Computer Act!ve articles from March 2005

Computer Act!ve archives from March 2005

From the editor.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Dylan Armbrust. Sit back for a moment and contemplate this: your computer can make you money. We know that computers can make us more efficient and help us make better use of our time. So what about using our guide to convert your...

Spammers hole up in the US. Governments around the globe pressure the US to take action against its spammers.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... International concern over America's failure to crack down on spammers operating in the US has risen dramatically as spam becomes increasingly linked to organised crime. The UK Government said spam is now a real menace and a solution has...

Stop keystroke loggers.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Anti-virus, firewalls or anti-spyware software won't necessarily protect you or stop you from downloading a keystroke logger. Worse, this threat often comes with the ability to neutralise your security software. A clue will be your PC running...

Food for thought.(www.food.gov.uk, food colorant scare cause high net traffic)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... With the number of items in the latest Sudan 1 food scare growing, people have been turning in droves to the Food Standards Agency's website for information. Within 24 hours of Friday's announcement, the Agency's website was receiving more than...

Discarded hard disks leak data.
March 3, 2005... Computer users are handing criminals personal information on a plate by selling their old hard disks, said new research. Computing experts at the University of Glamorgan bought 92 hard disks from online auctions and found that more than...

OFT leads way in clearing spam.(Office of Fair Trading)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to target deceptive companies that use spam to ensnare consumers. The OFT is the UK's representative at the 29-nation International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network (ICPEN), which attempts to...

Xbox safety cord scare.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... A safety scare has forced Microsoft to recall 14.1-million Xbox power cords following reports of consoles catching fire. Microsoft said that in all regions except Europe, Xbox consoles manufactured before 23 October 2003 require a...

Jargon Buster - Techno babble demystified ...(computer related terms)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Hard disk: A high-capacity disk drive used to store applications and files. Megapixel: A measure of the level of detail recorded by digital cameras. Phishing: Internet fraud that tries to trick users into revealing personal details....

Google tools up.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Google has updated its toolbar. The search engine now offers additional tools to help web searches, including a spellchecker, translator and map links. The spellchecker helps with online application forms, comment boxes, webmail or other...

Get Mum's mug on a mug.
March 3, 2005... Although you may have missed Photobox's February sale, you can still choose a personalised Mother's Day gift. Photobox will take digital snapshots and print them onto various items such as T-shirts, cushions, or mugs. The company said orders...

Finns find phones fine.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Findings from a Finnish survey take some of the heat off the safety fears of mobile phones. Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) tested popular phones by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Motorola and Samsung. It found the...

Microsoft targets security.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Microsoft's decision to invest heavily in tackling internet security issues could come at a price for Windows users. Top of Microsoft's list is a revamp of Internet Explorer, its web browser and a beta version is expected this summer....

Speak out over the net using L-Mail.(audio letters for visually impaired )(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Visually impaired people can now receive cassettes and CDs containing audio letters via the internet. L-Mail enables net users to submit typed text to its website, which is then recorded as an audio file and saved to the recipient's choice...

Apple gets bitten again.(Apple Computer Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... US consumers and retailers have sued Apple, claiming the company sold old computer equipment as new and failed to fulfil warranty services. The suit, filed in San Francisco's Superior Court, seeks redress that will benefit all those who bought...

Fast video capture.(Instant VideoMPX)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... ADS Tech has launched Instant VideoMPX, which allows uncompressed, high-quality video footage to be transferred using USB 2. The video can then be compressed into a variety of formats. The package includes Video Studio 8, allowing direct...

Megapixels drive market.(digital camera buyers)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Digital camera users say resolution is the most important factor in their decision to buy. Market analyst IDC said this would continue to drive the industry to produce products with an ever-increasing megapixel count as a way of driving sales....

DJ hear that?(disc jockey)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... An Italian DJ has been fined almost [pounds sterling]1m for using pirate music files in a Rome nightclub. The DJ was discovered with more than 2,000 MP3 files and 500 video clips suspected to be illegal downloads. The fine is the largest yet on...

Jargon Buster - Techno babble demystified ...(computer related terms)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Beta: Version of software in development made available to testers for evaluation. Phishing: Internet fraud that tries to trick users into revealing personal details. Resolution: The amount of detail shown in a digital image, whether...

Copyright loophole found.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Clever computer crackers are finding new ways to defeat copyright restrictions on music downloaded from legal sites such as Napster. By making a few tweaks to the popular music playing program WinAmp and using a small plug-in available on...

