In his year end review at the start of a new one, Mike Krahulik, Gabe from Penny Arcade, has written a lengthy analysis of himself and his behaviour and he's decided that ultimately it needs to change. Describing himself as a bully – and explaining where that part of his personality came …
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Hololibrary wants to make education virtual
If the Oculus Rift devkit was a baby step towards virtual reality, the consumer version set to be unveiled towards the end of this year, could be a giant leap. But it's not all about games and 3D movies, the Hololibrary kickstarter is hoping to make education three dimensional too. …
Read More »NetGear XWNB5201 Powerline 500 WiFi Access Point Review
Today we are taking a look at NetGear's XWNB5201 PowerLine 500 Wifi adapters. These powerline adapters promise to extend a WiFi network with wireless speeds up to 300 Mbps. Retailing for £79.00 inc vat. the XWNB5201 are expensive, but are they worth the investment? Specifications Powerline 500 Wifi Access Point: …
Read More »Samsung boosts production of OLED Panels
Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s most influential consumer electronics makers and also one of the globe’s largest producer of displays, is said to increase production of OLED panels amid growing demand by 33% compared to the volume it makes now. Question is, are they 4K ones? If they are, …
Read More »AMD and DICE delay Mantle patch for Battlefield 4
Advanced Micro Devices and DICE this week said that they would delay a patch for Battlefield 4 video game that was expected to be released in December. The patch, which will use AMD’s proprietary Mantle application programming interface (API), is expected to boost performance on AMD Radeon hardware. Potentially, it …
Read More »Samsung and SK Hynix Unveil Next-Gen LPDDR4 Memory
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, two leading manufacturers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), this week introduced next-generation LPDDR4 memory for mobile devices. The two companies have already shipped samples of the new mobile DRAM to leading designers of mobile system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. Samsung’s and SK Hynix’s first LPDDR4 chips …
Read More »Deadpool delisted from digital outlets
If you're at all interested in playing the Deadpool game, which was released mid 2013, then you might want to do it soon as the game is mysteriously disappearing from digital stores without explanation or warning. Deadpool the game was developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision, the …
Read More »Did the Wii U outsell the Xbox One before Christmas?
It might seem crazy and the data is coming from VGChartz – a somewhat untrustworthy source of data – so take it with a pinch of salt, but Forbes has it that the Wii U might be making its big come back, even outselling Microsoft's new Xbox One console in …
Read More »Dell apologises for leaving NSA backdoors in hardware
Earlier this week at the 30th annual Chaos Communication Congress, Dell, among other US based tech firms, was accused of leaving deliberate backdoors in its software and hardware, to make it easier for the NSA to install malware and viruses on the machines and gain access to the information stored …
Read More »There’s a Mega Man board game on Kickstarter
Chances are at some point this Christmas and New Year season, at least one of your family members tried to get you to play Monopoly, Scrabble or maybe even Pictionary. If you want to wash that bland board-gaming taste out of your mouth, then this Mega Man one might be …
Read More »Devil’s Third is on track for release in 2014
Dead or Alive creator, Tomonobu Itagaki, along with Valhalla Game Studios, have been working on an all new action game titled ‘Devil's Third' for some time now. Originally THQ was signed on to publish but as we all know, THQ is no longer with us, since then there has been little …
Read More »Digital media sales continued to boom in 2013
Despite what many copyright lobbyists would have you believe, the media industry is continuing to do very well indeed, as despite a small drop in physical media sales last year, digital is booming and raking in billions of pounds. The stats show physical goods sales dipping in music, video and …
Read More »Win STEAM game this week!
This week we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a STEAM game of your choice. All you have to do is join our funny Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from Grand Theft Auto 5. It means you can …
Read More »Noctua NH-U14S CPU Cooler Review
Today we are going to look at the Noctua NH-U14S which is a recent addition to the Noctua family of coolers. This is slim single-tower air cooler which is designed for those users who want to maintain decent RAM compatibility. Noctua are still one of the best respected manufacturers in the …
Read More »Hey Japan you’re finally getting the PS4… soon
Despite probably containing the biggest number of devkit and prototype versions throughout the console's development – since Sony is based in Japan – the PlayStation 4 still has yet to launch there. With the release date looming however, Sony has begun to hype up the marketing and has now debuted …
Read More »This guy made a machine to play Pokemon for him
If you thought it was fun playing Pokemon X and or Y the good old fashioned way – IE. with your hands – then imagine how much fun you can have when you build a device to play it for you! That's right, now you too can continue on with …
Read More »4.6 million Snapchat usernames and phone numbers leaked
2014 has barely started and we already have our first leak, a Snapchat database containing 4.6 million phone numbers and usernames has leaked on to the Internet and has been made downloadable for all of the world to see. The site housing the leak, SnapchatDB, currently offers two download formats: …
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