• Pricing for Intel's quad-core chips leaks out - The upcoming quad-core Core 2 Extreme will be priced at $999. Intel disclosed at IDF that the chip will run at 2.66GHz with 8MB of total L2 cache.
• Intel: Malicious Software and Viruses Can Be a Thing of the Past - According to Intel, its RD team is hard at work on a technology called Trusted Execution Technology -- previously called LaGrande. Abbreviated as TXT, Intel's Trusted Execution Technology will use hardware keys and subsystems to control what part of a computer's resources can be accessed and who or what will be granted or denied access.
• Crucial DDR2 PC2-5300 10th Anniversary - TechSpot take a look at Crucial 10th anniversary edition DDR2-667 memory modules. Designed with the enthusiast in mind, this special edition memory comes in either 1GB or 2GB kits, with specifications that mirror those from the Ballistix line.
• Leadtek 7950GT proves 20% faster than a 7900 GT - It is 100MHz faster than a 7900 GT and 80MHZ faster in memory speed and, overall in games and marks, it ends up faster.
• Inno3D 7900 GS tested - It's getting harder and harder to actually find a 7900 GT in the shops, so this is set to replace rather than complement the 7900 GT. Considering the minimal negative performance impact of removing the four pipelines, this is still a choice card at an excellent price point.
• Alienware Aurora m9700 Notebook - Want a notebook with RAID and SLI? If there ever was a laptop to truly replace a desktop machine, the Aurora m9700 was the one to accomplish that. As you can expect, the m9700 isn’t cheap, but there are a lot of features and perks that come with owning an Alienware system.
• Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24inch Widescreen LCD - If you can afford the $800 MSRP of the monitor, it is a worthy purchase.
• Transparency anti-aliasing on the GeForce 6 series - As far as playability goes on the GeForce 6600 GT, it's hard to argue that any level of anti-aliasing provides a truly playable frame rate here.
• Ageia's Deformable Objects - This is a video of a series of 55 gallon drums being dropped and crushed using the Ageia PhysX engine. Sorry, I forgot to post this link a few days ago.
• NVIDIA Windows Vista WHQL Drivers - The new drivers have been approved for Vista by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL).
• Windows XP SP3 delayed to 2008 - Windows XP Service Pack (SP 3), which Microsoft officials said in January to expect in the latter half of 2007, now has slipped into 2008.
• [!] IE 7 Fails Its First Security Test - It seems that Microsoft's brand-new Internet Explorer 7 browser, which was just released Oct. 18 for Windows XP, has already failed a security test.
• Firefox 2.0 RC3 Impressions - Chief among the new version's improved security is antiphishing protection, which steers users away from malicious Web sites by checking them against a database of known phishing scams. Firefox updates the database when a user goes online, much the same way that most antivirus applications regularly update their databases of known virus attacks.
• AutoPatcher XP October 2006 - This update package features a slick looking GUI and and can be customized to install as much or as little as you please
• Windows Vista RC2 experience - Windows Vista, at the request of the OEMs and a lot of us performance users, makes much more aggressive use of hardware than its predecessors did at launch and really does need relatively current hardware to showcase its performance strengths. This means if you have a machine that is over a year old you probably should pass on this OS until you can afford to buy a new PC.
• FireFox does not have a memory BUG - There's thousands of people out there complaining about the Firefox Memory Bug. Lets get it straight. It's not a bug. It's part of the cache feature. Here are some about:config hacks to make Firefox faster and use less RAM.
• Microsoft Agrees to Changes in Vista Security - Microsoft has agreed to modify Windows Vista to better accommodate third-party security software makers.
• AllofMP3 is cut off by Visa & plans a free ad-supported service - One of RIAA's most hated, AllofMP3 has just had its credit card service with Visa International cut off over concerns with copyright issues.
• ICANN Approves .asia Domain - ICANN has approved the .asia domain for Internet addresses, supplementing the suffixes used by China, Japan and other countries in the region.
• Samsung unveils 0.78mm-thick AMOLED - Samsung announced the AMOLED display which is only 2.2-inch 0.78mm-thick!
• Working invisibility cloak created at last - The device is the first practical version of a theoretical set-up first suggested in a paper published earlier in 2006. The cloak works by steering microwave light around an object, making it appear to an observer as if it were not there at all. Materials that bend light in this way do not exist naturally, so have to be engineered with the necessary optical properties.
• Steve Jobs not worried about Zune -  Apple CEO Steve Jobs talked down the "community-building" features promised by Microsoft's upcoming Zune portable media player.
• President Bush Seeks to Block Enemies From Space - US President George Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that is designed to emphasize space security and encourage private enterprise in space. Most notably, the country's right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests" is what has drawn support from some and displeasure from others.
• Complete works of Britain's Darwin to be made available online - The complete works of Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who pioneered the theory of evolution, are to be published online in a ground-breaking project launched by Cambridge University.
• 2007-2008 Audi TT Roadster unveiled - The combination of four-wheel drive and a drop-top roof make this a car for all seasons and TT is a stylish alternative to the Porsche Boxster and Mercedes SLK.
• Which is faster? Lamborghini Murcielago or Pagani Zonda C12 - check it out
• Fastest street legal car - 0 to 60 in one second! - Andy Frost from England has transformed his 1972 Voxel Vectra into the world's fastest car and it is even street legal. So what goes under the hood of the Voxel Vectra which puts every car to shame. Powering the beast is a 9.3 litre V8 churning out 2200 HP which rockets the car from 0 to 60 in just 1 second!!
• The Seven Most Primitive Ways to Start a Fire Without a Match - llustrated guide from Field & Stream to using a bow drill, fire plough, flint and steel, etc. It doesn't get any more low-tech than this!
• Terminator 4 Tease From Michael Ferris - Terminator 4 co-writer Michael Ferris has given Entertainment Weekly a hint about what we can expect from the next installment. First, however, he addressed the questions on whether Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back. "'Terminator 3' kind of closed the book on Schwarzenegger, as did his gubernatorial career," said Ferris, who wrote the fourth film with John Brancato. Another missing element is producer Gale Anne Hurd, who worked on the first three films and is not involved, and "T3" director Jonathan Mostow has yet to sign on (he'll be busy adapting Marvel's Sub-Mariner for a while). As far as plot points, Ferris offered this tease: "You will learn about Skynet and what that postapolyptic future is like."

• Intel P965 Shootout Part 1 - ASUS, MSI and Foxconn - The ASUS P5B Deluxe is one of the best P965 boards.
• AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 CPU in a Socket 939 Motherboard - An AMD Socket AM2 CPU in an AMD Socket 939 motherboard won't work ? It works ;-) As already mentioned in the previous Review, the ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard offers beside the AMD 939 pin CPU socket also a so-called ASRock Future CPU Port.
• 2007 Dual Core Battle : Intel Wolfdale vs AMD Antares -It seems like 45nm Penryn architecture is highly scalable and it will get Intel back into the MHz race next year.
• Power6 processor to be clocked above 4GHz - IBM's Power6 processor will have two cores-just like the existing Power5-but it will double clock speed and memory bandwidth to 4-5GHz and 75GB/s, respectively. The Power6 will also have 8MB of L2 cache-over four times more than the Power5's 1.9MB cache.
• Bluegears b-Enspirer 24-Bit/192KHz 7.1 Sound Card - If you are even slightly inclined to appreciate good, high-quality sound, then you owe it to yourself to move up to professional grade sound; and if you are already part of the growing population who insist on only the best, then the BlueGears b-Enspirer is clearly the sound card for you.
• Safe Boot To Enhance Compatibility - AMD is developing something called Safe Boot that adds unified register code to motherboards that allows any processor boot under minimum specs so you can at least flash your BIOS.
• Desktop CPU Comparison Guide Rev. 2.0 - Tech ARP has posted revision 2.0 of their Desktop CPU Comparison Guide.
• Windows Vista RC2 Preview - Windows XP SP2 is consistently faster than the latest build of Vista although we would have expected Vista to lag behind a little further. This is for the reason that while Vista seems like just a revamp of XP, it is a new OS and there are separate drivers for it and they are only new and nowhere near as matured as XP drivers, which have been around for years.
• Vista Licenses Limit OS Transfers, Ban VM Use - Could it be that Microsoft's new license agreement for Vista will limit your Windows installation to a one time transfer after initial installation? Looks like it's true :-(
• Symantec Still Upset Over Microsoft's Security Approach in Vista - Now Symantec is going even further by saying that Microsoft needs to provide a "level playing field" for security vendors and give them equal access to the Vista kernel.
• New Soundblaster Audigy 2 Drivers - This 40MB download contains an improved version of the drivers found on the Sound Blaster Audigy, Audigy 2 series, and Audigy 4 series installation CDs. It also supports Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
• T-Mobile Dash Windows powered QWERTY smartphone - The Quad-band GSM phone also features EDGE and WiFi and that too in a compact profile of just 4.4" by 2.5" by .51"
• StarForce Announces FrontLine 4.7 - According to StarForce, the upcoming FrontLine 4.7 will beat DaemonTools emulation.
• Scientists teleport two different objects - Until now scientists have teleported similar objects such as light or single atoms over short distances from one spot to another in a split second. But Professor Eugene Polzik and his team at the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University in Denmark have made a breakthrough by using both light and matter.
• Hamann BMW M6 - Hamann is a trusted name in Bimmer tuning, most recently taking their tinkering to the hot M6 super-coupe. The most noticeable upgrades are in the aesthetics department, with vertical doors, hot Hamann wheels, a wide body kit, unique roof and trunk spoiler, and so on.
• Czech it out: Sex Machine Museum - Next time when you are visiting Prague, Czech Republic, please do not forget to visit their 'Sex Machine Museum'. Over 300 sex toys and gadgets dating from six hundred years ago to the present, all of which share a common goal: outstanding orgasms. Wow :-) Fortunately I live very close to Prague....
• Annette Bening is Running With Scissors - ComingSoon.net talked to Bening about taking on such an emotionally charged role and how she dealt with the intensity of playing someone who is mentality unstable.
• Lucasfilm Ltd. wins major copyright infringement lawsuit - The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has awarded Lucasfilm Ltd. $20 million in damages in a copyright infringement and unfair competition case against the British firm Shepperton Design Studios and its owner, Andrew Ainsworth. Maybe Lucas doesnt have enough money. Maybe the recent "not-special" edition releases of the original uncut trilogy are not selling well enough ;)
• Rogue Finds James Cameron's Sanctum - Rogue Pictures has made a deal with James Cameron to co-write and produce James Cameron's Sanctum, a live-action drama to be shot next spring in high-definition 3-D.
• Saw III Trailer -  AOL has a third short trailer for Lionsgate's Saw III. The anticipated third installment hits theaters on October 27.

• ATI RV570 Radeon X1950 Pro Performance Unveiled - ATI has equipped the Radeon X1950 Pro with 36 pixel shaders and 12 pipelines on a new core that is essentially a stripped down R580.
• Galaxy GeForce 7900GT Dual Core Masterpiece Edition - That's right, this is not a GX2 with two separate boards mounted together, but one card with two graphics cores!
• Budget ATI Crossfire - X1300XT and X1650PRO Tested - Tweaktown posted a review on two budget ATI Crossfire video cards
• USB Flash Drive Roundup - October 2006 - ATP simply created the fastest USB flash drive in the market today, which is amazing coming from a company with no reputation on the flash USB retail market. Probably this roundup will help ATP to become better known.
• Gigabyte P965/G965 Series Supports Quad Core Intel - GIGABYTE today announced the latest BIOS upgrades for their entire line of GIGABYTE P965/G965 motherboards, enabling Intel® Quad processor support for unsurpassed extreme gaming and multitasking performance.
• PCI Express 2.0 spec almost finalized - The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) says it has made available the release candidate of the PCI Express 2.0 specification to its members.
• Sony to stop making consumer monitors -  Heise Online reports that Sony has now stopped marketing monitors in North America and Japan, and that the company intends to ship its last monitors to "specialized dealers" in Europe in December.
• Protect data with your finger - the Mercury Data ES-SBD2 Bio Disk - There's no actual storage here - you'll have to supply your own 2.5-inch hard disk drive - but it does come with a fingerprint reader "to encrypt and protect your data." Let's just hope it comes cheap.
• Konica Minolta shows wearable display prototype - Konica Minolta showed how a user could watch a motorcycle race on the display while walking around their house. In this demonstration, the see-through image of the game appeared to be float in the user's line of sight.
• The Windows Vista Interface - With WPF, developers can do 2D, 3D, animation, imaging, video, audio, special effects, and text rendering using a single API that works consistently no matter what type of object the developer is working with.
• Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744 Released - Microsoft has released build 5744 of Vista for Technical Beta testers on Microsoft Connect.
• Support For Windows XP Service Pack 1 Ends Tuesday - Microsoft will officially end support for Windows XP with Service Pack 1 and 1a on Tuesday. SP 1 shipped in September 2002 but most owners of SP 1 should have automatically been updated free to the most recent version of XP, Service Pack 2, which has a number of security improvements.
