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Today we announce the winners of our LUXA2 competition! Readers had the chance to win a LUXA2 H1 Premium Holder and a LUXA2 H5 Premium Car Mount. The winner of the Luxa2 H1 Premium Holder is Jeremy Swan from Essex. His Facebook page is here. The winner of the Luxa2 …

If you're a fan of big board games, then chances are you're a fan of Fantasy Flight. It produces some of the best looking and most popular tabletop board games of today – including some of my favourites like: War of the Ring, Descent: Journeys in the Dark and Arkham …

Of all the file locker websites out there, Rapidshare has been one of the biggest copyright lobbyist facilitators. It didn't shut itself down in the wake of remote backup site targeting by law enforcement, but it did bottleneck free accounts and make all sorts of other measures designed to help …

Nvidia has been quite vocal about its disinterest in the console industry, citing low profit margins as one of the reasons you won't find any of its hardware in the next-gen Xbox One or PS4 consoles. AMD however, believes this isn't true and that by bringing its hardware to bear, …

Gigabyte has announced the release of a new gaming motherboard, specifically designed with AMD users in mind. Known as the G1 Sniper A88X and therefore part of the G1-Killer range of gaming motherboards, it comes packing all the standard features you'd expect of a high end Gigabyte product, with the …

Microsoft announced a new range of Sculpt keyboards and mice, particularly targeting the latest Microsoft operating system. Microsoft gathered the information for the products design by researching into 10 markets and discussing products with more than 5,300 workers. A high percentage of the staff experienced discomfort daily when working with traditional …

Google is one of those companies, that managed to turn its brand name into the generic term for what it does, like bandaids or iPods. It's  so embedded in our culture in-fact, that a lot of people don't even know there are alternatives. So it's no surprise that if Google …

Today we are going to look at the first case from Phanteks – the Enthoo Primo, which is aimed at an audience who want a high-end full-tower case with plenty of room for water-cooling equipment.  Phanteks are adopting the same philosophy for the Enthoo Prime as they did with their …

Boeing may be well known for creating aircraft, but they have also been focusing on creating a new laser system. Boeing have announced that their Thin Disk Laser system had achieved unexpected levels of power and efficiency. The company held a recent demonstration for the US Department of Defense and …

If you think your car insurance is high, then spare a thought for the chap who won the rare 1960's Ferrari convertible for a record $27.5 million this weekend. This was the most paid at auction for an Italian car anywhere worldwide. The 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spyder sold for …

The latest rumours to hit the net suggest that Samsung are planning to release a wristwatch style device called the Galaxy Gear, next month. The device can make phone calls, handle email and surf the web according to two people ‘familiar with the matter‘. The Galaxy Gear will be powered …

Mozilla released the notes from their latest Firefox planning meeting showing that they plan on releasing a version of Firefox for Windows 8's ‘Metro' user interface system. The preview release will officially arrive as part of the companies Firefox 26 release on December 10th. If you want it earlier, then …

In the coming weeks, we will be speaking with some senior folks from both AMD and nVidia about the benefits of running major campaigns for game giveaways. One thing is for sure, no matter whether you bought a graphic card or not, it would have been hard to miss ‘Never …

Plants V Zombies was one of my favourite games of all time. I played it on and off for around a full year, after it was released. I bought it for several devices and just loved the whole experience. Great pricing and such an additive little game. Regular readers will …

The Ford Focus was the world's best selling car in 2012 and it is already leading the chart in 2013. According to global registration data from Polk, vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom climbed by 18 percent during Q1 2013 to hit 288,724 models sold. The Ford Focus claimed 25,081 …

Microsoft has accused Google of deliberately sabotaging its ability to have a working Youtube application on the Windows phone platform, by “manufacturing” reasons why it could revoke the Windows maker's license to use the Youtube API. In a blog post titled, “The limits of Google's openness,” Microsoft corporate VP and …

In a new turn of events in the ongoing graphics price war, Overclockers UK is bringing an entire range of AMD cards into the firing line. The chops don't only account for the highest-end cards, but this time the mid-range and entry-level parts will also be seeing sizeable price reductions. …

The traditional computer mouse has been used now for as long as we can all remember. Sure, many companies have tweaked and modernised the design, but basically it is the same as it was 20 years ago. Some radical designs have emerged over the years to help deal with carpal …

Update: And now it's broken $5.1 million, making this officially the highest earning Humble Bundle ever. Original Story: In what is by far the fastest selling Humble Bundle to date, the latest one, partnered with EA Games, has broken the $5 million mark which makes it just a few thousand …

Our MSI motherboard competition was a success, we had just over 5,000 entries for the chance to win a stunning new Z87-GD65 Gaming motherboard. The answer to the rather simple question was 3. OC Genie 4. Not exactly a taxing one, but a few people got it wrong and a …

Doctor Who fans may have missed this, so we thought it was worth pointing out today. Using Google Street View you can now follow arrows to get an inside look at the Doctors Tardis. The famous phone box stands outside Earl's Court Tube Station in London. Google have not yet …

With just over a week to go until Microsoft points are discontinued for good, Microsoft has highlighted that this will also lead to the end of buying games through its Games for Windows Live marketplace – as if that was something we all did with glee before. GFWL, while a …

A 17 year old from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland has taken his own life after a Skype conversation with someone pretending to be a girl, the same age. Daniel Perry was the victim of a chat ‘hijack'. According to newspaper reports, A gang hijacked his Skype chat and threatened to show …

Facebook are planning to test a new mobile payments service to let the user base make payments inside mobile applications using payment information they have added to their Facebook account. Facebook said that they are working on a ‘very small test' however there is, as yet, no set time to …

The Xbox One has been pushed back to 2014 in eight countries, Microsoft confirmed late yesterday. Gamers who want to snag the latest console in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland will have to wait now until an unspecified date next year. The Xbox One will still be …

Protecting a mobile phone with a password is often necessary, if a little annoying. If like me you hate using codes to protect devices then the new belt clip from Motorola called the ‘Skip' will be interesting. The Motorola Skip is a new device that uses NFC. You can unlock …

The latest version of Geekbench has just been released, the first major update to the program in 6 years. The software is available for Windows, OSX, Linux, Android and iOS. Geekbench 3 includes 15 new benchmark tests that are designed to model real-world processor intensive tasks.  The new tests cover …

Once the cool weather starts to roll in, we're sure that PC-related sales will increase and everything will be much better for manufacturers across the globe. In the meantime, pucker up – here come more price cuts on juicy Solid State Drives. Samsung's 840 series has proven to be one …

While all the ins and outs of the next-generation of consoles have yet to be finalised, this hasn't stopped one investment firm speculating about how profitable it could be. While Sony famously didn't charge a thing for its PS3 online service, it will be on the PS4 and that should …

Wondering what specials, extras and bonuses you'll get if you happen to order one of the special packs that Call of Duty: Ghosts will come as part of? Well we can now reveal that there's a camera in the mix, as well as a strap. Yes people, CoD now comes …