RNID site revamped.(Royal National Institute for Deaf People)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) has revamped its website in a bid to offer a fully accessible site without compromising on design standards. The website is a key online resource for the UK's nine million deaf and...

Resource pack for Silver Surfers.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... The resource pack for this year's Silver Surfers' Day is now available for download as a Word document or in PDF format at the organisation's website. The organisers are using this method of distribution rather than sending the files as...

MS shoots its Messenger.(Microsoft Corp., MSN Messenger)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Microsoft took drastic action last month to prevent hackers taking over people's computers through MSN Messenger. The company forced all MSN users to upgrade to either the latest version, or the beta version of the next version of the...

New releases.(audio players)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Philips will release a number of audio players this year, starting with the PSS110 Compact Personal Sound System, on sale in May for [pounds sterling]130. This digital music player comes with its own speaker system and the 256Mb of memory...

Jargon Buster - Techno babble demystified ...(computer related terms)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Hackers: People who break into other people's computers and networks. Mb: Megabyte. A measurement of storage capacity, usually for computer memory. Plug-in: A small program that adds extra features to your browser or other...

UK leads new piracy wave.(television program piracy)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Impatient Brits wanting to watch their favourite TV shows have turned the UK into the leading pirate nation. According to a report from web-monitoring firm Envisional, the growth in broadband means UK viewers can turn to file-sharing sites...

Doctors' bedside manner is not what it used to be.(robots controlled by doctors visit patients)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Patient care in some US hospitals has taken a decidedly hi-tech twist with robots replacing doctors on ward rounds. The robo-docs may look and move more like over-sized steam cleaners than humanoids, but the aim is to give patients more of...

Let it rip?(DVD copying )(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... New anti-piracy measures could make DVDs unplayable on some DVD players. Recently, Macrovision, one of the companies developing digital rights management protection, launched its new RipGuard technology. It claims this will prevent most of...

MSI goes Mega.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... MSI will launch a DVD writer and portable media player in the next few months. The DR16-B3 is one of the first DVD drives to burn both DVD-R and DVD+R discs at 16x speed. It can also burn dual-layer DVD+R discs at 4x. The Mega View 567 is a...

Gut instinct.(Web site on digestive health)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... Yakult, yoghurt manufacturer, has launched a website to teach people about digestive health. Not surprisingly, it plugs its own products but also offers advice on foods and exercises that improve digestion. A free information pack is available....

Jargon Buster - Techno babble demystified ...(computer related terms)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... DivX: A video compression standard that allows high quality video to be stored in relatively small files. File sharing: Swapping files with other people over the internet. Gb: A measurement of storage capacity - usually for hard disks....

Consumeractive! - Get Some Answers! Consumeractive sticks up for your rights. If there's an issue you want investigated, get in touch.
March 3, 2005... PROBLEM - What's in a name? I read a letter in issue 181 about the problems Barbara Wright had with getting a refund on a warranty from Time. I also bought a PC from Time four years ago, completed the cash-back registration forms and...

10 Tips for Buying Safely.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... 1: Keep copies of the original Computeractive advert and all further correspondence. If you speak on the phone, make a note of whom you spoke to. 2; On large orders, obtain a written quotation. 3: If possible, pay with a personal...

Cover Story - eBay special - Cash in with ...eBay. Join the eBay revolution and make hard cash by selling off almost anything or hunting down the best bargains. We'll show you how to be an eBay expert and make money online.(Cover story)
March 3, 2005... There will be few internet users around today who haven't heard of the online auction site eBay. The brainchild of founder Pierre Omidyar back in 1995, eBay spawned the online auction phenomenon, using the web to create the perfect platform for...

Hot New Products - Apple Mac mini. It's small, it's cute but can Apple's latest sapling meet the demands of modern computing?(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Anthony Dhanendran. The question that springs to mind when seeing a Mac mini is: why can't PC manufacturers make something that looks like this? The unit is just 16.5cm long and 5cm tall, roughly the size of five CD cases stacked...

Hot New Products - Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX 720. A Pocket PC that can take a pretty picture.(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn. With mobile phone handsets gradually morphing into fully-fledged handheld computers and many handhelds now sprouting phone-like abilities, the future isn't looking bright for bog-standard palmtop PCs. Undaunted by...

BBYY Scan To Office. A paperless office is a tidy office.(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Anna Lagerkvist. Scan To Office conveniently turns information from paper documents or image files into editable Word or Excel documents or Outlook email attachments. It's aimed at home and small business users and is easy to use....

