22:32 on Fri 9th May
Best Buy deal frees up funds for Tiscali acquisition by CPW, but bid amount remains unconfirmed.
The joint CPW/Best buy operation will embark upon a rapid expansion of large stores in 2009.
UK system-builder Novatech has confirmed it is exploring the possibility of buying stricken laptop maker Rock.
Rumoured images of Dell's forthcoming Inspiron series of laptops have made their way online, and they look rather impressive.
Creative has told buyers of its ALchemy for Audigy sound software that they'll get their money back following its decision to release the next version of the app free of charge.
One of Inno3D's six GeForce 9600 SKUs is put under the HEXUS spotlight.
BT has another go at bridging the gap between home and mobile communications, this time with broadband on the go.
Rock Group Plc, founded in 1992, has today outlined the reasons for its failure and is actively pursuing a sale of the business.
Hot out of MSI's headquarters today is a super-small system that's just 3.1 litres in size.
What better way to show your support for Freesat other than to launch three TVs with Freesat built-in?
A computational system with a capacity of one petaflops peak performance is in development, just imagine what its folding@home score would be!
A communications disruption can mean only one thing - a 3G iPhone.
Shanghai, Istanbul, Sao Paulo, Magny Cours - the world tour continues
We delve into the fascinating world of high-performance computing and evaluate what the leading players are doing to facilitate cluster-based deployment
AMD has been presenting its plans for future server processors to analysts and HEXUS has the slides...
Want to keep your system cool and quiet? Cooler Master's Hyper Z600 vows to silently cool any CPU drawing up to 89 watts.
Take that Apple! Now Dell's Inspiron laptops are cool too! Well, kinda...
When does an Intel chipset launch? When it's first mentioned by the company in public? The next time? The time after that?
Hot on the heels of the UK-wide launch of Freesat, Humax presents its FOXSAT-HD digital set-top box.
Marvel's super-hero gets an outing on DS. Check out the HEXUS.gaming review
Breaking news from Corsair; there are significant performance benefits of 4GiB of memory for gaming PCs.
Thecus, a Taiwan-based developer of innovative storage solutions, has announced surveillance system functionality for its N5200 series of products.
Microsoft blog post says Windows XP SP3 is now available from Windows Update, as is Vista SP1.
With the launch of its Touch Diamond in London earlier today, HTC claims a new age for mobile phones.
The BBC and ITV have today launched a free-to-view television service across the UK.
At Digital Summer '08, Belkin unveiled its forthcoming mobile podcast studio; GoStudio.
I’m probably opening myself up for some major criticism here but I just can’t shake the feeling that GTA IV just isn’t as good as everyone is saying...
The Outlook plug-in that helps organise your inbox is now available for all to download.
MSI's yet-to-be-released P45 Platinum motherboard boasts plenty of new features and we take an early look.
Intel, Samsung and TSMC agree to move to 450mm wafers by 2012; should lead to cheaper semiconductors.
We look at shares and markets at the start of US trading to see what effect the Microsoft withdrawal has had.
Bostock and Yang continue to insist that shareholder value is best served by rejecting even improved bid.
Ballmer offers an extra five billion, but Yang still not interested and now has to answer to shareholders.
HEXUS.gaming review Ubisoft's hand-held prequel to it's 2007 hit, Assassins' Creed. Free-roaming it ain't!
Following greater than expected demand for its new, low-power Atom processor, Intel is prepared to make more.
Nothing much has happened in the week since Microsoft’s deadline for initiating a hostile takeover bid for Yahoo!.
NVIDIA launches its new high-end AMD chipset equipped with integrated graphics and Hybrid SLI support.
The latest release of PC Decrapifier, a software application which removes bloatware from your system, is now available, and no, it won't remove Windows Vista.
Leaflet for schools and parents by Childnet International suggests the ‘three strikes’ ISP demand is already the law.
Microsoft tells National Digital Inclusion Conference of about a doubly PC product to help the aged get online.
Jon Peddie Research confirms seasonal drop in GPU sales; Intel and Nvidia continue to outstrip AMD.
The boys are back with another show and, remarkably, manage not to swear once as they discuss TV shows on Xbox Live, the porn industry and Milton Keynes.
