The Xbox One may have had a bit of a rocky start last year and it may be trailing a couple of steps behind the PS4 in terms of sales numbers, but that isn't slowing Microsoft's full speed charge upwards and onwards, with the software giant announcing a big list …

Youtube has announced that it plans to target those that inflate their video view counts, likes, subscriber numbers or favourites via artificial means, by periodically reviewing all view counts and changing them to their validated amount if they're phony. According to Youtube software engineer Philipp Pfeiffenberger, the act of increasing …

A new app developed between British lobby group UK Music, the Intellectual Property Office and Aaardman Animations, known as Music Inc, was released to try and show gamers the impact that music piracy has on the industry, but in reality just showcases how little it is labels actually pay their …

Despite having anonymity as their namesake and practice, there are localised version of the hacking movement Anonymous all over the world, and one of them – in this case the Slovenian branch – is claiming to have hacked the FBI, revealing details about its director and login information for many …

We've all got our favourite games and we know how they perform on our regular system. But every now and then, something new comes along and you feel the urge to splash the cash and upgrade your hardware. Which is normally followed by a game-buying fix. The latest move from …

Ubisoft has announced that it's going to launch a graduate program which will see as many as 25 different university graduates given full paying positions at Ubisoft developers, to not only give them a leg up in the industry, but also to help the publisher secure the best and brightest …

Borderlands 2 was released way back in October 2012, so the fact that Gearbox is still pumping out DLC for it and gamers are still buying it and playing it, is testament to the longevity of a game that at its core is a grind for better loot as bad …

Thanks to the likes of Apple (and Android to some extent), the world of mobile phones has become as much about style as it has about substance. This goes double so for audio devices, thanks to companies like Dr Dre's Beats. But while there are plenty of companies willing to …

Asustek Computer on Tuesday introduced its first ever desktop with Google ChromeOS operating system. The PC utilizes an Intel microprocessor based on the latest “Haswell” micro-architecture and provides all the pros and cons of the ChromeOS platform. Since the system does not use a commercial OS, it costs starting from …

Asustek Computer first demonstrated a prototype of a smart-watch device (code-named Waveface) around four years ago. This year, the product of this kind is expected to become a reality, according to the company’s chairman Jonney Shih. Asustek Computer, one of the leading maker of computers and PC components, told its …

Game platform holders never confirm plans to cut prices of their devices in order not to disrupt current sales. In addition, they never make announcements regarding new versions of hardware due to the same reasons. Just as expected, this week Microsoft Corp. denied last week’s rumours about incoming price-cuts/new models …

Nintendo's latest quarterly financial results came in just last week adding to the company's recent string of losses but Sony UK boss, Fergal Gara, feels that if the gaming giant falls it could be “detrimental to the market”. Talking to Trusted Reviews, the Sony executive explained that no other major …

In addition to appointing Satya Nadella on the position of the chief executive officer of Microsoft, the company announced that Bill Gates will resign from his position of the chairman of the board. At the same time, the co-founder of Microsoft will assume a new position at the company to …

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday appointed Satya Nadella on the position of the chief executive officer effective immediately. Satya Nadella is a server and cloud specialist who has been serving Microsoft for 22 years. The new chief executive officer strongly believes in Microsoft's innovations. The new head of Microsoft promises to …

Watch Dogs was set to be one of the most anticipated games to come out last year, unfortunately just a month before its scheduled release, the game was delayed. Since then, there have been a lot of rumours flying around about the state of the game- as you can imagine, Ubisoft …

While Folding@Home was a noble project and still continues delivering excellent data for scientists to pour over to this day, it had one major flaw: it used up idle cycles. While this meant you could have it running whenever you weren't using your PC, it makes it much harder to …

As many as one thousand new top level domains are expected to go live in the near future, with the first one rolling out today. It's pronounced dot shabaka, but looks like  شبكة and is the Arabic translation of the word “network,” making it a very apt one to begin with. …

Survival horror is the latest vogue genre of development and there's some great examples of it, whether you're looking at a single player experience like Don't Starve, or the hugely popular multiplayer ones like DayZ and Rust. However apart from DayZ, which is mostly based on a real location, they're …

The Oculus Rift is obviously a fabulous gaming device and has a lot of potential once it gets past its current novelty stage, but it has much more going for it than just being an immersive display. We've seen before how it has the potential to help alleviate problems like …

It seems ironic really that despite all the modern technological developments surrounding the 21st century desktop gaming PC, it's the mechanical switch, a design that has been around far longer than most, that is hailed as the pinnacle of keyboard input mediums. Still, there is at least some debate on …

The creators of the Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod recently released an update that would make it possible for server admins to restructure the world as they saw fit, adding everything from strange landscapes and stunt tracks in the sky, to underwater building complexes if they so desired. But at …

Samsung Electronics has started to send out invitations for its “Samsung unPacked 5” event on the 24th of February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Apparently, the company wants to unwrap its new flagship smartphone – Samsung Galaxy S5 – at the trade-show, a rather unexpected move. The …

It is known that leading makers of personal computers are reducing their shipments goals for the year. Since lower targets mean higher prices of manufacturing (due to increased costs of components), it is logical to expect certain PC makers to consolidate in order to become more competitive. According to unofficial …

The first rumours about a virtual reality helmet for the PlayStation 4 emerged well before the announcement of the console last February, however, they did not look really credible since nothing particular was known about the system. However, since then they have not only re-emerged, but have now even been …

Data centers demand standards-based software and hardware offerings to ensure ease of deployment and manageability. ARM Holdings and its partners on Monday released the first standard for servers based on ARMv8-A 64-bit micro-architecture. The guidelines will help server makers to build similar machines. ARM ‘server base system architecture' (SBSA) platform …

This week we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win the upcoming Thief 2014 on the PC. All you have to do is join our funny Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from the very same game. It means you …

Apple's long rumoured iWatch could feature solar-powered, wireless or even kinetic based charging if a report from The New York Times is to be believed. Early last year The Verge reported that Apple was apparently having trouble with battery life on the upcoming wearable device, so it is possible that …

It can be hard to find a game for your phone or tablet that doesn't feature micro-transactions these days, the IOS app store does give you clear warning but its usually harder to tell on Google Play without downloading and finding out for yourself. Fortunately, Honest Android Games has arrived …

Over at MESH Computers, the engineering team have been working overtime to get more and more technology into smaller and smaller spaces. We're told that there will be plenty of these being launched throughout 2014, but – for now – you have the chance to win one of these cool …

David Cameron spent a lot of time last year talking up the porn filters he wants UK ISPs to ‘voluntarily' implement and praising Chinese censorship firms like Huawei who he's been welcoming with open arms, but when they began being implemented, as detractors pointed out before hand, they ended up …