Outforce demo available today

If you are a big fan of strategy games then you might want to take a look at a new release from Infinite Loop. The Outforce is a traditional top-down strategy game in which you control a 25th century human battle fleet as they war it out with the turtle-like Gobins and the proud Crion warrior race. Even though the game is played in deep space, you only have to worry about controlling your units in a 2D battlefield. ...more

German companies create the wall of sound

A group of German companies claim to have built the first commercial wall of sound. They say they have produced a material which at just 7mm thick can become a wall mounted speaker. Bayer MaterialScience, Siemens and polyurethane specialist Puren say that the new 'pursonic' material can be fitted to walls, carpets and ceilings. ...more

PC Pro Labs UPDATE: SavRow SavRoyal Razor 1.8 availability

Due to a broken tool in the factory in Taiwan, shipment of Razor chassis to SavRow is being delayed by 14 days. SavRow is still taking orders for the Razor 1.8, which won the Designer Laptops Labs in the current December 2004 issue of PC Pro, but wants to advise customers that they will have to wait an extra two weeks for delivery. ...more

Liteon has announced new top-end DVD burners

While the technology has already reached the maximum 16-speed write limits, there is still room for improvement when it comes to rewrite: erasing existing data and writing fresh data in its place. Liteon's new drives claim an 8-speed rewrite for + media and 6-speed rewrite performance for - media. The +RW format is supported by the DVD Alliance, while the -RW format is championed by the DVD Forum. ...more

Publishers find technology agreement with search engines

A coalition of international media associations has announced a new initiative designed to avoid future clashes between Internet search engines and newspaper, periodical, magazine and book publishers that make their content available online. The World Association of Newspapers, European Publishers Council, International Publishers Association and European Newspaper Publishers' Association are backing ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol), an automated system that allows online publishers to provide information about access to and use of their content. The information is provided in a form that can be recognised and interpreted by search engine crawlers and details the terms under which content can be used. ...more