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Saints Row III PC Review

Some of our readers may have noticed that the weekly game review has been missing these last few weeks, I've finally found not only the time to return to writing them but the time I need to play the games. There has also been a ...

11 years ago

PS3’s God of War: Ascension Legacy Bundle available in North America on March 12th

The new super slim version of the PlayStation 3 with Garnet Red was recently announced for Japan and Europe, but now Gamers in North America can get hands on this as a God of War: Ascension Bundle. The 500GB version will cost ...

11 years ago

RIM rebranded itself as BlackBerry

Canadian based company RIM's CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the company will no longer use the name Research in Motion and therefore be re-branded as Blackberry. Heins stated that they wanted to re-invent the company and ...

11 years ago

Nvidia GeForce “Titan” (and/or GTX 780) 3DMark 11 benchmark leaked

Nvidia's next gen "Titan" Geforce card is expected to be released by the end of February and there will be cards the models GTX 780, 770 and the versions of the card with "Ti" versions set for release. Recently in a Chinese ...

11 years ago

RIM allowing BitTorrent and µTorrent Remote on BB10

Blackberry confirmed that their BB10 powered devices will allow BitTorrent and µTorrent Remote apps. µTorrent Remote allows the user to add and manage torrents on their PC via their mobile devices and even allows the transfer of ...

11 years ago

AMD’s Catalyst 13.2 beta claims 15% boost in Crysis 3 and assures latency improvement

AMD have released its BETA drivers but this time it's to improve frame-rate and latency. AMD also says that there is a speed improvement of up to 15% with High MSAA settings in Crysis 3 public multiplayer BETA and even 10% better ...

11 years ago

Futuremark to release the new version of 3DMark Benchmark on 4th Feb

Futuremark is all set to release the new version of 3DMark on February 4th, 2013 18:00 hours UTC. There will also be a release for Android, iOS and Windows RT powered mobile hardware however there is no confirmed launch dates for it, ...

11 years ago

AMD Richland APU specifications and lineup leaked

Details about the AMD's next generation of APU is set to be released during Q2 2013, however the leaked specifications from a source has given some good idea about the AMD "Richland" APU lineup. AMD’s second-generation A-series ...

11 years ago

PixelSense plans to buy homeworld franchise, starts Indiegogo campaign to raise $50,000

After the court ordered THQ to sell off their assets as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, the company sold the following studios and games to the following companies for the following amount: Sega bought Relic - responsible for ...

11 years ago

Users Brick Samsung Laptops by Booting Linux on Them

Upon taking ownership of a new computer, especially a laptop, may of us like to make radical changes. I, personally, install a fresh copy of Windows 7, free of the bloatware than many OEMs like to install. There are a growing number of ...

11 years ago

Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 (Z77) Motherboard Review

Gigabyte's top level motherboards have always stood out from the rest of their motherboard offerings, not just on paper with the best specifications that they have to offer, but they also physically stand out with striking designs ...

11 years ago

Evercool Silent Shark (HPO 12025) CPU Cooler Review

Here at eTeknix we are always looking to work with a wide variety of companies. Big or small, we will always take the time to give their products a thorough going over and produce an honest and objective review on it. On ...

11 years ago

Microsoft’s 64GB Surface Pro will have only 23GB of usable storage space

Microsoft's new Surface Pro tablet which is expected to be released on the 9th of February is set to have a very disappointing amount of storage space available out of the box. A spokesman for Microsoft has confirmed that the 64GB ...

11 years ago

China’s video gaming console ban maybe lifted soon

Since 2000, the Chinese cultural ministers have implemented a ban on gaming consoles as (according to the ministry) it causes potential harm to the physical and mental development of the young. But according to China Daily's sources, ...

11 years ago

Newegg scored a major victory against “online shopping cart” patent troll

Online retailer Newegg successfully defeats a well-known patent troll who was trying to collect licensing fees from one of the well-known online shopping stores. The ruling was passed in a Texas district court last week where ...

