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Steam post 2012 hardware and software survey results

Every year Steam conduct an extensive survey of its users showing the latest hardware and software trends. This year's results as usual make for very interesting reading. In terms of the graphics card department - Nvidia ...

12 years ago

Razer launch Ouroboros $130 gaming mouse

Razer's latest addition to its peripheral family is the super-expensive Ouroboros gaming mouse. Perhaps one of the most extravagant designs we have seen aesthetically for Razer in a while, with some commenting they seem to have ...

12 years ago

Facebook stock falls 13% after first earnings report

Facebook cannot seem to catch a stroke of good luck these days, since its IPO launch onto the stock market its shares have continually fallen. The company's first earnings report has seen shares fall a further 13% to $23.40, the ...

12 years ago

Instagram passes 80 million users

Instagram have announced that their service has now surpassed 80 million users. The instagram service allows users to take photos, edit them and share them with other friends on instagram or on social networking sites like Facebook ...

12 years ago

Google, Facebook and other sites found the Internet association

The world's biggest websites from all over the world have banded together to create the Internet association. Currently the list is still under negotiation between the biggest members who have founded the group, the "big shots" ...

12 years ago

ASUS preparing 27 inch 144Hz 3D monitor

The current generation of 3D Monitors work at a refresh of 120Hz which translates into 60Hz per eye as the 3D signal has to be generated for each eye in the 3D set up. Naturally, a lot of gamers haven't been happy with only 60Hz ...

12 years ago

Nvidia GTX 660Ti specifications and launch date released

Nvidia's Kepler line up currently progresses like this: GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610.  Meaning there are still quite a lot of models missing from that middle-ground placement. The GTX 660Ti which is ...

12 years ago

AMD preparing more Athlon II processors for FM2 platform

AMD's Athlon II line up was phased from the mainstream AMD platform, the AM3/AM3+, after the introduction of Bulldozer. They were initially transfered to the FM1 Llano platform with the Athlon II X4 641, 645 and 651 being the main ...

12 years ago

Valve’s Gabe Newell says Windows 8 is a catastrophe

Gabe Newell is head of the Valve corporation, the company that brings you Steam and a whole bunch of Source engine based games. He also used to work at Microsoft a very long time ago. Now he's got some very harsh words for his former ...

12 years ago

UK Music stars ask for more anti-piracy measures

Some of the biggest names in the UK's music industry, like Simon Cowell and Elton John, have sent an official letter to the UK prime minister David Cameron asking for stronger anti-piracy measures to be put into place. The UKs ...

12 years ago

13 optical drive companies accused of price fixing

When it comes down to building a system, putting in an optical drive is not only the cheapest part of the system for most but it is also a dying trend as digital downloads replace DVDs and USB drives can be used to install ...

12 years ago

AMD Radeon HD 7990 gets delayed

The HD 7990 that has been consistently delayed was expected for a late July launch, but yep you guessed it (or just read the title), it has been delayed yet again. The dual GPU graphics card, engineered to compete with Nvidia's ...

12 years ago

Anonymous strike Australian government websites over data retention policy

Members of anonymous have claimed responsibility for a spate of attacks on Australian government websites in protest to a proposed controversial data retention policy. Several websites operated by the Australian state of ...

12 years ago

Samsung disables search function to avoid patent dispute

In an attempt to avoid a long and possibly expensive legal dispute with Apple over search function patents, Samsung has disabled the search function on its Galaxy S3 smartphone. The update which disabled the search function was ...

12 years ago

ARM reports higher than expected Q2 earnings

ARM supply processors for just about every tablet and smartphone on the market. So it is no surprise when we tell you that ARM has posted higher than expected Q2 revenue figures. ARM produces chips for Samsung, Apple and Microsoft to ...

12 years ago

ARM and TSMC join forces to compete with Intel

ARM has moved a step closer to increasing competition with Intel after signing a deal with TSMC to produce low power mobile and server processors. Currently the Cambridge based semi-conductor firm ARM dominates the smartphone and ...

