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This week the rumor mill is churning out something a little different. Apparently, Apple might be interested in acquiring BlackBerry in an effort to gain even more traction in the enterprise market. These rumors have sent shares in BlackBerry soaring. The Canadian phone company has been struggling in the smartphone …

It seems that Ubisoft is eager to break in to the virtual reality space as it turns out that the publisher has several games in the pipeline for then virtual reality headsets launch later this year with Steam VR and early next year with the Oculus Rift. Ubisoft CEO spoke …

Today Microsoft officially revealed all of the different editions of Windows 10. This is common practice for Microsoft, the company has regularly launched ‘Home', ‘Pro' and ‘Enterprise' editions of its operating systems for years and Windows 10 won't be breaking tradition. Windows 10 Home is Microsoft's “consumer-focused” edition of the …

It seems that a few people were unhappy with the way Sony and UK retailer, GAME, handled the UK 20th Anniversary Edition PlayStation 4 contest. The promotion took place late last year and was designed in an attempt to reward ‘loyal fans' by giving them the one off chance to buy …

Visceral Games, the studio behind the Dead Space series, Battlefield Hardline and an unannounced Star Wars title, has been hit with a small number of layoffs. EA is working to ensure a smooth transition for the employees affected and they may be moved to other parts of the company. In …

Google has announced that it is bringing the Android One program to Europe, starting off with Turkey. The program, which aims to bring affordable smartphones to developing markets, is now available in seven countries. Devices launched under the program come with a near stock version of Android designed for low …

Remember when you were a kid and had a secret base? Mine was in the woods behind our house. You had to crawl under a holly bush to get to it, but we had a plastic sheet covering the floor and a few trinkets of our exploits. Me and my …

Being a member of a group that is classified as one that encourages ‘radicalisation' or spouts hate-speech, could lead to the very meeting of such an organisation made illegal, under new laws announced by the re-elected Conservative government. Promised by Theresa May and David Cameron before the election, cracking down …

The internet has a lot of fun time wasters on it, but very few of them can mesmerise you quite like a physics simulator. Often they're very pretty and the fact that you can impact them with just a few clicks of the mouse can mean endless entertainment and wonder, …

Transport Tycoon Deluxe is one of my all time favourite games, so the fact that a new title has been released that lets you build tracks, manage resources and build up your cash reserves but with a new, cutesy, toybox art style, my interest was peaked. Through nearly 200 years …

Intel Corp.’s high-end desktop (HEDT) processors for enthusiasts deliver unbeatable performance, but are based on rather outdated micro-architectures compared to mainstream chips. In a bid to fix that, the world’s No. 1 maker of microprocessors for personal computers may abandon its next-generation “Broadwell-E” and bring more advanced “Skylake-E” forward. Intel …

Advanced Micro Devices plans to formally unveil its new family of graphics adapters at the Computex Taipei 2015 trade-show in early June, but the actual sales of its new graphics adapters are expected to start later next month. AMD’s partners will begin to sell Radeon R9 380, R9 370 and …

Intel Corp. will speed up development and launch of its future-generation code-named “Cannonlake” processors, if an alleged slide from the company’s roadmap is genuine. The first chips to be made using 10nm process technology may hit the market as early as in the middle of next year, but they will …

G.Skill, one of the leading makers of advanced memory modules, on Tuesday rolled-out its highest-performing DDR4 memory kit. The 16GB quad-channel set of memory modules can operate at whopping 3.66GHz and deliver incredible levels of performance in games and demanding applications. G.Skill’s Ripjaws 4 series DDR4 3666MHz memory kit consists of …

Advanced Micro Devices develops world-class graphics processing hardware. The company’s GPUs pose serious competition to Nvidia Corp.’s graphics solutions on the PC market. However, when it comes to professional graphics or high-performance computing applications, Nvidia has loads of advantages thanks to its fine drivers and comprehensive software suite. Apparently, AMD …

It looks like Verizon is set to buy out AOL for $4.4 billion, putting the company in control of all AOL businesses, including several news outlets such as The Huffington Post, Engadget, Tech Crunch along with AOL.com. Joystiq would have been included in the list but AOL chose to shut …

Ubisoft has revealed that one of its upcoming games, Tom Clancy's The Division, has been delayed once again. The title which was delayed until 2014 around this time last year. Now the game has been pushed back further, targeting a Q1 2016 release window. The Publisher's quarterly financial report revealed …

Ubisoft has officially announced this year's big Assassin's Creed title: Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, set in Victorian era London, featuring an all new fast-paced hand to hand combat system, a new protagonist known as Jacob Frye and new modes of transport, including carriages and trains. The announcement was made in a …

We have heard rumors about Google's plans for this year's Nexus device, which is apparently being made by Chinese manufacturer, Huawei. However, it looks like Google might be working with LG once again to build a true successor to the still popular Nexus 5. When Google launched the Nexus 6 …

Blizzard is giving European Hearthstone players two free card packs as an apology for connection issues that users faced last week. If you made your Hearthstone account before the third of May this year, you will be greeted with two classic card packs when you next log in. The Battle.net …

Some hackers have gone ahead and cooked up Breaking Bad themed ransomware, which is currently affected a few people over in Australia. The new malware, which encrypts a PC's images, videos and documents, was recently discovered by Symantec. The ransomware is named Trojan.Cryptolocker.S. Once a user is affected, their files …

Nvidia's cloud gaming service, GRID, is getting an upgrade today. Shield tablet owners taking part in the public beta for the streaming service will now be able to play the 50 title strong library of games at full 1080p and 60 frames per second. We tested the capabilities of GRID cloud gaming …

If you are one of the million people that pre-ordered The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, then you will be happy to know that you can now pre-load the game ahead of its release date early next week. Pre-loading is now live on GOG and Steam, along with the Xbox …

The debate over internet privacy is one that's going to rage for years to come thanks to the continued back and forth tug of war between the likes of politicians, lobby groups and whistle blowers like Edward Snowden. However, in the eyes of the public it seems that that debate …

Although Nintendo disclosed earlier this year that it is working on a new video game console, it did not reveal any details about the system. Last week the company re-emphasized that it will not talk about its NX console till 2016. The company also implied that the new device will …

Making the decision about whether to jump to a 4K display is a difficult one right now. The content isn't really there and unless you have a monstrous system and a compatible title, playing games at that sort of detail level is rarely a smooth experience. Why not then update …

There have been a lot of disappointing dinosaur games over the years, from many of the lacklustre Jurassic Park experiences, to more recent fare like the buggy and expensive The Hunter: Primal, or the Kickstarter disappearing act, The Stomping Land. Still, perhaps one developer can finally end this drought of …

The reboot of classic adventure series King's Quest has become a little more star studded, with the announcement that the man who delighted us as Doc Brown, and terrified us as Judge Doom, will be joining the cast as Old King Graham. He'll be acting as narrator and protagonist, speaking about his …

Chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. said last week that Advanced Micro Devices has always been a serious rival for his company and remains a tough competitor today. However, Nvidia believes that its new business approach greatly helps it to avoid competing directly with other suppliers. “[AMD has] been a …

Kingston Memory has introduced the world’s fastest 128GB DDR4 quad-channel memory kit that is rated to run at 3.0GHz. The kit is designed for high-end workstations based on Intel Corp.’s Core i7-5960X central processing unit. The kit consists of eight 16GB HyperX Predator modules that can run at 3000MHz with …