The Desert Combat Website now offers a new version 0.4 of this modern day combat modification for Battlefield 1942 (thanks Devicer). The new version, which is a 573(!) MB download for the full mod or a 223 MB download for the incremental update, includes three new maps, two new game modes, new weapons, new vehicles, new planes, tweaks, bug fixes, full version 1.45 compatibility, and more.

A new Kreed trailer has been released, and is available for download from Doupe.cz as a lower (10 MB) or higher (42 MB) resolution clip. The trailer shows off more than two minutes of gameplay from Kreed, the science fiction shooter in the works at Russian developer Burut.

• Savage
  The Armchair Empire's Savage Q&A offers a postmortem from Jon Shiring, one of the programmers on S2 Games' new FPS/RTS hybrid (thanks Frans). The conversation goes into detail about the game, what had to be omitted, and their future plans.
• Bloody Waters
  HomeLAN Fed's Bloody Waters Q&A chats with Pineapple's Simon Barratt to learn more about Bloody Waters: Terror From The Deep, their just-announced action game that puts the player in the role of a predatory shark.
• Purge Jihad
  HomeLAN Fed's Purge Jihad Q&A catches up with James Richard of Freeform Interactive to discuss Purge Jihad, their recently unveiled free Purge add-on. Topics include when planning for the project began, new gameplay modes, new maps, and more.

• Lords of EverQuest on GameSpyDaily.
• Mythica on Mythica HQ Forums. New concept art.
• SpellForce on the Official Website.

Thanks Mike Martinez.

• Slashdot: Half-Life 2, ATI, NVIDIA, and a Sack of Cash.
• Whatever Will Be Will Be Free on the Internet (registration required).
• Virus writers hard to track on Net.
• Sex Sites Sick of Getting Screwed.
• New-Generation Phones Got Game and Nintendo handheld game works as videophone.
• Videophone Dick Tracy Would Love.
• Point, click, call.
• File-Sharing Battle Leaves Musicians Caught in Middle (registration required).

• Heaven & Hell on DeadAlfs.
• Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader on 3DAvenue.
• Midnight Club II on Worthplaying.
• TRON 2.0 Solinari Gaming and (in German) on Ghome.de.

• Antec Minuet Case on SubZeroTech.
• Casetronic Travla C137 Case on EPIACENTER.com.
• Casewraps.Com Corrosion Case Wrap on GruntvillE.
• Coolermaster Q Alloy Keyboard on MADSHRIMPS.
• Evercool 84mm and 74mm Fans on WinHQ.Net.
• Gigabyte K8NNXP nForce3 150 Motherboard on OC Workbench.
• Icemat Mousepad on ASE Labs.
• M-Audio Revolution 7.1 Sound Card on Guru3D.
• Matrix Orbital MX233 LCD on PCArena.
• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 and ATI RADEON 9800 Comparison on X-bit labs.
• Promise FastTRAK TX4000 IDE RAID Controller on X-bit labs.
• SMC 8013WG Wireless Cable Modem Gateway on Envy News.
• Transcend 2.5-inch USB 2.0 HD Enclosure on Envy News.
• Vantec Vortex HD Cooling System on Systemcooling.com.
• X-Trac Zoom Pad Mousepad on UKLans.
• Zalman 7000A Cooler on Digital-Daily.

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Stories of the Day:	Barry Column Turns Table on Telemarketers. Thanks Learned Hand. Are You Too Stupid to Surf?
Science!:	Flotation phone cuts off the world. Through the Solar Looking Glass. The Robot Air Corps.
Media of the Day:	Overdue Clip. Cursor Miner's Library. Dance Like You're Selling Nails. Thanks Dillon.
	Thanks Mike Martinez.