Under 1.02 and 1.03, whenever I access the Artifacts screen from research, the game halts. After a second of being on the screen, the mouse pointer disappears. Sound updates continue, as the game apparently keeps playing, though all visual displays (credits/metal/crystal) stop updating.

Running a 3.1 ghz laptop, Windows XP SP 2, nVidia GEForce 6800 (IIRC)

I'll try updating my video drivers tonight. Very reproducible...happens every time.