Linkedin have been reassuring its business customers that their data is safe. They said they received no reports that member accounts were breached after experiencing a password theft targeting 6.5 million people. These passwords were stolen and then published on a website last week. Security experts said that Linkedins protection …
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Flame virus ordered to self destruct
Experts spoke out last night to say that the Flame computer virus has received orders to self destruct. Symantec said in a blog post last night that the Flame “command-and-control servers sent an updated command to several compromised computers. This command was designed to completely remove (Flame) from the compromised …
Read More »Computex: Corsair new Link_A_Media SSD’s, memory and more
Corsair surprised at Computex by launching a new range of SSDs based on a controller from a so far unheard of company in the consumer SSD controller space called Link_A_Media Devices or LAMD for short. In addition to that the company launched its new Dominator Platinum memory modules as well …
Read More »Computex: Broadcom demos 5G Wi-Fi, shows us the future
Networking products are in general fairly dull things, although it’s something none of us can live without in this day in age, at least not if we want to stay connected to the internet. Broadcom jumped on the 802.11ac or 5G Wi-Fi bandwagon very early on and at Computex the …
Read More »Computex: Synology shows off the DiskStation DS213air
Someone at Synology had a stroke of genius as far as the upcoming DiskStation DS213air is concerned, as it’s the first consumer level NAS/router with Wi-Fi that we’re aware of. It looks like your average DiskStation product from Synology, but for some it’ll remove the hassle of having multiple devices …
Read More »Huge GTX570 overstock delays GTX660 until August
While the product marketing teams want to push, push, push on the latest and greatest products, it is the job of the bean counting logistics teams to ensure that the channels plate is clean before serving up he next course of graphics goodness. Up close and personal with an nVidia …
Read More »Computex: Cooler Master – new cases, coolers, headset, mouse and more
In time for Computex, Cooler Master announced two new cases that the company demoed back at CeBIT, alongside a few new CM Strom products which included a new headset and a new mouse. The company was also showing off a new CM Storm chassis, some new 80 Plus Platinum PSUs …
Read More »Computex: BeQuiet! Dark Power Pro 10 850W, two new CPU coolers
Power supplies might not be the most exciting products in the world, but advances are still being made and be quiet! launched its new 850W Dark Power Pro 10 model at Computex. The company is known for its low noise products and the Dark Power Pro 10 series is no …
Read More »Computex: Sapphire kicks passive cooling up another notch
These days passively cooled graphics cards aren’t exactly the norm, but Sapphire has made something of a name for itself in the past for its passively cooled models and the new Radeon HD 7770 Ultimate from the company is going to reinforce this further. The company went as far as …
Read More »Computex: HIS is readying its Radeon HD 7970 IceQ X2
With no Radeon HD 7990 in sight from AMD, HIS has decided to do its own dual GPU card in the shape of the Radeon HD 7970 IceQ X2 which is a triple-slot monster card. The company was also showing off its single GPU Radeon HD 7970 IceQ X which …
Read More »Win an Asus GTX680 courtesy of ARIA and Kitguru!
Thanks to our friends at ARIA we are giving away a stonking, brand new GTX680 from ASUS. We know how tired everyone is coming up to the weekend so this time we have kept the terms of entry really simple! There is no doubt about it the Nvidia GTX680 is …
Read More »Asus Republic Of Gamers Tytan CG8580 System Review (i7/GTX680)
Asus are renowned for releasing some of the finest motherboards and graphics cards on the market, for the enthusiast audience. Their Republic Of Gamers laptops have proven popular with a wide audience and today we are reviewing their latest Republic Of Gamers Tytan CG580 desktop system, loaded with high end …
Read More »Vodafone and O2 to share mobile infrastructure
In a effort to increase overall customer satisfaction, Vodafone UK and O2 have entered an agreement where they will share and combine their respective networks. This includes their current 2G, 3G and forthcoming LTE 4G networks and they hope to offer coverage to 98% of the UK population by 2015. O2 and …
Read More »HTC explains how its One X is better than Samsung’s Galaxy S III
The Samsung Galaxy S III launched in Europe and Asia just over a week ago amidst a fair amount of hype – and for the most part it has been largely justified. Right now, the only thing standing in the way of Samsung's latest Galaxy flagship is HTC's own One X smartphone …
Read More »ARIA selling cut price HD7950 – best UK price
We spotted this deal today from UK etailer ARIA. They are stocking the VTX3D HD7950 for £249.95 inc vat, which makes it around £20-£30 cheaper than other cards currently available. Not only is the card a cut price deal, but they are giving away three games with the deal, including …
Read More »HTC snub invitation to Microsoft Windows 8 party
HTC have dramatically snubbed Microsoft by refusing to attend their Windows 8 party. Microsoft previous apparently refused their tablet development team access to the forthcoming operating system. Microsoft made the call when looking at their tablet sales figures and factoring in their inexperience, according to insiders who spoke to Bloomberg. …
Read More »Microsoft Office for iPad on the horizon?
