If you're one of the few out there that thinks the Xbox One is great, or you're one of the larger group that aren't fans, you have to admit, the ability to share and lend games with your Xbox “family” is a pretty cool feature. Fortunately, it seems Valve did …

While the shuttle project might be dead and it might be a few years yet until a new US based launch vehicle is ready to go, this hasn't stopped NASA recruiting its next generation of astronauts, picking eight individuals who will become trainees at the organisation, hoping to one day …

If you'd hoped to get a message to the colonies for Christmas, your time might be running out, as on 14th July the last telegram service will close, due to it becoming disused in the wake of increased mobile phone usage across the world. The last service and its 75 …

While the Oculus Rift headset might have been initially funded by Kickstarter, this doesn't mean that it's funding is done with. The virtual reality peripheral has now garnered a further $16 million from investment firms, bringing aboard new executives to the Oculus Rift board of directors. The $16 (£10) million …

Danish developer, IO Interactive, has announced that nearly half of its staff have been let go, in a move that is designed to restructure the company to make it more streamlined, in order to continue development on further Hitman games. Everything but projects related to Hitman have now been cancelled. …

Graphics card maker Sapphire, has announced a new giveaway of hardware, twinned with the MOBA title, DOTA 2 and Gamersbook. Over the next two weeks, they will be asking a question each day, that relates to a single DOTA hero. Get it right and you stand a chance of winning …

It looks like it wasn't just G.Skill that was ahead of the curve at Computex‘s overclocking competition, with Asus also walking away a champion, by helping to claim new performance records for a variety of different synthetic benchmarks. ASUS announced today that it helped achieve world records in the following: …

Memory maker G.Skill has managed to break new overclocking records for memory, leading to further record breaking achievements in several synthetic benchmarks that anyone that's ever delved into their BIOS to get a few extra MHZ from their components, will be familiar with. Taking to the OC stage at Computex, …

It's been nearly two weeks now since we heard about the American PRISM program that was collating huge amounts of digital communication data from some of the world's biggest tech firms, with the supposed purpose being to help the authorities route out terrorists. However, since then, many of the technology …

While gamers might complain about DRM ruining games, readers might soon be saying the same when it comes to ebooks, as a German research group has just invented a new method of locking down digital copies of the world's novels, by injecting them with text and punctuation changes. The technique …

The first human to do anything is quite a special thing. While people will undoubtedly improve on the achievements on those that went before, the first time one of us achieves something is a big deal and those people should be celebrated, even in death. Which is why it's a …

Starladder TV, a competitive esports network, has announced the immediate ban of two DotA 2 players after they were caught fixing games, in order to receive a payout. But this wasn't even some shady offer from a nefarious individual, they just got caught betting against themselves. According to Joindota, Aleksey …

It's been surprising, considering how much of a public opinion beating that Microsoft has taken in the past few weeks over its Xbox One console, that it hasn't done more damage control – but it seems to be doing some now. Major Nelson has announced that even if you get …

PRISM has been a major story across tech blogs the world over in recent days. In the wake of it we've seen a lot of reactions: Anonymous got mad and starting firing off hacks and leaked documents and people have signed petitions asking for amnesty for the NSA leaker Edward Snowden, …

If you're a PC gamer, chances are the majority of your games aren't installed from the disc anymore. Maybe you use Steam, maybe you use GoG, or MAME or play a standalone, downloadable game like League of Legends; whatever your choice though, there likely isn't a stack of game boxes …

While the world and his dog is attacking Microsoft for its stance on used games and Sony is being a little coy about third party publishers potentially blocking the sale of them, Nintendo has another idea about how to restrict used sales: make better games. This was said by Nintendo …

While Nvidia has always been “about the PC” in some way or another, it put a lot of time and effort into the current, fading console generation as well, since it was reliving its war with ATI (now AMD) in the battle between the Xbox 360 and PS3. While its …

While Sony has received a lot of accolades for its handling of the next-gen in terms of online activations (it isn't doing them), used game sales (it's not restricting them) and bundled hardware (the Eye camera isn't mandatory), it did take a bit of flak for its announcement that for …

Kim Dotcom has released a new video of the raid on his home from early last year, made up of footage from police cameras and CCTV on his property, showing much more detailed imagery of heavily armed officers with dog teams and assault rifles The video begins with a breakdown …

We already talked about Microsoft adding achievements to its Xbox One for simply watching TV, but that isn't the only changeup it'll be making. It'll also be introducing challenges that transcend individual games, can be temporary or long term and even unlock new content. Challenges are not just your regular …

This was bound to happen at some point or another. People have been hashtagging on Facebook for a long time, simply because of the popularity of the practice on Twitter. Now the Zuckerberg owned social network has adopted the practice, giving a legitimate use on the platform, instead of just …

Money launderers and account thieves have been using money mules for years to help clean up their cash and make it difficult for authorities to trace and a common method for recruitment in the past was job sites. Now though, security teams at those firms are beginning to crack down …

Like Avatar and 3D technology, the Oculus Rift has got us all excited about virtual reality once again. It had its hey day in the early 90s with Lawnmower Man and again to some extent with the release of The Matrix, but like 3D, it's never really been something that …

PRISM has become a shining example of encroaching government surveillance on western civilization and understandably, people are mad about it. However, a Google spokesperson has refuted claims that government agencies have direct access to its servers – it simply delivers the data by hand or FTP. This isn't necessary Google's …

While competitive gaming these days is all about MOBAs and Starcraft and Call of Duty, there's a growing number of individuals attempting to push the boundaries of what's possible in the ghosts of gaming's past. One such man is David Race, who recently set a new world record for the …

While Kim Dotcom is often seen as a folk hero of the internet, he drew a lot of criticism recently for his deletion of 3D printed gun plans from his Mega file locker website and this concerned people: partly because Dotcom has previously been all about freedom of information and …

While some companies may have been pleased by the announcement by Microsoft that its next generation console, the Xbox One, would come packing built in DRM that locked games to individual accounts, disallowed game lending and required online activation on a regular basis, developer of the Witcher, CD Projekt is …

A German bank employee found himself in hot water recently, after he fell asleep during a routine transfer of a small sum to a single customer, instead sending through theorder to transfer over 222 million euros. Ironically enough, he wasn't the one that got in the most trouble, but his …

Enermax, that PSU giant of old has announced a new range of CPU coolers, all part of the ETS-T40 range and coming with names like Black Twister and White Cluster – though essentially the same as each other, just with a different paint job. Both units inherit the same patented …

Chris Hadfield, the man that took humanising astronauts to a whole new level when he performed a beautiful cover of David Bowie's “Space Oddity,” from the International Space Station, has announced that he will be retiring from the Canadian Space Agency after a 21 year career. Along with the well …