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China bans Battlefield 4

Some bad news came down the pipeline over the weekend as Battlefield 4 has been officially banned in China and as you might know, a Chinese ban is pretty strict. Not only can the game not be sold but the Chinese Ministry of Culture has issued a notice prohibiting the …

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Intel hires 16 year old for new devices group

Last year Joey Hurdy, a 15 year old kid with autism, went to a science fair at the White House where he met the President and demonstrated his home made Marshmallow cannon for him. Since shooting Marshmallows around the White House, Joey has been keeping himself busy by going on …

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Notch debunks Minecraft Wii U rumour

The rumour had a good run but it's over now, Notch has officially debunked the Minecraft Wii U rumour although, he does agree that the game would be a good fit for the console. A Wii U version isn't completely off the cards forever but right now Notch and the Minecraft …

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Crowdfunding launched for Blizzard dev with Cancer

A crowd funding campaign has been launched to help support Ron Nakada, a senior software engineer at Blizzard with Stage 4 colon cancer whose short term disability insurance recently ended. Nakada was diagnosed six months ago which was early in to his first year of marriage, since the diagnosis he has …

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Apple is in trouble in Taiwan over iPhone prices

Apple has been fined 20 million New Taiwan Dollars after the country's Fair Trade Commission found that the company was illegally interfering with price plans on phone networks. The commission found out through a series of emails that the country's three biggest phone networks, Chunghwa Telecom Co, Far Eastone Telecommunication Co …

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$12,000 worth of Dogecoin stolen over Christmas

If you've been following digital currencies recently then you might have heard of Dogecoin, it started off as a joke currency which takes its name from the ‘doge' meme but it has started to pick up some steam recently. The currency is only worth a fraction of what Bitcoin is …

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Twitter co-founder joins Disney’s Board of Directors

Twitter Co-founder, Jack Dorsey, has just taken over from Judith L. Estrin, former Chief Technology Officer of Cisco Systems, on Disney's board of Directors. Estrin had to move aside as she had already served the maximum 15 years allowed on the board. Disney announced its latest board member at a press …

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Blackberry cancels its conference and two phones

Things haven't been looking good over at Blackberry for a while now and the company might not be able to bounce back at all this time. The phone maker has not only cancelled its yearly conference but it has also pulled the plug on two phones it had in development …

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CyanogenMod hits 10 million users mark

CyanogenMod has just surpassed the 10 million user mark, further proving that Android users want the barebones operating system, free of ugly skins coupled with fast updates. The custom rom has certainly set itself out from the crowd too, with its over the air updates as well nightly and stable …

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Apparently Apple has some ‘big plans’ for 2014

Tim Cook has hinted at Apple's big plans for 2014 in a letter to employees, the letter also praised the ‘innovation' that went in to the new Mac Pro, IOS 7 as well as the iPhone 5s. buy a essay online Employees have revealed the email to 9to5Mac and it …

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Netflix will start streaming 4K in February

Yesterday we reported that Amazon was going to begin filming all future projects in 4K, in that same article we talked a bit about Netflix filming season one of its original series ‘House of Cards' in ultra high definition as well as testing 4K streams. Netflix has now confirmed that …

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It’s official- EA is being sued

Last week we reported that legal firm Holzer Holzer and Fistel, was investigating EA's public statements about Battlefield 4's progress. This probably would have led to a lawsuit eventually but for now, another firm has beat it to the punch as Robins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, has launched a class action …

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Obsidian planning to unveil Kickstarter project

Obsidian Entertainment is said to be bringing a new licensed project to Kickstarter in 2014, CEO, Feargus Urquhart has confirmed. While speaking to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Urquhart suggested that it might use the same engine as the studio's recent Kickstarter success, Pillars of Eternity. how to increase penis length The CEO …

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Swedish uploader fined $652,000 for one movie torrent

An Ex- Admin of the now defunct bittorrent site, ‘Swebits', has been fined $652,000 for uploading one pre-release movie a few years ago. Along with the crippling fine, he will have to serve 160 hours of community service and has a suspended Jail sentence hanging over his head for helping …

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GeForce Experience 1.8.1 is out now

The eagerly anticipated GeForce Experience 1.8.1 has just been released, bringing live Twitch Streaming to Shadowplay, meaning you can now broadcast your gameplay and commentary live to gamers worldwide without the need for any additional game capture hardware or software. As far as frame rates go, there will still be minimal …

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Samsung releases redesigned Android gamepad

Samsung has dropped its heavily Xbox 360 influenced gamepad in favour of a new design which does look quite nice, especially in comparison to the cheap white plastic controller it had previously released. The controller is now made with both metal and plastic and opts for a much more appealing …

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Amazon will shoot original programming in 4K

Amazon Studios  has just announced that it plans to shoot all of its 2014 series in 4K and will eventually make the ultra high resolution available for customers to stream. Programming will include both comedies and drama's and will most likely be put on Amazon's instant video service which is …

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Samsung to release Galaxy Core- A low end S3

Samsung will be releasing a new phone early next year – the Galaxy Core Advance. It looks similar to an S3 but it definitely does not have the same specs, in fact, it's screen resolution is going to be worse than that found on the original Galaxy S which was …

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Cheap Android tablets just keep getting cheaper

Over the last few months we've seen plenty of cheap Android tablets come out: Tesco came out with the Hudl, Argos released the ‘MyTablet‘ and Asda partnered up with electronics company, Medion, to exclusively sell the ‘LifeTab‘. Prices of these tablets currently range from £77 all the way up to £130 …

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