It may be hard to believe, but Microsoft have yet to release their extremely popular Office suite for the Apple iPad. According to earlier reports from The Daily in February, it was said Microsoft would release the software ‘in the coming weeks', but it never happened. Microsoft said at the …
Read More »Facebook launch app store in US
Facebook have launch an app store, attempting to expand the social networking site into an entertainment platform. Facebook announced their ‘App Centre' last night in a blogpost, confirming their first move into the gaming, application and lifestyle sector. The App Centre is only going to be available in America from …
Read More »Computex: PowerColor Devil 13 HD7970 X2
While many believe that AMD's own design for the fast card the company has ever made won't be available until closer to Q4, Powercolor is using Computex 2012 to showcase a dual-7970 design which it will brand under the ‘Devil 13' logo. KitGuru genuflects in order to save its Immortal …
Read More »Computex: VTX3D shows off new graphics cards
It’s not easy being a smaller player in the graphics card market, yet VTX3D seems to somehow manage to offer competitive products at much lower prices than the competition. At Computex the company unveiled a pair of new pre-overclocked models that should come in at pricing similar to the competitions …
Read More »Computex: ASRock overclocking board designed by Nick Shih
If you’re not familiar with the professional overclocking scene, then you might not be familiar with who Nick Shih is, but suffice to say that he’s one of the world’s top five overclockers. He also happens to work with ASRock and he has now designed a motherboard together with ASRock …
Read More »Computex: Intel 21:9 aspect ratio AiO system with tiny motherboard
The widescreen display has since long conquered the computer monitor and TV markets, but apparently we haven’t gone wide enough. After 16:9 comes 21:9 which is pretty much cinema aspect ratio and now the first computer products using this even wider aspect ratio are starting to trickle through. At Computex …
Read More »Android getting offline Google Maps, 3D view as well
Today Google has announced that very soon Android devices will have offline access to Google Maps. They also mentioned that Google Earth is to get an impressive fly-by 3D view mode. Android users have been able to cache Maps for offline use for a while now – but these have …
Read More »Computex: MSI shows off new MPower motherboards for overclockers
If there’s one trend for motherboards this year at Computex beyond adding Thunderbolt, then it has to be motherboards designed specifically for overclockers. MSI introduced its new MPower series of motherboards at Computex which akin to what ASRock was showing, are scaled back motherboards in terms of features, but with …
Read More »Qualcomm working on a radio chipset to solve LTE fragmentation
Judging by a recent FCC filing from Qualcomm, they are working on a radio chipset that would support seven spectrum bands. This radio chipset is to be combined with a Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 chipset. This would effectively solve the LTE fragmentation problem that some consumers are slowly discovering – even …
Read More »Google warn users of security risks: update your password
Google Vice President Security Eric Grosse has spoken out on the company blog, warning users to take immediate steps to protect their data. He said “We are constantly on the lookout for malicious activity on our systems, in particular attempts by third parties to log into users' accounts unauthorised…Today, we …
Read More »Be Quiet! Shadow Rock TopFlow CPU Cooler
Be Quiet! are now one of the major brands in the high-end air cooling market since their release of the Dark Rock series of CPU coolers. Their products offer a winning combination of style and performance which make them very attractive to a wide range of enthusiast user. We recently …
Read More »Computex: Brace yourselves for Zalman’s MS800 graphic performance
We reported recently about Zalman's attack on the entry level chassis market with the T1, but it seems that the Korean innovation machine is not happy stopping there. With one eye on becoming a graphic card manufacturer itself, Zalman has been worrying about the weight of modern GPU solutions. How …
Read More »eHarmony hacked, password breach
Dating site eHarmony have said that they were exposed in a breach yesterday, following shortly after the Linkedin password problems earlier this week. Becky Teraoka of eHarmony's corporate communications said “After investigating reports of compromised passwords, we have found that a small fraction of our user base has been affected.” …
Read More »Computex: Corsair 1200i could be most advanced PSU ever
George is Corsair's guru of all things electrical. He's also a huge enthusiast. Basically, he loves this stuff. George loves the power. Not only that, he's also ‘bristling' to he point where he seems to induce enthusiasm in those around him. And George loves a bit of AX1200i action. “100% …
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