PocketQuake - the alpha code appears

Well, I never. The things you can do on a PDA - they now include playing Quake. The "News for Nerds" Web site, Slashdot, reports that a certain Dan East has created PocketQuake. ...more

Intel compilers - Itanium processors here we come

Intel has released Intel C++ Compiler for Windows v5.0 and Intel FORTRAN Compiler for Windows v5.0. ...more

Nintendo unveils shock new dual screen portable

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has ended months of speculation and rumour about its new "mystery" bit of hardware, by unveiling a brand new dual screen portable games system which will debut at this year's E3. Although there are no actual pictures yet, the new dual screen device, which has been codenamed the Nintendo DS, has some credible tech specs with two three-inch TFT LCD screens, separate processors and semiconductor memory of up to 1 Gigabit. Nintendo is touting the chief attraction of the new platform as the ability to "manage game progress from two different perspectives. ...more

Poor taste sub domains

The Internet showed its baser side this weekend, as people rushed to register domain names relating to the sunk Russian submarine The Kursk. Thekursk.com, thekursk. ...more

Muso-mobiles cool on WMA, hot on iPod

The success of the iPod is, it seems, having an impact on other portable devices, notably mobile phones. New phones announced this week by Nokia and Sony Ericsson are noticeable for the fact that their integrated music players will play all the iPod-friendly formats - MP3, M4A and AAC - but not Microsoft's proprietary WMA. Now, if you had asked us 18 months ago, we would have pessimistically projected that WMA was ultimately destined to usurp MP3's position at the top of the digital music pile. ...more