TECH... 

• Microsoft plans April 11 for super critical IE bug fix - eEye's security company's chief hacking officer Marc Maiffret said that two weeks is too long to leave customers without any protection. So they released what it calls a "temporary" patch to address the problem.
• Ebay shuts down Russian password broker website - Armed with an eBay customer's login and password, a fraudster could post items for sale, collect payments, and then never deliver the goods.
• IBM Unearths Anti-worm Tools - According to IBM, the tool hides itself to appear on a corporate network as a collection of servers that appear to be attractive candidates for an outside attack.
• AGEIA PhysX - First Impressions - When it comes does to it, if you have the money, pick this card up.
• ATI Radeon Xpress 3200 review - Pixel shader-heavy games do not run much faster.
• Quad-Core Intel Chip in Q1 2007 - Intel will have their quad-core processor (codenamed "Kentsfield") ready for Q1 2007.
• Z-RAM, A Breakthrough in Memory Technology? - Don’t know what Z-RAM is?
• 19inch LCD Monitors: The Spring 2006 Collection -  Gamers should look to the ViewSonic VX922.
• Fujitsu MHV2200BT World's first 200GB Mobile Hard Drive -  Features a hardware accelerator that maximizes NCQ performance.
• Deleted Text Message Reader - This clever device allows you to read the deleted messages stored in a mobile telephone sim card.
• Portable Cell Phone Jammer blocks any frequency in a 1km radius - Too bad they only sell to governments :]
• Nikon D200 vs. Canon EOS 5D Head-to-Head - The D200 also presents many advantages over the 5D: you get more speed, a pop-up flash, a better LCD screen, more logical layout and nearly equal image quality at lower ISO settings in a more rugged body.
• Brain Cells Fused with Computer Chip - To create the neuro-chip, researchers squeezed more than 16,000 electronic transistors and hundreds of capacitors onto a silicon chip just 1 millimeter square in size.
• Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body - check it out
• Invisible Ocean - check it out
• Stanislaw Lem Dies in Krakow - The Polish author was 84, and was probably best known for the novel 'Solaris'

GAMING... 

• Rockstar's Table Tennis preview - IGN has some hands on impressions of Rockstar's upcoming Table Tennis game for the XBox 360.
• SiN Episodes: Emergence Delayed - 1Up reports that SiN Episodes has been delayed until May, which incidently coincides with the release of Half-Life 2: Episode 1. Ritual Entertainment QA Manager Michael Russell wrote in forum: "What I can say is that we wouldn't be moving the release date that far back if the end result wasn't going to be good for the game, good for gamers and good for Ritual as well."
• George Lucas Interview - BusinessWeek has an interview with the heads of George Lucas' gaming and movie divisions, and discusses with them how they are getting closer and closer to integration.
• Black & White 2: Battle of The Gods movie - The first Black & White 2: Battle of The Gods movie offers a look at what happens when gods collide in Lionhead's upcoming strategy game expansion.
• Terra Formations trailer - The first movie trailer for Terra: Formations is now online, revealing more of the sci-fi first-person shooter with RPG & RTS elements being crafted at Star Cave Studios.
• Heroes Of Might And Magic V Special Edition details - The special edition will have the two previous games in the series (previously published by the now defunct 3D0) along with a soundtrack DC, videos, screeshots and artwork. There's no way I'm going to buy this with Starforce in it...I think it should be mandatory to state what copy protection is on a game and list the things it will/can do to your system.
• Blizzard Sued by WOW Guide Author - The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, seeks to restore the right of Brian Kopp of Bronson, Florida, to sell his online strategy guide on eBay. Previously, eBay had blocked auctions of the strategy guide after Blizzard invoked the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), claiming that the guide violated the game maker's copyright laws.