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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

Quake 3 source code released

id Software have released the Quake 3 source code under the GPL, for everyone to play with. Anyone fancy a (home) brew?

August 22, 2005 | 15:32

On our desk this week

We take a look at some of the gadgets and gizmos that have landed on our desks this week. Inside: PSP accessories, a modular PSU, an EL keyboard and a bunch more.

August 22, 2005 | 14:44

Spyware? Isn't that in Star Wars?

Spyware is just something from the movies, right? A sizable portion of people believe that it's all a Phantom Menace, according to a new survey

August 22, 2005 | 13:04

OSx86: The crackdown begins.

Cupertino lets slip the dogs of litigation, and demands that video of OSx86 is taken down from enthusiast sites.

August 22, 2005 | 12:44

Unpatched IE flaw leaves door open to Hackers

No patch for dodgey COM object; SANS institute concerned that "widespread malicious use of this vulnerability is imminent"

August 22, 2005 | 12:15

Intel plans Digital Communities

Intel are leading research into what they call Digital Communities - everybody online everywhere. There are many benefits, but also privacy concerns. Are you ready for Intel Outside?

August 19, 2005 | 04:13

Zalman CNPS9500 vs Asetek Microchill

We have exclusive exclusive reviews of new coolers from Asetek and Zalman. From Asetek we have the new Microchill, and from Zalman we have the CNPS9500 LED. How do these big names rack up against each other on Socket 939? We find out.

August 18, 2005 | 15:08

Universal Music backs Blu-ray

Momentum continues to gather behind Sony's Blu-ray, after Universal Music announced they will be supporting the format. Half the world's music will now be available on the new format, in theory.

August 18, 2005 | 15:00

Unreal Engine 4 in development

Tim Sweeney & co have been working on Unreal Engine 4 for 2 years already, before we have even played Unreal Engine 3 games. What does the future hold?

August 18, 2005 | 13:56

Man arrested after 'Virtual Mugging' spree

Japan: A man has been arrested on suspicion of mugging on-line gaming characters to pinch their virtual booty (err, loot...)

August 18, 2005 | 13:25

Win2K: This time, It's Viral War

The latest flaw in Windows 2000 has triggered something of a Viral jihad amongst malware writers. Casualties include Caterpillar, The Financial Times, CNN and ABC News.

August 18, 2005 | 13:19

XFX introduces new Double Lifetime Warranty

After some recent criticism, XFX have adopted a new double lifetime warranty scheme in the United States. Hopefully this will be rolled out across Europe, too.

August 18, 2005 | 09:10

Xbox 360 pricing confirmed!

As expected, Microsoft have just revealed launch pricing for Xbox 360, and we are pleasantly surprised to be able to bring good news, to UK gamers at least. Click for full details

August 17, 2005 | 14:46

$50 iBooks? I Predict A Riot...

And that's exactly what happened when Henrico County sold off 4 year old G3 Mactops.

August 17, 2005 | 14:29

Case mods at PDXLAN 5

Last weekend's PDXLAN 5 was the largest LAN on the US West Coast. Lots of custom cases, and some news about wood cases from Danger Den.

August 17, 2005 | 13:39

Everglide Titan mouse mat

Do you want to hang with the cool kids? Pro gamers are turning from hard pads to cloth mats for their mousing surfaces, so we're looking at a new Everglide cloth mat that aims to be the ultimate pro gaming surface.

August 17, 2005 | 12:25

Xbox 360 price announced today?

Will Microsoft announce pricing for Xbox 360 at 9:30am EST today? What could the magic number be, and what will be included in the bundle? Sony won't take this lying down, slashing PS2 prices.

August 17, 2005 | 07:23

Broadband over power starting to kick off

Live in rural areas? Got power plumbed in? You could be set up for broadband too if the latest trials from Texas are anything to go by.

August 16, 2005 | 17:45

Shuttle SN26P with SLI

With more power per cubic metre than a nuclear bomb, the Shuttle SLI combines an Athlon 64 and two NVIDIA 6800 GT graphics cards in SLI to form one of the most powerful SFF systems anywhere. We test it, rip it apart, photograph the insides then stick a pair of 7800 GT cards in just for fun.

August 16, 2005 | 13:47

Rumour: Google woos iTMS?

The Apple share price hit an all time high last Friday off the back of rumours of a Google / iTMS alliance.

August 16, 2005 | 13:10

Porn TLD on Hold

The smutty top level domain approved by ICANN back in June has been put on hold, after concerns from Bush officials. (That's politicians, folks, not connoisseurs)

August 16, 2005 | 12:20

Carmack at QuakeCon dissected

John Carmack gave his first QuakeCon keynote for three years on Saturday. Check out his thoughts on the future of PC gaming, and how easy the X360 is to programme for.

August 16, 2005 | 11:37