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Sony sued for Blu-ray patent

Sony sued for Blu-ray patent

25th May 2007 Sony is on the wrong end of a patent lawsuit over one of the technologies in Blu-ray. Discs are much cheaper to produce when you don't pay license fees! [50]

Nvidia says G92 to near 1Teraflop

Nvidia says G92 to near 1Teraflop

25th May 2007 NVIDIA has boasted in a recent conference call that the upcoming G92 will have almost a teraflop of computational horsepower under the hood. Anyone want to guess the PSU needed for that? [43]

Defcon and Uplink released in a box

Defcon and Uplink released in a box

25th May 2007 Introversion Software's strategy hit, Defcon, is now seeing a retail release alongside Uplink. [6]

HL2: Orange Box delayed on PS3?

HL2: Orange Box delayed on PS3?

25th May 2007 Rumours suggest that the PS3 version of Half-Life 2: The Orange Box will be delayed until 2008. [7]

Lego Star Wars Saga announced

Lego Star Wars Saga announced

25th May 2007 After months of speculation, the complete saga of Lego Star Wars is announced, with details of the additional content. [7]

Halo 2 Vista delayed due to nudity?

Halo 2 Vista delayed due to nudity?

25th May 2007 Halo 2 Vista, which PC owners have been waiting for for over two and a half years now, has been delayed again due to nudity accidentally appearing. [34]

AC Ryan updates Radgrillz

AC Ryan updates Radgrillz

24th May 2007 Many of our modders use AC Ryan's Radgrillz, so we figured we'd give you a look at what's coming up this month [13]

Ubisoft Begins Casual Game Expansion

Ubisoft Begins Casual Game Expansion

24th May 2007 Ubisoft makes its expansion into the casual games market official at Ubidays 2007. [5]

Guitar Hero 3 confirmed, Songs named

Guitar Hero 3 confirmed, Songs named

24th May 2007 Activision has let slip the dogs of...rock. All over again. Guitar Hero III has been announced and track listings are starting to come to us. Rock on! [13]

Vista is not helping PC sales

Vista is not helping PC sales

24th May 2007 Market research firm In-Stat has stated that the launch of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has had no impact on PC sales. [30]

New PS3 firmware update today

New PS3 firmware update today

24th May 2007 Today’s PlayStation 3 firmware update adds PS1, PS2 and DVD upscaling to 1080p, along with a couple of quirky feature additions. [10]

MS quashes Yahoo! acquisition rumours

MS quashes Yahoo! acquisition rumours

24th May 2007 At Goldman Sachs’s annual Internet conference, Microsoft has said that it has no intention of buying Yahoo! [1]

Scissor Sisters play Halo 3 Beta

Scissor Sisters play Halo 3 Beta

24th May 2007 Maybe it's just a press thing, maybe they actually like the game. Either way you could get the chance to pwn some celebrity ass at Halo 3. [11]

Ubisoft announces new Beowulf game

Ubisoft announces new Beowulf game

24th May 2007 As Ubidays 2007 draws to a close, Ubisoft announces it will be making a new game to tie-in to the upcoming Beowulf movie. [5]

Web News Roundup, 23th May 2007

Web News Roundup, 23th May 2007

23rd May 2007 Web News Roundup for 23rd May 2007 [2]

Low-light photography gets a boost

Low-light photography gets a boost

23rd May 2007 Tired of bright flashes in your eyes? We all are. Thankfully, a South Korean company has developed a new image sensor that can take clear pictures at only one lux. [12]

iPhone will be AT&T exclusive

iPhone will be AT&T exclusive

23rd May 2007 If you've got an interest in the iPhone (at least in the States), you had better have an AT&T or Cingular service plan - for the next five years. [27]

AMD manufacturing plans on schedule

AMD manufacturing plans on schedule

23rd May 2007 AMD has announced that it is on schedule to fully ramp up 65nm production in two of its fabs later this year. 45nm production is also on schedule for a mid-2008 introduction. [6]

Software Pirate to pay $205,000 USD

Software Pirate to pay $205,000 USD

23rd May 2007 An unnamed software pirate has been sued for his profits plus a blistering $205,000 USD fine, which was settled out of court on Tuesday. How's that for burn? [12]

R600 "Black Box" coupon still good

R600 "Black Box" coupon still good

22nd May 2007 Valve's cancellation of the Half Life 2 "Black Box" version has been cause for dismay. That's especially true if you bought an ATI 2900XT this week, which comes bundled with the coupon...but no worries. [2]

PCIe 2.0 to arrive by Christmas

PCIe 2.0 to arrive by Christmas

22nd May 2007 PCI-SIG has said that PCI-Express 2.0 compliant products are on schedule to appear on the market in December. [13]

MySpace to share sex offender details

MySpace to share sex offender details

22nd May 2007 MySpace has agreed to hand over the details of known convicted sex offenders that have signed up to the service. [8]

Sony announces 80GB PS3

Sony announces 80GB PS3

22nd May 2007 Yesterday, Sony announced an 80GB version of the PlayStation 3, which will initially only be on sale in South Korea. [14]

Apple sued over display quality

Apple sued over display quality

21st May 2007 The superior display that Apple promised may not be all that superior. At least that's what a lawsuit targeted at Apple is saying. [14]

StarCraft 2 confirmed!

StarCraft 2 confirmed!

21st May 2007 It's happened, at last. The rumours are true as Blizzard confirms the development of Starcraft 2 in Korea and we've got all the details in case you missed them over the weekend. [19]

Abit introduces IP35 'Bearlake' mobos

Abit introduces IP35 'Bearlake' mobos

21st May 2007 Abit has released its IP35 series motherboards, which are not surprisingly based on Intel's P35 Bearlake chipset. [3]

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