Hot New Products - Sony Network Walkman NW-HD3. At last, Sony supports MP3, but is its portable player up to scratch?(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Luke Peters. Sony pretty much invented the notion of music-on-the-go and has now released the second embodiment of its hard-disk-based Network Walkman. Whereas the NW-HD1 worked solely with Sony's bespoke ATRAC3 digital music...

Hot New Products - Vodafone Blackberry 7100v. Get your email on the move, organise your data and more.(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Tim Smith. Most mobile phones offer some form of basic email access but the Blackberry 7100v aims to make everything more like your computer. Emails can be sent to the Blackberry just like text messages, so you get them as soon as...

Hot New Products - Diskeeper 9 Home Edition. A tidy hard disk means a faster, more stable PC.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn. Given the large amounts of digital media we store on our PCs, it's becoming more important to keep our computers in good working order. Diskeeper is a hard disk defragmenter that helps optimise your computer's...

Hot New Products - Apple iPod Shuffle. Apple's music player goes on a diet and comes over all random.(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn. Having become accustomed to the idea of carrying around 7,000-odd songs in your pocket, it could be hard to get enthusiastic about the concept of a slimmed-down iPod that can only hold a fraction of this amount of...

Hot New Products - Trust BT446 Wireless Bluetooth Graphics Tablet. A wireless tablet that isn't too big to swallow.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn. You don't have to be a graphic artist to justify a graphics tablet. Many people find that the pen and work surface combination is much more intuitive to work with than a mouse, particularly for drawing, handwriting...

Hot New Products - BT Aviator. Ride the airwaves - digital or FM.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Cliff Joseph. Pure Digital turned a few heads recently with its futuristic-looking digital radio called the Bug. BT's Aviator isn't quite as eye-catching, but its neat black-and-silver design still looks pretty good, and it has a...

Hot New Products - OooFf.(office suite OpenOffice, Mozilla Firefox)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Anthony Dhanendran. This application contains two pieces of software - the office suite OpenOffice, and the web browser Mozilla Firefox. We covered these in issue 179 and 180 respectively and both are excellent applications....

Hot New Products - NEC ND-3520 DVD writer.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn. The advent of dual-layer recordable DVD boils down to two things for home users - twice the storage space of normal blank DVDs (up to 8.5Gb-worth), and yet more confusing new disc formats to contend with. That's...

Hot New Products - Ricoh Caplio R1v. Good value, good quality.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Anthony Dhanendran. Five-megapixel cameras, of which this is one, are getting smaller and cheaper all the time, but then megapixels aren't everything when it comes to cameras. Equally - or more - important is the quality of the...

Hot New Products - LaCie Silverscreen.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Luke Peters. The concept of the digital home is fast becoming a reality. Admittedly, the thought of an external hard disk entering our living space is different, but the LaCie Silverscreen is an 80Gb external hard disk with a...

Hot New Products - BT Communicator.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Parkyn. You'd have thought that by providing internet telephony, BT must be undercutting itself somehow. The software needed to run BT Communicator is free and comes as part of Yahoo's instant messaging application. ...

Hot New Products - Belkin Digital Camera Link for iPod. Save photos on your iPod.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Luke Peters. The iPod is still the number one MP3 player on the market and many third-party manufacturers are continuing to make handy devices to go with them. Belkin has a whole range of iPod goodies and this nifty gadget will...

On Test - [pounds sterling]500 PCs - Bargain hunt. You don't need to spend a small fortune to upgrade your computing equipment. We put six budget PCs to the test and see just how far [pounds sterling]500 will take you these days.(Buyers Guide)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Anthony Dhanendran. If you think that buying a brand-new computer is going to blow a large hole in your wallet, think again. The PC industry wants you to buy the latest, greatest, fastest and shiniest computers, but Computeractive...

Feature - Using Windows Safe Mode - Safe haven. When a PC crashes, you need a safe environment to figure out the problem. Welcome to Safe Mode.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Paul Allen. Home computing should be plain sailing but unseen elements can rock the boat. It's particularly frustrating when things go wrong without any obvious cause. Windows provides a safe harbour for those whose computers turn...

Feature - Build a cube PC - It's hip to be square. If you've got an old PC that could do with a 21st century makeover, building a cube PC might be just the ticket. We show you how do it.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Luke Peters. Desktop computers are generally ugly creatures. Unless you've got a shiny new Apple iMac, it's likely that you prefer to keep your case out of sight. However, with a few quid and a sprinkling of know-how, you can...

