Sid Meier is apparently not happy with just going beyond earth and will soon be launching an all out assault on the stars, with 2K and Firaxis announcing their new game, Sid Meier's Starships. Taking to space with a new interstellar strategy game that is set in the same universe as Civilization: Beyond Earth, it should …

The case of the alleged Silk Road founder, Ross Ulbricht, took an interesting turn today, as the defence began cross-examining department of homeland security (DHS) investigator, Jared Der-Yeghiayan, who said under questioning that he had also investigated the last-owner of the Mt Gox. Bitcoin exchange, Mark Karpeles. He went on to claim …

If you get invited to the Kim Dotcom mansion, get ready to spend some time at the airport. Recent guests of the internet entrepreneur, were detained at the international airport for up to seven hours after listing the Dotcom Mansion as their place of address for their trip to the …

Asking anyone you know who's not a big gamer and chances are they still haven't heard of the Wii U. It's amazing to think that two years on from its release, Nintendo is still in that position, but hey, apparently that doesn't matter too much, as the Wii U is …

One of the more exciting developments in copyright law history has been taking place over the past six months. While many governments around the world champion stricter copyright controls thanks to lobbying from select groups of media conglomerates, the European Union is considering reshaping copyright law to make it more …

Arcade cabinets have a special place in a lot of gamers hearts, whether they were around during the 80's boom and bust with some of the kings of the medium, or came into it in the 90's with epic Sega Rally tournaments among friends. Whatever their memories of the local …

Today we are going to take a look at one of the latest products from Cougar, the 600M gaming mouse.  Cougar are a fairly new player in the gaming peripheral market, first announcing their range at Computex back in 2013.  We have tested a number of Cougar's products in the …

One of the pipe dream projects that appears on Imgur, Reddit and a number of other sites occasionally is the idea that sending hundreds of miniature satellites into space would allow for the proliferation of cheap, sustainable internet that wouldn't be controlled by any centralised organisation. That's a nice idea, …

When Facebook bought out Oculus VR back in March last year, there was much discussion of how the social network would leave the company to be independent and continue its development alone, much like the social networking giant had done with Instagram and WhatsApp. However that doesn't mean it can't …

PS4 exclusive, The Order: 1886, has gone gold and to celebrate, the developer Ready at Drawn, has released a new pre-order trailer to try and tempt you to put some money down on it before anyone has a play of it. As you might expect from the game being hyped …

Club3D has been around for almost 20 years as a graphics card brand and, at one stage, was famous for being the only manufacturer who worked with all of the major GPU producers. They are now highly focused and want to bring more products to the UK market. We managed …

After a 72-hour session playing combat games in a Taiwanese internet cafe, Mr Hsieh slumped down for what his neighbours thought was a nap. He never woke up. KitGuru takes a look at the details. Regular travellers normally have a system to deal with long haul flights. We know that …

Recent discussions with memory manufacturers indicate that there will be more innovation in the Solid State Drive market place in the first half of 2015. None of us know exactly when those improvements will happen, but price drops are normally a good indicator – as older product is cleared from …

G.Skill, a leading maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) modules for enthusiasts, has unveiled its first 3.40GHz DDR4 memory chips. While the company is not the first to announce 3.40GHz DDR4 solutions, it will be the first to actually ship appropriate DDR4 memory modules in volume. G.Skill’s Ripjaws 4 …

It is pretty common for Steam sale veterans to accumulate an ever growing backlog of titles that will unfortunately remain uncompleted for the weeks, months or maybe even years following the initial purchase. At one point in time you have probably thought about conquering your backlog, and now you can …

If consoles don't work out then I suppose Sony could always get in to the Space exploration business as the CPU from the original PlayStation is currently powering a probe to Pluto. The old MIPS R3000 CPU was repurposed by NASA back in 2006 to monitor sensors, power thrusters and …

A man has been arrested at the Chinese border for attempting to smuggle in 94 iPhones strapped to himself like body armour. The man was a Hong Kong citizen and had strapped the iPhones to himself in rings around his torso, crotch, thighs and calves using masking tape and plastic …

With a population of almost 65 million people (and rising) to look after, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) needs a significant revamp if it is to cope over the next 100 years. There are many ways to maintain and improve the service, but none really make better sense that a …

Although only a quarter of the size of Intel in terms of overall chip production, Korean memory specialist SK hynix is number two in the memory module business – ahead of companies like Toshiba. As the overall market continues to recover and SK hynix begins to flex its own marketing …

As reported, Nvidia Corp.’s forthcoming GeForce GTX 960 graphics adapter will barely become a performance champion due to rather moderate specifications. In a bid to boost popularity of the graphics solution among gamers, the company is expected to market the product under “overclocker’s dream” moniker. The default clock-rate of the …

Microsoft Corp. temporarily slashed price of its Xbox One game console to $349 in the U.S. for the holiday season. Earlier this month the price of the system returned to its normal levels only to be cut once again this week. While the company has not officially cut the recommended …

Intel shipped 46 million application processors for tablets last year and became one of the largest suppliers of this kind of system-on-chips in the world. Although the company clearly exceeded its original tablet SoC sales goal in 2014, Intel set a rather cautious target for this year. “We set a …

Although Intel Corp. had to delay introduction of its code-named “Broadwell” central processing units by about a year because of poor yields, the world’s largest chipmaker has no plans to delay launch of its next-generation “Skylake” chips or slow-down its ramp up. The company will start volume shipments of its …

Despite a couple of delays and a really long wait for PC gamers, Rockstar still wants you to pre-order its 2013 hit game, Grand Theft Auto V. Following this week's delay announcement, the company has decided to offer up a free game to those who pre-order for the PC, in …

Sony Online Entertainment launched its long awaited survival game, H1Z1 on Steam Early Access last night, unfortunately, the game people ended up buying didn't turn out to be the one that was initially promised in the months leading up to launch. There has been plenty of evidence going around, showing …

Hatred has caused quite a stir since its initial announcement, there have been petitions to stop its development, it was removed and reinstated on Steam Greenlight but the development team is still keen to release the game. Although it may have trouble getting on to consoles as the ESRB ratings …

A Chinese blogger has published images of Nvidia Corp.’s forthcoming code-named GM200 graphics processing unit as well as a graphics card powered by the GPU. The new chip will be, as expected, not only the most powerful graphics processor ever designed by the company, but has all chances to become …

Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe apparently don't want to go to trial in April over a no-poaching class action lawsuit, filed by over 60,000 employees several years ago as the companies have all agreed to a $415 million settlement deal. The four tech giants originally offered $324.5 million to settle …

HTC's One (M7) and One (M8) flagship devices have been incredibly well received and were an integral part in turning around the company's fortunes. HTC is hoping to continue this winning streak with this year's HTC One flagship, which is due to launch on the 1st of March. HTC just sent …

The UK police have arrested a second member of online troll group, Lizard Squad, following the Christmas day DDOS attacks on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. An 18 year old was taken in to custody today after being linked directly to the attacks. The arrest was carried out by …