The European Union now stands at 27 member states, with a total population of half a billion people. Bulgaria and Romania, welcome to the European Union. more »

There's a lot of nonsense spreading across the internet over the DRM support in Windows Vista, I won't link to the article itself as most of it is inaccurate and those posting it everywhere are in even less accurate in how they interpret it. I've seen i… more »

According to PC World magazine it is. When you think about it, it isn't that surprising is it? Toolbars and menus are so old and completely can't handle the hundreds of features that Office has. Innovation? Microsoft? Yes, we were surprised, too, bu… more »

Well not quite, a pterosaur "aircraft" for Flight Simulator. more »

I've got two games branded with Games for Windows Flight Simulator X and Age of Empires 3 WarChiefs. In both cases the games didn't create a shortcut in the Start Menu. They do however like you'd expect fill in lots of information using Windows Vista… more »

To follow up on my previous entry on the 10th anniversary of Carl Sagan's death, here are some videos, most of which are clips out of Cosmos, one is a tribute video made to remember him. more »

My World of WarCraft character has come back to life 6 months after the trial expired. If you're on the Steamwheedle Cartel realm drop me a line, we can hunt some orc. Now I just need to wait for the Burning Crusade to come out so I can play with… more »

Well I'm starting to think about which games we're going to be including in the next episode of Gamercast, due on the 7th of January, in our Game of the Year and Games of 2007 segment. I'll put forward Oblivion (overall) and Gears of War (best shooter… more »

Now many people and I will agree that Spore has the potential to be one of the biggest games of 2007. It is one I'm certainly looking forward to playing. But one thing has been bugging me this whole time. When I first heard about building your own U… more »

This one is incredible, even better than the ultra-high resolution shots of Orion. This one is of the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, in the Large Magellanic Cloud a satellite galaxy about 170 000 light years away. Taken by the European… more »