Wednesday, March 31, 2010

IT News HeadLines (bit-tech.net) 31/03/2010


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Gaming Podcast 11 - With A Vengeance
After an incredibly long break caused by a mixture of holidays and laziness, we're back with another Custom PC and Bit-tech.net Gaming Podcast. Yay!

Our 11th episode unfortunately kicks off with some sad news as Clive, Harry and Joe say goodbye to Richard, who has embarked on stranger tides for lands afar. Well, after a stopover in Wales anyway.

Not ones to dwell for long though, they quickly move on to other topics and set themselves to discussing all the latest topics the games industry has to offer. Ubisoft DRM! Just Cause 2! Why C&C4 is rubbish! And, um, The Witcher!

On top of that we announce the long overdue winner to the last Guess The Screenshot competition, wade through your emails and tweets - and Clive even takes the time to try his hand at tech support. It's all thrilling stuff, so use the links below to choose how you want your ears to be assaulted and then let us know your thoughts in the forums.
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MS issues emergency IE patch
Microsoft has broken out of its monthly patch release schedule to issue an emergency fix for a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser.
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Battlefield 1943 PC still on the way
DICE and EA have confirmed that Battlefield 1943 is still on the way for the PC, after many delays.
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Preview: Gigabyte 890FX & 880G Motherboards
We've got our hands on the two latest AMD motherboards from Gigabyte. Featuring the latest AMD 880G and 890FX chipsets, one is designed to be all the motherboard you could ever want, while the other is a more modest micro-ATX offering. How do they look? Click to find out!
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Sony didn't want Natal tech
Sony has commented that it wasn't interested in using motion-sensitive cameras like Natal for the PlayStation 3.
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CPUs under the microscope - literally
What I love most about photography is the way it can show aspects of the world that are invisible to regular human vision - timelapse, x-ray, macro, lenses with a wider angle than the eye - are fascinating.

Tom Royal, an old colleague of mine, who now works at Computer Active, has found a microscope and taken some great photos of a variety of techy bits and pieces with it.

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XFX plans gun-themed ATI 5970
XFX is planning to beat its rivals' Fermi-based cards with an ATI 5970 Black Edition, which comes - for some reason - in packaging designed to look like a P90 sub-machine gun.
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The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom Review
There are many paths to a kingdom and many way to look at Settlers 7 too - will we end up regarding it as a brilliant piece of strategy gaming design or simply as an admittedly pretty but ultimately forgettable piece of dross? Read our full Settlers 7 review to find out!
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