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Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Xbox Live update kills hacking

The new update to Xbox Live has a number of small improvements - but crucially, kills the only hacking exploit so far known.

January 31, 2006 | 08:18

Project KOS-MOS storms US

Project KOS-MOS, as featured on bit-tech in September, is on the cover of this month's CPU magazine in the US. Does modding now have mainstream appeal?

January 30, 2006 | 13:17

Crysis revealed as Far Cry 2

Well, it's not quite Far Cry 2, and it's not by Ubisoft. But developer CryTek is back at the helm for this DirectX 10 offering.

January 30, 2006 | 12:48

STALKER could be dead in the wilderness

The stalk-em-up faces a strenuous push to be finished, after reports of mass lay-offs on the development team.

January 30, 2006 | 09:22

How Jobs will turn around Disney

A BusinessWeek article has a great analysis of how Jobs could bring his Apple management style to Disney in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the company.

January 30, 2006 | 09:02

Fight flab with video game

Dance Dance Revolution is being introduced into West Virginian schools to encourage students to be more active and lose weight. Who says games produce couch potatoes?

January 27, 2006 | 17:05

Guide to building a performance system by Corsair

The guys over at the memory company have put together a pretty good beginner's guide to assembling a neato gaming rig.

January 27, 2006 | 15:14

An enterprising (groan) Star Trek home theatre mod

Viewscreen as your projector? Speakers built into futuristic panelling? This guy has gone all-out to recreate the Next Generation experience in his living room.

January 27, 2006 | 13:18

Most Wanted Games of 2006

What's coming up this year? bit-tech contributor Ryan Garside takes a look at the 10 most anticipated games on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS2. It's a controversial, yet drool-worthy list.

January 27, 2006 | 11:58

Xbox 360 to get a Dashboard update

A downloadable bug-fix is going to be made available soon. It will fix game crashes and also add webcam functionality.

January 26, 2006 | 15:20

AMD reaches 21% market share

The chip-maker is now north of one-fifth market share, according to figures from the last quarter of 2005.

January 26, 2006 | 14:51

Ferrari's latest F1 launch

Ferrari launched its new Formula 1 car this week. Designed and tested with AMD processors, we were there to get the lowdown on the technology collaboration straight from the IT guys themselves. We grabbed some nice pictures, too.

January 26, 2006 | 13:17

New DoD:S HDR map: dod_kalt

Looking for something new to play? Day of Defeat has been updated with a new map. We have all the pictures and info. Spectacular HDR snow abound!

January 26, 2006 | 13:01

Disney buys Pixar

It was rumoured last week but now it's confirmed: Disney has bought Pixar in a monster US$7.4 billion share swap. Jobs laughs all the way to the Board.

January 25, 2006 | 14:58

Antec P180 low-noise case

Looking for a stylish, silent case with shedloads of storage? The Antec P180 might just be up your alley: 11 drive bays, noise damping panels and a trio of low-noise 120mm fans. Perfect for a home media server.

January 25, 2006 | 13:14

Gamers gasp as booth babes banned

A no-nonsense, no-nudity dress code will be enforced at the E3 games show for the first time. Gamers cry (probably).

January 25, 2006 | 11:41

MPAA illegally copies movies

The body responsible for enforcing copyright in the American film industry has been caught making unauthorised copies of a movie, due to premiere in a couple of weeks time, that harshly criticises it.

January 25, 2006 | 10:41

ATI launches X1900 family

ATI has reclaimed the performance crown today with the launch of X1900XT and X1900XTX. In a surprise move, both are in stock in stores around the world already.

January 24, 2006 | 15:51

ATI Radeon X1900 family

ATI have reclaimed the performance crown today with the launch of Radeon X1900XT and X1900XTX. We pitched it against the NVIDIA 7800 GTX 512MB and the results were impressive. In short, it's fast. Very fast.

January 24, 2006 | 14:00

New Core Duo Macs aren't that fast after all?

Recenting testing by Macworld labs in the States suggests that Steve Jobs' indications of performance increases using the latest Intel chips may have been slightly optimistic.

January 24, 2006 | 06:48

Firefox 2.0 features revealed

A Mozilla developer blog gives us the insight into where the popular browser is going with its next version revision. The changes are not radical, but they could add some edge.

January 24, 2006 | 06:39

Why does DRM exist?

A new op-ed piece speculates on what the real reason for the existence of DRM is. Hint: it's not piracy, it's other DRM users.

January 24, 2006 | 06:30

How gold farming works

A great little article has hit the net, explaining the ins and outs of gold farming. Ever wondered how to make yourself a virtual finance tycoon? Check this out.

January 23, 2006 | 22:00