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Play now sells Commodore

Play now sells Commodore

13th Aug 2007 Jersey based and hugely popular Play.com is now stocking the Commodore gaming PC's. [4]

Forum giveaway winners announced

Forum giveaway winners announced

13th Aug 2007 The Sennheiser forums giveaway has drawn to a close and we've selected two of the best posts from the forums to win a pair of swanky Sennheiser headphones. [63]

Google stops online video rentals

Google stops online video rentals

13th Aug 2007 On August 15, the doors to Google's online video rental and purchasing service will close after only being open for the past 19 months. [16]

SCO loses to Novell over Unix copyrights

SCO loses to Novell over Unix copyrights

13th Aug 2007 Four and a half years into the making, Novell wins copyrights lawsuit over the Unix operating system. [12]

Second Life sex program lawsuit

Second Life sex program lawsuit

13th Aug 2007 Second Life customers are now butting heads in the courts over copyright infringement allegations for a popular sex program coded by users. [21]

Bioshock Demo on Xbox Live

Bioshock Demo on Xbox Live

13th Aug 2007 When we previewed Bioshock, even we had to grumpily admit it played well on 360. Now Xbox owners can try it themselves. The rest of us will have to setlle with the new trailer. [34]

Poll: Do LAN Centres still work?

Poll: Do LAN Centres still work?

12th Aug 2007 Do LAN centres in the UK still work considering the mass adoption of broadband? Is playing face to face still better than behind a PC the other end of the country? [32]

World in Conflict has gone gold

World in Conflict has gone gold

11th Aug 2007 Sierra Entertainment has announced that World in Conflict, the highly anticipated real-time strategy game from Massive Entertainment, has gone gold. [8]

Nvidia reports record revenue

Nvidia reports record revenue

10th Aug 2007 Nvidia has reported a record revenue of £460 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2008. Wow! [20]

Retailers and publishers want a PS3 price cut

Retailers and publishers want a PS3 price cut

10th Aug 2007 Customers aren't the only ones unhappy with the UK prices of the PS3. Retailers and publishers are now speaking out on the issue too... [25]

Faulty HD 2000-series cards... or not?

Faulty HD 2000-series cards... or not?

10th Aug 2007 So, there are apparently no faulty HD 2000-series Radeon graphics cards on the loose and no one knows why there was such a fuss in the first place?! [3]

Epic counter-sues Silicon Knights

Epic counter-sues Silicon Knights

10th Aug 2007 In response to a lawsuit from Silicon Knights, Epic is counter-suing and alleging that Silicon Knights is using Epic code without license. [7]

Segway enthusiast group disbands

Segway enthusiast group disbands

10th Aug 2007 An enthusiast group of Segway fans and owners have disbanded citing a lack of growth and group activity as the primary reasons. [12]

Universal to sell songs without DRM

Universal to sell songs without DRM

10th Aug 2007 Universal Music Group will begin to sell its music without DRM through a variety of services - but not iTunes. [20]

Microsoft sued by porn company

Microsoft sued by porn company

9th Aug 2007 Microsoft has been sued by porn company Perfect 10 over thumbnails made by MSN's image search. [24]

OCZ launches SPD-Z Technology

OCZ launches SPD-Z Technology

9th Aug 2007 OCZ memory can now be custom flashed with a "overclocked" SPD by using its new flashing tool: SPD-Z. [9]

Condemned movie still being worked on

Condemned movie still being worked on

9th Aug 2007 The Condemned movie tie-in, The Unforgettable, isn't dead yet according to Kurt Sutter who has revealed that a director will be announced soon. [4]

New iMac disassembled

New iMac disassembled

9th Aug 2007 We're PC users here at bit-tech. PC users to the core. That's why, when we first saw pictures of the new iMac being ripped to pieces, we just had to have an evil chuckle. Well, Joe did... [105]

Vista updates improve compatibility, performance

Vista updates improve compatibility, performance

9th Aug 2007 Microsoft has released two Windows Vista updates that address compatibility, performance, and reliability problems. [49]

HDMI Premium Xbox 360 confirmed

HDMI Premium Xbox 360 confirmed

9th Aug 2007 Microsoft has now officially confirmed that it will be gradually adding HDMI support into all versions of the Xbox 360 in the next few months. [30]

Intel X38 to arrive with two new technologies

Intel X38 to arrive with two new technologies

8th Aug 2007 Intel is to launch two new technologies with X38: Extreme Memory and Extreme Tuning Utility. Good news: P35s might get it. Bad news: DDR3 only. [5]

Governator to defend California game law

Governator to defend California game law

8th Aug 2007 The California game law, which would fine retailers $1000 for selling violent games to minors, was recently rejected by US courts. Schwarzenegger isn’t happy and is appealing. [18]

Special edition Zune available to US soldiers

Special edition Zune available to US soldiers

8th Aug 2007 Microsoft has introduced a new special edition Halo 3 Zune that will be available to US troops. [20]

Stranglehold hardware requirements released

Stranglehold hardware requirements released

8th Aug 2007 Been polishing your keyboard in preparation for John Woo’s Stranglehold later this year? Well, now you can start doing something more productive and get your PC specced up beforehand. [47]

Peter Molyneux says RPG games are rubbish

Peter Molyneux says RPG games are rubbish

8th Aug 2007 In a typical case of ‘Molyneux syndrome’, Lionhead's head honcho slags off Oblivion and the RPG genre, claiming Fable 2’s one-button combat system is the way forwards. [49]

Movement tracking LCD developed

Movement tracking LCD developed

8th Aug 2007 An LCD screen that will track a user's movements and then make adjustments to give an optimal picture has been developed by researchers at a Taiwanese university. [16]

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