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Using air to charge cellphones?

All you need to charge your mobile is... air, apparently. Add comment

First pictures of ATI’s 512MB Radeon X850

Following up from [url=http://www.short-media.com/extendednews.php?n=3085]this[/url] recent news item, some snaps of ATI's new 512MB Radeon X850 have made it onto the web. Add comment

Microsoft To Nix Some Net Product Activation

Customers who find themselves reinstalling Windows XP should be ready for a headache: Microsoft will no longer support activating the product over the Internet for PCs which have Windows pre-installed. Add comment

UK Government Launches Free Virus Alert Site

The government of the United Kingdom has taken its fight against online viruses to the front lines with a new Web site called ITsafe, designed to send rapid security alerts to home and small-business computer users. Add comment

Unreal Engine 3 To Debut

Epic Games today announced it will be demonstrating Unreal Engine 3 tools and technology and headlining three speaker sessions at this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco March 9-11, 2005. Add comment

Brothers In Arms: Road To Hill 30 Strikes Gold

Gearbox's gritty WWII squad shooter on schedule to ship March 1 for the Xbox; story follows the 101st Airborne. Add comment

Firefox Gets Major Security Makeover

The Mozilla Foundation last Thursday rolled out a major security update to fix several known cross-site scripting and domain-spoofing vulnerabilities in the upstart Firefox browser. Add comment

Microsoft Ponders Open-Source Database

The software giant is considering making the source code for its SQL Server database available to customers, according to Tom Rizzo, director of product management in Microsoft's SQL Server unit. Add comment

Dell No Longer Plans to Use AMD Processors

Following Intel Corp.’s release of Intel Pentium 4 processors 600-series as well as yet another lineup of Intel Xeon DP, the world’s largest computer maker Dell Inc., who exclusively use Intel’s microprocessors in its products, said the company does not have plans to introduce systems powered by chips from Advanced Micro Devices. Add comment

ATI To Demo World’s First Gaming Graphics Cards With 512MB Memory

ATI Technologies said Wednesday it would demonstrate its graphics cards with 512MB of onboard memory this week. Add comment

Apple Refreshes IPod Photo, IPod Mini Players

Apple Computer today refreshed its line of IPod Photo digital music players with a new, slim 30GB model replacing the previously available 40GB unit. The 30GB IPod Photo debuts at $349, $150 less than its 40GB predecessor. Add comment

Chaos Theory Demo Now Downloadable

Though the actual game is little more than a month away, a demo of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory snuck onto the Web today. Add comment

Sony Announces SOCOM 3

Sony has formally announced plans to release a third game in the popular SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs series this fall. Add comment

FBI E-Mail Scam Spreads Virus

The FBI warned late Tuesday that e-mails appearing to originate from the bureau were spreading a virus via the accompanying attachment. Add comment

ESA’s Mars Express Sees Signs Of A ‘Frozen Sea’

The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe has discovered what appears to be a sea of frozen ice covered by volcanic dust. Add comment

Internet Explorer 7 News By Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurott has got his hands on some development news for IE7, the next version of Internet Explorer. Add comment

NEW ForceWare 75.90 Beta

A new set of Nvidia ForceWare drivers have made it onto the web today in the shape of 75.90 Beta for Windows 2000 and XP. Add comment

Microsoft Turns Off SP2 Install Prevention

According to [url=http://www.lockergnome.com/]Lockergnome[/url] April 12th is the day when Windows XP or Windows XP SP1 will be automatically updated to XP SP2 whether you want it to or not. This however would seem to be a little exaggerated. Add comment

UT2004 Patch 3355

Unreal Tournament 2004 patch vers 3355 has been released and is available for download. Add comment

Lawsuit Says HP Printer Cartridges Die Before Use

A Georgia (US) woman has sued Hewlett-Packard, claiming the ink cartridges for their printers are secretly programed to expire on a certain date, in some cases rendering them useless before they are even installed in a printer. Add comment

Battlefield 2 Due In June, Next-Gen Modern Combat Confirmed For ’05

According to financial reports, Battlefield 2 has a firmer release date of June '05. Battlefield: Modern Combat is slated to have a release date for the consoles sometime in 2005. Add comment