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VAIO Line of Computers Making a Comeback After Sony Sells the Brand

Earlier this year Sony made an announcement that their long-standing VAIO notebook and PC sub-brand was to be drawn to a close after a period of poor financial gains and instead the VAIO resources were to be moved over to the ...

10 years ago

Intel Core i7 4790K “Devil’s Canyon” Processor Review

Introduction & What's New? Intel released its Devil's Canyon CPUs at the start of this month in time for this year's Computex event. Sadly we were delayed in getting our sample of the Core i7 4790K, which means our ...

10 years ago

DDR3 Prices Will Hit New 18 Month High, Vendors Raising Contract Prices

DDR3 prices have been on the rise for quite some time and that rising trend is set to continue. Figures quoted by DRAMeXchange show that the average price for 4Gb and 2Gb DDR3 chips have hit 18 month highs after rising nearly ...

10 years ago

Microsoft Forced To Halt Surface Mini Production

Digitimes reports that Microsoft has called off its plans to mass produce a small sized "Surface Mini" tablet. The reason? Fierce competition combined with negative responses from its brand vendor clients according to industry ...

10 years ago

Supermarket Chain Aldi Releases A Sub-$100 Kids 7-inch Tablet

It seems just about everyone and their dog makes a tablet these days and the latest to join in the tablet craze is UK budget supermarket chain ALDI. Following the lead of Tesco ALDI already announced its first tablet a while back ...

10 years ago

The Latest Figures Show One Internet Browser Dominates Them All: But Which One?

When it comes to browsers there is always a lot of "usually" friendly rivalry between Microsoft, Mozilla and Google as the big three browsers jostle for top spot. However, with Internet Explorer as the default browser in all ...

10 years ago

Samsung Unveil 850 PRO SSD Series Featuring New 3D V-NAND

[gallery type="slideshow" link="file" ids="121977,121978,121979"] Samsung look set to continue their growing popularity in the SSD market with the launch of a new SSD series: the 850 Pro series. The 850 Pro SSDs make use of a new 3D ...

10 years ago

China Cracks Down On Microsoft: Bans Microsoft Office In Government Institutions

Reports coming out of China suggest that Chinese central government has issued a ban on Microsoft's Office software in parts of the Central government and its subordinate departments. The move follows on from the Windows 8 ban on ...

10 years ago

Windows 9 Preview Will Be Available For Download Later This Year

Microsoft's Windows 9 "Threshold" operating system, which will replace the current Windows 8.X OS, is rumoured to be made available in public preview form this fall. As we've mentioned already Windows 9 will get a massive overhaul ...

10 years ago

Windows 9 Will Get Customisable Start Menu, Overhaul For Desktop Users

Microsoft will reportedly make an all-out assault to tailor its next Windows operating system to the Windows 7 "stronghold". According to Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet Microsoft is going to make Windows 9 (codename: Threshold) more ...

10 years ago

Asetek Granted Patents On Liquid Cooling Systems For GPUs In The USA

Today appears to be a very sad day for graphics card enthusiasts as Asetek have patented a liquid cooling system for graphics cards. The patent, which will apply in the USA, has the potential to force custom GPU water-block vendors ...

10 years ago

Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 18 Core Haswell-EP CPUs Get Specs & Pricing

As we mentioned a while back Intel is planning the launch of new Haswell-EP processors in the very near future. The new CPUs are based on the LGA 2011-3 socket with up to 18 cores and 45MB of L3 cache as well as support for DDR4 ...

10 years ago

New AMD Tonga GPU Coming Next Month

AMD are preparing to launch a new 28nm GPU next month in a bid to counteract Nvidia's popular GeForce GTX 760 series. Codenamed Tonga the new GPU will be replacing the much loved, but ageing Tahiti Pro hardware. AMD have already ...

10 years ago

CM Storm Resonar In-Ear Gaming Headset Released

The CM Storm Resonar gaming headset is finally here, I say finally because I first saw this headset over a year ago and couldn't wait to get my hands on one for testing. The Resonar is the spiritual sequel to CM Storms Pitch in-ear ...

10 years ago

Replica Mini Mars Created Just Outside London by Airbus Defence

If you want to test a new rover for a mission on the red planet you've got two options. One would be to spend billions and fire your creation through space to Mars and put it straight to work, alternatively you can spend £500,000 ...

