Archive for February, 2008

MSI ECOlution motherboard transforms chip heat into fan power

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops Okay, try not to let your mind get blown by the possible time-space paradox we're about to illustrate, but MSI's supposedly introducing a new ECOlution motherboard at CeBIT with an "air powered cooler" that transforms the thermal output of its chipset into the kinetic energy necessary to power ...

Gaming scribes take first shot at GTA IV

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Those lucky so-and-sos at CVG go toe-to-toe with the most eagerly awaited video game of the year. So what's the verdict?

WWE slams its way onto Sky HD

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Just in time for WrestleMania 24, World Wrestling Entertainment reaches the UK in wonderful Hi-Definition, as Sky launch more HD channels.

Vista prices officially go down, but will consumer interest go up?

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptopsdigg_url = 'http://digg.com/microsoft/Vista_prices_officially_go_down';What's that? You didn't take the risk and upgrade your PC to some crappy Intel-based machine Microsoft may or may not have known wouldn't run Vista as promised? Well, at least now you can get in on the latest version of Windows a little cheaper ...

Army orders 24 new sentry-bots, Judgment Day moved up two months

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Filed under: Robots Sure, you laughed yesterday when you heard professor Noel Sharkey warn against the impending, apocalyptic man vs. machine battle that was to come, but this news may have you singing a different tune. A pilot program in Nevada which employed robotic sentries to patrol Hawthorne Army Depot is ...