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Researchers in Israel say they have succeeded in putting a version of the Bible on a chip smaller than a pinhead.

Its 300,000 words in Hebrew were inscribed on a silicon surface at the Haifa Institute of Technology.

Scientists say the aim of the p

Often praised for their outstanding games winning awards for all their games, but also critised for their failure to keep hackers out of their online games and some huge glitches that prevent people from enjoying the masterpieces and also Steam have released statistics for Team Fortress 2.

Here are some benchmark results for a medium-high spec PC running Crysis on Microsoft Windows Vista x64.

The PC in question is the following specification:

• Intel Core2Duo E6750 overclocked to 3.2GHz
• 4GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM
• 250GB SATA 7200RPM HDD
• Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB overclocked to 560MHz core, 850MHz memory

This including case and PSU etc, excluding monitor and speakers can be bought for around £700-£750, which isn't really a lot, bringing it around £1000-£1200 with speakers and 22" widescreen monitor.

The benchmark was carried out on Windows Vista 64-bit edition in DirectX 10 mode.

The benchmark tool used was the Crysis Benchmark Tool made by the team at Crymod and can be downloaded from Crymod or Guru3D.

Microsoft has once more come under fire for allegedly anti-competitive behaviour - this time from software rival Opera. The Norwegian company, which makes an internet browser of the same name, has filed a complaint with European Union officials accusing Microsoft of stifling competition.Opera, which has around 12 million users worldwide, said today that Microsoft had been acting anti-competitively by bundling its Internet Explorer program with the Windows operating system.

"We are filing this complaint on behalf of all consumers who are tired of having a monopolist make choices for them," said Jon von Tetzchner, the chief executive of Opera. "We cannot rest until we've brought fair and equitable options to consumers worldwide."

The company said it was looking for a series of measures from European officials, including forcing Microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer or allowing rival products to be preinstalled in Windows, and compelling Microsoft to follow design guidelines issued by web standards groups.

Source: Guardian

Microsoft is once again most likely going to have legal action simliar to that of the Windows Media Player antitrust suit in which the EU fined Microsoft €280M.