Sheffield eco-friendly system builder claims its new Janus II server sets a new record for energy efficiency.
Over 18's only folks. It's the HEXUS.gaming GTA IV review!
HEXUS.channel gets its bit of attention from the ubiquitous ‘Microsoft spokesperson’.
The latest service pack from Microsoft is set to cause headaches, not to the user, but to Microsoft itself.
The BBC's TV catch-up service, iPlayer, is now available to over three million Virgin Media customers.
There's no shortage of MacBook Air parodies on YouTube, but the 'ThinkPad X300 no-compromise ultra portable' is our new favourite.
The latest version of Microsoft's Messenger for Mac is now available for download.
Anti-Spyware Coalition working group to review privacy issues raised by behaviour-targeted advertising.
TomTom sees first YOY sales and profits decline since it went public in 2005. Can its business model survive?
So you can't pair a 125W TDP Phenom X4 CPU with some 780G chipset-based boards. More woe for AMD.
Win a copy of the Collector's Edition of Lineage II which contains tons of exclusive goodies!
Wireless Wii Nunchuck's lead to an in-depth, informed discussion about violence in videogames... and Scott and Nick tell the world how it should've been done.
Steve Clayton, Microsoft’s Live Mesh guru, speaks exclusively to HEXUS.channel to explain its latest big thing.
Reviewing House of Tales psychological point-and-click thriller
The basic premise of Left 4 Dead is simple. You play one of a team of four survivors of a devastating zombie holocaust...
Market researcher reports 49 percent increase in sales of online digital music, with iTunes Store the dominant outlet.
Defcon 16 will feature a competition to defeat leading anti-virus suites starting with a common pool of viruses and malcode.
Head on over to the Apple store today and you'll find that new and improved iMacs await...
Google's plans to make Google Docs completely usable when offline take another step forward as presentations and spreadsheets become available offline.
Just about every mobile phone manufacturer is making touchscreen devices, that is, everyone other than RIM. Facing a growing threat from Apple's iPhone, is RIM's touch-less line-up about to change?
You probably knew it was coming, but NVIDIA's G92-based GeForce 9600 GSO is now official.
AMD targets channel with launch of Business Class – a platform designed to help VARs and SIs build PCs for businesses.
Announcement by Yahoo! CTO at Web 2.0 Expo maybe decisive in fight to wriggle out of Microsoft’s embrace.
Director of Bolton-based system builder and tech etailer discusses how to thrive in today’s market.
New automated technique allows identification of underlying vulnerabilities faster than systems are upgraded to close them.
Unorthodox Belgian campaigner, Tania Devereaux, is offering to make love to every virgin who defends the Internet.
Following price cut announced last week, Carphone Warehouse and O2 have shifted all their stock of 8GB model iPhones.
ASUS' latest Lamborghini-inspired notebook is almost as sexy as the car, almost.
Microsoft won't be releasing Windows XP Service Pack 3 until next week, but why wait? The long awaited update is already available online.
The latest version of Ubuntu, code-named "Hardy Heron", is now available for download.
Here's an interesting point of discussion; which applications would you recommend Windows users stay well clear of?
Rubber hard disk fetishist LaCie has upped the capacity of its ruggedly designed portable drive to half a terabyte capacity.
ATEN promises stunning video and audio specifications with its new CS1782 KVMP switch.
Answer our brief questionnaire and win yerself a TV card!
Finding your sat nav a little hard to follow? Perhaps 3D photo navigation will help.
Apple is to buy a microprocessor design company founded by one of the key minds behind the ARM chip design that went on to become Intel's erstwhile XScale family.
We take £750's worth of GX2 for a review spin and pit them against two Radeon HD 3870 X2s.
HEXUS.tv takes a look at the Corsair HX1000, which was recently reviewed here by the HEXUS.net review team and earned itself a Recommended Award in the Extreme category.
Things looking a little different? Welcome to the new HEXUS!
As eco-friendly computing becomes all the rage, Dell and ASUS both reveal plans to launch Bamboo-clad computers.
Microsoft's software+services strategy took shape today as the Redmond giant announced its Live Mesh platform.
