It's time to build a new PC, I'm cannabalising my old one to provide two PCs, one for my brother and a spanking new one for me. Most of it'll be sourced from Scan's reasonable Today Only offers. I'm still deliberating over whether to upgrade my old 8/2/1 speed CD-RW drive, I quite fancy the Plextor IDE 12 speed, review from Tech Report, and I like the "peace of mind" BURN proof feature.

Big preview of Escape from Monkey Island on GameSpot.

Review and pics of Aiwa's car dashboard MP3 CD player.

BBFC alters stance on censorship, summary: more uncut 18s, stricter 12/15s.

Surreal - thanks a lot internet.

Don't know how long this has been around for, but there's news here of Elite 4.

Interesting article detailing NASA's specification for laptops in space.

Get a random dumb law at Dumb Laws.

Screenshots of Microsoft's upcoming Whistler OS.

Interesting debate from a variety of speakers on decentralised file sharing of copyrighted material over the internet, and the issues and challenges this raises.

The Sunday Times savages the state of internet access in the UK in a well informed article.