Halo 2 Xbox game leaks over the Net

According to reports, copies of the eagerly awaited Halo 2 Xbox game made an impromptu debut last night on Usenet groups and pirate sites. The leaked game, purportedly the French version, precedes its official release in the second week of November, although Bungie, the studio developing the game, had earlier this week said work on the title was finished. Microsoft, which owns Bungie, said in a statement that it would take a dim view of anyone downloading a copy of the leaked game from the Internet. ...more

AMD brings first low-voltage 64bit chips to laptops

AMD has announced two new 64-bit processors for notebooks. The first such low voltage chips are the mobile AMD Athlon 64 2800+ and 2700+. With their low power requirements, these chips bring the AMD64 platform to the slimmer and lighter end of the notebook market. ...more

Software rivals rest their case

Adobe and Macromedia have announced that they have 'reached a settlement on all litigation' though the terms of the agreement are confidential. The companies have released a joint statement which brings to end and a spate of claims and counterclaims reaching back to October last year, when Macromedia asked US courts to block sales of Adobe Photoshop. The company claimed Photoshop infringed two patents it holds on Web-editing functions. ...more

South Korea plans armed border robots

South Korea is considering the use of robots to help patrol the sensitive border lands with communist North Korea. In a futuristic twist, armed robots could be working a bot beat along the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that separates the countries, reports Reuters. It says South Korea will spend up to 33. ...more

SuSE unveils 64bit SuSE Linux 9.0 for home users

SuSE has unveiled the 9.0 version of its Linux operating system, complete with 64bit architecture to take advantage of AMD's Athlon 64 chip. Launched on 24 October, SuSE Linux 9. ...more