As gamers we've known this for years... it's nice to see it spelled out though in a national study.  Here's a few quote from the findings.  The URL to the full story will follow:

"According to the survey, students’ frustration with school filters and firewalls has grown since 2003, with 45 percent of middle and high school students now saying that these tools designed to protect them inhibit their learning. And 40 percent of students in grades 6-12 cite their teacher as an obstacle to their use of technology in school."  ... 

"What’s more, there seems to be a disconnect between what students want from their own education and what the adults in charge think is best."

Of course we as gamers are left scratching our heads and saying to ourselves "This is new news?!?".  However when the sources are educational research groups, that is new.  :)

Yep, you heard me correctly.  Apparently after 13 years the old stoned virus is now turning up on some "preinstalled" Vista systems.  For those that aren't old enough to remember what an LP record is, let alone a virus that was around 13 years back; the Stoned virus was a "boot sector" bug...

As I’m sure many of you are already aware Bioshock (the new smash hit 2K game title for PC / Xbox 360) is coming with a bit of a blast from the past.  They’re using an older type of copy protection with a few updated twists.  Back in the early 80’s there were several software programs that came with a protection scheme that basically forced the software owner to uninstall the software using the install disks.  Should you forget to do that then the install disks actually counted the number of installs and eventually disabled themselves after two or three installs without an uninstall.

An open rant to Microsoft by Charlie Demerjian (IT specialist) that makes some very good points about Vista that should be considered before installing it on your PC.  I would highly suggest reading this if Vista is on your list of things you want to install.

For the record I neither love or hate Microsoft, I simply read the facts and decide what's best for me personally based on them.  I suggest you do the same.  :)

First things first (so I don't get a flame war here) I'm not a PC, Mac, Linux, or SGI guy... I'm all the above and like them all.  Each has their advantages and their weaknesses.  However I do have to say that I enjoy picking (purely in fun) on Mac systems particularly since they seem to have that "we never make any mistakes" attitude and defend it with a vengeance, even when confronted with the mistakes.

They've made such a mistake yet again with their latest version of the Safari browser they're trying to push on Windows users.  The newest version (which I would highly suggest not downloading at this time) refuses to show bold text.  On many web site (probably this one as well) that means a good chunk of the content is missing along with most of the menu items and links.  I guess when they say "browse different" they mean it. 

In South Korea today, Blizzard finally announced what they have been hinting at for months.  Starcraft 2 is in development.  They kept most of the same look and feel while updating the graphics.  Check out