Content and news by Rob Williams

“The OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel Gold VX Memory performs very well, is highly overclockable, affordable and the voltage can be pushed to the extreme without voiding the warrantee. The timing on this memory is 2-3-3-8 at 2.6V and a very fast 2-2-2-8 at 3.2V. Also, this memory can be increased to 3.5V for added tweaking. Watch the Video to find out more…”

Download the video review at 3D Gameman.

“Sunbeam has always been long hailed as one of the leaders in computer modding innovations. In the past they have been known for some of the highest quality products this side of Vantec. In recent months they have been somewhat quiet, however. Until now. Sunbeam has unleashed several new series of cases and accessories that we will be looking at that will attempt to move them back into that LED illuminated lime light. Today’s feature is a new style of case from them, the Samurai.”

Check it out at Think Computers.

“Apple said on Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with 22-year-old Doug Steigerwald. It did not discuss the details of that settlement, though it does involve money being paid to Apple, according to Steigerwald. The company still has legal action pending against two other men in the case, which was filed in December in federal court in San Jose, Calif.”

They didn’t publicly admit how much money is involved, but I am sure it’s going to be hefty. Read it at News.com.

“A private school in Australia has banned its pupils from listening to their iPods. The yuppie consumer gadget will not be permitted in class, because it encourages kids to be selfish and lonely, according to the school principal. That’s the perfect preparation for the life of David Brent-style bullshit and self-deception that lies ahead of them, you’d think, but amazingly, the principal of the International Grammar School has higher hopes for her brood.”

So.. if you use an iPOD, you must be lonely. Read it at The Register.

“The source of the Doctor Who leak which saw the first episode of the new series splashed across the web has been sacked, the BBC reports.

It’s not, however, a Beeb insider, but rather someone working for “third-party company in Canada”. BBC international production partner, the Canadian Broadcasting Company, probed the outrage and tracked down the culprit who had access to a preview copy of Rose. The individual responsible was duly sacked.”

So maybe that puts to rest, “They leaked on purpose to intrigue people”. Read it at The Register.

If handheld gaming is your thing, then you likely want to find out more about the new Sony PSP. Well, luckily for you, it’s all over the web today.

Firstly, if you don’t know what the PSP is, you can head over to the Official Site. As for reviews, The Register has a good one, with some awesome closeups. Bjorn3D has also a good review, with numerous tests. The reviewer there has been using a PSP for a few months.

ShackNews has a great writeup as well, with a list of recommended games. Just looking at them makes me want to consinder getting a PSP. As you could have expected, IGN and Gamespot has a lot of info on the system and available gadgets.

About time!

“WHILE STILL not officially listed in Adobe’s download page, you can get Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux from the company’s FTP server.

A link is included at the end of this article for the impatient. I took advantage of this opportunity to get rid of the ugly Acrobat Reader 5.0.9 for Linux, which is included in several Linux distros including my current distro of choice, JDS.”

Check out the posting at The Inquirer.

“MARKHAM, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 24, 2005— ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY) (NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced a 31% increase in revenues and a 20% improvement in net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to the same quarter last year.”

Check out the full release at the ATI site.

“Greasemonkey, an add-on for the popular Firefox browser, lets surfers customize the sites they visit. Using the extension, one could, for example, jump directly to “printer-friendly,” and ad-free, stories on news sites.”

Interesting.. check it out at News.com.

“March 23, 2005, (Mountain View, CA). The Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet, today announced a security update for its Firefox Web browser. The update is a proactive security release to patch a bug identified by Internet Security Systems, a premier security research, products, and services company. No known exploits of the bug have been reported prior to the update’s release.”

This is a security update, so get on it! You may have a Red arrow near the Min/Maximize buttons. If so, you can simply click it to update it. If not, head to the official Mozilla site to grab it.

“A new driver from NVIDIA has improved SLI support and brought new features to the table. Inside we not only test this latest driver, focusing on SLI support and performance, but we also comment on what we would like to see in future iterations of NVIDIA’s SLI.”

