Get a grip, man!

In this age of 128-bit console and games that require more buttons than a shirt factory, it's about time there was a universal controller that can do just about anything. If you are yearning for such a device then your prayers may just be answered in the form of the AlphaGrip - a gadget that can take control of just about anything, from your console to your TV to your PDA. The unit features a multitude of buttons, a standard D-pad, a thumb trackball and a weird kind of touch-typing keyboard on the underside of the controller. ...more

External burning at USB 2 pace

Sony has launched its CRXP90MU external CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. The drive sports a performance of 24-speed read and write, 10-speed rewrite and eight-speed DVD read, thanks to its USB2.0 connection (which is compatible with USB1. ...more

Microsoft Mac team alive, well and blogging

Microsoft's Mac software division has set up a blog designed to provide 'a broad range of voices and perspectives' on its work. Developers, testers, user assistance, product managers, usability engineers, product marketers and the general manager at the Mac Business Unit (MacBU) will contribute to the blog on an unspecified variety of topics, 'some technical, some not'. Early posts include Nadyne Mielke on being a Mac girl at Microsoft - 'it's kinds strange' - and a programmer known only as ExCntx on loving bugs so much that he/she is going to miss the recently discontinued Virtual PC. ...more

Sanders officially steps down from AMD

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UPDATED: Microsoft to allow Windows XP SP2 to run on pirated copies

Microsoft is determined that the forthcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will make the operating system more secure - even if it costs the company money. Therefore Microsoft has decided that SP2 will run on pirated copies of Windows XP. The earlier SP1 didn't work with bootleg copies of the operating system. ...more