Intel has pulled its advertising from gaming news site, Gamasutra, after the chip maker received complaints about an opinion piece claiming that ‘gamers are over', this article was part of a co-ordinated attack on the gamer identity as over ten big gaming sites posted similar articles all preaching the same …
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Reddit to fire any employees that don’t move to San Fran
Following on from its announcement of a successful $50 million round of funding and a pledge that 10 per cent of that money would go to rewarding the site's community for making it what it is, the “front page of the internet,” Reddit, has told all remote workers that if …
Read More »Female celebrities sue Google over leaked images
It seems like the celebrity nude picture scandal has yet to die down, not least because the leakers are continuing to dump their trove of images every few days, but because a number of the women that took or featured in the photos have now begun legal action against Google …
Read More »Up close and personal with the MSI GT72 Gaming Laptop
Without doubt, the MSI GT72 2PE Dominator Pro was one of the best received laptops we have ever seen in the KitGuru Lab. But still pictures can only take you so far. We were lucky enough to get MSI Laptop Guru Kian into the studios for an on-camera walk through …
Read More »UK finally makes it ok to rip your CDs, DVDs
If there's any clearer indicator that the copyright law is falling far behind the pace of modern technological advancements, it's the fact that the UK has only just made the practice of ripping personally owned digital content from physical media like CDs, DVDs and others, legal. Until now, while the law …
Read More »Dying Light trailer shows what it’s like to be dead
Dying Light is really hoping that you haven't had enough of shooting at zombies just yet, but in case you have, then perhaps you'll enjoy playing as one. In the latest trailer for the game, developer Techland shows off the new “Be the Zombie,” mode, that has you taking on …
Read More »ARM and TSMC expect first 10nm tape-outs in late 2015
ARM Holdings and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Thursday outlined some details regarding transition of chip production to 10nm FinFET manufacturing technology. The company’s reaffirmed that risk production of chips made using 10nm FF fabrication process will start in late 2015. The two companies agreed to work together on 10nm FinFET …
Read More »Samsung to produce 14nm FinFET chips for AMD, Apple, Qualcomm – report
Samsung Electronics has lost exclusive chip manufacturing contract with Apple, but a new report claims that that the company has managed to land orders from Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm. ZDNet reports that Samsung is projected to begin producing application processors (APs) for clients such as Apple, AMD and Qualcomm …
Read More »Toshiba: SSDs will be cheaper than HDDs by 2025
In the recent couple of years solid-state drives got significantly more affordable then they were four or five years ago. Still, they are considerably more expensive than hard disk drives on cost-per-gigabyte (or the cost-per-bit) basis. According to Toshiba Corp., this is going to change by 2025, when SSDs will …
Read More »LG is developing webOS-based smartwatch, attracts software devs
LG Electronics has notified webOS software developers that it is working on smartwatch devices based on the operating system. The move is rather strange, given the fact that LG is an active supporter of Google Android Wear operating system. A developer web-site hosted by LG this week teased an upcoming software …
Read More »Kingmax reveals 3.20GHz DDR4 modules, projects rapid adoption in 2015
Kingmax, a well-known supplier of premium memory modules, on Thursday introduced its first DDR4 memory solutions with up to 3.20GHz effective clock-rate and also said that the adoption of DDR4 will rise in 2015. The family of Kingmax's DDR4 memory modules includes (or will eventually include) 288-pin DDR4 unbuffered DIMMs, …
Read More »Corsair Gaming Vengeance K70 RGB
Corsair might have made peripherals before this, but what you and I are looking at today represents a whole new way of thinking for the iconic memory maker. Corsair Gaming has officially been born with the release of the new Vengeance K70 RGB keyboard, a Cherry MX be-switched peripheral with …
Read More »Kim Dotcom quits Baboom, claims it will ‘do better without me’
The saying goes that if you love something enough, you have to be able to let it go. Unfortunately for internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, it seems like the time has come for him to let go of a lot of his pet projects, not because it's the right time, but …
Read More »DayZ is ‘definitely going to be a multi-platform title’
DayZ has been out on the PC for some time now, it originated as a mod for Arma II and then turned in to a standalone title as one of the best selling Early Access games on Steam to date. However, earlier this year, the game was announced for the …
Read More »Kickstarter games backing appears to be in decline
It turns out that pledges for games on Kickstarter are on the decline as new statistics are suggesting that crowd funded games are making half as much as they did in 2013. Based on data from the first half of this year, analyst firm, ICO, is expecting to see $27,023,480 …