No, you're not dreaming. Those are two brand new Ultimate Extras you're seeing on your Windows Update.
At the launch of Mario Kart on the Wii, Nick sits down to chat with Jodie Kidd, model, race driver and gamer... sadly also into horses and horseboxes...
AMD's tri-core Phenom X3 processor aims to fill the void between dual-core and quad-core. Does it succeed?
AMD's tri-core Phenom X3 processor has yet to be launched, but has Intel's latest round of price cuts left a giant thorn in its rival's side?
Scott brings up the subject of ISP Tax to compensate major music labels for their loss in revenue due to downloading... Seems both the guys have very strong views to the contrary...
Two high-capacity PSUs slug it out. Who wins?
Western Digital today announced the birth of its VelociRaptor hard drives and claims a 35 per cent performance increase over its predecessor, the Raptor.
At the Nintendo launch of Mario Kart on the Wii, Fifth Gear's Tiff Needell talks to HEXUS.tv about Mario Kart, burning down the Top Gear Warehouse and that Mansell crash...
MSI's low-cost Wind Notebook lands in June and the Taiwanese manufacturer states that unlike other competitors, it doesn't compromise.
We've seen BenQ's mobile internet device paraded around unceremoniously for quite a while. Now, we finally know what's inside.
So the big question is this: does Mario Kart on the Wii do anything new or is it just more of the same only now using the Wii Remote motion sensing stuff? Well the answer to that is both yes and no… read on to find out why…
Corsair, in association with HEXUS, is giving you the chance to win one of two high-end TX Series PSUs.
Thermalright today announced its latest CPU cooler, the TRUE Black 120, a special edition version of its popular Ultra-120 eXtreme.
In under three months, the HEXUS Folding@home team has climbed over 50 places and now ranks in the top 200, out of more than 100,000 teams! Find out how you can join in and use your computer to help study the folding of protein and in turn provide scientists with valuable data.
Intel will sell more mobile CPUs than desktop processors this year, the chip giant's CEO claimed this week.
Somewhere, sometime, someone, will present the true successor to the age-old input device, the mouse. Is this Microsoft's vision of a mouse-free world?
In the first TCAAC show, Nick and Scott discuss the Byron report and it's impact on game ratings as well as newspapers' attempt to dig up unfounded stories for their own nefarious style of reporting.
AMD's 50-series Phenom processors, complete with B3 stepping, promise to put Phenom back on the map. Is there finally light at the end of the tunnel for AMD's now erratum-free chips?
Corsair has today added fully buffered 2GiB & 4GiB DIMM kits to its Mac Memory line.
Sapphire declares full support for AMD's 125W Phenom X4 CPUs across the latest range of its mainboards, including its microATX Hybrid CrossFire 780G.
Hold your horses folks, the imminent Eee PC 900 looks tasty, but as we expected, an Atom-powered upgrade will follow shortly after.
AMD's latest Catalyst software raises the Radeon display driver up to version 8.476 and provides a familiar long list of resolved issues.
Having busted the wPrime World Record, Paul Watkinson and the Benchtech UK team take the Skulltrail board to it's limits, just to see how high they can go... can they hit a 2GHz overclock?
Microsoft has admitted it is investigating reports that a recent Windows Vista security update causes havoc with some USB devices, but the software giant is yet to provide a fix for the cock-up.
How better to revamp the Aurora range other than to drop in a Phenom X4 9850 processor and two Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics cards?
Brings even more DX10 IGP performance and wider Hybrid CrossFire compatibility, it is claimed.
Almost 10bn dollars, but net income is down.
ASUS has today confirmed the hardware specification of its forthcoming Eee PC 900, and amid the good news, there's a touch of bad; there's no Atom in sight.
Benchtech UK are getting close to the World Record wPrime attempt, running at 5126MHz and trying to shave off the 5/100ths of a second they need for the World Record. Can they do it??
Paul Watkinson from Benchtech UK ramps those CPU speeds up even more and sees what wPrime scores they get with a 1.9GHz overclock using liquid Nitrogen...
Intel's Atom processor isn't expected to ship until June, but that hasn't stopped Sharp from unveiling what it claims to be the the world's first Atom-powered UMPC running Windows Vista.
