Last week we had our first look at Just Cause 3 from developer Avalanche Studios in a number of leaked screenshots. While pretty though, they showed something a little worrying: what looked like micro-transactions, with the ability to buy in-game money with real money. However we needn't have fretted, as …

Brian Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., is completely convinced that the company’s deals with Rockchip Semiconductor and Tsinghua Unigroup (the owner of Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics) will finally help the chipmaker to popularize its x86 technology on the market of mobile devices. Earlier this year Intel signed …

Samsung Electronics this week filed a lawsuit against Nvidia and accused the company of infringing its intellectual property. It is believed that the company responded to Nvidia’s accusations of patent infringements that the company published in early September. Samsung accused Nvidia of infringing its semiconductor-related patents. According to a report …

Nvidia Corp.’s forthcoming performance-mainstream graphics card – GeForce GTX 960 – will not only utilise rather high-performance GM204 graphics processor, but will also retain 256-bit memory bus and 4GB of GDDR5 memory, which will likely result in high performance in high resolutions. According to Zauba.com database, which monitors imports and …

When a Director from MSI's notebook team tells you that his new product will be the fastest ever, you have to pay attention. You should also fire up the 8mm GuruCam and get some footage. At the back of the main hall at the ATT For Fun centre, next to …

An unknown person has benchmarked an unknown graphics card using SiSoftware’s Sandra benchmark, according to online database of the program. Based on the specification of the hardware, the person benchmarked a graphics card powered by Nvidia Corp.’s code-named GM200 graphics processing unit. If the specs are correct, then expect graphics …

One of the most potentially dangerous pieces of hidden legislation ever pushed by politicians, is the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). If it were ever written into EU and US law, it would allow corporations to sue the government for the loss of future profits due to legislative or other changes. While technically …

Today we take a look at the custom Gigabyte GTX980 G1 Gaming – the latest in a line of reviews featuring Nvidia's new game changing Maxwell architecture. The Gigabyte G1 Gaming card ships with a custom cooler and ‘out of the box' clock enhancements. How does it stack up against …

Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This… is an Evil Dead TV show that's going to reunite both original movie actor Bruce Campbell, with the film's Director, Sam Raimi, later known for  the early 00's Spider Man movies and Drag me to Hell. Slated for release on the US …

Easter Eggs and calling cards have been common in gaming for just about forever. They first came to light in 1979's Adventure (which should be familiar to any Ready Player One readers) that saw the developer, who was was not going to receive credit for his work, leave his name in a hidden …

Telltale Games has been in the business of modernising the point and click adventure genre for many years and blew a lot people away with the emotional depth of characters in The Walking Dead, despite the low levels of interaction. While The Wolf Among Us might have garnered a fair amount …

While it is considerably easier to expand market presence by releasing devices tailored for certain market segments, this is not a route that BlackBerry plans to choose, according to its chief executive officer. John Chen believes that instead of releasing many new hardware devices, the company needs to offer competitive …

GlobalFoundries, a contract maker of semiconductors, has signed a deal with Invecas, a newly formed design services provider. Under the terms of the agreement, Invecas will help customers of GlobalFoundries to design chips to be made using leading-edge semiconductor process technologies. It is not an easy task to design chips …

HGST began to ship its 8TB helium-filled hard disk drives to partners among makers of servers and storage equipment back in September. By now the new drives with unprecedented capacity have made it to retail, but their prices are so extreme that even computer enthusiasts will hardly buy them. HGST’s Ultrastar He8 …

Advanced Micro Devices has begun internal testing of what is believed to be the company’s next-generation flagship graphics processing unit. Earlier this month the company’s subsidiary in India received a graphics card based on the code-named Fiji XT graphics processing unit. According to Zauba.com database, which monitors imports and exports …

This year's Call of Duty game has released, bringing new blood to the franchise in the form of a new developer, Sledgehammer Games. The studio has kept an eye on player feedback following launch and is ready to rollout the first set of changes to the gameplay along with some …

Ex Bioshock developers have fallen just over $300,000 short of their Kickstarter goal to crowd fund a new game titled, The Black Glove. The game was pitched as a sci-fi adventure set around The Equinox, a theater where an 80s arcade game haunts the premises, having you travel back in …

Unfortunately it doesn't look like you will ever be able to play Diablo III with friends on other platforms and console players also won't be getting Seasonal heroes according to Blizzard. Diablo III lead designer, Kevin Martens said that cross-platform play is “definitely not possible at this point with this …

In preparation for the Halo Master Chief Collection going on sale tomorrow for Xbox One, the Halo team will be having a launch party tonight in London's BFI IMAX to celebrate. It's going to be big and it's going to be loud, but with a pedigree like the Halo franchise, you'd expect …

The FBI is currently investigating an attack on the US Postal Service's employee data and officials are currently stating that China's government hacking groups are currently prime suspects in the on-going investigation. The hack reportedly revealed personal data, including social security numbers for 800,000 of the USPS's employees. Postmaster General, …

President Barack Obama has decided that he is in favor of net neutrality and has launched a new website containing a video announcement, explaining his plans to protect the freedom and openness of the internet. According to the video and a letter, the president believes no cable company or access …

According to analyst firm, Deloitte, a third of human jobs in the UK could soon be taken up by robots over the coming years with lower paid jobs being among the first to go. According to the firm, 35 per cent of UK jobs in total are at “high risk …

LG has announced that it will begin rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update to LG G3 users, beating out the likes of Samsung and HTC. According to LG, the G3 will be the first non-Nexus device to receive the update. Android 5.0 has yet to make it on to all …

To mark the ten year anniversary of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the PC, the developer has decided to downgrade the Steam version of the game. Users that update will find support for higher resolutions gone (such as 1080p), 17 songs have been removed, old save files are …

Last week saw Google instigate a new round of copyright wagon circling by implementing a new downranking system that saw many of the internet's most popular torrent search sites all but removed from the search engine's results pages. While this had a surprisingly hefty impact on those sites' traffic, it's …

In an almost immediate response to the shut down of the illicit substance marketplace, Silk Road 2 and the arrest of its alleged owner, Blake Benthall, Silk Road 3 “reloaded” has appeared on the dark net, advertising business as usual for underground drug sales. However, just because the name and …

One of the pipe dream projects that sometimes appears in Facebook feeds or on photo sharing sites, is the idea of crowd funding an internet-for-all network of cubesats; miniature satellites that can, in large numbers, provide a comprehensive net of internet interconnectivity around the world. Usually though these are debunked …

Remember Rosetta? The little probe that left Earth back in 2004 and spent a near decade taking a jaunt through space so that it could finally enter orbit around the 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet? Back in August this year it did just that and many watched it happen live. If that's something you …

While the Haswell-E CPUs and X99-based motherboards of Intel's newest HEDT platform put a considerable dent in the pocket of any enthusiast, there are ways to lighten the cost burden. We recently reviewed the six-core 5820K and found it to be an excellent choice for users who value compute performance …

One of the highlights from this weekend's Blizzcon convention, was Blizzard's near-feature-length documentary, Looking for Group, a film about World of Warcraft. Shown initially to fans in attendance and virtual ticket holders online, the documentary celebrates a decade of World of Warcraft evolution and expansion and now it's available for …