Latest Technology & Gaming News & Reviews

Microsoft Says It Has No Intention Of Abandoning Windows RT

Windows RT has been surrounded by crisis talks of late as vendors like Samsung, Acer and ASUS have all more or less dropped, or plan to drop, the ARM-based Windows operating system. Microsoft on the other hand is pushing ahead with ...

11 years ago

The NSA Touches “Only 1.6%” Of Daily Global Internet Traffic

According to a report by Russia Today the NSA is claiming that it "only touches 1.6%" of daily internet traffic. By the standards of percentages, 1.6% is relatively low, but if you factor in just how much 1.6% of daily global ...

11 years ago

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation PlayStation 3 Review

Painkiller is one of the classic names when it comes to video game shooters and while it may not have the high-ranking notoriety of games like Quake, Doom, Serious Sam and countless others it still has a sizeable fan base. The ...

11 years ago

Microsoft’s Bill Gates Criticises Google For Lack Of Charity

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is well known for his charity work through his own organisation the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation". That foundation helps low income countries around the world with charitable tasks as well as ...

11 years ago

Microsoft Says Windows 8.1 Boot To Desktop Will Be Obsolete

Microsoft believes that the Windows 8.1 Boot To Desktop option will soon become obsolete for Windows 8(.1). On desktops and office PCs many users had very few uses for the Start Screen, while on Tablets and Notebooks with ...

11 years ago

Nvidia Releases Shield Console Operating System As Open Source

Nvidia's Shield has finally been released to the market and in an attempt to encourage developers and modders to embrace the new gaming platform Nvidia have released all the operating system code as open source. While the operating ...

11 years ago

Guncraft Passes Greenlight, Now Available On Steam

Indie developer Exato Game Studios and Reverb Publishing announced today that the first-person shooter Guncraft is now available on Steam for $14.99. With more than eight gameplay modes, colossal creative building features, and ...

11 years ago

War Thunder Receives New Modification System With Update 1.33

Gaijin Entertainment have announced War Thunder’s 1.33 update which includes a number of important and qualitative improvements. The 1.33 update provides players with even more freedom to choose how to improve and tune their ...

11 years ago

ASUS Debut PB298Q 2560 by 1080 21:9 Ultra WideScreen Display

On the back of the recently released ASUS Designo MX299Q display ASUS have unveiled another new 2560 by 1080 display. The ASUS PB298Q is a 21:9 ultra widescreen display running an AH-IPS panel with 178 degree viewing angles. The ...

11 years ago

New Dev Diary Video For Saints Row IV Released

Today Deep Silver and Volition release the second of the Developer Diaries for Saints Row IV! This week's exclusive "behind the scenes" video will center on the story and the endless possibilities inside the game. Jim Boone, ...

11 years ago

5 Classic Cell Phone Games You Almost Forgot About

With smartphones able to play games that are roughly on par with console games, you may have forgotten how the original cell phones games looked and played. Here are 5 classic games that pioneered cell phone gaming. Image via ...

11 years ago

Square Enix Celebrates 11 Years of Final Fantasy XI

Square Enix has announced today the limited-time, free download of three major battle area add-ons for Final Fantasy XI, “Abyssea and Atma Axtravaganza Campaign” Offers Free Battle Area Add-ons and Bonuses. As part of the ...

11 years ago

Galaxy Launch GTX 770 GC 4GB Graphics Card

Galaxy have just unveiled their latest high performance Nvidia graphics card. The Galaxy GTX 770 GC 4GB graphics card is identical to the Galaxy GTX 770 GC 2GB graphics card except Galaxy have doubled up on the video RAM for the ...

11 years ago

Very Special Very Limited Saints Row IV Edition Costs $1 Million!

“Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition” aka “The Million Dollar Pack” available for pre-order now exclusively from Game for a breezy million dollars! Making this the most expensive special edition video game ever and certainly a ...

11 years ago

G.Skill TridentX Reaches 4400MHz!

G.Skill have just announced that their Trident X memory has been taken to new levels - a staggering 4400MHz! That sets a new world record for the highest memory frequency and it is a staggeringly high achievement if you consider it ...

