When you imagine the compound that Osama Bin Laden was eventually found in, hidden away in Pakistan, there are likely a lot of things you could conjure up about his stronghold. However having manuals for popular software packages on his bookshelf is unlikely to be one of them, but that's …
Read More »ARK: Survival Evolved giving Stomping Land players free content
Did you get burned by the promises of open world dinosaur hunting, survival game The Stomping Land? Many gamers did, when the developer absconded with their crowd funded money and stopped updating the early access title. To try and ease that pain, the developer of ARK: Survival Evolved, Wildcard, has announced …
Read More »Intel ‘Skylake’ launch schedule revealed: CPUs to arrive in August
Intel Corp. has reportedly finalized its launch schedules for the upcoming code-named “Skylake” central processing units. According to a timetable published by a Chinese web-site, various “Skylake” chips are set to arrive to the market between August and November. Intel plans to demonstrate its next-generation “Skylake” microprocessors at its Intel …
Read More »LG shows off 55” OLED TV that is 1mm thick
At a press event in South Korea, LG Electronics has demonstrated the world’s first and yet the only 55” OLED [organic light emitting diode] display that is less than one millimeter thick and weighs less than two kilograms. The company did not reveal when displays like that are expected to …
Read More »First commercial 8K ultra-HD displays may hit the market in 2018
Tens of millions of 4K ultra-high-definition televisions have already been sold to consumers even despite of the fact that UHD content is rare and mainstream TV channels will not support ultra HD resolutions any time soon. The same thing is going happen to the successor of 4K UHD TV-sets, 8K …
Read More »AMD: x86 license deal with Intel can’t block our merger or takeover [UPDATED]
FOLLOW UP: AMD clarifies cross-license with Intel: change of control terminates agreement for both UPDATED: Certain terms and statements have been corrected. Devinder Kumar, chief financial officer of Advanced Micro Devices, said in a statement last week that the company could enter into joint ventures, mergers or acquisitions (M&A) agreements without …
Read More »H1Z1 hackers will be unbanned if they publicly apologise
Daybreak Studios, the former SOE developer and creator of H1Z1, is taking an interesting approach to cheaters in the game. The studio's president, John Smedley has said that if any of the 25,000 recently banned hackers issue a public apology, they will be allowed back in the game. Last night, …
Read More »Project Cars dev responds to AMD performance accusations
Slightly Mad Studios, the developer behind recently released racing sim, Project Cars, has responded to accusations that it has purposefully sabotaged the game's performance for those using AMD graphics cards. The rumors began to spread once a post on Reddit claimed that the entire Project Cars engine was built around …
Read More »Guild Wars 2 is getting its capital city back
If you have been following Guild Wars 2's ‘living world' story line for a while, then you are probably aware that the world's capital city, Lion's Arch, was destroyed some time last year. In the aftermath, NPCs began popping up and were found hammering at the ruins of the city. …
Read More »Asus GTX980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition Gallery
If you blinked you may have missed it – but Asus recently released a one of a kind, strictly limited edition GTX980. This card hit the United Kingdom in very small quantities and according to our sources in ASUS they sold out before you could say ‘YES PLEASE!'. We managed …
Read More »Valve trademarks ‘Chaperone’ to bring physical objects in to VR
Valve has gone ahead and trademarked something called ‘Chaperone', no it isn't some weird new driving game where you drive your kids around, but rather a set of tools aimed to bring objects in the physical world around you in to virtual reality. This technology could end up debuting on …
Read More »Google starts rolling out major Android Wear update
The first major Android Wear update has started rolling out to some of the prominent Android smart watches available. Google announced the roll out of Android Wear version 5.1.1 in an official blog post, announcing WiFi support for the Moto 360, which we heard about a while back. In addition, …
Read More »The Apple Watch will finally be available in-store next month
Apple has struggled to keep up with demand for the Apple Watch. Millions of people pre-ordered ahead of release and as a result, Apple allocated the bulk of its stock to fulfilling online orders, rather than focusing on supplying its Apple Stores. However, that is about to change soon as …
Read More »Samsung shoots down Note 5 early release rumors
We have been hearing about Samsung's next phablet, the Galaxy Note 5 for a while now, with some rumors suggesting that it may launch much earlier than usual. However, Samsung has since stepped in to set the record straight, denying that the Note 5 is going to arrive significantly earlier …
Read More »Oculus to host its own event ahead of E3
It looks like we will be getting our first look at the consumer version of the Oculus Rift ahead of E3 at an Oculus hosted media event on the 11th of June. The consumer version of the Rift VR headset was announced earlier this month, with a release window set …
Read More »Kim Dotcom pens open letter to acquitted NZ MP
