Catalyst 5.10 Peformance review October. 14, 2005 @ 07:44AM GMT +10

TweakTown check out the Catalyst 5.10 drivers and see how they peform: "It's that time again! The folks over at the ATI HQ in Canada have just released a new set of Catalyst drivers for users of Radeon graphics cards. In our usual fashion we compare the latest Catalyst 5.10 (October 2005) drivers against the previous release Catalyst 5.9 to see what has changed. If free performance is your thing, read on and find out the latest in our performance analysis!"

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iTunes 6.0 Released October. 14, 2005 @ 07:41AM GMT +10

Apple have released version 6.0 of their every popular iTunes media player: iTunes 6, the next generation of the world’s most popular music jukebox and online music store, lets fans purchase and download over 2,000 music videos and six short films from Academy Award-winning Pixar Animation Studios for just $1.99 each. Customers can also now purchase and download their favorite television shows from iTunes the day after they air on TV, watch them on their Mac or PC and Auto-Sync them onto the new iPod for viewing anywhere.

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Rocky road for Xbox 360 launch October. 14, 2005 @ 07:35AM GMT +10

In just a few weeks' time, it will unleash its great white hope of gaming, the Xbox 360, across the world. But rolling out a next generation games console in the US, Europe and Japan virtually simultaneously is proving to be a greater challenge than anyone imagined. Read more

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PSP firmware update: 2.50 October. 14, 2005 @ 07:32AM GMT +10

Sony have released a firmware update for their PSP console: This update is for customers who own PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system model number PSP-1001 sold in North America. DO NOT update your PSP™ system through this Web site if you own a different model of the PSP™ system. There is no guarantee of proper operation with other models of the PSP™ system. Go here to download the 2.50 version update

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Asus N7800GT DUAL Review October. 14, 2005 @ 07:30AM GMT +10

PCPerspective check out the Asus N7800GT Dual SLI card: The Asus N7800GT DUAL performs at nearly identical levels to a standard 7800 GT SLI setup. As there is no performance penalty for putting both GPUs on a single card, users who were planning on getting two 7800 GT cards can now get the same level of performance on a single card, saving space in their system for additional components.

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Dual Core Overclocking October. 14, 2005 @ 07:26AM GMT +10

Legion Hardware compare the Althlon64 X2 4400+ against the Pentium D 820 4.2Ghz to see which one peforms the best: The question is which Dual-Core 2MB L2 Cache processor gives you the best bang for your buck? Is it the 2.7GHz AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ or is it the 4.2GHz Intel Pentium D 820? Initially there was just 600MHz favoring the Intel processor and it was still slower. Now there is a staggering 1.5GHz favoring the Intel processor, surely this kind of gain has to help Intel get over the line before AMD. Well let’s move on and find out...

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New America's Army Released October. 14, 2005 @ 07:22AM GMT +10

A new America's Army version is out, now titled America's Army: Direct Action. The new release adds two new maps, additional tournament mode features, adjusted recoil and other new features. Download Game | Upgrade Patch to 2.4

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Video Card Reviews: Thursday October. 13, 2005 @ 01:23PM GMT +10

Gigabyte GeForce 7800 GT review by Bjorn3D ATi Radeon X1600 XT review by FiringSquad Asus GeForce 7800 GT review by Hexus ATi Radeon X1800 XT PCIe review by BeHardware HIS Radeon X800 256MB review by OverclockersOnline

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Yahoo teams up with MSN Messenger October. 13, 2005 @ 09:50AM GMT +10

Yahoo Messenger is now cross-compatible with MSN Messenger, allowing users across the networks to talk to each other for the first time. Read more

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LCD monitors for gaming October. 13, 2005 @ 09:15AM GMT +10

The LCD monitor isn't just for spread sheets anymore. With faster response time, smaller dot pitch and a host of other display technologies, the LCD monitor has become a viable choice for gaming. TechZone show you what to look for!

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XBOX 360 X05 Coverage October. 13, 2005 @ 09:13AM GMT +10

Trusted Reviews have great coverage on the X05 XBOX 360 event in Amsterdam earlier this week. X05: A disused gasworks in the heart of Amsterdam, several hundred of the European games industry’s finest, and an early chance to get my hands on some of the Xbox 360’s most exciting launch games. Microsoft wants to turn Xbox 360 into the world’s number 1 console, and to do it has over 200 games on the way.

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Violent Games Cause Aggression? October. 13, 2005 @ 09:05AM GMT +10

Violent Games Cause Aggression? "There is a causal link between playing the first-person shooting game in our experiment and brain-activity pattern that are considered as characteristic for aggressive cognitions and effects," said René Weber, assistant professor of communication and telecommunication at MSU. Read more

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Apple Launches Video Ipod October. 13, 2005 @ 09:00AM GMT +10

Apple announced two classes of iPods this morning: a 30 GByte model which sells for $299, and a 60 GByte model which sells for $399. Both models come with a 2.5-inch color screen. The new consoles are being billed as "the new iPod," apparently replacing the existing 20 GByte and 60 GByte designs. Video playback is one feature of the new models. Read more

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ATI Xbox 360 GPU Tech Papers October. 13, 2005 @ 08:59AM GMT +10

ATI Technologies has released new documentation of Xenos, the custom graphics processor designed by ATI for the Xbox 360, at its Developer Program web site: The Xbox 360 graphics processor, codenamed Xenos, has a 500 Mhz clock speed and 48 shader pipelines featuring an unified shader architecture, a first for a commercial graphics processor. The Xbox 360 GPU actually consists of two cores, a parent die that has a total of 232 million transistors and a daughter die, which has over 100 million transistors and acts as a frame buffer among other functions. This daughter die is manufactured by NEC Electronics using 90nm technology in the company's 300-millimeter (mm) wafer fabrication facility. Read more

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ATi Catalyst 5.10 October. 13, 2005 @ 08:56AM GMT +10

ATi have released a new version of Catalyst drivers; version 5.10. Download Catalyst 5.10 | Release Notes

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