11 years ago

German Email Companies Adopt Encryption To Block Out NSA

According to an RT report communicatons sent between two German email providers will now be encrypted to block out NSA surveillance.  A project dubbed "e-mail made in Germany" has been set up in response to information brought ...

11 years ago

Microsoft Employee Confirms No 12GB RAM Upgrade For Xbox One

Microsoft's Product Planning Manager, Albert Penello, has confirmed in a Twitter message that the Xbox One will not be using a 12GB RAM upgrade. "Glad you all like headset. We’re not going to 12gb, just to be clear. Feeling ...

11 years ago

Nvidia Developing Tegra 5 Powered Tablet and 2nd Generation Surface

Nvidia are apparently working on their own tablet and a second generation Microsoft Surface tablet according to TechSpot. Nvidia will apparently release these tablets from next year and at least one of them will be powered by ...

11 years ago

Eurocom Reveal Mammoth 6TB Panther Notebook/Mobile Workstation

Eurocom has just announced its latest high performance Panther notebook. While it is barely classifiable as a notebook, and Eurocom does indeed call it a mobile workstation, the Panther packs a huge 6TB of storage. This is an ...

11 years ago

Tumblr’s Bank Account Had Just $16 Million When Yahoo Took Over

Softpedia reports that Tumblr was "extremely poor" before the Yahoo takeover took place. Tumblr had just $16 million in the bank before the takeover, which is relatively low for such a large social media company. With such a low ...

11 years ago

Coolermaster N400 Mid-Tower Chassis Review

Coolermaster are one of my all time favourite chassis manufacturers, they've made some of the most iconic chassis of several PC generations that include the ATCS & ATCS 840 with the slide out motherboard tray, the ...

11 years ago

American Court Legally Declares Bitcoin A Real Currency

RT reports that a federal judge in the USA has declared Bitcoin a legitimate currency. This opens up the way for the digital crypto-cash to be regulated by government overseers, at least in the USA. “The case is notable in ...

11 years ago

AMD Confirms Kaveri Is Available From Q1 in 2014

According to a VR-Zone report AMD's Kaveri APU will be delayed to launch in 2014. They reveal that an AMD source has told them it will start shipping in late 2013 and will become available in mid-February 2014 to the retail ...

11 years ago

NSA To Replace Snowden’s Job With Computers To Prevent Future Leaks

The director of the NSA has announced that Snowden's job at the NSA will be replaced by computer systems to prevent future data leaks, RT reports. Additionally, The NSA now plans to drastically cut the number of staff employed as ...

11 years ago

AMD’s New Game Bundled Called “Never Settle Forever”

We recently brought you news about the new AMD Never Settle bundle being released later on this year. VR-Zone reports that this new Never Settle bundle will be dubbed Never Settle Forever and is coming in August. “It is coming ...

11 years ago

Acer Reportedly Planning To Give Up On All Windows Operating Systems

Acer has known to be struggling in recent times and you only have to look at the figures below to see how significant the decline has been. Acer have seen a huge slump in sales over the past few years and they have done ...

11 years ago

“Silent Circle” Encrypted Email Service Chooses To Shut Down Too

We have already see the encrypted email service Lavabit voluntarily shut down rather than comply with U.S government requests or try and fight the U.S federal court rulings in what would be a long and expensive legal battle. Now ...

11 years ago

World’s Second Largest Offshore Wind Farm Up And Running In The UK

Business Green reports that UK's Greater Gabbard wind farm off the coast of Suffolk has now been officially opened. The new offshore windfarm is made up of 140 wind turbines capable of generating an average of 1750 GWh of ...

11 years ago

MSI Unveil 17.3-Inch GP70 Gaming Notebook

MSI have revealed a brand new gaming notebook dubbed the GP70. This new notebook is a 17.3 inch gaming-style notebook with a screen resolution of 1600 by 900 or 1920 by 1080 depending on your choice. The system features some ...

11 years ago

Encrypted Email Service “Lavabit” Shuts Down Rather Than Comply With NSA

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden used the encrypted email client Lavabit as his own email service. Lavabit is unique in that it offers totally private emails, shielded from government surveillance and messages, to internet users. ...

11 years ago

  • Be Social With eTeknix

    Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Reddit RSS Discord Patreon TikTok Twitch
  • Features


})