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Head at Valve, Gabe Newell, has expanded on the initial official statement regarding the company's Terms of Service that forced players to agree that they could not take out a class action lawsuit against Valve; apparently it's because lawyers suck. This all came out as part of a 4Chan visit …

Windows 8 hasn't received the welcome that Microsoft would have hoped, even though sales seem quite good so far. We have been hearing that Windows 8 is a great operating system for gaming however so far it doesn't seem to have brought any radical improvements. Our friends over at Hardware.info …

The troubled Research In Motion are betting everything on the upcoming Blackberry 10 launch. Their latest plans indicate a showcase of the first 10 smartphones on January 30th, quickly followed by sales in February. Kristian Tear, the Chief Operating Offices said in an interview “We want to do it as …

Samsung are going to be showcasing an amazing 85 inch ultra high definition television at CES in January. This set boasts a resolution of 8 million pixels. Samsung are claiming that this television is “the world's largest commercialized UHD LED TV”. The company have not released any pricing information yet, …

Apple may rule the tablet roost right now, but analyst Sameer Singh predicts that Android based tablets will out sell iPads in Q2 or Q3 2013. This year, sales of Android powered tablets have grown faster than iPad sales in six out of the last eight quarters. Android is a …

In October when Google announced the ARM based Samsung Series 3 Chromebook we were left wondering how cheap the cloud-based netbooks could get. Well, Acer has tried to somewhat answer that question today by announcing the C7 Chromebook that will set you back a mere $199. In order to achieve …

As strange as it sounds, the two biggest mobile players Apple and Samsung are actually very closely tied. Many of the components inside Apple's iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices are sourced from Samsung. This is despite all of their legal battles around the world over “your device looks like …

Today the Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee, launched a new tablet aimed at students and low income families. Costing just Rs 1,130 (£13) for those still in further education. The “Aakash 2″ comes with 512MB of RAM, a 1Ghz, processor and a 7” capacitive touch screen. The little device is being manufactured by …

A British man has been arrested for “malicious telecommunications,” after posting a picture online of him burning a poppy. From Aylesham, in Kent, the man was said on Sunday to be in custody awaiting interview. It's unknown at this time whether he will be officially charged. The announcement came as …

Peter Molyneux, the man behind many a hit god sim and recently the cube tapping experiment, “Curiosity,” has asked the general public for donations to help push the iOS title into a state where it's playable in the fashion that it was designed. For the past several days, players of …

A Microsoft spokesperson has made it very clear, that while we might have seen backwards compatibility for DirectX 11 – allowing for Vista support – DirectX 11.1 would be exclusive to Windows 8 only. “DirectX 11.1 is part of Windows 8, just like DirectX 11 was part of Windows 7. …

Even though solid state drives have come down significantly in price over the past year, cache drives are still quite popular with those who want to enjoy the performance gains an SSD has to offer, without a large expense.  They can also be added to existing mechanical hard drive systems …

The Surface RT tablet from Microsoft launched just over two weeks ago and since getting word that four million Windows 8 upgrades had been sold, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has given some insight into sales of their in-house tablet. In an interview with Le Parisien Ballmer said that sales for …

I admit it, I don't like taking risks. I always use an antivirus package on my Windows systems and my friend says that I am unnecessarily ‘slowing down my system' because with safe surfing there is actually no need to install one. If you have installed Windows 8 you may …

Today we have teamed up with GeIL to give away two fabulous Veloce 8GB DDR3 memory kits to two lucky readers! GEIL have kindly opened up the prizes worldwide too, so no restrictions if you live outside Europe or America this time. GeIL make high quality memory and these dual …

HTC and Apple have confirmed a global patent settlement this weekend and a 10 year licensing agreement. Apple first sued HTC in 2010 saying that the company were infringing on the iPhone makers patented technology. This was the first time that Apple sued a major Google Android market player. Apple …

This one comes as a bit of a surprise. At the Open Mobile Summit conference, Android co-founder and Google Ventures General Partner, Rich Miner said that carriers should put more effort into creating specially tailored interfaces for Android smartphones. Miner is actually surprised that carriers such as Verizon and AT&T …

Microsoft has been working on a translation tool that's designed to work similarly to the human brain, offering near instantaneous translations while preserving the cadence and tone of the speaker. This would be a big leap over currently available translation tools which are often inaccurate, slow and don't relate how …

Despite the Wii U's gamepad and Microsoft's Smartglass – and yours truly – suggesting that the addition of a second screen and the mix up between touch and traditional gaming controllers is something worth investing our interest in, Peter Molyneux, currently working on his next big project at 22 Cans, isn't …

The cover surrounding the touch panel of Microsoft's Surface tablet, appears to be far from durable, as users are reporting that within mere days of receiving their version, it began to split and come away from the frame. The problem is being experienced by multiple users, each of them reporting …

GTA 5 had its big debut yesterday, with a lot of new information coming out in the latest issue of Game Informer. Dan Houser, one of the co-founders of the GTA series, Dan Houser, explained that the new game would involve heists, multiple playable characters and that each of them …

We have a fantastic competition for one lucky reader this weekend. ADATA are giving away the excellent ADATA XPG Xtreme Series 2133MHz 16GB (2x 8GB) Dual Channel Memory Kit which we reviewed earlier this week. This competition is open worldwide – so no need to worry if you live outside …

According to Strategy Analytics, the Samsung Galaxy S III outsold and dethroned the Apple iPhone 4S as the best selling smartphone in Q3 2012. Granted, the iPhone 5 did launch during this period but it goes to show that Samsung is now as large, if not larger, than Apple. During …

The American gaming market isn't looking too healthy, as software sales have dropped by a whopping 25% in October compared to the same month a year before. Data from the NPD Group was released late on Thursday which highlights the concerning drop. Hardware sales are also said to have dropped …

Lenovo have said that they expect 7 inch tablets will battle head to head against large screen smartphones and not so much against the PC sector. The company held their second quarter earnings conference call on Thursday and Lenovo Chief Executive Yang Yuanqing said that he had read a report …

When HTC announced the J Butterfly for the Japan market last month we knew it was only a matter of time before other 1080p smartphones started to arise. While not officially announced, a device codenamed as the Yuga manufactured by Sony has been leaked. The Android smartphone has a 5 …

Asustek reported non consolidated revenue growth on November 8th. They quoted NT£35.555 billion (US$1.213 billion) for October, a growth of 5.31% on month and 13.60% on year. Their revenue for January-October was NT$305.002 billion, rising 15.86% on year. The growth in October has been attributed to larger expected demand for …

While it might seem a little unbelievable and unlikely, Foxconn is apparently thinking about setting up some fabrication facilities in the USA. However if this turns out to be true it would certainly need to improve its labour practices, considering the recent problems it's had with child labour and worker fatalities. According …

As a writer and a gamer, I spend many, many hours a day infront of a screen and tapping away a keyboard in some capacity – whether I'm writing the latest and greatest for KitGuru, or WASD'ing it and losing horrible online. One of the problems for people in this …

If you thought the Ouya was a cool little console concept, or that Microsoft's Smartglass technology was involving smartphones more than ever before, then how about combining the two? That's what Guitar Hero co-creator Charles Huang and electronics executive Matt Crowley, are hoping to do with the Green Throttle game …