• Firefox 2 RC2 Released - All you Firefox users interested in playing around with the latest 2.0 RC2 should hit this download link.
• Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 billion - According to the press release Youtube will continue to operate in its San Bruno, CA headquarters and will retain its brand identity. The deal is expected to close later this year.
• Former HP chairwoman might face jail time -  The charges include fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of a computer, identity theft, and conspiracy. Dunn is accused of having ordered a security company to illegally spy on HP board members, journalists, and relatives in order to unmask the source of a leak.
• How to Enable iPod Screen Saver - check it out
• Actroid DER2 fembot -The Actroid DER2 is a bit thinner and can deliver more expressions, in fact she is so lifelike that you might mistake her for an actual human being.
• Composite face of 15 attractive women - Face Research Lab creates the average attractive face based on ratings
• Lucas on Star Wars and Indiana Jones 4 - MTV talked to George Lucas about his upcoming CG-animated and live-action "Star Wars" TV series, the status of Indiana Jones 4 and what's happening on Red Tails.
• Sony to ship 50 GB Blu-ray movie discs this week - The first 50 GB title to be released is Click, which comes out to stores on Tuesday on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The Adam Sandler flick includes special features like deleted scenes, a making-of featurette, and other behind the scenes footage, all of which are presented in high-definition, says Sony. According to them, Click will be the first movie to offer all the special features from the DVD entirely re-rendered in high-definition for Blu-ray. The movie also features uncompressed pulse-code modulation (PCM) audio.
• DVDs worth buying - Cars (coming Nov. 7), United 93 (IMDB rating 7.9.10), Silent Hill (Widescreen Edition), Stargate SG-1 - Season 9 Boxed Set, X-Men - The Last Stand || complete DVD release list.

People running a version of Windows Vista that it believes is pirated will initially be denied access to some of the most anticipated Vista features. That includes Windows Aero, an improved graphics technology. If a legitimate copy is not bought within 30 days, the system will curtail functionality much further by restricting users to just the Web browser for an hour at a time.

• Kentsfield's successor named: Yorkfield -  Unlike Kentsfield, Yorkfield is designed from the ground up for quad-core, and will be manufactured on Intel's upcoming 45-nm manufacturing process.
• Kentsfield quad-core performance previewed - Which was really interesting to note was that the new Core 2 Extreme QX6700 CPU runs at a lower clock rate (2.66 GHz against 2.93 GHz on Core 2 Extreme X6800) and yet was between 38% and 82% faster for those tasks. So if we had two CPUs running at the same clock rate, the performance difference would be a lot higher.
• Sapphire Radeon X1300 XT Overclocked Edition 256Meg - Although this card is a little slow getting onto the retail market, it will be a popular card seeing it will be priced extremely well and yet will still have a performance punch to keep the occasional gamer more than happy
• NVIDIA To Launch GF 8800 Mid-November - Nvidia is expected to announce the world's first DirectX 10-compliant graphics chip, the GeForce 8800 (codenamed G80), in the middle of November, graphics card makers revealed.
• Pictures of Nvidia's G80 hit the web - From what I tell from the pictures, the card will end up being really hot as it needs a water-cooling to calm the temperature down. It also needs two six-pin PCIe power connectors to power the beast.
• Ageia to release PCI-Express PhysX card - Ageia, the company who looked to make waves in the 3D community with the introduction of physics processing cards as an addon, is announcing the release of a new PhysX card. This one is particularly interesting because they have finally moved away from the PCI bus and are introducing the latest card as a PCI Express variant.
• 14 Minute Havok 4.0 Demo - Here's a 14 minute Havok 4.0 demo to share courtesy of YouTube and someone who attended the CEDEC Developer's Conference. Great stuff for anyone that hasn’t seen it!!
• Mini Linux PC breaks $100 barrier - The TU-40 is passively cooled, comes with 128MB of RAM, and can run lightweight versions of Linux, such as Puppy, the company says.
• Liteon 160P6S DVD Burner - One inexpensive choice that might interest you is Liteon's 160P6S, a relatively new 16x DVD burner. Sporting a respectable range of burning speeds and media types along with a very low price and Liteon's reputation for quality, this might be a burner worthy of replacing your old one, or finally convincing those few of you left who only have CD burners to quit procrastinating.
• BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.9 - Tech ARP posted rev. 8.9 of their BIOS Optimization Guide.
• ATI announces Stream Computing Technology - ATI announced their Stream Computing initiative, which uses the power of the GPU to go beyond traditional 3D rendering.
• McAfee Places Full-Page Ad in Financial Times Blasting Microsoft - McAfee Inc. has thrown down the gauntlet in its dispute with Microsoft's decision to lock down the core of their Vista operating system. The security software vendor has a full-page ad in today's Financial Times which berates Microsoft.
• HP buys out Voodoo PC - HP was selected as an ideal strategic partner after Sood and his brother talked to various manufacturers and system OEMs including Dell. In other news, HP uses Sony battery parts, too, but it is not recalling them. The company believes it is safe because it reviewed and rejected Sony battery parts for nearly a year before buying any, spokesman Mike Hockey says.
• IBM And Lenovo Recall 526,000 Batteries - If you own an IBM or Lenovo laptop, you should know that the companies have decided to recall 526,000 Sony batteries. Wow, how many millions of Sony batteries have been recalled so far?
• Ledtronics LED Bulbs - These high quality and patented LED bulbs can directly replace Type 2 incandescent bulbs allowing a long lifespan up to 100,000 hours. Furthermore, these bulbs are resistant to shock and vibrations, and will not burnout from frequently being switched on and off.
• Fossible Bluetooth Watches Announced -The bluetooth-powered MBW-100 watch will vibrate when a user has a phone call -- A click of a button will transfer the call directly to voicemail. Even though users will not be able to answer with the watch, it is fully compatible with Bluetooth headsets.
• GPS For Your PSP - ITMedia has pictures of that GPS device for the PSP installed and running on their website. This is a fully functioning GPS attachment for the PSP that not only provides standard GPS functionality but also works with games as well.
• Zune price, launch date finally announced - The Zune will hit stores on November 14, and despite rumors of a $229.99 price tag, the device will cost $249.99 at launch/
• MultiEx Commander 4.3.0 -With MexCom it is possible to open and edit game resource archives of hundreds of games, and the number is always increasing with the latest titles. MexCom has a strong community of game file researchers and fans. MexCom is produced by the Dutch Xentax Foundation, a non-profit organisation that aims to enhance the quaility of the internet experience, hence also the quality of gaming.
