Brett Thomas

Mark Rein continues to opine

PC graphics are rubbish, consoles rock, Windows Vista is funky and Live Anywhere will be great for communication.

July 27, 2006 | 18:44

LAN party mod with, er, ham?

Euskal Encounter LAN just took place, and one of the craziest mods on show was, well, tasty. Forget coffee machines in your case, how about a ham machine?

July 27, 2006 | 16:45

Mice like LCDs too

The crazy guys at Metku Mods have modded a Nokia LCD into a mouse. It's pretty random, but has an air of coolness about it too - the execution is awesome.

July 26, 2006 | 15:52

MPAA is at it again...

The MPAA attempted to sue Shawn Hogan for $2500, claiming that he downloaded 'Meet The Fockers' via BitTorrent. He's told the MPAA that he will see them in court. Comedy gold.

July 26, 2006 | 15:44

TSMC says it's OK with ATI

TSMC has released a statement saying that it is "business as usual" with ATI.

July 26, 2006 | 15:15

Flogging the Wrong Dead Horse

Symantec has been taking aim at the beta of Windows Vista in an effort to show it's still security's top dog. But is it good to be so blunt on a beta? Columnist Brett Thomas doesn't think it's much more than bad marketing, and here's why.

July 26, 2006 | 07:56

Apple cuts cord on Mighty Mouse

Apple's next version of the Mighty Mouse will lack one major feature: the cord.

July 25, 2006 | 18:08

Symantec discusses Vista security... again

Symantec has been eager to illustrate its dominance in the field of PC security, as the company has talked about security flaws in Vista for a second time.

July 25, 2006 | 17:58

Amazon to begin digital distribution of movies

It appears that Amazon is looking to offer a download service for feature films and video, taking some of the Apple pie.

July 25, 2006 | 16:14

NVIDIA backs Blu-ray, PS3

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang spoke to San Jose Mercury News about NVIDIA's views on consoles and on the Blu-ray format in PS3.

July 25, 2006 | 15:14

Multi-GPU World Tour Part Five

The fifth stop of nine on the Multi-GPU World Tour 2006 has been posted over at Neoseeker. This part covers the most played games from the Xfire list.

July 24, 2006 | 20:33

Crysis minimum specs released

A fansite has some details on the expected specifications required to play the eagerly-anticipated first person shooter.

July 24, 2006 | 16:51

AMD, ATI promise unified architecture in 2008

AMD and ATI have announced their intentions for unified development by 2008.

July 24, 2006 | 15:33

Microsoft confirms Zune music player

Microsoft has finally confirmed its plans to take on Apple in the portable media player market. The service will be known collectively as Zune.

July 24, 2006 | 14:38

NVIDIA to power new iPod Video?

An industry analyst believes that Apple has chosen NVIDIA to be the new graphic chip provider for its next-generation iPod Video.

July 20, 2006 | 15:19

ATI's high-end refresh coming next month

ATI's high end refresh, the Radeon X1950XTX and Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition are set to be released next month. For the first time, both cards will have the same clock speeds.

July 20, 2006 | 15:04

Multi-GPU World Tour Part Four

The fourth stop of nine on the Multi-GPU World Tour 2006 has been posted over at HARDiNFO. This part covers the common benchmarks used across the web.

July 20, 2006 | 14:50

Microsoft Outlines 12 Principles of Windows

Brad Smith, a Senior Vice President at Microsoft has outlined twelve core principles of Windows development at a luncheon meeting this week.

July 20, 2006 | 14:35

AMD confirms upcoming price drops

Rumours about AMD's upcoming price drops appear to be true, as documents sent to distributors detailing the price drops pop up on the web.

July 19, 2006 | 17:34

Download-to-own DVDs could be a reality

Movielink is teaming up with Roxio to offer burn-your-own films. The film industry is on board!

July 18, 2006 | 18:10

YouTube serves 100m a day

It's officially responsible for almost a third of the video on the internet being transmitted. MySpace comes second, but what's the future for internet video?

July 17, 2006 | 22:31

HP makes wireless rice

How about fast wireless data transmission and onboard memory, in a device the size of a grain of rice? Sounds tasty to us.

July 17, 2006 | 22:07

Stepping into cyberspace

Dell tried to enter the world of the Bloggerati this week, and was widely blasted for doing so. How can Dell learn from the popular corporate bloggers like the guys at MSDN?

July 17, 2006 | 09:04