| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Grey goo infects the virtual world with golden rings that seem to have been inspired by the rings in the classic game ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’. With the virus causing a heavy load on the servers, Second Life needed to be shut down and cleansed before going online once more. Will this happen again?
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Flash memory SD cards are getting larger and larger capacities, with Toshiba beating competitors such as SanDisk and Lexar to market with the world’s first 'Class 4' 8Gb SDHC card.
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Nintendo wants you to hold the motion sensing controller, lovingly dubbed the ‘Wii-mote’, in your hands to control your bat, racquet, club, steering wheel or more. But along with the launch of the Wii in the US has come a range of Wii-mote add-ons that are so cool and affordable, you’ll want them for the novelty value if nothing else.
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Nicholas Negroponte’s project to outfit every third world child with his or her very own US $100 laptop moves one step closer to reality with the first 10 laptops shipped at a cost of US $150 each.
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| By Mike Bantick | Sony PS3 has the technology, Microsoft Xbox 360 has online experience and a year under its belt and the Nintendo Wii has true innovation in game-play. But who can deliver the gaming experience that will loosen our wallets and garner our praise? Here we will focus on the Wii and its surprising competitor in the new battle for the living room.
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| By Mike Bantick | Hands up those that have dreamed of setting up a guitar and amp in the garage. Okay, hands down. Guitar hero, now in its second incarnation, let’s you live the dream without the screeching bad notes and subsequent law enforcement knocks on the door.
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Apple’s new Core 2 Duo is receiving rave reviews, with the unit outperforming the older Core Duo models. But if you’re a serious gamer or want to run Vista at the same time, you’ll need the MacBook Pro.
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | The initial shipment of Wii’s is selling out in stores across the US, despite plentiful supplies shipped to most stores, far exceeding the PS3s available at launch. With plenty more Wii’s on the way, it’s surprising to discover some people are getting US $600 for a Wii on eBay.
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | The final new games console launch for 2006 has occurred, with the Wii and PS3 joining the Xbox 360 as consoles now launched in the US, the only territory where this has occurred so far.
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | | Update 1: BMW and other car manufacturers think hydrogen is the future, but is it? With hydrogen taking more energy to produce than it delivers, why the ridiculous distraction from creating clean electric cars with hundreds fewer parts than combustion engines? Forget about a hydrogen car, you’ll never be driving one. | |
| By Mike Bantick | Destroy All Humans 2!
|  | Developer: | Pandemic | | Publisher: | THQ
| | Rating: | Teen | | | | PS2, Xbox
| Should you not have completed the destruction of mankind in the original PS2 / Xbox surprise hit, along comes a sequel to finish the job. But even though the Anal probe returns, it is no bummer. | |
| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | BMW and other car manufacturers think hydrogen is the future, but is it? With hydrogen taking more energy to produce than it delivers, why the ridiculous distraction from creating clean electric cars with hundreds fewer parts than combustion engines? Forget about a hydrogen car, you’ll never be driving one.
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | As predicted and as expected, the people who created the SmashmyiPod site have purchased a PS3 and smashed it into pieces. Want to see the video?
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | eGames Expo Melbourne Australia: I’ve seen the future, and it’s in 3D. This technology has threatened to sweep the world many times over the past few years. But new US technology, developed in Silicon Valley and exclusively launched worldwide at the eGames Expo in Melbourne prior to its global launch on January 1, 2007, blows all the misconceptions away and finally launches the true era of high-def 3D for movies, games, TV and more.
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| By Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Perhaps US gamers have learnt too many lessons from violent console games as a shooting, theft, violence and police action mark the launch of the PS3 console in the US.
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