Read More »Apple now lets you check if your iPhone is stolen before you buy it
Apple now lets potential second hand iPhone buyers check if the device is stolen or not before users hand over their money. The new tool requires an IMEI code or serial number, it will then check if an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch has been previously locked down by its …
Read More »The Windows Technical Preview expires in 196 days
Microsoft's Windows 10 Technical Preview became available to download last night and we've already seen some of you guys install it, but as with most OS previews, this one has an expiry date, enthusiasts will be able to use the preview up until mid April next year, which is around …
Read More »Arctic S111 BT Mobile Bluetooth Sound System Review
Today we are going to take a look at the Arctic S111 BT Mobile Bluetooth Sound System which is designed for those who are looking for a pair of wireless speakers to use on the go. Arctic have been producing an extensive range of mobile accessories for a few years …
Read More »You can play DOOM and Minecraft on a smartwatch
Smartwatches can already do a lot of things we don't really need them to do but we've never seen them running games before. YouTube user, Corbin Davenport, has managed to get the original DOOM app and Minecraft pocket edition running on his Samsung Gear Live watch, running Android Wear. Yes, …
Read More »Angry Birds developer Rovio announces job cuts
Rovio, the mobile app-developer that took Crush the Castle and added birds, has announced that it's going to have to cut a large number of jobs from its Finnish offices; some 130 in total, which represents over 16 per cent of its work force. “We have been building our team on assumptions …
Read More »Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord doesn’t look awful
I love Mount and Blade and especially its pseudo-sequel, Warband. I've put hundreds of hours into the franchise, be it in the native game or in modifications. It's one of the most engrossing, expansive and challenging single player experiences I've ever had, but it did let fans down in one …
Read More »Sims 4 getting free content updates, including pools!
I hate to say it, but it looks like EA might be starting to learn that pleasing its fan base is a good thing for business, as the publisher has just announced that an update for the Sims 4 set to arrive in November, is going to add swimming pools …
Read More »Kevin Smith to get cameo in LEGO Batman 3, as himself
Kevin Smith is a bit of a polarising director, but whether you like his films and brand of comedy, or not, doesn't matter really, as the man has been able to see many of his childhood dreams come true. Some of those have involved making movies and with others, he's …
Read More »NZXT Kraken G10 Liquid GPU Cooling Bracket Review
Today we are going to take a look at the NZXT Kraken G10 GPU Water Cooling Bracket. While a ‘bracket’ may not sound particularly exciting, the G10 is an interesting proposition. Essentially, it is a mounting kit which lets you use an existing all-in-one CPU water cooling unit to cool …
Read More »Intel grabs No. 2 spot on the market of tablet SoCs in Q2 – analysts
Although Intel Corp.’s success on the market of application processors for smartphones deserves to be better, the company managed to become the world’s second largest supplier of system-on-chips for tablets, according to Strategy Analytics. The only company that ships more SoCs for slates is Apple, which only “ships” them to …
Read More »Enthusiast overclocks GeForce GTX 980 to 2.20GHz, sets world’s record
Nvidia Corp.’s recently unveiled GM204 graphics processing unit and GeForce GTX 980 graphics card have proven to be excellent performers and also great overclockers. This week an enthusiast from Sweden managed to boost clock-rate of the GeForce GTX 980 graphics processing unit to whopping 2.20GHz, a new world’s record. Elmor, …
Read More »Google’s project Ara smartphones to have hot-swappable components
At a recent developer event Google re-emphasized plans to show a fully-functional prototype of its modular Ara smartphone platform in late 2014 and revealed some additional details about the project. Apparently, Google’s plan is to keep everything simple and therefore the majority of modules of Ara handsets will be hot-swappable. …
Read More »The Windows 10 technical preview is now available to download
Microsoft officially announced Windows 10 last night but the Technical Preview of the operating system is already available to download for those who want to test out an early build before its official release late next year. The Windows 10 Technical Preview has been designed for enthusiasts, developers and enterprise …
Read More »3DS mod adds GameCube controller support
A modder has managed to get the GameCube controller working with the 3DS handheld for use with the upcoming Super Smash Bros game. The GameCube pad appears to be a favorite amongst Smash Bros fans and Nintendo is capitalizing on that by releasing a Wii U adapter for the controller, …
Read More »Win one of two copies of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor!
For the next couple of days we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win one of two copies of Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor. All you have to do is join our silly Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image. It …
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