Rumours have been floating around the internet for some time now, that Valve Corporation, the company behind acclaimed games series such as the Half-Life, Portal and Left 4 Dead and the Steam platform, want to Continue reading “Valve Jumps Into the Hardware Business”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 10:52pm
Chris Rowlands of 1800pocketpc.com has had a play with a leaked copy of the Windows Phone 8 toolkit and emulator. He looked around the installation folders of the application and discovered one called “AccentColors”, in Continue reading “Leaked Emulator Reveals the 20 Windows Phone 8 Accent Colours”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 10:20pm
Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 8, with its controversial new tablet-oriented interface, is to come with downgrade rights – these let customers replace the new version of Windows with an older version without having to Continue reading “Windows 8 Pro Has Downgrade Rights – But Not to XP”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 9:54pm
Emboldened after its massive win against Samsung in the US just over a week ago, Apple now wants to have Samsung’s current top-selling smartphones banned as well, the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note, in a Continue reading “Now Apple Tries Banning Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 9:32pm
The much anticipated Armored Kill DLC for Battlefield 3 will be released tomorrow, according to the official Battlelog website. However, it’s not alone since its developer, DICE, has seen fit to release another huge patch Continue reading “BF3 Armoured Kill DLC Released Together With Another Megapatch”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 8:55pm
GamesRadar attended PAX 2012, where Ubisoft had PCs set up to play the upcoming Far Cry 3 action game (release date confirmed to be November 30 in the UK). GamesRadar then managed to get in Continue reading “Awesome Far Cry 3 Gameplay Video From PAX 2012”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 8:13pm
The upcoming Borderlands 2 due for release on September 20, has now received a firm date and price for its Mechromancer DLC: October 16, $10 or 800 Microsoft Points. “The Mechromancer DLC can be gotten Continue reading “Borderlands 2 Mechromancer 2 DLC Gets Release Date and Price”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 7:41pm
In a move that is sure to royally displease Apple, someone called ‘Chris’ has video previewed a prototype ‘iPhone 5’ received from an anonymous source and compared it to the current iPhone 4S. The new Continue reading “Leak: ‘iPhone 5’ Prototype Previewed on Video”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 6:46pm
Major retailer Bottom Line Telecommunications has leaked prices of AMD’s upcoming Trinity APUs. If the prices are accurate, then it will mean that for around $130, a customer can opt for a dual Core i3-3225 Continue reading “Leaked: AMD’s Top Trinity APUs Leave Intel IGP Gaming Performance in the Dust!”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 4:43pm
Intel have released a slew of new processors in the Celeron, Pentium and Core i3/i5 ranges and priced from $37 to $177. Most of them are based on the latest 22nm Tri-Gate transistor Ivy Bridge Continue reading “Intel Release Slew of Midrange and Budget CPUs”. …more
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Sep. 3, 2012 at 3:33pm
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm, one of the four convicted and sentenced at a Swedish court for his involvement in running the site was arrested Thursday, after being on the run since 2009. He was Continue reading “Pirate Bay Co-Founder Arrested in Cambodia”. …more
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Sep. 2, 2012 at 10:07pm
While price and availability for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 have not been formally announced yet, a placard spotted on the floor of the IFA 2012 show in Berlin, Germany, gives us some clues. The Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Set to be Reassuringly Expensive”. …more
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Sep. 1, 2012 at 12:16pm
Motorola Mobility, which was acquired by Google back in May for about $12.5 billion, has scheduled a press conference on September 5 in New York, together with Verizon, the largest US carrier. Unsurprisingly for such Continue reading “Leaked: Upcoming Motorola Mobility Smartphone to Feature Edge-to-Edge Display & LTE”. …more
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Sep. 1, 2012 at 11:42am
Close to the end of play on the first official day of IFA 2012 in Berlin, Germany, Samsung dropped a small bombshell: an engineering sample of their upcoming 13 inch Series 9 ultrabook. The two Continue reading “Samsung Demoes Series 9 Ultrabook With Awesome WQHD 2560×1440 Display”. …more
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Sep. 1, 2012 at 10:40am
Samsung demoed their flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone running the very latest as yet unreleased Android 4.1.1 Jellybean operating system at IFA 2012 in Berlin, Germany – a software update that Galaxy S3 owners are eagerly Continue reading “Video Shows Samsung Galaxy S3 Running Latest Unreleased Android 4.1 Jellybean OS”. …more
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Aug. 31, 2012 at 10:15pm