The BBC have launched a new look on their News Website. It’s a more open design with wider pages and bigger images. There’s a new masthead, and audio and video will be embedded within the site, rather than using a separate player. The re-vamp is still a work in progress: Changes will continue to roll out across the site in the coming days and weeks. Refreshing changes

Desktop Tower Defense is possibly the most addictive flash-based puzzle-strategy game on the Web. You have to protect your desktop from waves of invaders by spending money on attacking pieces and building a maze for them to follow. Each onslaught becomes more and more challenging… How many levels can you survive?

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Here’s some more Flash-based online entertainment … Like most addictive games, Escapa is very, very simple. There’s a red square in a field of white that you control with your mouse. Four blue rectangles of varying shapes move around the same field and you have to avoid them and the black border. It’s easy until the blue shapes start moving faster and faster. You’re doing well if you break 18 seconds.

Rumour has it that this game is used to test hand-eye coordination in US Air Force Pilots. Here’s the secret behind the game: The motion of the blue shapes isn’t random. Yes, they move faster and faster, but the more you play, the more you realize that they follow a script. Knowing this will help you master at least the first 15 seconds. You will be doing well to beat this time, because tfter that, everything gets incredibly fast!

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If you own a cat, you have a much lower risk of dying from a heart attack, according to new research.

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PixMaker Lite is a program that automatically stitches together photos, builds an automatically rotating 360° panorama, Web page, and even a self-extracting executable to send by email… best of all, it’s totally free!