• Bored At Work? Play Games! - Are you bored at work? Could you go for spicing up your work day with playing computer games? Well now you can with the Stealth Switch!The Stealth Switch is an accessory used with your computer that will allow you to completely hide programs at the tap of the button :P (thanks Michelle Blu)
• Play Pac-Man In Using Excel - All actions are expressed by rewriting of a cell background color. Each one of cells as a dot, and move it by make cell's background color high-speed rewriting. Although I did not think it's possiblele, but now it's possiblele by the favor of the improvement in a performance of a personal computer. The window zoom is 10%, so the each cell can not be seen. But it is A CELL.
• Audi Unleashes Its Ferrari Killer - Audi's R8 is a direct challenge to Porsche's $100,000 Carerra 911, with more horsepower and a higher price tag than the Carrera, but less than the Turbo Carrera. It has a midmounted V8 engine, permanent four-wheel drive, and Audi's Space-Frame aluminum body from the flagship A8 luxury sedan.
• Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Versace revealed - Like the regular LP640, this car is powered by a 6.5-litre V12, longitudinally mounted behind the driver.
• A Brain Cell is the Same as the Universe - Check it out!
• Coolest RC Plane Ever - Check out the motion sensor controlled camera that is mounted on this RC plane.
• Netflix Offers $1 Million Reward - Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. wants recommendations on how to improve its movie recommendation system, and is dangling a $1 million reward as an incentive. Woot?!  If one of you guys win…remember who told you about this :-D

• Intel 'Kentsfield' Performance Explored - The Kentsfield Core 2 Quadro Q6600 is clocked at 2.4 GHz with a 1066 MHz front-side bus. It's equipped with 8MB of total L2 cache. Unlike Intel's Conroe Core 2 Duo processors, the cache configuration of the Core 2 Quadro Q6600 is 2x4MB with each set of dual-cores sharing a single 4MB pool of L2 cache.
• Intel D975XBX2 Motherboard Details and QX6700 Overclocking - Intel showed off their Intel D975XBX2 'Bad Axe 2' motherboard BIOS and did some overlocking with the upcoming Intel Core 2 Quad QX6700 processor here at IDF and Legit Reviews was on hand taking the exclusive shots of the presentation while it happened.
• New Intel chipset to complement cheap Conroes - Intel will make a new addition to its older 945 Express chipset line some time in the first quarter of next year, DigiTimes has learned from the usually-talkative Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers. The so-called 945GC chipset will include Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics, but unlike the existing 945GZ, it will have support for a PCI Express x16 slot.
• VIA intros embedded chipset with HDTV out - The HDTV encoder allows output to high-definition TVs via an LVDS/DVI transmitter, although VIA hasn't included HDMI output or HDCP encryption support for new high-definition media.
• AMD's AM2- What Went Wrong? - Despite everything AM2 had going for it, this includes a dedicated enthusiast base and a tremendous amount of pro-AMD spirit at the time, the new platform has largely been dismissed by consumers. The question now is, what happened?
• Sapphire Quietly Launches an AGP Version of X1300XT - NgoHQ reports that Sapphire quietly launches an AGP version of X1300XT. In related news, Neoseeker has published a review of ATI's X1300XT
• 500GB Hard Drive Round-Up - The Tech Lounge posted a 500GB Hard Drive Round-Up  - and they recommend the Seagate.
• Maxtor's DiamondMax 11 hard drive - The DiamondMax 11 has everything you'd expect from a current-generation desktop Serial ATA drive, including a fluid dynamic bearing motor to lower noise levels, 500GB of capacity, a 16MB cache, and support for 300MB/s transfer rates and Native Command Queuing (NCQ).
• Intel's next-gen notebooks to feature Nokia chip - Intel's next-generation notebook product will have an integrated 3G chip from Nokia and improved graphics support for Microsoft's Windows Vista.
• 'Critical' Windows fix rushed out - The company is breaking with its monthly patch cycle to fix a flaw that cybercrooks have been using to attack Windows PCs via Internet Explorer.
• Symantec: 'There is no safe browser' - According to Symantec's twice-yearly Internet Security Threat Report, hackers found 47 bugs in Mozilla's open-source browsers and 38 bugs in Internet Explorer (IE) during the first six months of this year.
• Microsoft sues FairUse4WM hacker - Microsoft is suing the hacker who released software to remove DRM code from Windows Media Player.
• British company promises cheap multi-format DVDs - The production costs of a multi-layer DVD using the new NME technology are estimated to be around 9 cents, compared with the 6 cents for a standard single-layer play-back DVD, according to Dutch company ODMS, one of the world's leading makers of production lines for optical disks.
• Intel Terascale Brings 80 Cores To Your Desktop - Sound far fetched? Intel doesn't think so.
• New type of hydrogen fuel cell powers up - The new fuel cell could achieve more than ten times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries found in notebooks and other portable devices,.
• Sony Reader PRS-500 Release Revealed, For Real - The device has been delayed several times, with the last volley of delays occuring just this past July. The PRS-500 tablet-like shape features a high-resolution display designed to mimic traditional paper and is readable even in bright sunlight.
• Nokia Extends Nseries with N75, N95 - Nokia has announced two all-new additions to its Nseries line of flagship phones, and several music-oriented updates to existing models.
• Volkswagen jacks it up with CrossGolf (photos) - The vehicle is intended for the European market, with no plans disclosed for North American imports. The taller Golf offers more ground clearance and interior space.
• Harry Potter 5 Photos! - Warner Bros. Pictures has provided ComingSoon.net with two more photos from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which are in addition to the pics posted earlier this week. The anticipated fifth installment hits theaters and IMAX on July 13.

• Corsair's XMS2 Dominator: The World's Fastest DDR2? - Corsair did it again: The firm released a product that actually makes a difference in the enthusiast memory market space.
• Inno3D GeForce 7950GT 512MB - Although it's slightly more expensive ($20-40), the Radeon X1900XT is definitely a better performer. There is a thing or two you will need to sacrifice if you go with the red team however.
• Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 6.1 - Tech ARP has posted rev. 6.1 of their Mobile GPU Comparison Guide.
• Tt Pure Power 250W Video Card PSU - The Design of the power supply is unique that it can be installed in a 5.25” bay. Thermaltake also sleeves the cables to allow Optimum air-flow in the chassis while the black color sleeves look good as well.
• Asus Lamborghini VX1 laptop - The most disappointing aspect of the VX1 is the screen. It's standard square, 15in unit with a resolution of 1,400 x 1,050 - high, but only marginally better than on your average notebook display.
