Pioneer – Space Adventure/Simulator Pioneer is a space adventure game set in our galaxy at the turn of the 31st century. The game is open-ended, and you are free to eke out whatever kind of space-faring existence you can think of. Look for fame or […]
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Chips Challenge – tile based, highly addictive puzzle game. Chips was originally released as part of a Microsoft Best of Entertainment Pack in 1995 and became wildly popular and addictive. It’s a tile based, top-down puzzle game, where you as Chips have to navigate your
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Emulation and Virtualisation For many people, getting older programs to run in newer systems is more about the means than the end. After all, once you finally get the program or game running half way decently, it will need to have the life tweaked
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As of this week DCT will be featuring a ‘freeware game of the week’ as a regular weekly item. These are not reviews, just a means of letting our readers know about some of the terrific range of free games available. Warsow – First Person
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There are times when we’re clearing out the old junk lying about in the garage or stuffed away in dusty boxes in the attic, when we come across those treasured artifacts from the golden age of computing. If you’re a gamer, you’ll probably be remembering
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Jesus Christ, Che Guevara, Winston Smith and Gordon Freeman have all been described in similar variations on this theme and let’s face it, the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. Individually of course, they each had their
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If one were to scour the Internet using the search term console wars, I can guarantee that you would find literally thousands of pages dedicated to the subject and an equal amount of opinions to boot. One has only to scroll to the comments section
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Some of you may remember the recent Teck Korner special report where we gave exclusive details and news from the very heart of Microsoft itself. The breathtaking response to that unparalleled piece of reporting found us scurrying back to Teck Towers for refuge, which is
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When you tap that icon on your phone, tablet or desktop, are you remotely concerned about which operating system you are using? Most people are not and the fact that Windows, Mac IOS, Android and Linux achieve the same goal, is indicative of how the
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In a scenario reminiscent of Steve Jobs’ triumphant to return to Apple in 1997, new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has offered founder and top geek Bill Gates one of the industry’s top jobs, Teck Korner can reveal today. This exclusive and much sought after position
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A device driver is a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device. Without a driver, the operating system won’t recognise the device, rendering it unusable. Or to put it another way; imagine trying to drive from New York to Chicago
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When was the last time you downloaded a software update, only to find you also invited half the street to join in the fun? You see, personal computing today can be akin to throwing a party and spending the rest of the evening fighting off
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What would you do? According to some, the definition of apocalypse is: The complete and final destruction of the world, esp. as described in the biblical book of Revelation or an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale. Or, as others
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Put half a dozen doctors in a room and ask them for a diagnosis on the patient in front of them and you may be surprised at the answers you get. The same can be said for many computer related problems and cooling your computer
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