Feature - Making music - Music for the masses. So you wanna be a rock star? Follow our guide to recording and editing music on your PC and you'll soon have your very own hit factory.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Tim Smith. If you dream of turning your musical aspirations into reality by recording music and creating a CD of your tracks, or you just want to capture a child or grandchild's musical party piece, your computer can help. Gone are...

On Test - CD-Roms - For future reference. A reference title doesn't have to be a dull, wordy tome, these interactive CD-ROMs make their subjects come alive.(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Martin James. This issue we look at five reference titles that make full use of the modern computer's multimedia capabilities. Gone are the days when information was presented as simple text and photos. These days, animated video,...

On Test - Games - Second Sight. An action-packed tale of amnesia and, er, something else.(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Eddie Henderson. In Second Sight you take the role of the enigmatic John Vattic, with the action commencing when you wake from a coma to find yourself endowed with incredible psychic abilities - great. Except you can't remember...

On Test - Games - City of Heroes: Deluxe.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Eddie Henderson. As you might have judged from the picture above, this online multiplayer game is set in the comic book world of superheroes. And we're pleased to say that it more than lives up to its fantastical premise. For...

On Test - Games - Return to Mysterious Island.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Eddie Henderson. Despite its anachronistic method of gameplay - a first-person point 'n' click adventure game in the Monkey Island mould - Return To Mysterious Island is a contemporary offering that's thankfully better to play than...

On Test - Games - Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Eddie Henderson. Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile is the latest city-building title from the developer behind popular offerings such as Pharaoh and Caesar. Despite coming from the same stable as these classics of the genre, it...

On Test - Games - Games Top 10. Here are the top 10 games according to the official UK Leisure Software chart. (C)ELSPA. Compiled by Chart Track.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... 1: Football Manager 2005 [pounds sterling]35 (football management) Sega 2: Half-Life 2 [pounds sterling]40 (first-person shooter) Sierra 3: The Sims 2 [pounds sterling]40 (people management) EA Games 4: Lord of the...

Gadgets - Painkillers. Spending hours in front of a PC can cause RSI and other problems. We've got a few ergonomic gadgets that should help reduce such pains.(Buyers Guide)
March 3, 2005... ROLL WITH IT - [pounds sterling]34 After typing a long letter or scrolling up and down a spreadsheet, you'll probably feel the strain in your fingers and wrists. This so-called gyro ball will exercise those 'mouse elbow' muscles. Start it...

Net Chart - FREE Downloads. We've trawled the internet to test what you can get for free ...(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... TUGZip 3.2 www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads/1160765 A feature-rich archiving utility Although Windows XP contains its own archiving and compression program, you can do much more with a program such as this. Type: Freeware...

Net Chart - Site seeing ... The internet is all about other people. Use our selection of sites to interact, collaborate and discuss.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... www.music-map.com Type the name of a recording artist into the search box and Music map will show you a moving map of other artists, bands and groups that relate to the name you typed in. Clicking on one of the names will take you to a...

Net Chart - Site of the fortnight - www.hertzmann.com.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... This site contains one man's thoughts on French food and cookery. It includes a host of recipes, several articles on aspects of cookery, and other miscellaneous pieces. There is even a section on cooking tools, which applies just as well to...

No Problem! - Q&A - Answers to ... PC problems. Our resident technical doctor is here to cure your PC ailments.
March 3, 2005... Surf as you go Q: I would like to buy a mobile phone data card to connect my notebook to the internet while on the move. However, I would like a pay-as-you-go contract because I would just use it occasionally. Is this possible, as mobile...

Readers to the rescue ... Can you help your fellow readers? Do you need a problem solved? Join our forum dedicated to PC trouble-shooting at www.computeractive.co.uk.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... THE PROBLEM I keep getting pop-ups asking me to download ActiveX controls for Macromedia. Should I install them? I have heard bad things about ActiveX? Pol242, issue 183 YOUR ANSWER Rather than downloading these files via the...

Your help wanted.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2005... If you can answer the questions below, or have questions you want answered, write to the No Problem address given on the left, or go to our website: www.computeractive.co.uk THE PROBLEM I have just backed up my computer onto DVD. Now...

