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 "THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND THE BORDERS!" Tuesday, 1st April 2008 
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Big news this week everyone. Especially if you've always fancied yourself as a mod. Check the announcement for serious business.

In addition to this, we have all the hardware reviews that are fit to publish.

We also have a historically accurate account of the rise, expansion and subsequent abrupt halt of the Land of 32 Bit.

There have been calls for a sequel. And depending on the demand, there might be a second chapter.

Have a good one,

-DAVE.




  • PowerColor HD3870X2
  • TEAM Xtreem PC2-9600 C5
  • Leadtek 8800GTS 512MB
  • Nexus Caterpillar Real Silent Case
  • Guinness World Records 2008 – Gamer’s Edition
  • Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
  • Skulltrail
  • The Alzheimer’s of King X86
  • Science proves gaming is better on CRTs than LCDs
  • The pointlessness of whining
  • Google g’Days April 1 with predictive search
  • Nanotech boffin gives storage the needle
  • The votes are in on OOXML
  • Vista SP1 fails to spark migration
  • MacBook Air hacked in two minutes
  • Google loses second exec to Facebook
  • Boffins build flexible chips
  • AMD ships triple-core Phenom CPUs
  • The death of the silicon computer chip
  • Australia to get its own IT NASDAQ
  • Miss Bimbo game sparks outrage
  • A Call for New Mods
  • More cover art wallpapers released
  • Command Conquer 3 expansion released
  • PC Authority gets a redesign
  • Samsung telly up for grabs
  • Adaptec's new cards are awesome



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    A Call for New Mods
    It's time. The call is out. Do you have what it takes to join the few, the proud... the mods? More...


    More cover art wallpapers released
    Beautiful wallpapers, only LN_ANNOUCE_TEXT, for an infinite time... More...


    Command Conquer 3 expansion released
    Kane's Wrath now on shelves. This article now comes with a side of video, in addition to a main course of text. More...


    PC Authority gets a redesign
    The old girl’s been given a complete overhaul. More...


    Samsung telly up for grabs
    Freebies for playing Halo 3 on Xbox Live More...


    Adaptec's new cards are awesome
    One card, 28 hard drives... or 256, if you really want... More...





    The Alzheimer’s of King X86
    An excerpt from the new book, detailing the Land of 32 Bit and its forgetful monarch More...


    Science proves gaming is better on CRTs than LCDs
    Why professional FPS players are right to lug around CRT behemoths More...


    The pointlessness of whining
    Logan Booker's game reviews are not Pratchett calibre. If you have a problem, do something about it. More...





    PowerColor HD3870X2
    Josh Collins clones himself to take on this double-threat of a graphics machine. More...


    TEAM Xtreem PC2-9600 C5
    Solid performers made better by their Micron D9 heritage More...


    Leadtek 8800GTS 512MB
    Another excellent NVIDIA performer, this time from Leadtek. More...


    Nexus Caterpillar Real Silent Case
    By some miracle, the name isn't lying to us. The case is properly silent. And cheap. More...


    Guinness World Records 2008 – Gamer’s Edition
    It would be the new testament of gaming literature, except we're not sure what the old one was. More...


    Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
    Just how extreme is Extreme? Josh Collins runs the numbers on Intel’s latest. More...


    Skulltrail
    Skulltrail or mouldy old bones? Josh Collins finds out whether Skulltrail will pwn or be pwned. More...




    Google g’Days April 1 with predictive search
    In an Australian exclusive, Google has launched a new search engine powered by artificial intelligence that can search Web pages 24 hours before they are created. More...

    Nanotech boffin gives storage the needle
    A Dutch researcher is working on next-generation storage technology that could see data held on millions of tiny needles.. More...

    The votes are in on OOXML
    To all appearances, it seems that the Microsoft’s Open Office XML (OOXML) document format is set to be the next international standard. More...

    Vista SP1 fails to spark migration
    Microsoft's latest efforts to persuade customers to upgrade to its much-maligned Vista operating system have met with a cool response from users. More...

    MacBook Air hacked in two minutes
    A three-way hacking contest between Apple, Windows and Linux laptops has ended in the Mac caving in first - in just two minutes.. More...

    Google loses second exec to Facebook
    Google has lost its second high-profile employee to Facebook in less than a month.. More...

    Boffins build flexible chips
    Scientists have managed to build silicon circuits that can be bent, twisted and even stretched, according to a paper published in Science magazine.. More...

    AMD ships triple-core Phenom CPUs
    AMD has started shipping its Phenom X3 8000 series triple-core processors.. More...

    The death of the silicon computer chip
    The reign of the silicon chip is over, according to physicists who predict that the conventional silicon chip has no longer than four years left to run. More...

    Australia to get its own IT NASDAQ
    In late 2008, Australia will have its own specialist exchange for technology companies, similar to NASDAQ in the United States and AIM in the United Kingdom. It will be dubbed the Asia Pacific Technology Exchange (APTEX), with an expected 20 companies to be listed when it opens. More...

    Miss Bimbo game sparks outrage
    An online game aimed at young girls has sparked outrage among parents for encouraging children to have plastic surgery and take diet pills.. More...


    Competitions

    ASUS Mobo and Graphics card comp


    In the Shadow of the Moon comp


    XFX nForce 780i 3-way SLI Mobo comp

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