12 years ago

Thrustmaster T500 RS Racing Wheel + Ferrari F1 Wheel Attachment PS3/PC Review

Today we are taking a look at the T500 RS Racing Wheel & Pedals from Thrustmaster, a PC and Playstation 3 compatible racing simulation wheel targeted at the racing enthusiast gamer, plus the very special Ferrari F1 ...

12 years ago

AMD SouthBridge chipset to last until mid-2013

With the upcoming Piledriver processors from AMD expected later this year you'd probably expected a chipset change from AMD. We can confirm now, according to sources, that AMD's South Bridge chipset will bear no changes although we ...

12 years ago

Intel working with Google to get Android 4.1 support with mobile Atom

Intel has confirmed that it is looking to get support for Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" on its mobile Atom chips. Google will be assisting Intel in bringing the Android 4.1 OS to smart devices powered by Intel's Atom, such as ...

12 years ago

Apple OS X plagued by another Trojan Virus

Apple have been hit yet again by a virus, perhaps engineered by Samsung to get back at Apple for all its patent trolling? This Trojan Horse virus attacks Apple's Mac platform by bypassing user permissions. The virus is called ...

12 years ago

Apple forces EU-wide sales ban of the Galaxy Tab 7.7

The latest round of the Apple vs Samsung saga comes from Germany. The ruling today from the courts of Dusseldorf higher court suggest that the Galaxy Tab 7.7 infringes upon the design of the iPad, and as a result the Galaxy Tab 7.7 ...

12 years ago

New Zealand’s 3 Strikes law halves film piracy

New Zealand's entertainment industry is heralding a victory against film piracy. The Federation Against Copyright Theft claims since the introduction of the graduating response 3 strikes policy the number of illegal films watched ...

12 years ago

Petition to allow legal recording of YouTube content grows

Nearly 1.1 million people have signed a petition lobbying YouTube to allow third party recording of its videos for personal/private use. The petition (which can be found here) was organised by Philip Matesanz from Hanover, Germany. ...

12 years ago

AMD gaming executive departs for Nvidia

AMD's CPU department is having a rough time as of late, but the AMD graphics department is doing a great job to hold AMD afloat and Bob Feldstein was a very important part of this graphics led survival for AMD. So it is rather sad ...

12 years ago

Day Z mod to go standalone

The Day-Z mod has been a really interesting one for PC gamers. Perhaps the first true zombie survival game to hit the market, making other zombie games like Dead Island and Left 4 Dead (2) look like child's play. The mod has ...

12 years ago

Silverstone GD07 HTPC Chassis Review

Today we're taking a look at the GD07 Home Theatre PC from Silverstone, the latest revision of their popular HTPC range that allows you a slick and stylish solution to installing a full PC under your TV for use as a media centre ...

12 years ago

Nvidia release “A New Dawn” tech demo

Nvidia have released the "A New Dawn" tech demo for its GTX 600 series cards. The first instalment of the Nvidia tech demo came back in 2002 and this latest instalment has come a very long way in terms of graphical quality. The ...

12 years ago

Windows 8 apps to get “try before you buy”

Microsoft is set to introduce a "try before you buy" feature to its app store for Windows 8 apps. The trial period lasts a week, quite a generous time period, giving you long enough to determine whether the app is good enough to ...

12 years ago

New USB power delivery system to allow up to 100W

Based on a new USB power delivery system, USB ports will be able to provide up to 100W of power. It will probably mean the end for many charging devices which rely on the fact the standard USB port doesn't provide enough power. We ...

12 years ago

Microsoft detail increased graphics performance for Windows 8

Microsoft has been sharing details details about the graphical improvements you can expect to see with Windows 8. Right away we want to point out these are 2D graphical improvements, a detailed breakdown of the 3D gaming aspect of ...

12 years ago

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