Aug 4th, 2005 - Has the next major upheaval in PC hardware reared it’s head? Every once in a long while, a new type of component arrives which dramatically changes how we consider our computers. The development of components such as video capture cards and TV tuners have added functionality, but that... (Read More)

Aug 3rd, 2005 - Several days back I had a look at some of the forward looking aspects of the upcoming Windows Vista and made mention of Digital Rights Management. The protection of encoded media content is a consideration which will increasingly have implications for hardware as well as for software, and it seems... (Read More)

Aug 2nd, 2005 - “I have seen the future, and the future is………� No, not Baha’I, as famous science fiction editor John W. Campbell wrote all those years ago. In fact nothing startlingly amazing at all. I’m simply dreaming of my own next upgrade! A few days ago I mentioned that AMD was releasing a new entry... (Read More)

Aug 1st, 2005 - With the ‘Hot Coffeegate’ scandal video game censorship has hit front page. Diversity in video games is under threat from such ‘notables’ as Hilary Clinton and the outspoken Jack Thompson, who happily disregards the fact that most of the nonsense he spouts has been disproven by numerous studies. ... (Read More)

Jul 31st, 2005 - The next generation of game consoles are shaping up to become a battleground between competing technologies of high capacity high definition DVD standards. The support of Sony for Blu-Ray technology in its upcoming Playstation 3 has been widely discussed. Bill Gates has now officially announced... (Read More)

Jul 28th, 2005 - John C. Dvorak has a vision and I suspect it may be myopic. Over at Ziff-Davis’s PCMag, the renowned John C. Dvorak has witnessed Windows Vista’s arrival as an almighty dull thud, and sees recent events as a potential portent of the demise of the mighty Microsoft. ... (Read More)

Jul 27th, 2005 - Microsoft's much talked about Windows Genuine Advantage scheme is now in place and active. Windows users who download updates from Microsoft now need to undergo verification checks in order to get the downloads. The only exception are Windows security updates, which will still be distributed... (Read More)

Jul 27th, 2005 - The appearance, in some online store catalogues, of the dual-core Athlon X2 3800+ processor marks a welcome new entry to the processor battles. Although not yet officially announced, the X2 3800+ is expected to have a clockspeed of 2.0Ghz and to have 2x512Kb level 2 cache. Expect it to retail for... (Read More)