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Google Fiber Project Aims to Provide UK Homes with Ultrafast Internet Connection

Google is said to be planning on expanding its Google Fiber services in British cities. The move is said to put a lot of pressure on BT and its upgraded network, having Google offering speeds of up to 10 times faster than what BT ...

10 years ago

Examining AMD’s Driver Progress Since Launch

Introduction AMD and Nvidia both talk fairly big when it comes to driver updates. With every driver iteration that is released we hear the usual technical (or should that be marketing?) talk about improved performance ...

10 years ago

8TB Hard Drives Already Deployed For Cloud Storage

6TB helium filled hard drives are the biggest consumer storage drives available on the market right now, with both Seagate and Western Digital offering products in this category. Seagate are still opting for a traditional build on ...

10 years ago

Former Dictator Manuel Noriega Suing Activision from Prison.

What a horrible shock it must have come for infamous dictator Manuel Noriega, discovering the Activision had used his likeness in their Call of Duty: Black Ops II game. The imprisoned ex-dictator of Panama is now taking legal ...

10 years ago

Longest Dinosaur Poop Goes Up For Aution, Any Takers?

We've seen loads of cool stories about weird and wonderful things going up for auction here at eTeknix, from the recent Aphex Twin album that Notch bought, the worlds first microchip, 30k BitCoins and even a fully working Apple I ...

10 years ago

Amazon Makes Kindle & Audible Unlimited Official

Rumours and leaks for Kindle Unlimited have been doing the rounds all week, but Amazon have finally made an official statement on their new service and what it will include. Kindle Unlimited will offer up a service like Amazon ...

10 years ago

Need to Hide Your Viewing History? NetFlix Are Testing Privacy a Mode

It looks like a privacy mode will soon be heading to NetFlix, much like the privacy mode on our browsers which is perfect for hiding the things you don't want in your search history. I'm not naming names, but you all know the kind ...

10 years ago

FCC Receives Over 1 Million Comments on Net Neutrality!

The FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on Net Neutrality a couple of months ago, with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, as well as the remaining four members of the FCC's panel voting to approve the notice. Once this was ...

10 years ago

Collecting Nude Photos a “Fringe Benefit” for NSA Employees, Says Snowden

Edward Snowden is back once again with his catalogue of "you'll never guess what the NSA are doing" quotes. This time revealing that nude photos which were intercepted by the NSA are often passed around the offices by their ...

10 years ago

London Is Now Viewable in 3D on Google Maps

The city of London is amazing, enormous and has lots of history, now it seems Google have taken all the pictures they need to accurately make a 3D map of it for Google Maps and Google Earth. People now using Maps or Earth can ...

10 years ago

UAE Wants The Arab Name Traveling to Mars in 2021

Space, so vast, so beautiful and so mysterious. It seems that everyone want's to go to Mars at the moment and now the UAE (United Arab Emirates) wants to join in on that adventure too. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, I ...

10 years ago

Statistics Reveal that The Pirate Bay Traffic has Doubled Despite ISP Blocks… Problem?

Some ISP providers have been told by the government to block the popular torrent website, The Pirate Bay, due to its infringing content. Media groups all around the world have been battling piracy constantly and state that the ...

10 years ago

Electronic DNA Could Be The Future of Secure Login

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford claim that our physical behaviour could be use as a secure way of logging into our computers and smartphones. The researchers are said to have identified that every person ...

10 years ago

First Batch of Oculus Rift DK2 Delayed!

My daily routine today consists of getting out of bed, putting the kettle on, making a coffee and starting work, but I don't type a single word until I've check my email to see if my Oculus Rift development kit has shipped, but it ...

10 years ago

Microsoft Pulls The Plug On Xbox Entertainment Studios

It seems that Microsoft has not finished cutting their employee count following an announcement that they are pulling the plug on Xbox Entertainment Studios with immediate effect - around 200 more employees could be losing their ...

