TECH... 

• Intel's Core Duo meets the desktop - I am glad that Intel finally seems to be catching up with AMD, which hopefully will only lead to better competition between the two over time.
• Low to Mid-Range PCIe Video Card Roundup - From the low range cards in this roundup the Sparkle 6600GT and Powercolor X800GTO are most interesting.
• E-mail attacks target unpatched Word hole - The flaw in Word allows attackers to execute malicious code when the infected word document is opened.
• Apple counter sues Creative; Symantec sues Microsoft - Symantec is angry and alleges that Microsoft improperly used Symantec's data storage techniques in its own software.
• Internet Explorer CSS Attribute DoS - IE suffers from a DoS vulnerability in which a remote users Internet Explorer session can be crashed when hovering their cursor over a specially made table.
• .XXX Registry Files Suit Against US Government - ICM Registry, the company behind the push for the .XXX domain, plans to file a lawsuit against the United States Department of Commerce. ICANN voted down the .XXX domain that would be reserved specifically for pornographic web sites. ICM believes the US government was involved in helping the .XXX domain get voted down.
• Princeton PTV-WWTV7 Wi-Fi LCD TV -  The TV is waterproof and can be used in the bathroom and the kitchen.
• Personal neck cooling system - Pour a few ounces of water, switch it on an its tiny, quiet motor will fan cool vapors onto your neck ;)
• Sony Ericsson Announces Four New Phones - The Walkman models add a new feature called Track ID that allows a user to record a few seconds of a song from the microphone or the built in FM radio, and send it off to a server for identification.
• The Da Vinci Code (movie) reviews  - The first reviews for The Da Vinci Code have come out.
• U.S. Gov't establishes H-Prize for hydrogen cars - The H-Prize will include three different categories. There will be prizes of $1 million for technological advancements in four areas – hydrogen production, storage, distribution and utilization.
• Parasitic Infection Flummoxes Victims and Doctors - Imagine having a disease that is so controversial that doctors refuse to treat you. Individuals with this disease report disturbing crawling, stinging, and biting sensations, as well as non-healing skin lesions, which are associated with highly unusual structures
• Richard Coyle Blade Runner C&S Blaster Movie Prop - check it out
• Dream Kitchens For Everyone - check it out (direct link SWF) It's not often I see an advert that is actually worth watching even when I'm not interested in the product. If you happen to click on the links above the flash movie, you would find one linked to a software that allows users to place IKEA furniture elements inside their home, in 3D. (Just like how you play The Sims 2.) I didn't hear any other company allowing their customers to do such things.

GAMING... 

• Bungie has released an official Halo 3 screenshot from the E3 trailer

  Jagged Alliance 3D Q&A - StrategyCore.co.uk chats with Elena Melnikova, PR manager of MiST land - South.
• Stranglehold Interview - Gamasutra interviews Steve Bowler, Animation Designer for Midway's upcoming Unreal Engine 3 title Stranglehold.
• Movie Trailers - Dreamlords, Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising, Heroes of Might and Magic V (a second story trailer), Huxley extended hi-res trailer, Infernal, Medieval II: Total War, PRISM: Threat Level Red, Sparta - Ancient Wars
• "Leaked" MTV2/Gears of War Footage- Kotaku has run across some "leaked" video footage from MTV2's coverage of Gears of War.
• WoW Patch Plans -The World of Warcraft Under Development Page has details on the planned version 1.11 for World of Warcraft.
• The Da Vinci Code ships - Take 2 Games announces that The Da Vinci Code game is shipping to stores, coinciding with the release of the movie of the same name.
• Three PS3 Games Missing Launch - C&VG reports that a number of major Playstation first party games won't be released alongside the consoles launch date of November 17 and in fact will be pushed back to 2007. The biggest game in this delayed line up is Heavenly Sword, the hack and slash title from developer Ninja Theory. Two racing games, the Formula One title and the off-road racing game Motorstorm won't make the PS3 launch date either. However, Reeves (SCE Europe CEO) maintained that shifting PS3s in the early days won't be a problem, such is the strength of the PlayStation brand: "We have built up a certain brand equity over time since the launch of PlayStation in 1995 and PS2 in 2000 that the first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games."
• Sony Playstation 2 vs Playstation 3 EA shows the difference - There is no way that you can call this a fair comparison. But Electronic Arts demonstrated the PlayStation 3's graphical power in a split-screen comparison against the PlayStation 2 at E3 2006 - running NBA Live '07.
• Nintendo faked Wii demonstration - claim - NINTENDO NSIDER FORUM claims that the machine on show was just an empty box with a light on it. A large number of cables were seen coming out of the back which appeared to lead to a Gamecube. The claim is that the Gamecubes were tinkered with to run a Wii development kit, with the signal routed back through a pretend Wii machine.
• 16 Wii launch titles comfirmed - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Wii Sports, Red Steel, Madden NFL 2007, Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. Among others!
• New DVD Packaging For PC Games Coming - The Interactive Entertainment Media Association announced a new packaging scheme for PC games, offering a PC banner for the top of the box, a new "PC Icon" design (you know -- the rectangle in the corner with "PC" in big white letters), and recommending DVD-style boxes similar to those used for console titles.