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EA backs down from draconian copy protection

10th May 2008 Electronic Arts has listened to fans of Mass Effect and Spore. It has backed down from the draconian 10-day re-authentication DRM method. [304]

Former Rock employee stole £220,000 of stock

9th May 2008 Rock's former head of sales, Paul Bicknell, stole computers to fund a lifestyle of fast cars and online gambling. [22]

Call of Duty 5 to have 'new theatre'

9th May 2008 Activision has confirmed that the next game in the Call of Duty franchise will be set in a new military theatre, though no release date is given. [44]

GTA MMO developed by Crackdown team?

9th May 2008 The developers of Crackdown have just bought back rights to the APB MMO, with the possibility of selling it to Rockstar as a GTA MMO. [30]

AMD releases roadmap to 2010

9th May 2008 AMD has released a roadmap detailing its plans for the server and workstation market up to 2010, and there's some drool-worthy new tech on its way. [13]

Gore Verbinski making BioShock movie

9th May 2008 Gore Verbinski, producer of Pirates of the Carribean, has officially signed on to direct a BioShock movie as soon as a script is finalised.  [19]

Crackers attack epileptics via website

9th May 2008 A person or persons unknown has exploited a flaw in the Epilepsy Foundation's website to post flashing animated GIFs, in an apparent attempt to trigger seizures in visitors to the site. [65]

Rock goes into administration

8th May 2008 Rock, a UK-based specialist notebook manufacturer, has gone into administration. It has appointed Deloitte & Touche to try and sell the business. [16]

Moore: "Disappointed" by Home delays

8th May 2008 Ex-Xbox bossman and current EA Sports head Peter Moore has expressed bitter disappointment at the latest delays for Sony's Home. Big surprise.  [12]

Sony considering external PS3 HDD?

8th May 2008 Sony boss David Reeve has said that Sony could be considering adding more space to the PlayStation 3 by making external hard drives available.  [28]

Doom 4 announced, id is hiring

8th May 2008 Doom 4 is announced and id Software is hiring new developers to work on the title. No, it isn't all the surprising, but it is good news.  [28]

QTrax signs up with Universal

8th May 2008 Legal P2P startup QTrax is looking to repair the damage of a disastrous launch with news of an honest-to-goodness deal with Universal Music Group. [0]

How to detect BitTorrent blocking

8th May 2008 The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems is running a project designed to gather data on which ISPs block BitTorrent traffic - and you can help. [16]

Audiosurf FM update released

7th May 2008 Audiosurf, the music-riding indie brilliance from Dylan Fitterer, has just had a major update which adds mod support and FM scrobblers. [2]

Episodic Siren game coming to PS3

7th May 2008 A new episodic game in the Siren franchise is set for release this summer on the PlayStation 3, titled Blood Curse.  [9]

Mass Effect and Spore DRM detailed

7th May 2008 The PC versions of Mass Effect and Spore will feature some pretty invasive copy protection - find the details here.  [304]

India gets fibre link to UK

7th May 2008 India is due to get a 15,000 kilometre fibre-optic connection to the UK with a capacity of 3.84 terabits and connection points in a further eleven countries. [13]

XP SP3 now available - again

7th May 2008 Microsoft quietly re-introduced the long-awaited Service Pack 3 for Windows XP yesterday after a compatibility bug resulted in its rapid removal in April. [22]

NIN releases free album

6th May 2008 Trent Reznor has released another album for DRM-free digital download, but this time it's completely free for the whole thing - as a "thank you" to his fans. [18]

Industry to start move to 450mm wafers in 2012

6th May 2008 Intel, Samsung Electronics and TSMC have collectively agreed to push forwards with plans to move to 450mm wafer production starting in 2012. [9]

CoreAVC for Linux downed

6th May 2008 The popular CoreAVC for Linux project, which allows registered users of the CoreCodec's CoreAVC DirectShow filter to run the product under Linux, has been removed from Google Code. [5]

Cubit: the open-source Surface

6th May 2008 New York art and technology centre Eyebeam has unveiled an open-source project that enables people to build their own multi-touch table-top interfaces similar to Microsoft's Surface. [6]

E3 looking empty this year?

5th May 2008 A number of respected publishers and developers have pulled out of E3 this year, making it look like the show floor may be a bit emptier than usual. [22]

Microsoft withdraws from Yahoo! acquisition

5th May 2008 Microsoft has withdrawn its offer to buy Yahoo! after a last-gasp attempt to seal the deal. Almost $50 billion is still not enough. [7]

Cuba sells its first PCs

5th May 2008 The communist island of Cuba has entered the 21st century by lifting a ban on the sale of personal computers - although Internet connectivity is still a privilege reserved for the ruling class. [26]

bit-tech April PotM winner announced!

3rd May 2008 The photo "Cloudy Sunset over Pretoria" by WiK1d wins the April bit-tech Photo of the Month competition! [8]

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