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10-hour notebook fuel cell by Xmas

10-hour notebook fuel cell by Xmas

29th Sep 2005 LG Chem have completed development of a portable, methanol-powered fuel cell that can run a 25W notebook computer for over 10 hours.

Apple to replace nuked nanos

Apple to replace nuked nanos

29th Sep 2005 Following a volley of bad press, Apple have done "the right thing" and admitted that there is a genuine problem with the screen on their recently launched iPod nano. Apple will replace broken units free of charge.

NForce 430 is fastest IGP solution

NForce 430 is fastest IGP solution

28th Sep 2005 Our good friends at AMDZone have had the chance to run Foxconn's 6150K8MA-8EKRS through a few benchmarks, comparing the performance to a reference Radeon XPRESS 200 motherboard.

Corsair & ASUS team up with new enthusiast products

Corsair & ASUS team up with new enthusiast products

28th Sep 2005 Corsair and ASUS have teamed up to bring the first implementation of NVIDIA's NForce 4 SLI X16 chipset and the first 2GB dual channel memory pack capable of operating at DDR437 (218MHz) with blistering timings of 2.0-3-2-6-1T.

BitTorrent gets $8.75m

BitTorrent gets $8.75m

28th Sep 2005 In a bid to go straight, BitTorrent has secured a bunch of venture capital. It plans to use the money to grow the company and go after Hollywood.

id Software sued by founder

id Software sued by founder

28th Sep 2005 Adrian Carmack says he's been done out of a wad of cash by the Doom developer. Litigation ensues.

Screw the Nano! No, wait...

Screw the Nano! No, wait...

27th Sep 2005 Motorola Exec derides Nano, espouses Rockr. Motorola PR goes into Spin City...

Call Of Duty 2 demo released

Call Of Duty 2 demo released

27th Sep 2005 Infinity Wards have released the highly-anticipated demo for the upcoming sequel to the ever popular Call Of Duty. Not surprisingly, it's called Call Of Duty 2. Download mirror list inside...

Day of Defeat: Source released

Day of Defeat: Source released

26th Sep 2005 The hour has arrived, and the orders have been issued: Day Of Defeat: Source has been unlocked for all who have pre-ordered it. Play. It. Now.

Epic's VP talks next-gen

Epic's VP talks next-gen

26th Sep 2005 Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, sat down and talked about the size of video games, used games purchases and electronic distribution with our friends from Computer and Video Games. It looks like games aren't going to get any smaller...

Epox brings Socket 754 and SLI together

Epox brings Socket 754 and SLI together

26th Sep 2005 Somehow, Epox has managed to marry NVIDIA's NForce 4 SLI chipset with the seemingly redundant Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU's with its new EP-8NPA SLI motherboard. We didn't see this one coming...

Be launch UK's first 24MBit broadband service

Be launch UK's first 24MBit broadband service

26th Sep 2005 Be Unlimited announce availability of the UK's first 24MBit broadband service. The company beats UK Online out of the starting blocks with an amazing price.

China tightens grip on web news

China tightens grip on web news

26th Sep 2005 The world of Chinese internet news will now be policed by the country's Ministry of Information Industry, who will assuredly "standardise the management of news and information" across the country.

MSI K8Nes new nForce 410 boards

MSI K8Nes new nForce 410 boards

23rd Sep 2005 nForce 410 boards are being launched right, left and centre. MSI have a new board with DVI on the backplate and an update to their popular Diamond board iwth dual x16 slots.

PlayStation 3 for Spring debut

PlayStation 3 for Spring debut

23rd Sep 2005 Chairman and CEO of Sony America, Sir Howard Stringer, has confirmed that the company plans to launch PlayStation 3 in Spring 2006, as expected. But will it be Japan-only or worldwide?

First nForce 410 and 6100 performance shown

First nForce 410 and 6100 performance shown

23rd Sep 2005 The guys at Anandtech have tested out the first nForce 410 board from Biostar with integrated 6100 graphics.

Go grab Catalyst 5.9

Go grab Catalyst 5.9

22nd Sep 2005 ATI's new Catalyst drivers are out. There are bugfixes and support for laptops - details inside.

Firefox has fleas!

Firefox has fleas!

22nd Sep 2005 Firefox bugs this year outnumber IE by 2 to 1. Er, what?

Interview with the OLED keyboard guy

Interview with the OLED keyboard guy

22nd Sep 2005 Remember the awesomeness of that keyboard? There's a new interview with the creator online.

Jobs dismisses iTunes price rise

Jobs dismisses iTunes price rise

21st Sep 2005 With over 500 million songs sold on iTunes, legally downloadable music is a success. Now the RIAA want more money; Steve Jobs calls them 'greedy'

NVIDIA release new nForce family

NVIDIA release new nForce family

20th Sep 2005 NVIDIA have announced the nForce 410 and 430 chipsets, for AMD PCI Express systems. Sporting GeForce 6 series integrated graphics via the 6100 / 6150 on-board GPUs, the boards are ideal for the HTPC market.

Xbox 360 to see yearly price cuts

Xbox 360 to see yearly price cuts

20th Sep 2005 Microsoft exec goes on the record to mention that the 360 will get a cost slash each year to remain competitive. Sony shuffles, twitches.

First shots of Media Center on Vista

First shots of Media Center on Vista

20th Sep 2005 Like Media Center? Like Windows Vista? How about the latest version of Media Center running on Windows Vista? Yes?

World's first keyboard with LCD keys

World's first keyboard with LCD keys

19th Sep 2005 Is F5 the Quicksave key, or is it F6? Never make that mistake again thanks to the programmable LCD keys on the 205PRO PC keyboard from United Keys.

FEAR multiplayer demo coming soon

FEAR multiplayer demo coming soon

19th Sep 2005 Flippin' Evil And Rather scary. Now in multiplayer, with extra nails. Possibly less creepy girl. We hope.

ICANN delays .xxx again

ICANN delays .xxx again

19th Sep 2005 ICANN becomes ICANT, saying the .xxx domain will have to have further regulation before getting the go-ahead.

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