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Syrian Electronic Army hacks Skype’s Twitter

The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked in to the official Skype Twitter account to accuse Microsoft of selling user data to governments around the world. The first in a series of tweets reads: “Don't use Microsoft emails (hotmail, outlook). They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the …

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Round one of the console wars officially goes to Sony

Gaming on a budget involves a couple of pretty important decisions, the first decision you're going to have to make is usually which platform your going to dedicate your money to and while PC gaming has grown, consoles still remain the more popular choice for mainstream buyers. While both the …

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Silkroad founder teaching Yoga in prison

Ross Ulbricht, the man who the authorities claim went by the name of Dread Pirate Roberts and founded and administrated the tor-accessible drugs marketplace, Silk Road, has begun teaching a yoga class in prison, with around five other inmates sitting in on his sessions. This news came from the official …

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Microsoft could work with Sony on next Windows phone

Crank up the rumour mill folks, it's time for a doozy. According to some unnamed sources (who as usual, are within a reasonably proximity to the situation at hand) over at The Information, Microsoft might be teaming up with Sony for its next Windows based smartphone. Why would Sony high-five …

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Steam sales make bundles of cash

Steam sales are a time to clutch your wallet tightly to your chest and steer clear of your PC for a few days, not because the sales are bad, but because they're so damn good. I'm sure you've all been there before (many of you are likely there now) where …

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Gabe from Penny Arcade apologises for being a bully

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. …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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