• Choosing an LCD display - Are high contrast and brightness better? - Play games? Well, you may want your contrast to be set on the higher end and the response time of your LCD monitor (especially the gray-to-gray) to be as fast as possible to prevent motion blur (i.e., Ghosting). Graphics and imaging LCD monitors generally do not have the fastest response time, so if you're a hardcore gamer, you will have to make some sacrifices. 
• New printer prints 1,000 pages per minute - The printer uses an ink-emitting screen that can flow everywhere all at once, instead of having to wait for the cartridge to pass like it does now. The researchers say that the printers could be produced commercially within two years.
• New Build of Vista (5728) Released - It looks as though there were a myriad of minor changes meant to polish the product.
• Developing for Vista - The good bit is lots of new features to play with, along with better security and an updated user interface. The downside is compatibility problems, and with the challenge of meeting expectations for well-behaved, good-looking Vista applications. In other 'coding' news, Microsoft has released a new add-in tool to help Visual Basic developers preserve Visual Basic 6 applications and breathe.
• All Microsoft Vista versions will fit on one DVD - Microsoft has decided to stick all the versions on a single DVD. This will mean that anyone who wants to upgrade to a better version later will already have the disk.
• Alcohol 52% Free Edition - Alcohol 52% is now freeware for non commercial use on a single home computer. For those not familiar with Alcohol software, it is CD & DVD back-up and emulation software, which allows one to back-up games, software and DVD titles and use them without risk of damaging the original discs or misplacing them on the move as the software is capable of creating virtual drives from the alcohol-created disc images.
• Security pros provide interim IE patch - A group of security professionals has created a third-party fix for a recently discovered Internet Explorer flaw that's increasingly being used in cyberattacks. The flaw lies in the way IE 6 handles certain graphics. Malicious software can be loaded, unbeknownst to the user, onto a vulnerable Windows PC when the user clicks on a malicious link on a Web site or an e-mail message.
• IE 7 No Longer a Secret Agent - One surprising problem that IE 7 betas have run into over recent months is that Web sites that were coded to work specifically with Internet Explorer weren't working with IE 7.
• PDF Online - Free PDF Conversion - PDF Online supports MSWord DOC to PDF, Excel XLS to PDF, Powerpoint PPT to PDF, Text TXT to PDF, HTML to PDF, most image formats (JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, etc) to PDF, and much more.
• ATM passwords found online - The manufacturers' passwords for cash machines used widely across the US are available online in an installation manual.
• Canon PowerShot G7 - Main features of new G7 are new generation of image processing DIGIC III processor, 10MPix CCD and 6x (35-200mm , 35mm equiv) lens with optical stabilisation.
• VW gives Touareg an extreme makeover -  On the technical side, the Touareg now receives ABSPlus and enhanced ESP (including new features such as Active Rollover Protection). The engine lineup (for Europe) includes two gasoline and two diesel powerplants, headlined by the mighty 5.0L V10 TDI..
• Top Ten coolest things seen with google earth - check it out
• How to marry a billionaire? Start with Forbes list - Nowadays, it takes a minimum of $1 billion to make Forbes 400 Richest Americans list, according to the magazine's yearly survey, published this week.
• Coolest.. Bird.. Ever! - The coolest bird ever does The Moonwalk!!
• Awesome Way To Put On a Bra - By far, the most amazing way you'll ever see a woman put on her bra. Note: This is just a small part of the full Internation trailer for DOA: Dead or alive.

• Core 2 chipsets compared - Unlike the nForce 570 SLI, which feels like little more than an uninspired retread, Intel's P965 Express still has that new chipset smell.
• DFI vs. MSI - Conroe 975X Motherboards Tested - DFI has done a fantastic job on their 975X Infinity product - its features, layout and more importantly overclocking are some of the best we have seen from any 975x motherboard so far and its price is extremely competitive coming in cheaper than other Conroe supporting boards.
• GeForce 7900 GS group test - EVGA's card represents the best purchase for a number of reasons - the fact that the card is future-proofed when it comes to next-generation content protection methods is a definite plus point and one that should be given some serious consideration.
• Possible specs for Nvidia's G80 leak out - The information says the G80 will launch in November in the form of GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GT models priced at $649 and $449-499, respectively. The faster of the two will have a 384-bit memory interface, a hybrid water and air cooler, and "7 TCPs." The GeForce 8800 GT will reportedly have a 320-bit memory interface, a standard air cooler, and "6 TCPs."
• Windows Vista RC1 gives great gaming experience - Two GB should be the optimum for Vista ultimate gaming experience as the games such as FEAR and Battlefield 2 already wants more than 1 GB even under XP.
• Adult Sites Exploit New IE Flaw - The vulnerability lies in the way IE 6 handles certain graphics. Malicious software can be loaded, unbeknownst to the user, onto a vulnerable Windows PC when the user clicks on a malicious link on a Web site or an e-mail message, several security companies said.
• How to create a Firefox extension - step by step tutorial - In-depth article that covers everything you need to know about Firefox extensions. From creating them to packaging them.
• Micron Announces 5 Megapixel HD Sensor - Micron has a 5 megapixel HD sensor that allows you to take 60fps at 720p and 30fps at 1080p on your camera. There is supposed to be a camcorder version on the way as well.
• USBCELL batteries feature built-in USB plug - The batteries are currently only available in the United Kingdom for L12.99 a pair.
• September 21, 2006
• New PS3 film called Real Time - PlayStation 3 have created a three minute film called 'Real Time' which visually illustrates how real life can be simulated via a new function of the forthcoming console: Real Time Physics.  The subjects of the film are two teenage amateur lightweight boxers as they prepare for a fight. A mysterious woman's voice commentates as the boxers size each other up before a bout of sparring. She explains the benefits of PlayStation 3's real time technology, which is illustrated by high definition, super slo-motion footage.
• An Artificial Heart That Doesn't Beat - The newly approved device, called AbioCor, made by Massachusetts-based Abiomed, uses an implanted hydraulic pumping system to simulate a natural heart beat. But an alternative design, conceived by O.H. "Bud" Frazier, a prominent heart surgeon and pioneer in the development of cardiac devices at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, pumps blood through the body continuously, rather than with the periodic beat of the normal heart.
• Scientists Shocked as Arctic Polar Route Revealed - A route unencumbered by perennial sea ice leading directly to the North Pole has been revealed by recent satellite pictures. European scientists indicated their shock as they noted a ship could sail from Europe's northern-most outpost directly to the pole, something that hasn't been possible during most of recorded human history.
