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Whenever you are looking to upgrade or build a whole new rig, it is always important to shop around for offers. This week, MSI has announced that it is running a cashback promotion on some of its graphics cards and motherboards, which could net you a saving of up to …

One of the bigger competitions at Insomnia i60 was the massive gaming laptop giveaway at the MSI-Sponsored VR Experience on the Overclockers stand. The closing date is 25th April, so watch the video for a chance to win! With over 40,000 gamers of all shapes, sizes and ages walking through …

It was a great run, but Intel Corporation has announced it has pulled the plug on the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). This has left many in the industry with a huge gaping hole in their mid-August agendas, as the staple Intel-branded event now disappears into posterity. The Fall edition, regularly held …

Toshiba has found itself in a tough spot financially recently, with the company recently admitting that its future is very much in doubt following its most recent financial report. As a result of this, it seems very likely that Toshiba may sell off its semiconductor business and it looks like …

It seems that Toshiba just can't catch a break. After a year of pretty hefty losses and a multi-billion dollar writedown which forced its hand into the sale of its cash-cow NAND business and, more recently, releasing its much-delayed Q1'17 earnings reports without the approval of its consultants PwC, it …

If you are a Virgin Media customer, then soon you may find yourself sharing your connection with others as this week, Virgin Media announced plans to co-opt customer connections and turn their routers into public WiFi hotspots. The rollout will first hit customers with a Superhub 3 router and while …

A court arbitration case between Qualcomm and Blackberry has ended today awarding Blackberry Inc. a sum of $814.9 million, plus interest and attorney's fees, on royalties charged for past sales. The decision is binding and Qualcomm will not be able to appeal. The dispute reportedly related to Qualcomm setting caps …

As much as AMD's Ryzen has seen the CPU underdog being thrust back into the race, how much of an impact has it really had on Intel's thus-far dominant Core i7 and Core i7 processors? Using Camelcamelcamel.com‘s Amazon pricetracking tool, we've measured the changes in the US and UK, and …

Allied Esports International and MGM Resorts International have penned a deal to create “the first permanent eSports venue” on the Las Vegas strip and promise to make it the eSports go-to venue, in much the same way Wembley and Wimbledon are for footie and tennis. MGM has commissioned the conversion …

It looks like Toshiba could be facing more trouble this year as the company stands to be hit with huge losses. In a statement this week, Toshiba reps even admitted that current conditions “raise substantial doubt” over the company's future, indicating that it may just be a matter of time …

Back in January, Qualcomm was blindsided by not one but two massive lawsuits involving Apple. One from the US Federal Trade Commission and another from Apple itself. Qualcomm already responded to the FTC's lawsuit last week and now this week, the chip maker is hitting back at Apple's case, claiming …

Kodi is widely considered to be an excellent media streaming platform but over the years, it has also been used as a convenient tool for piracy. Plenty of add-on packs have been made for Kodi over the years which grant access to pirated streaming services and the popularity of ‘fully …

Reports have surfaced in the Japanese press that TSMC has quit on its bid to buy Toshiba's rather precious NAND-flash business, leaving Foxconn in the lead position. Foxconn has offered to pony-up 3 trillion Yen (around $30 billion), or $21.2 billion more than what Reuters had reported as the sought-after …

There have been quite a few Microsoft Surface rumours lately, most of which have surrounded the future of the Surface Book. However, this week, the rumour mill has turned its attention to the Surface Pro 5 instead, with reports this week revealing a few details about Microsoft's upcoming tablet. According …

Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding YouTube and advertisers pulling out of the platform. Apparently, YouTube's algorithm has been placing ads from big brands on videos containing objectionable content. In an effort to try and stop this from happening in the future, …

Recently, Qualcomm has been finding itself in quite a bit of trouble with regulators in various countries. The chip maker was recently fined a huge sum of money over anti-competitive practices in South Korea and now, the FTC is also on the case in the US, with Apple being one …

Over the last few years, there have been plenty of horror stories going round of children being left unattended with smartphones or tablets and running up crazy charges on in-app purchases. Amazon was even taken to court over this particular issue, after the FTC received complaints from parents in the …

New Republic Of Gamers products announced and we were at the ASUS Berlin event to get the juicy details ...

The Greek god of the sea and earthquakes will strike you down if you don't check this reveal out ...

If you happen to be an MSI fan and need something to do on Saturday the 8th of April, then you may want to check out MSI's fan day. This public event will be taking place at the recently opened Fnatic BUNKR in London and will give you the chance …

Earlier this week, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy S8. While we knew a lot about the device well in advance, there were some surprises. Firstly, was the announcement of Samsung DeX, which we went in to detail on yesterday. The second surprise though, was that Samsung had teamed up with …

On Monday we ran a little public poll on our Facebook page. Around 2,000 readers answered and today, as promised, we share the results. No, This is not an AMD versus Nvidia editorial because that always gets much too heated and people end up arguing over nothing. We simply wanted …

As Microsoft gears up to officially drop support for Windows Vista, today Futuremark also confirmed that it would be dropping support for 3DMark Vantage and PCMark Vantage on the same day. These decade old benchmarks were designed around Vista back in the day and with just 1.12 percent of users …

It looks like Microsoft's upcoming Surface Book 2 might take a bit longer than expected. We previously heard rumours that Microsoft might be planning to launch its next-generation laptop at its next event in April but reports this week point towards that not being the case, with reliable sources coming forward …

Newcastle's Life Science Centre will be the home of a hands-on technology event called Maker's Faire on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of April 2017. Enthusiasts of all ages are invited along to be inventive, creative, explorative and down right playful.  Cooler Master will be there with an unusual challenge and …

It looks like Ofcom and BT are still slugging out out as this week, the telecoms regulator hit BT with a £42 million fine and ordered the company to set aside £300 million to compensate competing ISPs, which have been held back by slow upgrades and BT/Openreach's failure to meet …

Konica Minolta invited us to an event called Spotlight Live about the “rise of the cognitive company and the evolution of employment”.

While other TV makers are giving the Curved TV craze a rest, Samsung is doubling down. This year, LG and Sony have already opted to start producing less curved displays but over in South Korea, Samsung is cooking up a batch of 22 new models for 2017. According to a …

We had the opportunity to attend CeBIT 2017 yesterday and while we were there, we checked out as many booths as we could. We have already published our coverage of Antec and Deepcool but today, we are giving you the lowdown on everyone else that was there, including ASUS, Cooler …

It looks like Ofcom has some new ideas in mind for UK-based internet providers as this week, the regulator put forward a new proposal under which ISPs would be required to give customers compensation for loss of connection, slow repairs and missed engineering appointments. The proposal, which is bound to upset …