results? "A lot."

March 28, 2007 | 08:37

Living with Vista

Incompatibilities, bizarre interface changes - as well as fantastic new functionality, graphics and great potential for the future. Vista is a mixed bag, and Wil Harris lends some interesting thoughts on his last month with the new OS.

March 18, 2007 | 08:05

Go and buy Geometry Wars for Vista

The Xbox 360 arcade classic makes its first official appearance on the PC. It's still just as awesome, and just as trippy. What are you waiting for?

March 8, 2007 | 10:08

Apple slips out iTunes update

But there's still no support for iPod owners using Windows Vista. But OSX works fine, which is obviously helpful.

March 6, 2007 | 17:16

Vista brute force activation hack is a hoax?

The Vista brute force activation hack that turned up last week may turn out to be a hoax after the creator claimed that the hack was nothing more than a scam. However, there's a twist...

March 5, 2007 | 11:47