OCZ Storage Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., this week introduced a new version of its Vertex 460 solid-state drives that is powered by Toshiba’s second-generation 19nm NAND flash multi-level cell memory with toggle DDR interface. The Vertex 460A SSDs are slightly faster than the original drives, even …

It looks like some shoppers won't need to wait until Black Friday to get a good deal on a Playstation 4 as people have been successfully scamming Walmart thanks to the store's price match guarantee. Under its current policy, if a customer comes in to the shop and finds a …

Microsoft has put out an emergency patch for the Kerberos Bug, which could allow an attacker to perform privilege escalation on all versions of Windows. This will mark the software maker's third emergency patch in recent months, this one in particular arrives just a week after the regular monthly patch …

Sony has announced its schedule for its CES conference in January at which we will likely see a slew of new devices announced. While specific details aren't confirmed yet, the Xperia Z4 smartphone is expected to make an appearance, which could be backed up by this latest leak, showing off …

Ron Gilbert is a name that anyone who was a PC gamer in the '80s and '90s should be well aware of. Along with the likes of Double Fine's Tim Schafer and the rest of the people at LucasArts, he created some of the world's best point and click adventures, like …

In the wake of big dark-net drug market seizures and arrests, there's always a scramble from everyone related to them. Vendors go to ground as they try and make sure that they too aren't about to be busted, buyers rush to try and find the next great market and admins often …

Despite BT's continued roll out of fibre broadband and pledges from many of the country's ISPs to deliver high-speed internet to more rural locations, there are some parts of the UK which are still woefully behind the technological trend. Often the reason is a small local population or the area …

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed development team has been working around the clock since the launch of Unity in an effort to patch out a ton of issues players on all platforms have been facing. On the PC side, things have been pretty bad with low frame rate issues even on high …

WhatsApp has revealed that going forward, it will be encrypting every chat message sent via the service by default, signalling another step in the right direction for privacy online. The rollout was announced today and is described by the App maker as the “largest deployment of end-to-end encryption ever”. There …

Ever since Phil Spencer took charge of the Xbox division and made crucial changes to the console and its pricing, the sales gap between the PS4 and Xbox One has been closing up. Microsoft has also had its fair share of exclusives launch this year with the Halo Master Chief …

With the price of large capacity Solid State Drives dropping throughout 2014, we felt it was a good time to take a look at the 512GB version of the ADATA SP610. This drive is equipped with the excellent Silicon Motion SM2246EN controller and has dropped in price to around the …

Google's latest smartphone, the Nexus 6, is finally available to pre-order in the UK ahead of an impending December release date. The 6 Inch smartphone is built by Motorola, featuring many of the same specifications as this year's Moto X. The ‘Midnight Blue' 32GB Nexus 6 is available to pre-order …

Earlier this year, Valve showed up at CES with a bunch of Steam Machines to talk a little more about its plans and show off the controller. The controller and OS have since been delayed but it doesn't look like we will be hearing anything new in January as Valve …

It's all well and good Richard Huddy, AMD's Chief Gaming Scientist, answering questions on Mantle, hair follicles and the future of gaming resolutions, what about the tough questions?  Overclockers.co.uk has a pretty active forum – full of hardcore enthusiasts. They wanted Huddy's reply to some more awkward propositions. Well, here's the response. Discuss on …

Gigabyte Technology has unveiled the world’s first mATX mainboard based on the Intel X99 core-logic that is designed for Intel Core i7-5800/5900-series “Haswell-E” high-end desktop central processing units. The mainboard features premium capabilities and can enable compact form-factor systems with extreme levels of performance. The Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 motherboard is …

Advanced Micro Devices will reveal all technical details about its next-generation code-named “Carrizo” accelerated processing unit in late February, 2015, at the 2015 IEEE international Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). Although many things about the chip are already known, AMD managed to create an intrigue by squeezing in 28 per cent …

Intel Corp. will reveal technical details about its next-generation multi-core microprocessor for mission-critical servers next February at the 2015 IEEE international Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). The chip will be the most complex central processing unit ever made by Intel. Intel Xeon E7 v3 “Haswell-EX” microprocessor for servers with up to …

Apple experiences challenges fulfilling orders for its iMac 27” all-in-one desktops with 5K retina-class displays. Orders placed online right now will take weeks to be dispatched and some customers in the U.S. are notified about unexpected delays. Readers of 9-to-5Mac web-site complain that Apple has informed them that delivery of …

Foremay, a maker of solid-state drives primarily known for special-purpose industrial and mission-critical drives, has announced the world’s first SSDs with 4TB and 8TB capacities with Serial ATA interface. The drives do not offer high performance, but those, who need ultra-high capacity solid-state storage will have to be satisfied with …

We have two very high-profile releases launching today, Far Cry 4 and Dragon Age Inquisition so to mark the occasion, Nvidia and AMD have launched new graphics drivers to help ensure that gamers can get as much performance as possible on day one. First up lets talk about AMD's Catalyst …

The public OTA update for Android Lollipop on Nvidia Shield tablets is now live and should be hitting your device some time today if it hasn't already. The update will bring Android's latest user interface, animations and notifications inspired by material design. Users should experience improved app performance and the …

Elon Musk appears to be worried about the future of artificial intelligence technology, thinking that it could turn dangerous in just five years time, ten at the most. The Tesla CEO voiced his opinion in a comment on Edge.org but later, which was later removed but not before a Reddit poster …

Intel is set to merge its mobile and tablet division with the part of the company that creates desktop processors. This will combine the heavy loss generating mobile group with the profitable PC chip making group starting from early next year. In an email to Intel employees, spokesperson Chuck Mulloy …

When it comes to the Christmas period, we normally associate it with the season to be jolly. For civilians that may be true but, in the hard fought world of system builders, it's more a case of desk the halls with guns and ammo. The shoot out for your Xmas …

We've seen several Xbox One exclusives come to the PC so far and it looks like there are even more to come as Amazon France prematurely launched listings for PC versions of both Sunset Overdrive and Forza Horizon 2, with Windows 7 or 8 listed as available platforms. The Sunset …

The future of Nokia has been uncertain for a while now but it looks like the company is still kicking around as it has just announced the N1 tablet, one of the first devices to use a reversible USB-Type C connector. Reversible USB cable specifications were first settled on back …

German cooling company be quiet! has taken the bold step of creating its first PC case, the Silent Base 800. The company name and the model name both effectively promise this new case will be very quiet indeed, and that is something we fully appreciate – but of course we …

Just Cause 2 received a very popular multiplayer mod at the end of last year, causing Square Enix to re-think the addition of multiplayer in the sequel, Just Cause 3, which was officially announced last week for the Xbox One PS4 and PC. However, there won't be a multiplayer mode …

Microsoft Corp. on Monday became the world’s second most valuable company after Apple since capitalization of Exxon Mobil Corp. dropped as a result of decreasing oil price in the recent months. Microsoft Corp. has not been particularly successful on many markets in the recent years. The company’s mobile platforms – …

Nvidia Corp. on Monday unveiled what it claims to be the most powerful compute accelerator on the planet. The Tesla K80 dual-GPU solution sports 4992 stream processors as well as 24GB GDDR5 memory in a bid to offer unprecedented performance for difficult computational challenges, ranging from astrophysics, genomics and quantum …