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Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

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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

New Half-Life 2: Episode One details

The-game-formerly-known-as-Aftermath, Half-Life 2: Episode One, will feature HDR lighting and a Lost Coast-style developer commentary. New screenshot of Alyx inside.

February 27, 2006 | 20:24

Quakecon to switch venue for 2006

id Software's CEO, Todd Hollenshead, has suggested that the Gaylord resort in Texas has hosted its last QuakeCon.

February 27, 2006 | 16:56

PSP version 2?

Speculation suggests that Sony is readying an updated version of its portable gaming console. Will a video camera and more memory convince you to upgrade, or take the plunge for the first time?

February 27, 2006 | 16:39

A conversation with Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow is a well known copyright activist, blogger and Sci-Fi writer. He takes time out from his busy schedule fighting the evils of DRM and spends some time chatting with us about his views and his goals.

February 27, 2006 | 12:37

Google will launch social bookmark service

According to one of our favourite gossip blogs, Google is planning on rolling out a service that will compete with Del.icio.us.

February 24, 2006 | 18:26

Silverstone LC16M HTPC case

Proving that big can also be beautiful, the Silverstone LC16M is a fully featured HTPC case capable of storing up to three terabytes of data. It takes a standard ATX motherboard, so you can use existing desktop hardware.

February 24, 2006 | 17:58

NVIDIA to launch Quad-SLI in March

Reports suggest that NVIDIA's Quad-SLI graphics platform will shipping in systems from the 22nd March. Availability of the dual-GPU cards for end users is unconfirmed at the moment, but sources suggest that they'll be available in March.

February 24, 2006 | 12:00

iTunes tops 1 billion downloads

iTunes celebrated the downloading of it's one billionth song last night. The winner will receive a prize package that includes a new 20-inch iMac, 10 60GB iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card.

February 24, 2006 | 10:46

More torrent sites under the spotlight

The MPAA has filed another seven lawsuits against several hubs responsible for distributing copyrighted material.

February 24, 2006 | 09:55

ATI's next GPU similar to Xbox 360 chip

ATI's next-generation GPU will have many of the features found in the Xbox 360 graphics processing unit. One feature that won't be included is the E-DRAM chip.

February 23, 2006 | 16:13

GeCube Radeon X1800XT 512MB

With the X1900 series of cards out, X1800 cards are coming down in price. We have a GeCube card here today, which overclocks decently. However, can it compete with the X1900 series on value? We investigate.

February 23, 2006 | 11:50

Google sued for copying porn

Google Image Search may violate US copyright law, according to a recent judgement. Perfect 10 gets its knickers in a twist over cached porn.

February 23, 2006 | 11:03

Asus goes hell for leather

It's also looking pretty in pink. The laptop maker has a range of new notebooks including a leather bound widescreen machine and a powerful Lamborghini laptop too.

February 23, 2006 | 09:22

Shuttle launches new XPCs

Shuttle has announced two new XPCs: the AMD-based SN21G5 with GeForce 6100 integrated graphics, and the SD36G5M - the first XPC with Viiv technology.

February 22, 2006 | 18:11

Monolith coding F.E.A.R. sequel

The good news is that Monolith are working on a sequel to F.E.A.R. for PC and multiple next generation consoles. Interestingly, it won't be called F.E.A.R. 2

February 22, 2006 | 16:57

MY FNGRS R DED PLS HLP

We're causing ourselves more and more long-term damage by texting until our fingers drop off, a new survey shows.

February 22, 2006 | 12:40

Cooler Master CMStacker 830

Cooler Master have a long heritage in making premium aluminium cases to die for. We examine their latest Stacker, the CMStacker 830, to find out whether the magic is still there. To give you a hint, it's a corker!

February 22, 2006 | 11:42

Half Life 2 - Episode 2 is in development

Valve are almost ready with Aftermath, the first expansion to Half Life 2. Apparently, the second is already underway.

February 21, 2006 | 15:03

Star Wars: Empire at War

Looking for a RTS with a twist? This latest addition to the Star Wars galaxy sports some unique gameplay innovations and a kickass 3D engine with Bloom and heat haze. We give you our thoughts on the gameplay, then evaluate the graphics performance across a range of hardware.

February 21, 2006 | 13:45

Cool Nintendo DS mod

Something a little different for a Tuesday morning? Why not take Nintendo's latest console, then dress it up as one of its oldest ones? A simple, if nifty mod.

February 21, 2006 | 11:50

Ricky Gervais takes podcasting paid-for

The Ricky Gervais Show, the most popular podcast on iTunes, is to end its free-to-air run - and charge a monthly fee for the download.

February 20, 2006 | 21:03

Macs get bugs

Not one, but two viruses have emerged for the Mac in the last week. Neither of them does anything particularly malicious, but the proof of concept might well spur on more destructive versions.

February 20, 2006 | 17:59