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PirateBay launches OscarTorrents

PirateBay launches OscarTorrents

12th Feb 2007 Do you want to get in on the award show fever? Don't want to have to pay to watch all the nominated flicks at the cinema? Well, now you can get them all... if you're happy to step outside the law. [31]

NVIDIA to release new 680i LT chipset

NVIDIA to release new 680i LT chipset

9th Feb 2007 NVIDIA to launch the new budget 680i LT chipset that should offer high end performance without the eye watering pricetag [5]

Changing times at bit-tech

Changing times at bit-tech

9th Feb 2007 Parting is such sweet sorrow, so it's a good thing that our Editor isn't off for a while yet. But we talk you through some of the changes at BitHQ. [72]

Wii're getting Guitar Hero?

Wii're getting Guitar Hero?

9th Feb 2007 Put down the Wiimote and pick up your axe - it looks like Guitar Hero is coming to the Wii. [7]

NVIDIA assures better Vista drivers soon

NVIDIA assures better Vista drivers soon

9th Feb 2007 NVIDIA assures users that Vista drivers will get better quickly, in the next few months [18]

Get MySpace on your mobile

Get MySpace on your mobile

8th Feb 2007 Can't stop checking out your friends list? Have to know what everyone else is upto, even on the go? Now you will be able to, assuming you have a Voda mobile. [14]

RIAA to Apple: use more DRM

RIAA to Apple: use more DRM

8th Feb 2007 Taking Steve Jobs totally out of context, the American record industry unsurprisingly suggests that more DRM is a great win for consumers. [9]

nForce3 users out in the cold with Vista

nForce3 users out in the cold with Vista

8th Feb 2007 Consumers still using an nForce3 motherboard, in conjunction with a dual-core processor and an ATI-based AGP graphics card, may feel left out in the cold if they choose to install Windows Vista. [19]

US Senator thinks iPods can kill you

US Senator thinks iPods can kill you

8th Feb 2007 Senator Carl Krueger wants to ban iPods on the streets of New York because he believes that they're the cause of an increasing number of fatal accidents in the city. [33]

Abit releases the Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI

Abit releases the Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI

7th Feb 2007 Abit releases the Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI gaming motherboard based on the NVIDIA nForce 650i chipset. [5]

HL2: Episode Two coming in the Autumn

HL2: Episode Two coming in the Autumn

7th Feb 2007 Updated: Valve and Electronic Arts have announced that Half-Life 2: Episode Two, along with Team Fortress 2 and Portal, will ship together this Autumn. [30]

Blizzard keeps one eye on consoles

Blizzard keeps one eye on consoles

7th Feb 2007 One business manager at Blizzard thinks consoles are becoming so much like PCs that they may become obsolete. [10]

Hackers target core net routers

Hackers target core net routers

7th Feb 2007 A large group of purported hackers from Asia attacked the root indexing servers en masse last night. Did you notice? We didn't think so. [10]

Microsoft to ignore Vista upgrade loophole

Microsoft to ignore Vista upgrade loophole

7th Feb 2007 The loophole that allows consumers to use a Vista upgrade disc for a fresh installation will not be closed. Instead, Microsoft will rely on consumer honesty. Oh the irony. [11]

NVIDIA Vista shenanigans continue on

NVIDIA Vista shenanigans continue on

7th Feb 2007 A week after Vista's release, there's no stable driver for gamers looking to run an 8800 on the new OS. There's no sign of one forthcoming either - we look at the 8800 / Vista gaming problems. [27]

Jobs wants DRM-free online music shake-up

Jobs wants DRM-free online music shake-up

7th Feb 2007 Steve Jobs has called on the major players in the recording industry to begin selling music online without DRM. [28]

AMD Prepares "Trevally" RS690T mobile chipset

AMD Prepares "Trevally" RS690T mobile chipset

6th Feb 2007 AMD prepares its next generation "Trevally" RS690T and SB700 mobile chipset [3]

Printers to get interesting again thanks to Kodak

Printers to get interesting again thanks to Kodak

6th Feb 2007 Kodak is set to make printing cheap again with ink starting at just $10. [18]

AMD on schedule for 45nm in 2008

AMD on schedule for 45nm in 2008

6th Feb 2007 It turns out that AMD's first 45 nanometre processors won't be far behind Intel's first 45nm Penryn processors. [9]

Dell sued for Intel kickbacks

Dell sued for Intel kickbacks

5th Feb 2007 Mike came back just in time - Dell is being sued by some of its investors for kickbacks it purportedly received from Intel. [11]

YouTube pwned by Viacom

YouTube pwned by Viacom

5th Feb 2007 MTV and Comedy central owner tells Google to sort out its video service and pulls over 100k videos. [10]

Seagate goes Bluetooth

Seagate goes Bluetooth

2nd Feb 2007 With all the advancements in cell phone technology, it's no surprise that someone would create a hard drive for it. Meet DAVE, the Bluetooth HDD. [21]

Burning Crusade available for download

Burning Crusade available for download

2nd Feb 2007 Blizzard has decided to make the popular World of Warcraft expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, available for download on the internets. [16]

Wii is an impulse buy, says Sony

Wii is an impulse buy, says Sony

2nd Feb 2007 In an interview with the New York Times, a Sony spokesperson dismissed Nintendo's Wii as an impulse buy. [73]

Microsoft says Vista speech recognition is safe

Microsoft says Vista speech recognition is safe

1st Feb 2007 Microsoft has come out to deny security claims that Vista's new speech recognition is unsafe. Is Redmond right? Sort of. [9]

Zune boss steps down

Zune boss steps down

1st Feb 2007 The Business Manager in charge of the Zune project at Microsoft is stepping down, and J Allard is stepping up. Can he do with the Zune what he did with the XBox? [18]