• The New 300 Promo Trailer - Movies for the Masses has your first look at the excellent new promo trailer for director Zack Snyder's 300, based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller. The movie is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army
• New Special Edition Lamborghini Gallardo Nera - Photos - At the Paris Motor Show, Lamborghini has unveiled its new, special edition Gallardo Nera. Painted glossy black, it a features 520 horsepower, V10 engine. Only 185 units will be produced, so you'd better hurry!
• 50 Smartest things to do with your money - How to earn more, save more, invest better, spend wisely and protect your family. The 50 smart money moves below are as close to sure things as you can get

• Low-voltage mobile Core 2 Duos due in January - According to HKEPC, Intel will release low-voltage Core 2 Duo L7400 and L7200 processors with a power rating of just 17W - half that of current mobile Core 2 Duo models. Clock speeds for the new processors will also be a good deal lower: the sources quote 1.5GHz for the Core 2 Duo L7400 and 1.33GHz for the Core 2 Duo L7200, although both will have 4MB of shared cache and a full 667MHz front-side bus. The two chips will cost $316 and $284, respectively.
• AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Group Test - Are you looking for a AM2 board?
• NVIDIA GeForce 7950GT vs. ATi Radeon X1900XT - Right now, with much better availability, a wider range to choose from and better performance, the Radeon X1900XT is a better buy than the new GeForce 7950GT.
• HP Compaq tc4400 tablet PC - Dig inside and apart from Merom boost you will find an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz T5600 processor, 512MB of DDR2 RAM, 5,400RPM 80GB hard drive, 56k modem, gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g, biometric fingerprint sensor, and a 6-cell battery.
• Asustek Announces Two New UMPCs  - Asustek Computer on September 18 announced the availability of its two tablet PCs, including a 7-inch tough-screen Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), the R2H. Another model is a 13-inch tablet PC, which is being built based on Intel's Core2 Duo platform, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
• ATI's R600 will consume over 250W - This means that the R600 will consume twice as much power, and probably will end up close to twice as warm but we also hear it will get much faster then the current cards with sixty four pipelines.
• Razer Barracuda Hp1 Gaming Headphones - The headphones were very comfortable. Even after two hours of use, the soft ear cushions posed no problems and were just as comfortable as when I first put them on. I also like the fact that there is no need to adjust the size of the headphones, they are self-adjustable.
• Windows XP SP2 Internet Explorer Update - When visiting a Web page that uses a custom pop-up object, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 can close unexpectedly and generate an error in the Mshtml.dll file.
• Retrieve the Serial numbers or CD Keys for Microsoft Software - KeyFinder Thing is a simple utility to retrieve the Serial numbers or CD Keys of Microsoft software installed on your system. It includes options to export the list of found keys and a search option to find keys not included by default.
• How-To: Boost Performance in Windows Vista - Windows Vista takes advantage of the nonvolatile flash memory integrated in most new hard disks. These hard disks, called hybrid disks, are intended primarily for mobile computers. ReadyDrives writes most of the data to this flash memory. The advantage of this is many folds: less hard disk writes means less wear and tear and greater life of the hard disk (plus increased battery life on notebook computers). Since retrieving random data from flash drives is much faster, it reduces the time it takes to boot up, sleep and resume from hibernation. Above all, it increases disk reliability.
• Hacker Discovers Adobe PDF Back Doors - David Kierznowski has released proof-of-concept code and rigged PDF files to demonstrate how the Adobe Reader program could be used to launch attacks without any user action.
• Worm Floods AIM With Botnet Drones - The Spyware Guide is saying that there is a pipeline worm going around that tricks you into clicking a seemingly harmless link, next thing you know you are infected and sending out the link to all your friends. Good to know even if you aren't an AIM user.
• Cisco exec: Windows Vista is scary - A senior security expert at the networking giant says that aspects of Microsoft's new operating system are worrying.
• Intel trumpets optical computing breakthrough - Researchers have unveiled a new hybrid silicon laser technology that will allow for faster communications inside a computer.
• Toshiba Recalls 340,000 Sony-Manufactured Batteries - It should be noted that this recall doesn't involve batteries catching fire as in previous recalls. Instead, this recall is related to the battery packs unexpectedly losing power under normal operating conditions.
• Apple's $249 30GB iPod Threw Microsoft for a Loop - It looks as though Apple prematurely crashed Microsoft's party when it announced that the newly improved 30GB HDD-based iPod would retail for $249.
• Samsung releases 2nd-gen credit card phone: SGH-P310 - The 2 megapixel camera managed to fit in with the music player and video player. The phone stores and saves your favorite tunes on the embedded 80MB memory and in the available external memory slot. It also offers Bluetooth connectivity. Users can navigate their way around on the large 1.9" 262K QVGA color screen using a new touch sensor soft key. An included case provides extended battery life to power the P310.
• How to extend the battery life of your notebook - check it out
• FedEx Tests Northrop Grumman Anti-Missle System - FedEx will equip 11 of its MD-10 freighters over the next 18 months with Northrop Grumman's Guardian directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) technology.
• New Tolkien Story To be Published - Christopher Tolkien has edited and will release a new book by his father.
• Try this game! - It is very Addictive. Don't waste your day here, you have work to do :-D

• Seagate Says 2.5 TB Disk Drives Coming By 2009 - At 2.5TB capacity, a hard drive would be capable of storing 41,650 hours of music, 800,000 digital photographs, 4,000 hours of digital video or 1,250 video games. Seagate anticipates that solutions at these density levels could begin to emerge in 2009.
• RFID Embedded Discs to Stop Piracy for Good Says Ritek - According to reports, DVDs, CDs, Blu-ray discs and HD DVD discs may soon have RFID chips embedded into them to prevent illegal copying of movies and music
• Attack Code Targets New IE Hole - If you browse the web using MS Internet Explorer, you should know that attack code has been published on publicly accessible websites that allows attackers to take control of your PC. MS is investigating, no word on when a patch will be made available.
• iTunes 7 is a Lemon Say Users - Many reports say that iTunes 7 is a mishap of a release and that Apple should have done a little more Q&A internally.
• What you will need to watch blue laser movies on a PC - HardOCP has interviewed a rep from over at nVidia, in order to get some feedback on just what it will take to enjoy full resolution blue laser content on a PC: "if your graphics card or CE player only has digital output capability and you do not have an HDCP compliant display, you will get a blank screen when you try to play protected content."
• Microsoft's Zune WILL NOT Play Protected Windows Media - Microsoft's Zune will not play protected Windows Media Audio and Video purchased or "rented" from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow, or any other online media service. That's right -- the media that Microsoft promised would Play For Sure doesn't even play on Microsoft's own device :-D
• Zune's Viral DRM Violates Creative Commons License - Yesterday Microsoft revealed that Zune's highly touted wireless file sharing will infect otherwise unprotected audio files with proprietary DRM. If users are sharing songs that are covered by a Creative Commons license, this would be a clear violation of that license.
