 Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be available for manual download from April 29th 2008 - just a couple of days away. There are no big changes or major new features, but plenty of hotfixes a little security tweaks.
Tech ARP have a very comprehensive article covering most XP SP3 aspects, so this... [Read More...]
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 ZDNet has an interesting blog post asking what you might need a 6-core CPU for. Intel plans to release a 6-core processor, trumping AMD just as they release their own version of a quad core.
However, how much use these extra cores will be in normal usage remains to be seen:
"Simply put, the... [Read More...]
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 Microsoft have officially released Windows Vista SP1, the first service pack for Vista that should offer some improvements to the performance and stability of your system.
You can either get the patch as it is released over Windows Update (strongly recommended), but the more impatient can... [Read More...]
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 Google have released another excellent free tool, this time a mapping service based on space! You can browse the sky from your own PC without the need to download any software.
Pan and zoom through galaxys, nebulae and planets with your mouse, or take a look at some of the top images via the... [Read More...]
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 As our regular forum members will know, PC Review participate in a project called World Community Grid. This project aims to solve medical problems using the spare processing power of computers.
It would costs a great deal of money for these research companies to buy the processing power... [Read More...]
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 It appears as though Blue Ray has won the high-definition DVD battle, with news that Toshiba may be bailing on the HD-DVD format.
Many large companies and shops are throwing their weight behind the Blue Ray format, which looks like it will be the standard next generation video media.
"We've... [Read More...]
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 The BBC Reports that four men that run the popular file sharing website "The Pirate Bay" have been charged with copyright offenses. No illegal files are stored on this website directly, however it offers links to the location of downloads such as films, software and music.
"The website is said to... [Read More...]
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 Apple have announced the ultra-think MacBook Air, which is apparently the worlds thinnest laptop at only 1.93cm thick. The laptop is expected to cost around £1200 and doesn't feature a CD or DVD drive to save space.
"It does not have a CD or DVD drive in order to save space. "It was built to be a... [Read More...]
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 BBC news are reporting that the once famous Netscape Navigator web browser is to be retired. AOL (who own netscape) plan to end support for the product on 1st Feb 2008.
"Netscape was developed by Marc Andreessen, co-author of Mosaic, the first popular web browser. Mosaic was written while Mr... [Read More...]
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 HardOCP take a look at overclocking the AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition CPU, running at a stock speed of 2.3Ghz. It managed to reach 3.0Ghz, but 2.8Ghz on air cooling is a more likely scenario:
"The retail AMD Phenom Black Edition processors look to have just as much overclocking appeal as our... [Read More...]
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 Tom's Hardware have a roundup of all the recent graphics card models and have created a great charting tool that lets you compare your current graphics card with a list of other cards. Along with the cards you want to compare, you can also pick the game and resolution you want the results to relate... [Read More...]
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 I've just finished coding Broadbandy.co.uk, a site where you can compare broadband internet packages from every major provider in the UK (with more being added over time).
This is much more advanced than the old broadband information pages on PC Review, as it is possible to sort every package by... [Read More...]
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 Windows Vista was the only gainer in the latest figures of operating system charts. It now stands at almost 8%, whilst Windows XP/2000 decreased slightly to 79%.
"In September the share of Windows Vista-based personal computers used to browse the Internet was close to 8%, 7.91% to be precise, up... [Read More...]
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 FireFox 3 Beta is out now for any of you that are willing to try this pre-release version. Some interesting new features are included, such as:
Performance improvements for page rendering, 300+ memory leak fixes.
Better presentation of a website's true identity, better malware protection, stricter... [Read More...]
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 Colossus, the WWII crunching machine is alive once again thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers. This machine is regarded as the first real digital computer and helped shorten the war by decoding enemy transmissions:
"Re-building the pioneering machine took so long because all 10 Colossus... [Read More...]
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 Now that MacOS can run on Intel hardware, it is possible to install MacOS X on your standard desktop PC. This isn't possible out of the box and does require a level of modification to work:
"This article is meant as a kind of inspiration, if you will – a purely experimental attempt to build a... [Read More...]
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 VR Zone have got hold of some AMD/ATI HD 3850 benchmarks, a card which is due to sell for less than $200 (~£100). These are internal benchmarks, so it may be wise to interpret them with some caution - however it may be worth a closer look once released.
Comparisons are made against the older... [Read More...]
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