These are the drivers that allow you to add your own game profiles.. so that you can potentially get SLi to work in games not listed on the Nvidia site. Check out the article over at Hard|OCP.

“The Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V videocard on the test bench today is a silent videocard; a unique thing for any product wearing a “Radeon” name, but there it is – not a single fan. This brand-new videocard is built from the ground up around the ATI X800 XL VPU, which is nicely hidden behind a complicated heatpipe-based passive cooling system. The X800 XL VPU has been matched with 256MB of GDDR3 RAM. The memory hums along at a full 1 GHz speed on a 256-bit wide memory controller. The GV-RX80L256V also supports TV/S-Video output as well as component out for HDTV applications.”

Check out the review at PC Stats!

There’s one more week to MikhailTechs contest, where you can win some performance stuff from Sidewinder Computers. Check it out here!

“In this review, PCstats will be testing out the Powercolor Theatre 550 Pro TV tuner, which is based on ATI’s Theatre 550 Pro digital audio/video processing chipset. As you might or might not know, this particular chipset is currently the hottest thing in TV-tunerland, due to its support for a number of uncommon features, including 2D and 3D comb filtering. As you might expect, the ATI Theatre 550 chip is also found in ATI’s latest Multimedia products too.”

Check it out at PC Stats.

I don’t know about you guys.. but I used to watch his show *all* the time. Well.. he’s coming back to host a Science show that’s more adult themed..

“When I was in high school, the dry science videos that I watched in my classes made me miss the silly and sometimes irreverent Bill Nye the Science Guy. So I was excited to read in the latest issue of Wired that everyone’s favorite Science Guy is coming out with a new show, The Eyes of Nye where he tackles some more serious issues like addiction, sex, cloning, and climate change.”

Check out the discussion of this at Slashdot.

“There are a host of desktop replacement (DTR) laptops available on the market. In fact, we have reviewed a SavRow DTR before. However, today I’d like to introduce you to something a little different. SavRow’s brand new Katana 3D-9 is more than a desktop replacement; it’s a mobile workstation! Under the hood you can run a Pentium 4 3.8Ghz, over 2GB of RAM and NVIDIA’s latest mobile workstation graphics processor, the Quadro Go1400 which brings unprecidented mobile OpenGL & Direct3D performance.”

Wow.. now that’s a notebook! Check it out at Hexus.

“At Phoronix with the number of products we look at on a day to day basis it can get very monotonous at times. What we are reviewing today changed everything, leading to a very exhilarating work day. In this review, we have the honor of presenting the world premiere of the Sytrin Nextherm ICS 8200 Intelligent Midi Tower.”

Check it out at Phoronix.

“Are you looking to upgrade your video card to run the latest games without breaking the bank? We think we’ve found the card for you. Coming in both AGP and PCI Express configurations, the XFX 6600GT gives you brilliant performance, at an affordable price.”

Great looking card. I love the 6600GT overall, and the XFX one looks like a winner. Check it out at FutureLooks.

“In the box you get the HYBRID (of course), transportation instructions (a definite plus), a HYBRID sticker and a package of Xtrac’s Mad Dotz. For those of you who haven’t had the privilege, Mad Dotz are Teflon coated circles you put on the bottom of your mouse to enhance manoeuvrability. To quote the packaging, they are “Mouse Feet Enhancers”. I have always been a big fan of Mad Dotz, finding them to be some of the slipperiest on the market. To have a package of 12 included with the HYBRID is just icing on the cake.”

Check out the full review at Hardware Hounds.

FileFront has had the opportunity of interviewing the lead designer on Dungeon Siege 2, Kevin Lambert. Q: What are the main differences in gameplay from Dungeon Siege to Dungeon Siege 2? A: The main difference in DS2 is that we wanted to give the players a lot more to do – specifically Comment (0) -->