Legally embattled entrepreneur and MegaUpload founder, Kim Dotcom, has released an open letter discussing the recent verdict that saw ex-New Zealand politician and Auckland Mayor, John banks acquitted of all charges related to hiding electoral funding. In it he addresses some of the claims made by Banks that suggest Dotcom …
Read More »Pirate Bay resurfaces with many new top level domains
The last time the Pirate bay was taken down it ended up not returning with full functionality for a couple of months, so yesterday when a district court in Stockholm, Sweden, took down ThePiratebay.se and PirateBay.se, some fans of the long running torrent search site were worried. They needn't have …
Read More »Crowd funded lightsail to take part in test flight
Just less than a week on from Bill Nye and his Planetary Society's smashing of their Kickstarter goal, the Light Sail Solar Sail satellite, slated to officially launch next year, is set to go through a test run. Sat atop an Atlus V rocket, the miniature cubesat will be launched into …
Read More »Monstrum breaks out of Early Access
Survival horror has been one of the break out genres of recent years, at least partially thanks to how well it fits well with Youtube let's players – since not everyone has the stomach to play such games – and the fact that it's a great genre to show off the …
Read More »Apple makes iMac with 5K retina display more affordable
Apple has introduced a more affordable version of its flagship iMac with 5K retina display. The new personal computer features slightly slower processor and lower-performance graphics card, but apart from that, it is still a rather decent machine. In addition, Apple slashed the price of the original iMac 5K in …
Read More »Carl Icahn continues to expect Apple to release a TV-set
Carl Icahn, a billionaire activist investor who is known for his comments regarding Apple, is confident that the consumer electronics giant is still working on an electric car and a TV-set. Despite publication of a report claiming that Apple had shelved its TV plans, the investor continues to believe that …
Read More »FSP introduces energy storage systems, rivals Tesla’s Powerwall
FSP, a leading maker of power supply units for personal computers, has introduced its first energy storage systems (ESS). The FSP Emergy batteries can be used at home or for various outdoor events, such as camping or concerts. Eventually, the energy storage systems will compete against Tesla’s recently announced Powerwall …
Read More »AMD’s flagship ‘Fiji XT’ to use new branding and cost $849 – rumours
The next-generation top-of-the-range AMD Radeon graphics card may no longer carry a model number, but will introduce a new brand akin to Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce Titan, according to a media report. The highest-performing single-chip graphics adapter is also rumoured to cost unprecedented amount of money for an AMD single-GPU solution. …
Read More »Apparently Microsoft is still refusing to abandon Kinect
There are very few gamers out there that actually enjoyed using Kinect, which is why when Microsoft eventually unbundled it from the Xbox One console, the sales starting climbing up. However, according to the Xbox head, Microsoft still isn't ready to give up on the peripheral just yet. Speaking with …
Read More »Rainbow: Six Siege release date announced
Ubisoft has gone ahead and announced the release date for its new tactical SWAT shooter, Rainbow: Six Siege. The title had a closed alpha test phase earlier this year with a fairly positive reception and now the full game is set to launch on the 13th of October. This puts …
Read More »Apple launches new 15-inch Macbook Pro with AMD 300-series mobile graphics
Apple launched the 12-inch Macbook a short while back, featuring the brand new ‘Force Touch' trackpad technology. At the same time, it updated the 13-inch Macbook Pro and now the company has finally made its way around to updating its 15-inch flagship laptop. The new 15 inch Macbook Pro has …
Read More »Heroes of the Storm enters open beta today
If any of you didn't manage to nab a Heroes of the Storm closed beta key over the last year or so, then you will finally be able to play the game today as it is entering open beta, although it won't last that long. Heroes of the Storm opens …
Read More »Sony sets up studio to create Project Morpheus games in UK
Sony has gone ahead and set up a new first party studio to create virtual reality games for the upcoming Project Morpheus headset. The studio will be located in North West England and it will focus entirely on developing for virtual reality. News of the studio first broke when Sony …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S6 surpasses 10 million sales
Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, has surpassed the ten million sales milestone. However, it did surprisingly hit the number slower than both the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S5, despite record level pre-orders being reported prior to release. Korean News site, Yonhap News, a high-ranking Samsung executive confirmed that …
Read More »MSI offering X99 motherboard and DDR4 RAM combos
The switch to X99 can be painful on the wallet but MSI is looking to help alleviate some of the burden by offering up motherboard and DDR4 RAM combos at Dabs UK. DDR4 memory has a number of advantages over DDR3, including lower power usage and higher overclocking abilities. With X99 motherboards, …
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