• 10 Programming Languages You Should Learn Right Now - By picking the brains of Web developers and IT recruiters, eWEEK selected 10 programming languages that are a bonus for developers to add to their resumes. Even better, they're great jumping-off points, with loads of job opportunities for younger recruits.
• T.E.D.D.Y. (Draw in 2D - Outputs in 3D) - Teddy is a Java-Applet Drawing Program (video) that takes the 2D images you draw and renders them in 3D. The alogrithm adds shading according to the strokes and connections between the lines. This is truly a cool program for anyone and everyone!
• Math for Geniuses - LOL... good times... good times...  I like the teacher's comment on the first image. Quote "Very funny, Peter." ;)
• Drivers Banned From Holding Cell Phones - The fines for getting caught are derisory: $20 for a first offence and $50 for repeat offenders.
• Angry professor - check it out :-)
• The Stanford Prison Experiment - 24 college student volunteers, paid $15 a day, are divided by a flip of the coin into prisoners and guards. In just a few days, the 'prisoners' stop thinking of themselves as people but instead as numbers, and the 'guards' stop treating the prisoners as human. Sci-Fi movie? Nope, a real psychology experiment you have to read to believe.
• Honda sees possible ethanol breakthrough - The new process makes the conversion more efficient by using a microorganism developed by a Japanese lab that can chomp its way through vegetation more efficiently than in the past.
• Star Trek - Special Edition - CBS will be rebroadcasting The Original Star Trek Series for it's 40th anniversary. The catch? New Digital Graphics!
• The Invisible Trailer Hits - Hollywood Pictures has launched the new trailer for director David S. Goyer's supernatural thriller The Invisible. The Invisible opens in theaters on January 26.
• New Saw III Trailer Online - Yahoo! Movies has posted a short new theatrical trailer for Lionsgate's anticipated Saw III, coming to theaters on October 27. The film's official website has also updated with a new game called "Legend of Jigsaw."

• XFX GeForce 7950GT Extreme tested - nVidia's brand spanking new GeForce 7950GT is a good graphics card - it's really what the older 7900GT should have been in the first place. A 512MB good performing but not ultra expensive graphics card!
• NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 512MB Shootout - Guru3D has NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 512MB Shootout
• GeForce Go 7900GTX vs. Go 7900 GS - The GeForce Go 7900 GTX is a real beast and it has enough headroom to play games at a stunning 1920x1200. This makes the GeForce Go 7900 GTX a better candidate for gaming on larger connected displays than the Go 7900 GS.
• Galaxy GeForce 7600 GS AGP - If you have pretty much a top-end RAM and CPU setup from the AGP era that simply needs a graphical boost, then the relatively modest outlay for Galaxy's GeForce 7600 GS may serve you in good stead, provided you can factor in the simple fact that it will only ever be a stop-gap solution before upgrading to a new system with PCI Express support becomes a necessity. In related news, EliteBastards take a look at BFG GeForce 7800 GS OC AGP.
• Asus notebook includes new Nvidia GPU - A new Core 2 Duo-based notebook just introduced by Asus is playing host to an equally new GeForce Go 7700.  It has the same memory speed as the GeForce Go 7600, but pixel fill rate is fairly close to that of the GeForce Go 7600 GT. Asus also says the card packs 512MB of DDR2 memory. As for the host notebook, the Asus A8Js looks like a fairly run-of-the-mill thin and light Core 2 Duo laptop. It has a 14" wide-screen display, an Intel 945PM chipset, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, support for up to 2GB of DDR2-667 RAM, and up to 120GB of storage. The machine weighs in at 5.27lbs, and Asus throws in an integrated 0.35 megapixel camera to complete the package.
• BenQ FP241W 24in Widescreen Monitor - Talking of gaming, this monitor isn't just great for high definition consoles like the Xbox 360, if you've got a fast enough PC you'll soon realise how good it is to play games at such a high resolution.
• Microsoft Reveals New Hardware Products - Three new mice, the Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 (due in mid-October), the Wireless Laser Mouse 8000 and the Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 (due in early 2007), were all introduced along with the 7000 and 8000 models of the Wireless Entertainment Desktop keyboard (both will be released in early 2007.
• Top 10 unique game controllers - Bit-Tech takes a look at some of the most bizarre and inventive specialist game controllers to hit the market. Maracas? Check. Guitars? OneTwo. Fishing rods? Reel 'em in. Mech cockpits? Roger that. Who thinks up this stuff?
• Windows Vista: DirectX10 D3D Intro - DirectX 10 won't be available on Windows XP, as you might well know by this point, and D3D9 performance will be slightly up on Vista because of the new driver model and runtime architecture. So for a PC gamer, Vista should hold significant appeal in the long term.
• Office 2007 Beta 2 Refresh Improves UI, Performance - The latest update to Office 2007 boosts performance and the ribbon's appeal, but built-in PDF support is sorely missed.
• Microsoft patches one Office flaw, leaves another - Microsoft has released its monthly set of security patches, fixing a critical flaw in Office.
• Apple Patches QuickTime - Apple has released a patch for seven serious security flaws in QuickTime for both Windows and Mac.
• On Campus Wireless Network Secuirty Guide - There are some basic steps students can, and should, take to make sure that their laptops are secure on campus Wi-Fi networks.
• MS To Offer Internal HD-DVD? - Is Microsoft designing a new, next-generation Xbox 360 with an internal HD-DVD drive?
• Website To Track Government Spending Close (US) -Want to know where all those federal grants, contracts, special projects and loans are going? Soon you’ll have a website dedicated to tracking the funds.
• BMW Brings Hydrogen Power to the 7-Series - The German automaker is expected to put the BMW Hydrogen 7 into production in April of 2007. Pricing hasn't been announced yet, but if you have to ask...
• Trick or Treat Like Pulp Fiction on Halloween? - Production Weekly is reporting that filming on Bryan Singer's Trick or Treat will start mid-November in Vancouver. The Warner Bros. Pictures horror film comes from X2: X-Men United and Superman Returns co-writer Michael Dougherty. Dougherty wrote the script and will make his feature directorial debut on the film. "Trick or Treat" interweaves four tales of chaos and malevolence and has been loosely described as Pulp Fiction set on Halloween night.

• [!] AMD Sempron 3600+ 2.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor Review - With a retail price of $117 CDN ($105 US, Ł55GBP), the AMD Sempron 3600+ is an absolute steal. From the benchmark results in workstation style applications the 2.0GHz Sempron 3600+ is competitive with the competition, often equaling Intel Pentium D performance.
