Stardock's digital distribution platform, Impulse, has grown to close to a million users since its launch last summer. Impulse enables users to purchase and download PC software including games, utilities, and applications. The... More...

Braid, the game that took the Xbox Live Arcade by storm will make its debut on the PC sometime in March. Braid uses beautiful visuals, haunting music and a really unique time control mechanic... More...

When Circuit City announced that it was closing all of its stores it showed the true signs of the economy. Circuit City was a massive corporation employing over 30,000 employees which would all be... More...

For those that were not aware, it was recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM's will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in the embedded channel. Now we all... More...

The Japanese are simply hyping Vista SP1 release. I was just surprised to find that a roll of toilet paper printed with highlighted features is already available in Japan. You kind of have to feel... More...

Today, Apple released It's official "Unlimited" calling plan for the Apple iPhone. The plan starts at $119.99/monthly and comes with: Unlimited Voice Calling Unlimited email and web surfing Visual Voicemail 200 Text Messages... More...

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett on Thursday said the microchip maker is regaining market share against Advanced Micro Devices and that its performance is looking "pretty good." Barrett also told Reuters in an interview that the... More...

It feels like a sports injury, but you don't even need to leave the house to get it. Wiiitis, pronounced "wee-eye-tis", is the latest ailment to develop from the video game era, beginning with Space... More...

Microsoft's recent surge in unearned revenue, mostly from volume licensing, masks an important buying trend: businesses holding off on server—and even some desktop—software upgrades. The situation is an opportunity for IT organizations to drive hard... More...

News of the delay was first rumoured over at the Inquirer, then blogged over at Engadget and finally landed in our Back Page News subforum. According to the original source, the "R600 presentation and introduction... More...

Here's the newest from Sen. Ted Stevens, the man who described the Internet as a series of tubes: It's time for the federal government to ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from... More...

When Microsoft officially announced that DirectX 10 (DX10) would only be available for Windows Vista, many gaming fans yearning to be on the bleeding edge were upset. In order to get the most from their... More...

Scott Miller, the CEO of 3D Realms did a little interview on the Next-Gen Podcast this week. In it, he actually talked about a game most people figure will never come out. No, not Prey... More...

If exploding Sony batteries in your notebook isn't a concern to you, then perhaps an overheating PlayStation 3 will be. A recently released report from Macquarie Equities analyst David Gibson in Tokyo said that PlayStation... More...

Anyone who dual-boots Linux and Windows knows that Windows comandeers the master boot record and that Microsoft steadfastly refuses to introduce any flexibility into its handling of MBRs. However, Microsoft has grudgingly given some ground... More...

Vista's biggest security enhancement is "User Account Protection" (or "User Account Control" ) which pops up and asks for user authentication before software can make any administrative changes to the system. But the TweakVista utility... More...

In recent years, software companies have hammered out rules with researchers on disclosure, which cover how and when vulnerabilities are made public. Now flaw finders want something in return: more information from software providers on... More...

A few Mac users are concerned about a feature in the latest update to Mac OS that directs their computers to check in with Apple Computer's servers on a regular basis without the user's knowledge... More...

Our newsletter affiliate have announced the beta launch of TechSpot in Spanish. Just like your favourite PC enthusiast website does, they plan and hope to deliver the best computer and technology information through this new... More...

AMD are reportedly working on a sort of 'Anti-Hyperthreading', which could allow multiple physical CPU cores to emulate one physical core. The problem with dual (and soon quad) core processors like the AMD X2 range... More...

Advanced Micro Devices said it expects to solve supply issues with some of its desktop processors by the first quarter. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker sent a letter to some of its partners stating that... More...

Thanks to an anonymous member for sending this our way. Microsoft Mail Beta is Microsoft's brand new web mail service. The product is being built from the ground up based on input and feedback from... More...

The biggest rival to Windows sales is Windows itself--or rather pirated copies of the OS. And Microsoft is starting to put its foot down. In its most serious bid yet to reap revenue from those... More...

The Source Code Club has opened up shop again. The group of self-identified hackers has posted files online that it claims contains source code for Pix security firewall from Cisco Systems. The... More...

After capturing a sizeable chunk of the globe's RPG-loving population, Square Enix's brave dally into the world of MMORPG culminated with the inception of the ambitious Final Fantasy XI in Japan in 2002. ... More...

