In print: tweaking your engine's software, Joost interviewed, PS3 struggle goes on, expert witness tows and more

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• Pimp my ride - or just its chips
  Modern cars are controlled by computers, as the tainted petrol episode showed last week - and they can be reprogrammed any way you want, reports Andrew Brown.
• PlayStation 3 compatibility story is slow to seep out
  UK outlets seem unaware that European PS3 won't play many PS2 games says Charles Arthur.
• South Africa's freedom includes its data
  Free our data: The South African model was a result of the end of apartheid, but its approach has lessons for the UK.
• Homebrew coders cook up a success for consoles
  Keith Stuart: For years videogame watchers have complained that there is no mainstream channel for independently produced games.
• Gadgets
  BlackBerry 8800 | LG Prada phone | Freeloader
• Newly Asked Questions:
  • Is it true that Vista has already been cracked?
    It looked that way last week, says Kate Bevan.
  • Will the EU ruling against Microsoft have unintended consequences?
    The European Commission has published a 'statement of objection' accusing the company of not honouring the settlement reached in 2004. Everyone But Microsoft 1, Microsoft 0, right? Not so fast, writes Wendy M Grossman.
• Read me first
  Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive, says Seth Finkelstein.
• This time, the startup boom is no bubble
  Victor Keegan: The scene is a Starbucks in Regent Street, London, last week. Two 23-year-old women from Trinity College, Dublin, are doing a five-minute pitch from a laptop to a couple of serious venture capitalists (VCs).
• Technobile
  My mouth is not in a direct line with my ear, writes Charles Arthur so please could designers of cordless phones take note?
• The evidence mounts on the need for expert witnesses
  There is rising concern over the lack of any certification or register for those offering specialist knowledge on computers to courts, says Peter Warren.
• Why online television is going to be Joost the job
  Interview: The men behind Skype and KaZaA have designs on your viewing habits - and the advertisers will love it.
• If you think selling Linux is easy, why not beat Dell to it?
  Dell's latest launch has really taken off, writes Jack Schofield. Unfortunately for Dell's crumbling profitability, it's a website called IdeaStorm, not a new PC.
• Newsbytes
  PCTV to go | Peer to peer rentals | Music stores sorted | Ethical ups and downs | Peering at US patents | Optical fibre penetration | 192 plus 2007
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