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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

Rock 7950 is CoH Chrimbo Campaign Classic

We check out a new 7950 notebook from Rock and put it to the test - can we play Company of Heroes all Christmas on it?

December 22, 2006 | 10:41

In-game advertisements a waste of money?

A behavioural research company has concluded that in-game advertisements simply don’t work on gamers. What was all that fuss about Counter-Strike?

December 22, 2006 | 10:34

Gaming Peripherals Round Up

Keyboards, headphones, joysticks, steering wheels and flight rudder pedals will go under the bit-tech microscope today as we take a look at Saitek, Everglide, Logitech and Microsoft's gaming peripheral offerings.

December 22, 2006 | 08:05

Won't you be my neighbour?

Have you ever noticed how intricate and complex your virtual life really is? We spend hours each day talking to people we've never seen before, and yet don't know the names of many on our own streets. Columnist Brett Thomas takes a look at the virtual world of Web 2.0 and its effects on our real society.

December 21, 2006 | 16:21

BBC goes torrent

The BBC will be working with bit-torrent software developer Azureus to deliver hundreds of archived BBC television shows including Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers.

December 21, 2006 | 12:17

Consoles get modded

We check out a black Xbox 360 controller and a Wii modded with a Zelda themed paintjob. Slick.

December 21, 2006 | 11:24

'Bebo' most searched for on Google

The Google zeitgeist of 2006 lists the top 10 most searched for items. The results are quite surprising.

December 21, 2006 | 10:59

Valve strikes a CS in-game ad deal

In-game advertising has been all the rage lately (quite literally). Now it appears that it's about to get bigger, since Valve just signed up with IGA...

December 20, 2006 | 18:58

SiN episodes already cancelled

For everyone looking forward to the next installment of SiN episodes, we have some bad news - it's been cancelled.

December 20, 2006 | 17:06

Piggybacking teenager faces jail

A teenager in Singapore now faces a potential three year jail sentence for piggybacking on his neighbours WiFi. Harsh or fair?

December 20, 2006 | 16:05

Nintendo taken to court over dodgy straps

Nintendo is being taken to court despite offering to replace the straps on the Wiimote. Justice or just lawyers trying to make a quick buck?

December 20, 2006 | 15:23

Aqua PCs XSPC Thor

We check out this barebones watercooling kit from Aqua PCs. It has a WC setup by XSPC housed in a Lian Li 343 cube. Is this the greatest case known to man, and is the Aqua PC setup good value? We get our fingers wet to find out.

December 20, 2006 | 12:25

Core 2 to get a price cut

AMD's new 65nm parts due in Q3 of 2007 have Intel a little worried about its current Core 2 performance crown. The solution? Slash some prices.

December 19, 2006 | 20:15

Intel silently revises Core 2 Duo

The blue team has quietly revised the E6300 and E6400 Allendale cores to compete with AMD's new Brisbane on the power consumption.

December 19, 2006 | 19:46

NVIDIA releases new 680i BIOS - fixes problems?

There have been some well-documented and widely experienced problems with NVIDIA's nForce 680i SLI reference motherboard. The company claims that the latest BIOS revision fixes the problems that many end users have had. Hopefully it fixes ours, too...

December 19, 2006 | 18:29

Fire case by Wolverine

Creating the first of four cases based on the elements, master modder Magnus Persson takes a Lian Li cube and fits it out with a fiery decor.

December 19, 2006 | 16:52

Supreme Commander Beta Key Giveaway

One of the most anticipated games of next year is RTS extravaganza, Supreme Commander. By answering a simple question you could win one of our 50 beta keys and be playing the game months before it's released.

December 19, 2006 | 11:16

Hamleys attacked by virtual Vikings

The world famous toy store - Hamleys - recently made a blunder with their online store, reducing everything by 60%. Internet Vikings flocked to the area and pillaged tons of bargains.

December 19, 2006 | 10:23

CPL to make pro-game: Severity

Pro-gaming organisation, the Cyberathlete Professional League, will be creating a game specifically designed for tournament play. It's name? Severity.

December 19, 2006 | 10:07

PowerColor to release two passive X1950's

We've just got word that PowerColor is preparing to launch a couple of passively cooled Radeon X1950 cards in the first quarter of next year and we've managed to get hold of some info on them. Pictures enclosed...

December 18, 2006 | 18:58

Ultra modular 1kW PSU spy shots

Do you fancy a 1kW power supply that's modular to boot? We have the first shots of Ultra's effort.

December 18, 2006 | 15:20

BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTS

The GeForce 8800 GTS is the more affordable member of NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 family, but there's more to it than a simple clock speed reduction. Despite the cut down feature set, we reckon it's a better buy than the flagship GeForce 8800 GTX. Read on to find out why...

December 18, 2006 | 15:07

Malware industry worth more than Anti-malware

Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an eBay esque site where clients can buy exploits and viruses. Vista exploits are being sold for as high as $50,000!

December 18, 2006 | 10:46