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Return of PacMan

THE games business is not shy about mining its past glories, so the return of one of the greatest games ever, PacMan, is no surprise. Namco has dusted him down, bought some new fruit, found some new ghosts and thrust this PacMan for the '90s into a fully fledged 3D world for the PlayStation.

The game will be available early next year.

Cybersnip

AFTER live births and heart surgery on the Internet comes another in this parade of dubious medical firsts for the web - a live sex-change operation. "Julie", a 49-year-old male, will have an operation to be changed from a man into a woman. The company hosting the webcast, Calypso Productions, deals in adult web sites.

On-line babysitter

PARENTS of teenage drivers can get some peace thanks to new inventions unveiled in the US. The first uses a global positioning system tracker coupled with a mobile phone to allow parents to monitor the whereabouts of their darlings when the kids are using the family car. The second invention is the motoring equivalent of the black box. It monitors how fast the car is driven and for how long.

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