Reuters is reporting that the UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) have asked Wanadoo, a UK ISP, to tone down its broadband adverts. The adverts made use of the phrase "full speed" in relation to their... More...

Heres a nice filler for a friday, made me chuckle anyway. Our fine friends over at The Inquirer have spotted an interesting piece of news that could threaten the reputation of Brits abroad everywhere (myself... More...

Now a days it seems like everyone wants a piece of Google. It's either another search engine, Fortune 500 Company, or in this case a company that sells children's goods called Googles. Googles has... More...

I was going to begin this article by listing all of the awards that the original Half-Life has won, but I have a word count limit on this article so let me just name one:... More...

Three years after it was closed down by the record industry, the online music service Napster is back. Napster, which pioneered illegal music downloading, surprised the record industry yesterday by unveiling a legitimate UK Web... More...

Hitachi's deskstar 7K400 ($400) is the new king of big: The 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive comes with an 8MB buffer and a staggering 400GB of storage. The reasonably priced drive, available now, also features... More...

Carmageddon-again... SCi's infamous mow-'em-down returns in 2005 Hold on to your seatbelts: SCi is reviving the Carmageddon series, which has been lying dormant since the 2000 release of Carmageddon TDR. The news was... More...

As expected, the U.S. Department of Justice will fight Oracle's proposed bid to buy PeopleSoft. The Justice Department is filing a civil antitrust case to block the move in the U.S. District Court... More...

Let's be real. Not every move Microsoft makes is dictated by its worries over open source. There's no denying that Microsoft is worried about Linux — and justifiably so. But, contrary to... More...

After a week of darkness about the unseemly row between Abit and Nvidia, we've just received a statement in which it announced its partnership with ATI. It seems that Abit won't use ATI reference design... More...

Chip giant Intel said it has created fully functional 65 nanometer SRAM chips, with full production slated for 2005, using 12-inch (300mm) silicon wafers. The 65 nano chips use a second gen version of Intel's... More...

MAPLIN, THAT high street hawker of bits 'n' pieces for the electronic hobbyist, has during the course of the last few years, increasingly been making some good money out of PC components and peripherals. When... More...

According to a post by a Microsoft employee this week on the Windows Messenger 5 newsgroups Windows Messenger 5 Beta 2 is due to be released this week by the team. Maybe more... More...

In a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Dell Computer's board of directors revealed that it wants to change the company's name. The board feels changing the... More...

America Online Inc. is launching a $35 million marketing campaign in a bid to hang on to its subscribers, even if they buy high-speed Internet access elsewhere. For the first time, the... More...

Microsoft touts a credo of "information anywhere, anytime and on any device," but the explosion of hot wireless devices from rivals is testing the patience of customers who depend on Windows software and Web services.... More...

Thanks Bink for this tremendous article on the EOL for Win3.x and Windows 95. I remember my first experience with DOS and Windows 3.1 & thinking it was so cool, who was... More...

IBM researchers are working on a new storage system prototype that stacks modules in a three-dimensional grid of extremely densely packed cubic modules. The project, called Collective Intelligent Bricks and formerly code-named IceCube... More...

Anyone want some free Microsoft licences for their firm? It seems that some MS reps are prepared to offer just that to make sure that you stay true to Redmond. Spread the word that you're... More...

No doubt they recieve $0 funding from microsoft... ;) "According to a new report by the Aberdeen Group, open source solution Linux has surpassed Windows as the most vulnerable operating system, contrary to... More...

The US Naval Academy has seized about 100 student computers that are suspected of containing unauthorized copies of copyrighted works. The students were in class on Thursday when the raid occurred, according... More...

Thanks to username for posting this in BPN At Comdex, AMD today announced it has selected "AMD Athlon 64" as the brand name for its next-generation processor for desktop and mobile PCs,... More...

Just in time for the Christmas season, Dell has decided to go all out on it's new line of PDA's, starting at $199. Both new PDA's sport a Brilliant 3.5" QVGA TFT color... More...

Thanks KniteLife from our BPN Forum Microsoft has decided to skip a Windows server release to coincide with the Longhorn client and instead jump directly to Blackcomb, company officials confirmed Friday.... More...

Thanks powerdafuture from our BPN Fourm Dear Insert Member Name, By now you may have started to hear the buzz surrounding the October 24 release of MSN® 8, the... More...