You will be able to pre-order Windows 7 between 15th of July & the 9th of August from the M$ site.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx

These will be a full install - not an upgrade.

The version available to the EU is the -E package - which does not have Internet explorer bundled with it.

Not sure which retailers at the mo.

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Some screenshots from Activision's Wolfenstein have been put on the net

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EA are looking to release BF 1943 - which is essentially a cut down version of 1942 with a new graphics engine.

It looks pretty amazing.



http://www.battlefield1943.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Lwuyf1gRk

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Valve have released the scout update with 3 new weapons & Community maps.



Force-a-nature - a new shotgun that can push foes back
Energy drink - makes the scout invulnerable for 10 seconds and super fast
Bonk - a new baseball bat that comes with a ball so you can stun enemies from far away

And a hand full of community maps.

Check it out:
http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate/

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Please can you post your feedback here:

http://www.lanse.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6585

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T'was not me. . .

Full info here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17967175

Going to be very difficult to track down given a DDoS's nature.

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Yummy 

Anandtech

Hothardware

Hexus

hardwarecanucks

pcper

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http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3326&p=1

Looks really really fast.

Perhaps Cos could shed some light on it?

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Download Call of Duty 4 (COD4) 1.6 patch from:

http://forum.i3d.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=1214
http://files.totalgamingnetwork.com/file/5207/Call+of+Duty+4+Modern+Warfare+v1.6+Patch/
http://clanservers.multiplay.co.uk/ftpfiles.php?pid=1115
http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/demos/CoD4MW-1.6-PatchSetup.exe

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The Service Pack was originally due to be released on 29 April, but a compatibility issue with Microsoft Dynamics RMS, a retail management suite for businesses, caused it to be pulled at the last minute.

You can download  the network install from  Here

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