Technology news and views http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1271.html Here's a quick roundup of everything that's happened over the past few weeks.New software releases http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1270.html It's about time we had another one of these, isn't it? As you've probably guessed, this time I'm looking at Burn 'Out, an arcade-style racing game released by Oregan in 1995, and rather heavily influenced by the arcade classic Power Drift. http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1269.html Andre Timmermans, author of DigitalCD, has released an update to his tracker music playing module TimPlayer. The new version adds support for several new tracker file formats, as well as including many other changes and fixes. http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1268.html Here's a quick round up of all the interesting things that have happened over the past few months that we didn't find the time to report on.ROOL bounty scheme http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1267.html What is Unicode? http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1266.html Last month Alan Peters surprised everyone by announcing that TBA Software are back from the dead. Their back catalogue includes AXIS (which was awarded five stars by Acorn 32-Bit Gaming), Formula Two Thousand (FTT), Cyber Ape, Cobalt Seed, and BHP [Review]. http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1265.html It's that time of year again - this Saturday marks the date of the sixteenth Wakefield show. The show will take place at its usual location of the Cedar Court Hotel, and will run from 10:00am to 4:30pm. Entry is set to cost GBP5 per adult, which grants you access to both the main show floor itself and to the theatre presentations. Highlights of this year's show look to be:R-Comp/RCI - Apart from the other wares they'll be bringing to the show, expect them to also take the opportunity to officially launch their new ARMini computer.RISC OS Open and RISCOS Ltd - Providing you with the latest OS updates, no matter which side of the fence you're on.Mike Cook's Gadgets stand - If you've ever wanted to find out what he's been up to since his Micro User/Acorn User days, now's your chance!WikiProject RISC OS - Meet the people who aim to put RISC OS back on the map (on Wikipedia, at least).Also look out for lots of new software releases, including (but not limited to) new versions of Organizer 2 and Impact.For more details about the show, including the theatre schedule, please check out the show's website. http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1264.html As you know, over the past few years there's been a general downturn in the number of articles appearing on The Icon Bar. In response to pressure from our readers, we've come up with a radical new stimulus package designed to combat this issue. Starting today, the author of any new article posted on the site will be rewarded with a bounty, which they will receive within 10 working days of the article going live. For full details about the different bounties that can be awarded to each article, please see our sponsor's site. http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1263.html Vince "One C or two" Hudd and Trevor "Likes to link" Johnson have sent in the following information about an upcoming RISC OS-based meeting in Bristol, along with a reminder on how to get in touch with the BRU mailing list. I'll let Vince and Trevor do the talking for this one... http://www.iconbar.co.uk/comments/rss/news1262.html News has reached us of a couple of shows/groups which have been organised outside of the UK...