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Online gamers taking advantage of "plague" affecting virtual characters
Wednesday 21 September 2005 – 05:27
A mysterious and apparently unintentional plague has recently ravaged the popular World of Warcraft (WoW) online game. The plague is caused by a bug in the game code, in which a spell generates damage to some characters continually. Lower-level characters who have low 'hit points' die quickly, while high-level players are slightly inconvenienced. Blizzard, the game's manufacturer, has tried to contain the plague by "quarantining" characters, but some players have responded by breaking quarantine, spreading the plague to others as though it were a feature of the game itself.
Dell begins taking dual-core Xeon orders
Monday 26 September 2005 – 04:19
Dell on Monday will begin taking orders for servers and workstations armed with dual-core Xeon processors from Intel.
Hackers taking hostages
Tuesday 24 May 2005 – 08:27
Computer users already anxious about viruses and identity theft have new reason to worry: Hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your computer and then demand $200 over the internet to get them back.
MS taking Xbox into arcades
Wednesday 5 March 2003 – 05:30
Hoping to open another avenue for its video games and broaden its front in the war against Sony and Nintendo, Microsoft is expected to take its Xbox game console into arcades later this year.
GPS phones taking off in Japan
Tuesday 26 July 2005 – 02:06
Mobile phones in Korea, just like in Japan, come with a GPS system nowadays. At first, we only had the Moving Map and then things evolved to provide a GPS system similar to the one found in cars. the novelty here is that for less than $13 per month, you h

Articles & reviews

Extreme FSB: Taking the E6750 Beyond 4 GHz*
Wednesday 1 August 2007 – 03:12 in Hardware
Intel promises noticeable performance gains from its new FSB1333 bus, currently available on Core 2 series 6x50 processors. There have been mixed results between these and same-speed FSB1066 versions, one thing is for certain: buying the latest processo
Taking Linux On The Road With Ubantu*
Thursday 10 November 2005 – 06:00
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution aimed at end users who are tired of Windows. Stored on a USB memory device, you can now take a fully-featured desktop OS and applications anywhere you go!
Taking in the Vista - One year on...*
Monday 18 February 2008 – 02:50 in Consumer Electronics
Just a year ago, the latest Windows operating system was launched all around the world. Our article will offer an assessment of Vista one year on.
Monday Rundown: Is Yank Taking Sex, Violence and Religion Too Seriously?*
Monday 12 June 2006 – 01:37
Every rose has its thorn, or so the saying goes. Rule of Rose, a psychological thriller from Sony and game developer Punchline, became a hit earlier this year in Japan, but it's a source of controversy in North America.
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