TECH... 

• Software Round-Up (March 29) - RSS screensaver, YamiPod 0.95, VIA AC97 Vinyl Audio driver 6.50d and more...
• Windows Vista: EU warns Microsoft over Vista features - The European Union's top competition regulator has warned Microsoft Corp it won't be allowed to sell its new Vista in Europe if it comes pre-loaded with certain features.
• ATI prepares R580+ GPU - ATI has an R580 successor built on an 80nm fab process in the works
• NVidia Using ULi Acquisition To Screw ATI? - NVidia is using its recent acquisition of chipset manufacturer ULi to pressure ATI chipset motherboard manufacturers. ATI motherboard chipsets use an ULi southbridge chip, and NVidia plans to have ULi stop making them in May which may cause shortages
• Asus to ship Ageia PhysX add-in boards - Asus will begin shipping a dedicated physics processing board based on Ageia's PhysX PPU in May.
• Pentium D 820 vs. Athlon64 X2 4400+ Overclocking - The overclocked Pentium D 820 was 1000MHz faster than the $390 Pentium D 840 processor.
• ASUS ATI Radeon X1900 XT Crossfire review -  The dual X1900 XT's really want and can go faster yet even our AMD64 Athlon FX-57 processor.
• Radeon X1900 XTX Roundup: ASUS, ATI, MSI, PowerColor - The greatest strength for the PowerColor Radeon X1900 XTX is without a doubt its lifetime warranty.
• Matrox DualHead2Go: Three Monitors, One Laptop -  The small DualHead2Go box processes the signal from the VGA output and divides these signals up so that the image output stretches across two displays.
• Dell Latitude D620, D820 get specs - The two laptops will sport 14.1" and 15.4" displays capable of 1280x800 or 1440x900 resolutions, as well as Core Solo/Duo mobile processors, Bluetooth, instant-on Wi-Fi finders.
• BUSlink's 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PRO 2 Series - 64GB Flash Drive..WOOT?!

• Motorola E1070 is their latest 3G handset - This tri-band clamshell is thin, round, and designed for super fast downloads and an incredible multimedia experience.

• Astone's Portable and Inflatable Washing Machine - This baby is so small that you can put it in your bag and take it with you

GAMING... 

• Crisis video - An official, extremely high-resolution variant of the GDC movie trailer is now also available. EA has also announced that Crisis release has been pushed back to sometime early next year rather than Winter 06 as previously scheduled. The reasoning is that Crysis is a DirectX 10 game and the new DX won't be released until Vista comes out.
• Stoked Rider ft. Tommy Brunner gone gold - Finally big-mountain-snowboarding comes to PC systems. Stoked Rider ft. Tommy Brunner has gone gold and will be released shortly. The game features "full dynamic gameplay powered by AGEIA's Phys-X technology".
• Fire Department 3 Euro Demos - As promised, a German playable demo for Fire Department 3 has now been released, allowing the chance to try out this imminent fire-fighting 3D real-time strategy sequel by Monte Cristo
• Beowulf PC Plans - The Beowulf website is home to development of 4HEAD's upcoming action adventure. The game's website at www.beowulfgame.com offers a host of material and background information.
• Europa Universalis III Details - Paradox Interactive sent out some screenshots and further details on the upcoming strategy sequel.
• Stargate Worlds preview - MMORPG has a Stargate Worlds article, talking to Frank Ybarra about this MMORPG project which is verly early in development.
• Dominions 3: The Awakening pre-orders - Word is: "Remember, the pre-order price of $47.50 is good all the way through May 20th, so there's plenty of time to get folks in on this pre-order price action!"
• Galactic Civilizations II Plans - The Making of Galactic Civilizations 2 on Apolyton Civilization Site offers "Part 3 Making the Sequel" as Brad Wardwell continues to recap development of Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. (thanks BluesNews)