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MTV Wants Its Online-Music Store

MTV Networks is expected to launch an online music service powered by MusicNet later this year, making it the latest big brand to enter an increasingly crowded market for online music, according to people familiar with the plan. Add comment

ATI Tray Tools Updated v1.0.0.300

A new version of ATI Tray Tools has been made available over at Guru3D. The small utility is a windows tray based application that allows instant access to GPU options and settings. Add comment

AMD Confirms Low-Power 64-bit Chips for Notebooks

AMD today officially confirmed two new additional SKUs in the company’s 64-bit line-up – a couple of new Mobile Athlon 64 chips to compete with higher-end Pentium 4-M CPU's in terms of performance. Add comment

Microsoft Reveals Future Of Tablet PC

Microsoft has given a behind-the-scenes peek at technologies the software company is looking to include in future versions of Windows designed for mobile PCs. The software giant also seemed keen to highlight its plan to aid in the closing of the gap between the differences in capabilities of tablet and notebook PCs. They indicated that this would come in the form of possible closer integration for mobile peripherals such as electronic ink devices. Add comment

Not all will see Longhorn in 3D

The next version of Windows looks set to sport some fancy, three-dimensional graphics, but for those with an older video card, Longhorn might look more like plain old Windows 2000. Add comment

Apple details more job cuts

A restructuring at Apple that began last quarter will result in additional job cuts this year, the Mac maker has said. Add comment

ATI to promote 9100 PRO IGP chipset with aggressive pricing

It has been reported that ATI is to adopt aggressive pricing to promote its new integrated graphics solution, the Radeon 9100 PRO IGP (RS350) chipset. Add comment

PCCW launches UK wireless broadband

The owned subsidiary of Hong Kong telecoms giant PCCW, 'UK Broadband' has finally launched its wireless broadband service in the UK. The service is to be made available in the Thames Valley first, in Aldershot, Maidenhead, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Wokingham. Add comment

Intel may have canned Tejas project

Rumours from people close to Intel engineers are suggesting that the chip firm may have canned its work on Tejas, the chip that is supposed to follow Prescott. Add comment

Review Roundup

[url=http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/mousepad/]GAMER MOUSING SURFACES: BLACK ICEMAT 2 vs COREPAD COMPARISON @ Tweaknews[/url] [url=http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=422]palmOne Zire 72 @ TrustedReviews[/url] [url=http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=39]VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset @ PcPer[/url] [url=http://www.bjorn3d.com/theforum/viewtopic.php?t=54938]Monarch Computers Say 6800U Works in their (SFF) PCs[/url] [url=http://www.extremereviews.net/data.php?recordID=135&page=1&type=review]eXtreme Reviews - Integrity PC Fluid XP Plus[/url] [url=http://www.envynews.com/index.php?ID=653#start]TEAC DV-W58G-A DVD±R/RW @ Envy News[/url] Add comment

Review Roundup

[url=http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=168]TTIC NPH-101 and NPH-1 Intel HSF Review @ Madshrimps[/url] [url=http://www.themodfathers.jolt.co.uk/?page=&action=show&id=9280]asetek WaterChill CPU Watercooling Kit @ ModFathers[/url] [url=http://www.extremereviews.net/data.php?recordID=134&page=1&type=review]eXtreme Reviews - Rio Nitrus[/url] [url=http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/pmi/pc3200/video_review.html]Pmi DDR 400MHz PC3200 Dual Channel Gold Memory Video Review @ 3dGameMan[/url] [url=http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/control.php?cid=3&id=1089&src=3rd]Five-Way GeForce FX 5950 Ultra Mini-Shootout @ HardwareZone[/url] [url=http://www.xtremenews.net/sections-viewarticle-120.html]Geil Ultra Platinum PC3200 @ XtremeNews[/url] [url=http://www.bytesector.com/data/bs-article.asp?ID=273]SwiftTech MCW6000-P @ ByteSector[/url] [url=http://htpcnews.com/main.php?id=firefly_1]Snapstream Firefly Review @ HTPCnews[/url] [url=http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review1554.html]Gyration Media Center Remote and Keyboard @ DesignTechnica[/url] [url=http://www.overclockinghq.com/articles/oscompared.php]OS Comparison @ Overclocking HQ[/url] Add comment

Athlon 64 939 CPUs to launch at Computex

According to [url=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15755]The Inquirer[/url] the Athlon 64 Socket 939 CPU will launch at Computex. Add comment

Mozilla releases Thunderbird .6

Gearing up to provide a better alternative email client... Add comment

Radeon X800 XT or GeForce 6800 Ultra? Tough choice!

Hardware Analysis has a new editorial which takes a look at the pros and cons of ATI and NVIDIA's latest graphics cards. [quote]This is just one of those days when you have to pass judgment on two products that are both excellent but designed from two different perspectives.[/quote] Add comment

VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset Review

[url=http://www4.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040505/index.html]Tom's Hardware[/url] puts the new VIA K8T800 Pro Opteron/Athlon64 chipset under the microscope Add comment

NEW MSN Messenger 4.0 for MAC

Microsoft has made MSN Messenger 4.0 available to Mac users. The new version of the instant messenging client offers Office 2004 integration – it is possible to use MSN Messenger to see if team members are online, initiate an instant message conversation with them from within your document, and then save it as part of your project file. The new version requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher. Add comment

Half Life 2 Demo Video

Neowin has been kind enough to post a video they recorded at WinHEC 2004 of Half Life 2 being demo'd. It also comes with an assurance from Gabe Newell from Valve software that the long awaited follow up to Half Life will be ready for a Summer 2004 release. 'Newell also stated that the game looks set to run better on ATI's X800 rather than on Nvidia's upcoming 6800 GPU. Add comment

Tech Tips: Rewire USB Ports

Could the USB ports on a PCI bracket at the rear of the case be spliced to the USB ports at the front of the PC Case? The rules of technology can be bent but sometimes they snap back. Add comment

Nvidia ForceWare 61.11 Beta Drivers

Some new ForceWare drivers have been made available for download. These drivers are Beta and for Windows 2000 and XP. These drivers are dated 29/04/04, so are currently the newest available. Add comment

DWM enabled in Longhorn leaked build 4074

Neowin is reporting some interesting Longhorn news, as they look at enabling DWM (Desktop Windows Manager) in build 4074 of the currently in development next generation Windows operating system. Add comment

AOL Launches Site for Video Games

AOL today unveiled a video game site for high-speed subscribers, a bid to attract more customers toward the broadband service it sees as key to its future growth. Add comment