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HP is currently recalling over six million laptop power cords world wide due to burn and fire risk. The faulty power cords were sold with both HP and Compaq laptops, 5,577,000 of them were sold in the US, 446,700 in Canada and the rest could be anywhere in the world as the …

Google might have missed out on the chance to buy Twitch, after Amazon swooped in and dropped just shy of a billion dollars on the gaming streaming service, but that doesn't mean Google has locked away all of its money in a Scrooge McDuck vault. Zync Render is its latest purchase, …

If you've ever lamented the fact that your friends on Facebook or some other social platform don't seem particularly interested in discussing Edward Snowden and the revelations he made last year that opened everyone's eyes to the reach of government intelligence agencies, it might just be that they prefer to …

Over the last few months there were plenty of rumors floating around suggesting that Google buying Twitch was practically a done deal. However, it turns out that Google supposedly backed out due to anti trust issues, thus paving the way for Amazon to snap up the streaming service for $970 …

You've seen those headlines in your news feeds and dotted around the less reputable news sites out there: “the top X most Y things you've won't believe,” or “one quick secret that helped me lose/make belly fat/money.” They're irritating, vapid and never worth reading and Facebook knows it as much …

It's amazing that even when Kim Dotcom isn't kicking up headlines with his extradition trial and its endless delays, or the freezing and unfreezing of his personal assets, his companies still manage to show up in the news. The latest story involves one of the largest shareholders in Mega.co.nz, the …

GaymerX, a gaming convention with a decidedly inclusive ethos when it comes to sexuality and gender, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help it continue running next year. On top of that, to better reflect its ongoing focus – not just gay gamers, but everyone – it's rebranding to GX: …

Apparently the done deal wasn't such a sure thing. While the world and his dog had entered into the history books that sometime in late 2014, gaming streaming service Twitch was bought by Google, apparently it was far from certain, as Amazon has swooped in and picked it up for …

It's been nearly 50 years since the iconic moon landings were watched by over 125 million people around the world and though the footage is hazy, it's still a pretty amazing site to behold, considering the distances involved. While the International Space Station is much, much closer, we've clearly come …

John Smedley, the president of Sony Online Entertainment, recently tweeted that we was flying “back to SD”, so would be offline for three hours. However what happened over the next few was somewhat different than what you might expect. A hacking group that is also claiming responsibility for a recent …

Multiplay iSeries events aren't the world's biggest exhibitions – they are still built around the LAN itself afterall – but they're getting bigger every year, which means its ever harder to decide what to showcase as part of our “what's on at Multiplay series.” We've covered iSeries events before, which …

Multiplay's bi-yearly gaming festival, the Insomnia iSeries, is in full swing at the moment and as usual, the opening ceremony was a cacophony of shouts, screams and freebies, as OCUK, Iiyama and 2K Games dispensed goodies to the eagerly stretching hands of those in attendance. The summer LAN is always …

Google Street View is a handy little tool, not only does it let you take a peek at almost anywhere you want to go in order to virtually explore the area but now you can take a private virtual tour through the sets of TV Shows like Breaking Bad and …

It turns out that Google is currently receiving and processing an all time high of one million piracy link removal requests per day, proving that copyright holders and media lobby groups just don't give up. The media Industry's new tactic is to simply overload Google with DMCA takedown requests, all …

Google has confirmed that its self-driving robot cars are capable of breaking the speed limit but only as a safety measure. The company's studies have shown that if its self-driving cars were to stick to the speed limit in areas where everybody was speeding, it could have a negative impact …

A recently filed patent has given us a peak at the possible future of Google Glass, showing off a very normal look with no tell tale signs to suggest that you are wearing smart glasses...

Its difficult to imagine a court case with more retractions, delays and turnarounds without contemplating some sort of lawyer heaven, thank Kim Dotcom's, as it looks like the internet entrepreneur's personal finances and assets, will not be returned to him after all. The original orders allowing the authorities to retain …

Chances are if you're over a certain age, the concept of texting the police in the event of an emergency is an odd one, but according to the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), people between the ages of 12 and 15, are more likely to get in touch with …

A number of executives of high-tech companies and some market observers have said that the effect of Windows XP’s end-of-life and increased sales of PCs will last for several quarters. However, Meg Whitman, chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, believes that the effect is about to end. However, a good news …

If there's one thing we've learned about online movie piracy, is that once a file is out there, it's impossible to remove. Pirates and the people behind torrent sites are often tenacious, only responding or complying with the strictest of court orders, but with the recent leak of the Expendables …

Some of the most worrying stories when it comes to social networking over the past few years, have been when the police has seen it necessary to target individuals that have said certain things online, be they jokes or opinions, as it's sometimes led to arrests, interrogations and in some …

Google's long awaited music streaming service may finally see the light of day as new rumors suggest that it will launch under the name ‘YouTube Music Key' and will feature 20 million songs. The latest leak comes from Android Police, which reveals that Google's Spotify rival will also feature offline listening …

The British government will be forced to pay £224 million of tax payer money to US IT firm, Raytheon, after it canceled a £750 million contract for a passenger identifying system at the country's borders. The e-Borders project was approved and signed back in 2007 while the Labour party was still …

A new report from DigiTimes is suggesting that we could see Razer's Nabu smartband release in October. The wearable gadget was first revealed at CES earlier this year, since then, the company has sent out prototype models to developers and 500 beta testers in order to perfect the product before …

How many times have you felt a little ridiculous after hitting that like or share button next to a story that seemed too good to be true, or too awful not to be? I think we've all done it. There's a reason sites like Cracked do well talking about all …

Our solar system is a vast tract of space, but compared to our entire galaxy, or the universe as a whole, it's less than a single grain of sand compared to all the beaches in the world. That's why finding out what it's actually like outside our little plot of …

It turns out that Microsoft's Internet Explorer engineering team has considered changing the name of its web browser in order to escape its negative reputation. While the name hasn't changed yet, the team admits that it could one day. During a Reddit Q&A session, users asked Engineer, Jonathan Sampson, if Microsoft …

If that was just one too many acronyms for you to figure out, don't worry, it's not as complicated as it looks. That's the Electronic Sports League, an eSports organisation, that's looking to take Valve's Defense of the Ancients two, to Madison Square Garden, for what it's describing as New …

With the World Cup only taking place every four years, the way people interact over it and share related content changes quite dramatically each time as technology evolves. This time around, it was Vine that caused a lot of controversy – at least among Premier League Executives – as when …

Anyone can understand that creating illegal images and distributing them via a service like Whatsapp could get you in trouble with the police, especially if they happen to come under England's controversial “extreme pornography” laws. However there's some concern arising over a recent case where two men found to have received – …