TECH... 

• Ubisoft officially dumps Starforce - It has been confirmed that it won't have Starforce but who knows what else it will have?
• AnyDVD v5.9.5.6 removes Macrovision's CDS-300 copy protection - CDS-300 can be only found on audio CDs and the copy protection mechanism itself is similar to the notorious XCP "root kit" copy protection from Sony.
• Spybot Search and Destroy Detection Update April 14, 2006 - download
• ForceWare 84.25 For WinXP 64-bit - The package weighs in a just over 26MB so grab them If you need them.
• Short Quad SLI cards on their way - The card is said to be shorter than current Quad SLI boards, and will reportedly be available to end users for €800 to €900 apiece.
• Centrino Duo Mobile Platform - Today's Core Duo processors have one serious drawback: they do not support 64-bit EM64T extensions.
• PowerColor X1600 PRO AGP 512MB - There is still need for AGP cards. A lot of my friends are using older systems and don't think of migrating to PCI-e camp just yet
• Video Card Fan Noise Videos - PCInpact sent us a link to an article (in French) they just published that features a X1900XTX going head to head with a 7900GTX running Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.  What makes this review different is they added a cooler noise comparison and posted two videos of the cards in question during testing
• NEC MultiSync 70GX2 17inch LCD -With a 4ms typc response time and 700-1 cd rating this monitor should satisfy most gamers needs.
• Twelve Screen Dell 3007WFP Matrix - Crazy Jon and QJ.NET worked to put together a display matrix which features twelve 30" Dell 3007WFP LCD monitors.
• XFX bundling Tomb Raider: Legend with select cards - XFX has announced that for the next 10 days they'll be providing a copy of Tomb Raider: Legend on DVD-ROM to anyone who purchases a GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7900 GT, or GeForce 7600 GS card.
• Nokia 3250 review - The Nokia 3250 stores up to 1 Gigabyte (750 songs) of high quality music and offers 10 hours of music play
• LED Writing Light -  An innovative LED Light pen that serves the dual purpose of a pen and a handy flashlight.
• HD-DVD Players To Quietly Launch Next Week - Toshiba will be shipping out between 10,000 and 15,000 HD-DVD players to stores.
• iTunes music to be taxed! - This means that more Americans will be obligated to pay more on April 17 because of a concept known as the use tax.
• Sprint's Family Locator Finds Kids, Sends Them Messages - The application allows parents to register up to four Sprint phones, find their location(s) and send the messages.
• Body Movement Generates Electricity in Miniature Device - These so-called "nanogenerators" would be less bulky than traditional energy sources such as batteries.
• Lexus to release V8 hybrid limousine - Scheduled to arrive in Spring 2007, the all-wheel-drive LS 600h L is the first vehicle to feature a full hybrid V8 powertrain.
• X-Men Behind-the-Scenes Video - The shoot happened in December, 2005 and the set is for one of the final scenes in the film.
• New Silent Hill Clip (movie) - A new clip from the anticipated video game adaptation Silent Hill has gone live at Moviefone.

GAMING... 

• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter preview - PC.IGN has posted a preview of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter PC.
• Hitman: Blood Money Q&A - IGN has a posted a new Hitman: Blood Money Q&A with IO Interactive's Rasmus Hojengaar. He speaks about the new Agent 47's adventure and why gamers will like this Hitman game more than any others before it. There's also new trailer that shows off remote bombs, one of the less subtle tools of the trade in the upcoming stealthy assassination sequel.
• Turtle Rock Studios Interview - FiringSquad has posted an interview with Michael Booth, founder and boss of Turtle Rock Studios - the team responsible in great part for the Counter-Strike: Source port.
• Heroes of Might and Magic V movie - This clip comes in two sizes to cover the topic of Hero Management in three minutes of gameplay and interview footage with producer Fabrice Cambounet.
• Bad Day L.A. trailer - A new Bad Day L.A. trailer shows off Enlight's upcoming third-person action game featuring a homeless main character
• Rogue Trooper movie - Eidos Interactive has released a new movie trailer for Rogue Trooper, illustrating the comic-inspired futuristic third-person shooter in development at Rebellion Software.
• Daemonica Demo (not a trial) - As announced in this press release, a new playable demo is now available for Daemonica, offering another sample of RA Images' medieval adventure game.
• Refuse: Home Sweep Home Demo - A playable demo for Refuse: Home, Sweep Home is now available, offering the chance to try out the squad-based combat in Multisoft's action game featuring toy soldiers.
• Act of War: High Treason US patch #1 - Atari has released a new patch (143MB) for Act of War: High Treason, upgrading the US edition of the recent 3D real-time strategy expansion pack by Eugen Systems to version #1.
• Age of Empires III Patches v1.06 - Ensemble Studios' Age of Empires III Game Updates Page now offers the various international editions of the manual version 1.06 patches for Age of Empires III.
• Galactic Dream demo & demo patch v1.20a -  Evolution Vault has released another updated demo for Galactic Dream, elevating their space-based real-time strategy game to version 1.20a.
• Warcraft 3 v1.20d patch - New patches for Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne are now available, updating the game to v1.20d. The new release fixes a multiplayer exploit
• Auto Assault available - Auto Assault goes live today, as NetDevil's road rage MMORPG is online in Europe and North America at an expected price of US$49.99. Both the standard and Limited editions of the game include the first month of online game play. After the first month, players will be charged a monthly subscription fee of US$14.99. Sixty-day game time cards will also be available at many North American retailers for an expected price of US$29.99.
• Savage 2 Beta Sign-Up Deadline Extended - The former deadline was April 15 (tomorrow) but has now been extended to June 1. People who pre-order the game at the official Savage 2 web site will automatically be signed into the beta version of the game which begins in July. The game itself is scheduled for a launch this fall.
• Garry's Mod On Steam - The Steam website reveals that Garry's Mod, the popular Half-Life 2 mod created by Garry Newman, will become a commercial product for the next major release. Garry's Mod will be distributed and sold via Valve's Steam service for $10 but will require a Source engine game be pre-installed. Its a risk for Garry and his team and I hope it pays off for them I  also hope the team understand that commerciaI developemnt requires and should get ten times the effort they give now.
• Guild Wars Factions Soundtrack - The DirectSong web site has released the full soundtrack to Guild Wars Factions, the upcoming stand alone continuation to ArenaNet's multiplayer action-RPG that was composed by Jeremy Soule. You can download and purchase the soundtrack (in 320 kbits) for $9.95.
• Final Fantasy III DS First Screens - The latest issue of Shonen Jump magazine in Japan has exclusive first images of Final Fantasy III on the DS! Most are small and not high quality but they do show off some amazing 3D visuals
• The No. 3 game maker says it runs toward risk - The strategy is simple, says Will Wright... Nintendo is waiting for its rivals to kill each other. In related news, Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat says that the Revolution is a "magical" platform and that we will be seeing more games coming for the Revolution from Ubisoft