• Mega DDR-2 Memory Roundup - Finding an Overclocking King - Corsair was extremely impressive!
• High End Power Supply Roundup - Summer 2006 - The chaps over at MadShrimps take a look at a 700-750W PSUs from Silverstone, OCZ and Sharkoon.
• Bigfoot Networks KillerNIC M1 Ships, $280 - Bigfoot Networks has finally shipped its KillerNIC gigabit "gaming" network adaptor ($280 w00t!?). The KillerNIC M1 has a 400MHz dedicated networking processor with 64MB of PC-2100 DDR memory integrated onto the card. The KillerNIC M1 was originally supposed to start shipping August 16, 2006, but did not start shipping until just now.
• Dell's UltraSharp 2407WFP 24-inch - The UltraSharp 2407WFP (8.3kg) features a high native resolution of 1920x1200 pixels (WUXGA), providing an excellent entertainment and multimedia experience, as well as high contrast ratio of 1000:1 and 450 cd/m2 brightness for superior colour accuracy and uniformity. In addition, the model offers an improved response time of just 6ms grey to grey (16ms (black to white), which results in less smearing and ghosting than traditional flat panel displays.
• Flash cache to earn big bucks - New PCs that start up almost instantly could take 40 per cent of the market by 2008, boosting sales of the Flash memory chips that drive them.
• Samsung Announces Phase-change RAM -  The new memory technology is currently under heavy research from Samsung, but the company has finally demonstrated a working 512 megabit sample. According to Samsung, PRAM is slated to replace current NOR flash memory technology within the next several years.
• Toshiba Develops 3-Layer DVD and HD-DVD - So it looks like we'll be seeing either a single-layer 4.7GB DVD along with a dual layer 30GB HD DVD, or conversely, a dual-layer 8.5GB DVD and a single-layer 15GB HD DVD, all together on one disc. One more layer, lots more content.
• 1080P is history, the industry wants 4096x2160 - 1080P resolution is already history. The professional industry wants to move as soon as possible to 4K. This brings us to a 4096x2160 resolution. It can be as much as 50MB for each frame and you need a beast to decode such a video. Even to edit it, it takes a lot of power. Nvidia is preaching 1440 resolution but the professional industry wants to go even further.
• [!] VIA Hyperion Pro 4in1 drivers v5.10a - VIA Tech has issued new, updated set of VIA Hyperion Pro set of chipset drivers.
• Microsoft Codename Max Download 1.0.60831 - Max lets you make beautiful photo slideshows to share with your family and friends. You can also use the newsreader to keep up with the latest news updates from around the world. Note: Microsoft Codename Max requires the .NET Framework 3.0 Release Candidate in order to function properly.
• Index.dat Analyzer 1.6 - Index.dat Analyzer is a tool to view, examine and delete contents of index.dat files. Index.dat files are hidden files on your computer that contain all tracks of your online activity, where have you been on internet, what sites you visited, list of URL-s, files and documents you recently accessed. Index.dat files stored on your computer are obviously a potential privacy threat as they can be found and viewed without your knowledge.
• [!] Gaming on Windows Vista - ATI versus NVIDIA - The purpose of this article was to see how the drivers from ATI and NVIDIA are doing and they are coming along.
• Vista vs. Freeware Security Apps - The BBC's resident technology feature, Click, has released another piece regarding Vista and how it will differ from the XP of today. Much of it has been said before, much of it will be said again but the interesting point raised by the article relates to how Vista will restrict the way data is written to the hard drive. It simply won't just write anywhere - making the whole operating system generally far more stable, reliable and less prone to attack.
• Software Pirate Gets Record Sentence - The owner of iBackups.net, Nathan Peterson of California, was sentenced to 87 months in prison, the longest sentence ever given for software piracy. He also forfeited nearly all of his assets and agreed to pay more than US$5.4 million in restitution.
• Security breach hits online world  - Passwords to popular online world Second Life may have been stolen in hack attack.
• Amazon.com's E-Book Reader Details Leaked - Despite being designed to display e-books, Amazon's reader also comes with a full keyboard.
• New Handheld from GamePark - XGP Kids - Engadget is reporting that GamePark, the manufacturer of the homebrew-friendly cult handheld, the GP32, is poised to release the GP32’s successor to handheld gaming enthusiasts everywhere. The new model is tiny, uses a standard SD card for loading software and, according to the images, has a real analog stick. It will be powered by a 140MHz ARM processor (probably overclockable), sport a 2.2-inch, 220 x 176 LCD, feature 8MB of RAM and 2MB of flash memory, and support USB 1.1 file transfers. Estimated price is $75.
• F1 - F12: A list of what your keyboard's top row can do - Commonly referred to as Function Keys, these keys were frequently used in the good old days of DOS programs. You can probably use your computer without ever using one of these keys, yet, these function keys provide some interesting shortcuts for common computer functions that can be useful tools in everyday computing.
• Invention: Ultimate body armour -  Conventional vests use woven plastics to ensnarl normal, blunt bullets. Extra layers of hard ceramics, with air-filled gaps in-between, are needed to stop shells with hard cores and sharp, armour-piercing tips. But this makes the protection too heavy and bulky for a person to wear. The new vest has three layers: a top ceramic section, a middle layer of aluminium, and bottom layer of woven nylon.
• Concern Over Creating Black Holes - Maria Williams writes to tell us about worry surrounding the impending startup of CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Some fear that the device, in creating mini black holes, could jeopardize Life As We Know It. Woot?! :-D
• Google Homepage on 9/11 - This is how the Google looked on September 11th 2001.
• Light-emitting shirts! - It's amazing! They are integrating LEDs into fabric and had some jackets and a couch there. Really cool!
• How does a traffic light detect that a car has pulled up and is waiting for the light to change? - There is something exotic about the traffic lights that "know" you are there -- the instant you pull up, they change! How do they detect your presence?
• Beautiful Paper Sculptures (Pictures) - This artist creates many Amazing 3D sculptures from paper. You'll have to see it!!
• Smart vs Ferrari and guess who wins (video) - Z Cars managed to squezze in a 180-hp GSXR1000 motor into Peter's car and after that this little baby does not run but fly, it zips from 0 to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, 1/4 mile in 12.4 seconds and tops out at 132mph. Definitely not your average Smart!
• DVDs worth buying - Save up to 25% on Farscape and Andromeda DVDs, United 93 (IMDB rating 7.9.10), Silent Hill (Widescreen Edition), Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.5 (Episodes 11-20), X-Men - The Last Stand || complete DVD release list.