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Best Buy adding 600 Microsoft Mini stores

Our American readers will be interested to hear that Microsoft have teamed up with retailer Best Buy to bring the ‘Microsoft Store' experience instore. Later this month Microsoft mini stores will be opened inside Best Buy branches – a total of 500 in the U.S. and another 100 in Canada. …

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Sony explains PS4 online fee

While Sony has received a lot of accolades for its handling of the next-gen in terms of online activations (it isn't doing them), used game sales (it's not restricting them) and bundled hardware (the Eye camera isn't mandatory), it did take a bit of flak for its announcement that for …

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Kim Dotcom releases new video of police raid

Kim Dotcom has released a new video of the raid on his home from early last year, made up of footage from police cameras and CCTV on his property, showing much more detailed imagery of heavily armed officers with dog teams and assault rifles The video begins with a breakdown …

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Here’s how Xbox One achievements are changing

We already talked about Microsoft adding achievements to its Xbox One for simply watching TV, but that isn't the only changeup it'll be making. It'll also be introducing challenges that transcend individual games, can be temporary or long term and even unlock new content. Challenges are not just your regular …

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Facebook adopts the hashtag

This was bound to happen at some point or another. People have been hashtagging on Facebook for a long time, simply because of the popularity of the practice on Twitter. Now the Zuckerberg owned social network has adopted the practice, giving a legitimate use on the platform, instead of just …

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Looking for a job? Watch out for Zeus malware

Money launderers and account thieves have been using money mules for years to help clean up their cash and make it difficult for authorities to trace and a common method for recruitment in the past was job sites. Now though, security teams at those firms are beginning to crack down …

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Luxa2 unleashes the 40,000mAh P-MEGA

We all need juice. The more devices you have – the more juice you need. Against that need for juice, you need to balance price and portability. Luxa2 has created a gorgeous portable power station of a recharging device – but can its look overcome it s size? A 40,000mAh …

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AMD A10-6800K (Richland) APU Review

Today we are going to take a look at the latest ‘Richland’ APUs from AMD which have been refreshed with ‘Piledriver’ cores to enhance performance. There are numerous other improvements including the addition of 2133 MHz memory support for the A10 models. Since AMD released their first APUs back in …

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Yahoo will release inactive email account names

In a months time Yahoo will be releasing inactive email account names to new users. Accounts that have not been used for a year or longer will be ‘purged', releasing them for people to reclaim. Yahoo say they will release the inactive accounts unless the current user logs in before …

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New 1080p HD version of Oculus Rift shown at E3

Like Avatar and 3D technology, the Oculus Rift has got us all excited about virtual reality once again. It had its hey day in the early 90s with Lawnmower Man and again to some extent with the release of The Matrix, but like 3D, it's never really been something that …

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Google delivers PRISM data to government by hand, or FTP

PRISM has become a shining example of encroaching government surveillance on western civilization and understandably, people are mad about it. However, a Google spokesperson has refuted claims that government agencies have direct access to its servers – it simply delivers the data by hand or FTP. This isn't necessary Google's …

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Cosmos SE finally ready to land

Anyone who's owned one of Cooler Master's awesome Cosmos chassis will, at some point, have wondered why they didn't make a smaller one. One that would fit easily into any space. Well, with the launch of the Cosmos SE, that wait is over. We're happy. If a chassis won't take …

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Kim Dotcom explains how they deleted Mega gun plans

While Kim Dotcom is often seen as a folk hero of the internet, he drew a lot of criticism recently for his deletion of 3D printed gun plans from his Mega file locker website and this concerned people: partly because Dotcom has previously been all about freedom of information and …

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Witcher III dev putting gamers first despite Xbox One DRM

While some companies may have been pleased by the announcement by Microsoft that its next generation console, the Xbox One, would come packing built in DRM that locked games to individual accounts, disallowed game lending and required online activation on a regular basis, developer of the Witcher, CD Projekt is …

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Asus firms up 4K future

As you all know, KitGuru has been tracking the move toward affordable 4K very closely over the past 12 months. With a series of price drops and product launches, the magic moment when you can buy a 4K TV for less than £1,500 is edging closer. Asus wants to deliver …

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RHA MA450i Earphones Review

Back in January, we took a look at RHA's SA950i headphones and were thoroughly impressed by their design and performance.  Now we are looking at RHA's MA450i earphones to see if they can offer similar performance in a different design. While headphones are great for all-out performance, nothing can match …

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Enermax announces new CPU coolers

Enermax, that PSU giant of old has announced a new range of CPU coolers, all part of the ETS-T40 range and coming with names like Black Twister and White Cluster – though essentially the same as each other, just with a different paint job. Both units inherit the same patented …

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Singing astronaut announces his retirement

Chris Hadfield, the man that took humanising astronauts to a whole new level when he performed a beautiful cover of David Bowie's “Space Oddity,” from the International Space Station, has announced that he will be retiring from the Canadian Space Agency after a 21 year career. Along with the well …

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Gamers declare Sony as E3 champion

We talked about it since the original reveal of PS4 features and games, we carried on talking about it when Microsoft showed us the Xbox One and we've been talking about it off and on until yesterday: which would come out on top at E3, the Xbox One or the …

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Apple iOS7 – new cleaner, flatter look

Apple have revealed their latest update to the mobile operating system at the WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC). There are new features and a cleaner, flatter look. Tim Cook, Apple CEO said that iOS7 was ‘the biggest change to iOS since the launch of the iPhone.” Craig Federighi, Apple vice president …

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