11 years ago

Google to Release it’s Next-Gen Nexus 7 Tablet with a Full HD Display

After the enormous success following the release of the Nexus 7 tablet, Google are said to be debuting their 'next-generation' of the popular tablet in May, teaming up with Asus. This updated tablet is said to include a 1080p ...

11 years ago

Steelseries Mobile Gaming & Headphone Review

Today I decided I would take a look at something a little different, a change of pace if you will. As many of our readers already know, we recently spent some time in Las Vegas at International CES, providing coverage of some ...

11 years ago

Asus’ ESC4000/FDR G2 powers up 2nd most energy efficient super computer “SANAM”

The Asus ESC4000/FDR G2 HPC server which is currently used by Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies in Germany and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia is now ranked #2 in the Green500 List. The list is ...

11 years ago

Microsoft and Qualcomm developing Windows 8 reference design

According to a report, Microsoft is working with Chipset makers such as Qualcomm to develop a Windows 8 reference design. This is done so that they can attract the Chinese smartphones makers to product WP8 phones in entry level ...

11 years ago

Sega get serious in PC Gaming business, acquires game developer “Relic”

Sega recently spent US $26.6 Million to buy THQ's Canadian based game development firm Relic Entertainment Studio during the bankruptcy auction, therefore acquiring titles such as "Company of Heroes" and "Warhammer 40K". Warhammer 40 ...

11 years ago

Logitech continues with PC Gaming peripherals despite losses

Logitech recently announced their 3rd quarter results for fiscal 2013 which showed that their sales were down from $715 Million in Q3 FY 2012 to $615 Million in Q3 Fiscal 2013, reflecting a 14% loss. Bracken Darrel, president and ...

11 years ago

NZXT Phantom 630 Ultra Tower Chassis Review

Today we have something a little special in the eTeknix office, the brand new Phantom 630 ultra tower from NZXT. Many of you will already be fully award of the existence of this premium grade chassis, especially since it was ...

11 years ago

Google Transparency report reveals U.S government seeking number of user data

Like every year, Google has published their latest transparent report which reveals that the Federal government and many police agencies have been pushing Google to give numerous amounts of user data. The data statistics reveals ...

11 years ago

AMD phase out FX-4100 CPU, replaces it with FX-4130 with and improved stock heatsink

AMD will no longer be offering the AMD FX-4100 processor from now onwards. However, with the same price of £80 including VAT, you will be getting the FX-4130 in its place. AMD's FX 4100 is a processor with a 125W TDP whereas ...

11 years ago

Apple ends relationship with Chinese supplier after the use of underage workers

Recently Apple, Inc. discovered 74 under-aged workers being used by one of their suppliers in China during their audits which resulted in ending the relationship with the company. The company behind employing children is Guangdong ...

11 years ago

Kingston HyperX ’10th Anniversary’ DDR3 1866MHz 8GB Memory Kit Review

In one of my last memory reviews, I made a note of how rare it is that I get to look at some Limited Edition memory. Low and behold I get to CES and I get news of a new Limited Edition kit design and that one will be making its way ...

11 years ago

Unlocking of cellphones became illegal in U.S. on January 26th

The 26th January saw that the unlocking of cellphones or tablets is considered as a crime in the United States. This started in October 2012 when the Librarian of Congress laid down the rule in Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) ...

11 years ago

Nvidia rumoured to be working on $899 GK110-based GeForce Titan GPU

Its reported that Nvidia is working on a new graphic card that will be placed between the GTX 680 and GTX 690 graphic cards. According to SweClockers, Nvidia's Titan will appear late next month. Nvidia named the card with ...

11 years ago

A strand DNA can store upto 2.2 petabytes of data

Researchers from the European Bioinformatics institute were able to encode 154 Shakespeare sonnets and Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech in a single strand of DNA. This came to a total of 739KB but the researchers are ...

11 years ago

THQ are now officially dead

Games designer THQ who made games such as Saint's row series and Metro series sent a mail to its employees which indicates that the company is calling it quits. The letter also contains information of which companies have ...

11 years ago

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