TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Tech Frontiers
Depression, peer pressure, clinical illness, and other biological and sociological factors in?uence drug addiction. Now add the gene Mpdz to that list, says scientists.

• Technosphere
The lines are quickly blurring between Personal Digital Assistants with mobile phone capabilities and mobile phones incorporating PDA features. Gadjo Sevilla and smartphones comin' at ya!

• Pole Position
Round up your sense of style and comfort with the soft curves of Samsung's newest slide-up mobile, the feature-laden E800.

• The Grid
Don't let the heavy rains and the cold weather stop you from shopping for must-have gizmos. This September, we've got the phones, computers, and cars to crash the bank to bits. Don't worry, it'll all be worth it.

• Cover Girl
Bianca Araneta on multimedia mania. Bianca talks about her favorite tech toys, her glitzy modelling career and everything else in between.

• Cover Story
Not too long ago, the term multimedia referred to CD-ROMs that carried a mere minimum of data. What could multimedia mean for us now? Let's trace the multimedia evolution - make that revolution.

• People@SPEED
PlyoSports' Raul Banzon wants to get you up to speed. Find out how on page 62

• Form Factor
While photographs in Xander Angeles' The X Book have different treatments, different styles and different technical elements, they are all arresting. In this month's Form Factor, Kimi Rocha interprets some of X Book's design ideas.

• Tech Look
Whether you're a gamer, audiophile, cinephile or road warrior, we've got the tech look for you.

• Gaming
Driv3R, Silent Hill 4 and Transformers: Armada reviewed.

• Cyberspace
So you've been e-hoaxed. Now what do you do? Plus, generation quotation on generationterrorists.com

• Showdown
We know gamers compete with an opponent and love to win. What happens if we pit two gaming phones instead of gamers themselves? On page 88, Nokia N-Gage QD and Samsung SCH-V450 on full throttle.

• Proving Ground
We test the Samsung E-600, Bose speakers, Acer notebook, New Balance shoes, Sony multimedia player, Mitac Mio, HP camera, and a whole lot more.

• Motoring
An in-depth look at the sporty new Mazda 3.

• Speed Reading
Read online literature and choose your own adventure with hypertext ?ction. Plus, Michael Moore's Dude Where's My Country?

• Tech News
Tech tidbits to feed your tech mind.

• Future Tech
For bigger muscles, you can always rely on gene doping… or can't you?