From the Editor.
March 17, 2005... Byline: Dylan Armbrust. Those of us who own digital cameras will know that they have changed the way we use cameras entirely, thanks to their ease of use and convenience. No longer do we feel the pressure to get that perfect shot for fear...

Conflict over plans for abuse centre. Calls for a national centre to tackle online child abuse meet with mixed reaction.
March 17, 2005... Proposals for a dedicated national centre to combat online offences against children have met with a lukewarm reaction from the National Crime Squad. The call for a new [pounds sterling]3m centre to act as the point of contact in combating...

Government launches online safety website.(IT Security Awareness For Everyone)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... The Government has launched a website devoted to combating security threats as part of its plans to make online life safer. IT Security Awareness For Everyone (ITsafe) is aimed at users of computers and other devices that connect to the...

First MMS virus detected.(multimedia messaging service)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Security experts are believed to have detected the first mobile phone virus able to replicate via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and Bluetooth. According to security firm F-Secure, two variants of the CommWarrior virus run on the Symbian...

ICSTIS targets phone tones.(Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services )(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Firms that sell ringtones have been ordered to clean up their act by mobile phone companies or face expulsion from UK networks. The move by the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), which is supported by telecoms watchdog ICSTIS, is a...

PC licence fees could be on their way.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Computer users could find themselves paying double for their annual TV licence fee under current Government proposals. This is the plan put forward by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DfCMS) in a recently published green paper...

Sony range updated.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Sony has added three new digital cameras to its Cyber-shot range. The 5.1-megapixel W5 costs [pounds sterling]280 and features a 2.5in LCD screen and 3x optical zoom. It has 32Mb of internal memory. Seven scene selection modes help beginners...

Firefox fixed.(web browser)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Mozilla has fixed the flaw we reported in issue 181. It was claimed a flaw in the popular open-source web browser could enable hackers to conceal the location of a download of a Trojan. The company hadn't rated the flaw as very serious but it...

1861 census.(www.1837degnline.com)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... The census from 1861 has been made available online at www.1837degnline.com. This is the oldest census available on the internet and is fully transcribed so it can be searched. At present, information for London, Middlesex, Kent and Surrey is...

Super-size TV.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Samsung has manufactured the world's largest liquid crystal display. At 82in the display is seen as paving the way for LCD panels in the big-screen TV market. It was widely considered impossible to make LCD panels this large and Samsung's...

Jargon buster - Techno babble demystified ...(computer related terms)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... - Bluetooth: A technology that allows devices to communicate with each other wirelessly. - Mb: A measurement of storage capacity, usually for computer memory. - Megapixel: A measure of the level of detail recorded by digital cameras....

Consumer, prove yourself.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Consumers are increasingly concerned about identity theft but do little to protect themselves, according to a survey from Which?. In a poll of 975 people, the consumer organisation found that a quarter claimed they had either had their...

Say hello to the vacuum that tells you its problems.(vacuum cleaner)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Dyson has invented a vacuum cleaner that can order its own spare parts. This trick is all down to a tiny computer chip embedded in the vacuum cleaner. It holds all the details about the cleaner, such as the model and serial number. The...

Jargon Buster - Techno babble demystified ...(computer related terms)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... - Broadband: Refers to high-bandwidth internet connections, such as ADSL. - Mb: A measurement of storage capacity, usually for computer memory. - Phishing: Internet fraud that tries to trick users into revealing personal details. ...

Parents pay for 'free' music.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... The British music industry has abandoned its softly-softly approach to illegal file-sharing and parents seem to be paying the price. Of the 26 people first targeted by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in October 2004, 23 have agreed...

New way for scammers to fake websites.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Criminals could use a new way of creating web addresses to con consumers. The warning from the UK Internet Forum concerns the new Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) system. Currently, European languages use what is called ASCII code...

Photo fit.(camera phone)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... A Japanese company, Omron, has developed a camera phone that uses facial recognition technology. Because the theft of mobile phones is a growing threat, the idea is to add an extra layer of security. Omron claimed that once the user has...

Jargon buster - Techno babble demystified ...(computer related terms)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... - Domain name: The name used to identify a site on the internet, such as computeractive. co. uk. - File-sharing: Swapping files with other people over the internet, using a service such as Kazaa. - Sound card: An expansion card that...

The winner is ...(British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, video games)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Half Life 2 dominated the BAFTA games awards on 1 March winning six awards out of a possible 19. It won in the action/adventure, animation, online and multiplayer, art direction, PC and best game categories. Rockstar Games, creators of Grand...