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Samsung unloads 60Hz 4K TV through OcUK at £499

It had to happen and, finally it's here: The 4K screen price war is in full effect with the charge being led by Dell and now closely followed up by Samsung. KitGuru scans the Overclockers web site for details and comes back impressed. Over on the Overclockers Forum, Commissario Gibbo …

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Tax breaks for UK gaming industry approved

The UK gaming industry is set to get tax breaks following on from the European Commission's approval today. However, the government will only support games with “cultural content” meaning that all UK based developers will have to go through a culture test in order to qualify. The ruling will relieve …

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Dotcom officially launches the Internet party

Teased and talked about for several months, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's Internet Party political group has now been officially launched, putting its policies out there for the first time and asking for member registrations. On the newly launched website, Dotcom himself introduces the party (along with a parodied special guest) …

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Who needs bone when you can have a 3D printed skull?

3D printing might have started off as a potential game changer for the war gaming miniature industry, but as time has gone on its become apparent that making 3D objects out of plastic without a mould, isn't only awesome, but very versatile too. Case in point, a Dutch woman has …

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Anti-games politician arrested for gun trafficking

Leland Yee, a California State Senator famous for campaigning against violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto, has been arrested on Corruption and gun trafficking charges. The FBI conducted a raid of San Francisco's Chinatown district and then took computers and documents from Yee's office in the state capitol. …

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Caseking bought by Equistone Partners Europe Limited

One of the year's most interesting channel moves so far is Equistone's acquisition of pan-European distributor Caseking. While the value of the deal itself is undisclosed, the move to buy a majority stake in a technology company with revenues around the €100 million mark will certainly get tongues wagging. KitGuru …

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Linkin Park uses Project Spark for new video

Project Spark, currently in open beta, gives ‘players' the ability to craft whole game worlds with its developer like ability set and it's already offering up some impressive experiences, with people developing whole other games like Tetris and Minecraft within it. But now Linkin Park has shown an affinity for …

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Kim Dotcom to float Mega on stock exchange for $210 milllion NZ

Internet entrepreneur and polarizing figure, Kim Dotcom, has announced that his latest file locker company, Mega, is going to be floated on the New Zealand stock exchange through a reverse takeover of already listed shell company, TRS Investments – though he will still need TRS shareholder approval. According to the …

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EA is no longer America’s worst company

One visit to the KitGuru Facebook page will tell you two things: these guys are good at caption competitions and that they hate EA. KitGuru readers aren't the only ones either, as EA didn't win Worst Company in America award two years in a row for nothing, but that streak …

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Disney to buy PewDiePie network for $500 million

Maker Studios is one of Youtube's biggest networks of collaborators and video makers, featuring names like PewDiePie, Epic Rap Battles of History and Kassem G, but now it could get even larger, as Disney has agreed to purchase it for a whopping $500 (£303) million. That may not be all …

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Anti-piracy advert campaign used pirated photo

Anti-piracy adverts have always been a bit of a laughing stock, whether it was that giant, sweating blacksmith or the comically awful links in “you wouldn't steal a car,” but sometimes they're bad for other reasons, like being totally hypocritical. That's the situation the Business Software Alliance finds itself in today, as its …

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Ourscreen is Kickstarter for cinema screenings

While film-going is obviously still a very popular pastime for people, with ever increasing ticket prices, continued fleecing for food and drink and the massive improvement in home entertainment over the past few years, it feels like the experience is dying. The general thinking is that it either needs to …

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New Zealanders split on Kim Dotcom extradition

With Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's extradition trial finally looks like it's going to take place in a couple of months' time, there's been talk in New Zealand of whether or not justice minister Judith Collins should step in and block the extradition. However in a poll of New Zealand citizens, …

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Energy drink gaming binge leads to kidney failure

14 year old teenager Henrik Dahl was playing Call of Duty with some friends at his school's LAN party, when all of a sudden he collapsed, passed out and slipped into a coma. Reaching the hospital, he was found to be suffering with kidney failure and though he soon came …

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Mt.Gox finds 200,000 of its missing bitcoins

Japanese bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, has recently found 200,000 of its 850,000 missing bitcoins in an old un-used wallet from 2011. The wallet is currently worth around $116 million USD, which amounts to £70 million. The firm is still missing 650,000 coins though and has still yet to explain where …

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Kim Dotcom denied access to extradition data

Kim Dotcom has been battling his extradition since January 2012. While the trial has yet to take place, having been put off several times (and now set for July this year) he's spent a lot of time and energy merely trying to get a look at the evidence arraigned against …

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The power and value of logos

Ever wondered how much of a company is its brand? Beyond the customer service, the experience, even the products themselves, brands sell. Just look at some of the most iconic companies in the world, they all have a brand that separates them from everything else. It's a style, an image …

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Google refuses to delist full-movie Youtube link sites

Google has been pretty active in combating piracy on Youtube for some time now and even threw a massive finger to a lot of its hardest working contributors when it introduced the completely uncaring Content ID system which allowed trolls to strip ownership and revenue from videos with a single …

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MPs out of touch with porn crackdown report

Despite David Cameron getting his way on recent ISP level filtering, British politicians are looking to tighten the law and controls even more, demanding that every site featuring “harmful adult content,” implement an age verification system or face blocking in a similar style to sites involved in piracy. This comes …

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