10 years ago

8 Million Concurrent Users on STEAM During Summer Sale

Recently STEAM has reached a new milestone, hitting over 8 million concurrent users during their Summer Sales. With the exact peak being 8.020,813, this was reached during their Summer Sale, Encore Day over the last ...

10 years ago

Recycle For Rewards With Snazzy Special New Vending Machine From Envirobank

The City of Sydney is dabbling with a new vending machine from Envirobank, with the unit described as a “reverse vending machine,” providing rewards when visitors recycle plastic and glass bottles, or cans. Visitors can ...

10 years ago

Foxconn CEO Says Employee Suicides Due to Personal Problems, Not the Company

Chinese technology manufacturer Foxconn is essentially denying responsibility for worker deaths, saying 90 percent of the problems were related to personal and family problems. Foxconn produces products and hardware for Apple, ...

10 years ago

UK Government Partners With Open University to Teach Cybersecurity Defense

The UK government has partnered with the Open University and plans to launch a cybersecurity course that will open up classes for future candidates.  The multi-year program will hopefully develop students interested in technology ...

10 years ago

Google’s First Social Network to be Shut Down Later This Year

When to comes to social networking, Facebook is in arguably the most popular and the most well-known platform on the internet today, however there are a multitude of other networks that are available around the globe with a few of ...

10 years ago

Kickstarter Campaign ‘Reading Rainbow’ Most Successful Campaign To Date

Back in the 80's, Reading Rainbow was one of the best known educational programs going, teaching kids of all ages how to read and when it came off air in 2006, many thought this would be the last we would see of one of the best ...

10 years ago

Google Glass Banned in UK Cinemas Due to Piracy Fears

It was just one week ago when Google Glass was opened up to UK residents, and it didn’t take long before there was a bit of fallout regarding the popular wearable. Due to increased concern of film piracy, ‘Glassholes’ will ...

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Apple Might be Facing Problems with New Tech for the iPhone 6

It appears that even giant companies such as Apple are facing problems this year, having been rumoured that the iPhone manufacturer is currently facing some problems with key components for the upcoming iPhone 6. The good news ...

10 years ago

More Than One Thousand Power Plants Found Compromised by Unknown Cyberattack

Since the major topics nowadays are secret service cyber conspiracies and cyberattacks, the latest news points to another cyberattack aimed at more than one thousand power plants worldwide. Symantec, a company specialising in ...

10 years ago

Warning: Latest HTC Sense Update Reportedly Screws Up Your Smartphone

If you have a HTC and already updated to the HTC Sense Version 6, then you might have already noticed your contacts deleted from both your phone and SIM, leaving the header on your text messages filled with numbers instead of names ...

10 years ago

Win a Cube Raptor Gaming PC Worth £669.99!

Want a chance to win a stunning Cube Raptor gaming PC? I bet you do! Equipped with an Intel Core i5 4590 Haswell Refresh CPU, 8GB of Kingston HyperX Fury 1866MHz RAM, an MSI R7 265 OC 2GB graphics card and a whole lot more. The ...

10 years ago

New CISPA Regulations Could Classify Netflix as a “Cybersecurity Threat”

It appears that a new cybersecurity bill currently going through the Senate is considered too 'broad' and would grant ISPs the liberty to limit streaming services' delivery to customers, having Netflix given as an example. The ...

10 years ago

Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK (LGA 1150) “Black Edition” Review

Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Gigabyte have given their Ultra Durable series a bit of a revamp for Z97 offering their boards up in Black Edition flavours. Whilst the implications of the Black Edition are ...

10 years ago

Gran Turismo 7 In Development, Standard Cars Will Remain

EuroGamer reports that Polyphony Digital are working away at their next title Gran Turismo 7. EuroGamer spoke with Kazunori Yamauchi at the Goodwood Festival this weekend, who is CEO of Polyphony Digital and producer of the Gran ...

10 years ago

Rumour: Microsoft Axing Surface Brand, Will Be Replaced By Lumia

Some very interesting information about Microsoft's Surface brand emerged recently via the infamous leakers EVLeaks. Their leaks suggest that Microsoft is finalising the licensing of the Nokia brand in preparation for ditching ...

10 years ago

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