10 years ago

Target Components Now Exclusive Gaming Distributor For Club3D

Target Components are really coming into their stride recently, securing several major brand exclusives such as GeIL, KFA2, Chieftec and now Club3D. While they're not covering the entire Club3D range, they have secured the most ...

10 years ago

Apple And IBM Coming Together To Challenge The Business Market

Apple and IBM, two well-known companies around the globe and two that want to take over the business world by working together and using each other expertise to bring the iPad as your next computer. Yes you read it right, your ...

10 years ago

ASUS Republic of Gamers Maximus VII Formula Series Revealed

The new ASUS RoG Maximus VII Formula and Maximus VII Formula/Watch_Dogs motherboard series has been revealed. Featuring the new Intel Z97 chipset the boards are based around the latest 4th and 5th generation Intel Core processors. ...

10 years ago

Glass Textured At Nanoscale Massively Reduced Reflectiveness and Glare

There have been many innovations in mobile display technology in recent years, from Gorilla Glass to the new sapphire glass that is being used in new flag-ship devices. Yet soon they may all be obsolete as a new manufacturing ...

10 years ago

Someone Is Trying to Raise $22,000 to Create Stupid Looking iPhone Handle

Apparently there is a need for a device that allows you to hold your phone. Personally I've always found that wrapping my fingers around the device, gripping it and holding it to my fact while making a call is perfectly sensible ...

10 years ago

Check Your Areas Earthquake Potential With National Seismic Hazard Map

Predicting when an earthquake will happen is still something that proves near impossible for researchers, if we could, then we would be able to save a lot of lives from the dangers of some of the bigger earth quakes that happen ...

10 years ago

Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? Nope, It’s a Flying Police Man.

UK-based manufacturer Parajet International now believe that one-man flying machines are now viable option for the police and military. If you are thinking this sounds like a game of Halo 4, jet packing your way through a map to ...

10 years ago

BT Launches “One Phone” Mobile Service For Businesses

BT is returning to the mobile market for the first time in 10 years with its “One Phone” service that allows business users to make fixed-line and mobile phone calls using the same handset. Designed specifically towards small ...

10 years ago

ESPN to Air 10 Million USD Dota 2 Gaming Tournament

As released today, Valve has announced ESPN will be showing live coverage of their 10 million dollar electronic sports tournament, simply labeled 'The International'. The International has been run yearly since 2011, with Valve ...

10 years ago

iPhone 6 Set To Feature A Dual-Core A8 CPU Clocked At 2GHz

News surrounding the iPhone 6 is unsurprisingly fruitful as ever and even though Apple themselves are keeping their cards very close to their chest, so-called leaks and rumours are circulating around very freely. The latest ...

10 years ago

Asimo Gets an Upgrade – Can Now Run, Jump and Sign

Amazing to think that back in 2000 I was just 5 years old and Asimo had just been created, how time flies eh? Anyway it's amazing to see how far technology has come in such a short period of time with Asimo being a perfect example ...

10 years ago

Jason Biggs Sparks Outrage Over Malaysia Airlines Crash Tweets

Jason Biggs, the American actor best known for his role in the American Pie movies is currently being trolled to oblivion over some rather ill conceived tweets. With news of a Malaysian 777 jetliner being shot down earlier today, ...

10 years ago

Graphics Artists Re-imagines The World of Futurama in 3D

3D Graphics artist Alexey Zakharov has been hard at work on a 3D re-shoot of the Futurama intro and while this isn't technology news, it's seriously freaking cool! Not only are the graphics impressive, but it really sparks new life ...

10 years ago

BREAKING NEWS: Malaysian Airliner Shot Down Over Ukraine

Reports and information is currently coming in that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has been shot down from its cruising altitude of 33,000ft over the Ukraine close to the city of Poltava. As seen in the image below which was ...

10 years ago

Pinball FX2 Arrival On Xbox One Upsets Xbox 360 Owners

Following its update to run on the Playstation 4 platform, Zen Studios - the designers behind Pinball FX2 have announced the arrival date for the Xbox One, although they have upset a number of players who use an Xbox 360. Unlike ...

10 years ago

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