Square Enix was forced to pull the OS X/Mac version of its MMO, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn this week after users reported serious issues with the game. To make matters worse, the Mac version was not developed natively for the operating system but instead put in a ‘wrapper' to allow …

The OnePlus One swiftly became known as the flagship killer last year when it launched with similar specifications to other high-end devices at a much cheaper price. While early talk of the OnePlus Two has indicated that it will launch at a slightly higher price than its predecessor, the company …

The BBC has gone ahead and shown off the final design of the Micro Bit, a tiny little computer that the broadcaster intends to send out to all students starting secondary school in the UK this year. Those moving on in to Year 7 this September will be getting one …

Apple recently launched new versions of iTunes and the Music app for iOS in order to roll out its new streaming service, Apple Music. Unfortunately though, these new updates removed Home Sharing entirely, which allowed users to share their music library across devices on the same WiFi network. There was …

Pebble found success a couple of years ago after successfully crowd funding its smartwatch and it seems things have only gone up since then. Earlier this year, the company went for another round of crowd funding, this time in order to create its next smartwatch, the Pebble Time, which was funded …

A few months back, Microsoft announced that it would be rebranding its Xbox Music and Xbox Video apps for Windows 10, with the former being reborn as ‘Groove', Microsoft's own music streaming service for all Windows 10 devices. These new changes were detailed in a new blog post yesterday. Microsoft …

The last generation consoles are on their way out, although the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 still managed to receive a few of last year's biggest releases, one of which was Dragon Age: Inquisition. Unfortunately, last gen console gamers are going to have to move on soon if they want …

While the market is still reacting to AMD's latest financial announcement and a lowering of revenue expectation, its former chief sales officer John Byrne has landed at Dell in Austin, Texas. What is the role likely to involve and will there be any implications for his former employer? John Byrne spent more …

The International Space Station is arguably mankind's greatest technological achievement, so it's important that it remains operational throughout its intended life span and that means keeping the intrepid astronauts and cosmonauts aboard well fed and with plenty to do. Fortunately then, after several failures in 2015 a Russian capsule has docked …

Whistleblowing can be a dangerous business. Edward Snowden's actions over the past couple of years have cost him his freedom and as many a Hollywood movie would show us, it can often lead to loss of life too. Fortunately we live in a world where people have the morale gumption …

Today we look at one of the most exciting graphics cards to hit our labs this year – the new Asus STRIX Gaming GTX 980 Ti featuring the latest Direct CU 3 cooling system. This 3 fan cooling system uses a new patented wing blade fan to provide greater air …

Despite not having quite the visual pedigree of the Unreal Engine or CryEngine series of developmental tools, Unity is a world wide respected piece of software that has been used by millions to create thousands of games. However, according to the company's CEO John Riccitiello, the fact that so many people …

Reddit looked for a second like it might go the way of its popular predecessor Digg last week. Following the out-of-the-blue firing of AMA co-ordinator and director of talent at the site, Victoria Taylor, moderators locked up some of the most popular subreddits in the world, causing a big cut …

In a world where DotA 2's International tournament can crest $15 million thanks to crowd funding, many people have been wondering whether it will raise the bar for other tournament holders around the world and in other games. Hi-Rez, the makers of SMITE, believe it should be handled a bit …

Advanced Micro Devices on Monday lowered its revenue guidance for the quarter citing slow demand for its accelerated processing units by end-users and PC makers. The company expects its revenue and profitability to be lower than originally anticipated. AMD claims that its sales in Q2 will be approximately 8 percent lower …

Solid-state drives have higher performance compared to hard disk drives, but when it comes to storage capacities HDDs are unrivalled. High-capacity SSDs are usually very expensive and are not considered as replacement for hard drives. However, Samsung on Monday introduced its new 850 Evo and 850 Pro solid-state drive that …

Two brothers who run a school in China have chosen to pledge $20,000 towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter campaign in order to help spread awareness of underprivileged schools in China. These two brothers run a program aimed to teach English to young adults and children, with many students coming from …

We already knew that PewDiePie was a rich man, after all, he did make £2.6 million throughout 2013 by being the biggest channel on YouTube. However, now we have learned that over the past year he has become extra rich, with his earnings nearly doubling throughout 2014. PewDiePie/Felix Kjellberg, has …

CD Projekt Red has been hard at work since the launch of The Witcher: Wild Hunt. While the game was pretty great even on launch, it has needed a few patches to squash some things out and this week's patch, 1.07, will bring some significant additions and changes to the game. …

Apparently the backlash caused by the blatant graphical downgrade of Watch Dogs following its release compared to the initial E3 reveal ended up sparking a policy change over at Ubisoft, according to the company's CEO, Yves Guillemot. According to Guillemot, Ubisoft has now changed the way it shows off new …

Windows 10 is due out in just a few weeks time, so as you would expect, Microsoft is preparing to finalize its launch build ahead of time. According to sources close to the Windows 10 project, Microsoft is currently working on the final version of Windows 10, which will release …

Apple Pay is finally heading to the UK this month and now it looks like we may have an exact date thanks to leaks coming from UK retailers. Back when Apple Pay was first announced for the US last year similar leaks took place, with retail memos revealing the launch …

As fashions and technology have changed in the PC industry over the past few decades, systems have invariably become smaller. That means that while you can get yourself a monstrous double sized desktop gaming system from the likes of Chillblast, you can also order much smaller form factor machines with …

It looks like Sony might be planning to launch its next flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z5, in September this year. Better yet, it may include Qualcomm's next flagship mobile ship, the Snapdragon 820, which will take over from the Snapdragon 810 and hopefully take care of the pesky heat issues …

Everyone excited to see what images the New Horizons probe is set to send back of Pluto, our erstwhile 8th planetary friend, can breathe a sigh of relief, as NASA scientists have managed to bring it back to life after a computer malfunction, just over a week out from its …

Since they haven't had any real involvement with the site for many years, it's no surprise that most of the founders of the torrent search site, The Pirate Bay, don't feel as if they have much of a tie to it anymore. However, recently released from his 10 month stint …

When we first learned about the NSA's XKEYSCORE software back in the 2013 Edward Snowden revelations, it was clear that it was (and is) a pretty versatile piece of software, able to parse huge swatches of recorded information in order to store the most juicy bits of data on every …

We run a lot of competitions on our Facebook page and some of these are ‘review competitions'. The idea is simple – we give the winner a product, and they review it for our readers. Reader Glyn Horton recently won an OCZ Vector 180 480GB SSD in one such competition …

The Asus Republic Of Gamers G551J laptop delivers the styling cues we have come to expect so you get a black and red colour scheme with red accents on the WASD keys and red back lights for the keyboard. If you take a squint inside the cooling exhaust vent you'll …

Although Games Workshop seems to have finally cottoned on to the fact that it's sitting on a goldmine of nostalgic and competitive gaming IPs, announcing more projects in the past six months than it has in the past decade, its flagship Warhammer 40k product of a few years ago, Dawn of …