Well after over 50 hours without power after a mini-cyclone ripped threw parts of western Sydney I'm finally back online. So I'll get into the most important stuff but there will be a bit of missed stuff as there is just too much here to catch up with it all.

LanDag.Net.Au wants all you LAN'ers out their that there's a LAN on Saturday and Sunday 16th - 17th March at Cranebrook High School Hosking Street Cranebrook NSW. Go here to Register.

Have you been having problems with IE6 crashing when visiting certain sites on the web? Well it seems that Microsoft's latest security patch for Internet Explorer causes the Web browser to crash when viewing Web pages that contain a certain VBScript directives. I've noticed this myself this morning twice. Well over at PCWorld they have word from Microsoft that Webmasters will have to change sites' use of VB script to avoid problem.

Articles

- Recovering Precious Files with FinalData @ HardwareZone
- Building and Upgrading your Computer @ epiGamer

Competitions

- Thermaltake Giveaway At The Forums @ Tweakers Australia

Games

- Quark Map Making Tutorial @ Rizenet
- Serious Sam: The Second Encounter @ tüplay
- Command & Conquer: Renegade (Preview) @ Legion Hardware
- Serious Sam: The Second Encounter @ Bjorn3D
- Wizardry 8 @ hardCOREware

Reviews

- Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T PCI Digital TV Card @ Reviewmakers
- Globalwin 8850 Aluminum Case @ Hardware Avenue
- Dr.Thermal TI-V77L Heatsink @ Mikhailtech
- Leadtek WinFast A170 DDR T (GF4 MX440) Video Card @ HardwareZone
- Samsung SpinPoint V40 and P20 Hard Drives @OnePC.NET
- Corsair Micro Cobra 266LE Gaming Bare-bones System @ Amdmb.com
- GlobalWin CAK-II 38 vs CAK-II 68 @ Tweakers Australia
- ATi Radeon 8500 video card @ Explosive Hardware
- Logitech Wheel Mouse Optical Special Edition @ Cool Hardwarez
- ZXMods DIY Window Kit + Cold Cathode Kit @ TEKSECTOR
- Antec Reference Heatsink @ Mikhailtech
- Iwill P4D (i845D) Motherboard @ OCTools
- ASUS GeForce4 MX440 Video Card @ t-break
- AMK Lian Li PC86 vs. GameTunnel II Cases @ Icrontic
- Belkin OmniView SOHO series KVM Switch @ Jsi Hardware
- Iwill P4D (i845D) Motherboard @ Overclockers NZ
- SoundBlaster Audigy (OEM Version) @ PC Scoop
- Zalman Fan Mate @ Mikhailtech
- Over Clock Prove Pro Gamer Aluminium Midtower Case @ IANAG
- Koolance PC2-C Water Cooled ATX Case @ Club Overclocker
- Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX(r)-Certified Speakers @ Futurelooks
- Belkin Nostromo N40 Gamepad @ MGON
- Thermal Compound Shootout @ ViperLair
- Noblesse Electric Blue Case @ Icrontic
- I/O Magic Hurricane Extreme sound card @ The GURU of 3D
- Arctic Silver 3 vs New Nanotherm Ice & Blue @ VR-Zone
- Thermaltake Smart Fan @ ThinkTechie
- Noblesse Case @ Overclock Intelligence Agency
- Soyo P4I Fire Dragon (i845D) Motherboard @ Active-Hardware
- Zalman CNPS6000-Cu HSF @ IceHardware
- Mitsumi CR-4809TE 24x12x40x CD-RW @ Alltechbox
- GlowWire from LiteWave @ Digital-Explosion
- MSI 845 Ultra-ARU (i845D) Motherboard @ X-bit labs
- ZXMods 4" Color Matching Cold Cathode Kit @ Club Overclocker
- MSI GF4MX420, GF4MX440 and GF4MX460 Video Cards @ Digit Life
- MSI 845 ULTRA (MS-6398) Motherboard @ SimHQ
- Intel Pentium 4 2.0A and 2.2 GHz Northwood CPUs @ OcPrices
- Leadtek 7350KDA (SiS735) Motherboard @ SocketA

Well I hope that makes up for the interruption in the news for so I'll go back to keepin' my eye on the weather here for now.