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Google and LG have entered in to a new cross-licensing deal, allowing the two companies to freely use each other's patents, including old and new ones, for the next ten years. There's no official word on why the two entered this new partnership but there are some possibilities. For a …

Microsoft and Dropbox have announced a new partnership in an effort to better integrate the cloud storage service with the Microsoft Office suite. The joint announcement was made last night, and compatibility to iOS and Android apps is due to come in an update. The desktop and cloud versions will …

Oculus VR is one of the world's biggest start up success stories of recent years. Just two years after creating his first prototype and showing it off to John Carmack, founder Palmer Luckey sold his fledgling virtual reality company to Facebook for a cool $2 billion earlier this year. But …

Yesterday, fresh faced and bushy tailed, new head of the GCHQ, Robert Hannigan announced that he wanted tech firms of the UK to strike a new deal with intelligence agencies to ensure more cooperation. His reasoning for this call on social networks and similar companies, was to (of course) help …

One of Nintendo's big pushes for this Christmas season is the little NFC enabled figurines of its most famous characters, called Amiibos. The idea behind them is to give people a way to track in-game character progression with something a little more exciting than a memory card. However Nintendo also …

The world and his dog seems to be developing their own wearable at the moment, with Microsoft announcing the impending release of its smart ‘Band,' and Apple giving its fans a reason not to buy one this Christmas. ASUS is getting in on the act too, with the upcoming release …

It's been four years since the world had its last real taste of Just Cause mayhem with its first sequel. True there was the multiplayer mod which brought people back to Panau, but as open ended and franticly fun as that is, it's not as empowering as a solid, single player, …

Intel Corp. has been reporting strong financial results this year since it gained market share from Advanced Micro Devices, enjoyed increased sales of corporate PCs and introduced rather competitive products for various market segments. However, the success of Intel’s products could also has its disadvantage: since the company is boosting …

Spend any time around kids and you will be asked, “Can I be a gamer when I grow up?”.  When there was no money in electronic sports (eSports), the question was moot – there was no living to be made. Then a handful of plucky players started to earn some …

Sales of Microsoft Corp.’s Surface Pro 3 tablets in the Q3 2014 were significantly higher than sales of any other slate from the software giant; in order to strengthen its success, the company reportedly considering plans to release Surface Pro tablets with larger displays. At present Microsoft offers a variety of …

Intel Corp. has quietly added new Core M “Broadwell” microprocessors into its lineup of chips. The new central processing units consume up to 4.5W of energy and are designed for high-performance tablets, hybrid 2-in-1 systems as well as ultra-thin notebooks. The new CPUs can operate at higher frequencies than their …

It turns out that Microsoft's 2015 holiday release schedule is just too full and as a result, Phil Spencer is currently considering delaying a title or two to give every game a fair chance to capture the market. Prominent titles in the holiday 2015 lineup include Halo 5 and timed …

Google has confirmed that it will stop producing Nexus 5 smartphones in an effort to get more people to buy the massive Nexus 6, which features a rather large 6 Inch display. The Google Play store currently shows the Nexus 5 as sold out and in an email to XDA-Developers, …

It looks like HP is looking to take on the Razer Blade with its new gaming notebook, ‘The Omen'. The slimline gaming notebook is purpose built, featuring a 15.6 Inch 1080p display, an Intel Core i7 CPU and a discrete Nvidia GPU packed in to a 19.9mm thick frame. Much …

The long-awaited virtual reality headset from Oculus VR, a subsidiary of Facebook, is still expected to arrive in 2015, according to chief executive officer of Oculus VR. Brendan Iribe re-iterated plans to release the commercial version of the Oculus Rift in months, not years, from now at Web Summit 2014 …

Samsung has began working on its next flagship device for 2015, the Galaxy S6 and rumor has it that some major changes could be coming in to play. The Galaxy S6 project is currently codenamed ‘Project Zero', which is slightly different from what the company has used in the past. …

Asus is set to launch a new Z97 motherboard in Europe, the Z97-Pro Gamer, built with all of the gaming necessities at a fairly affordable price point. The motherboard will come with a handful of ROG series features such as the Asus Sonic Radar II overlay and Supreme FX audio. …

Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday said it has partnered with Ubisoft and will provide a video game of choice for free to those, who buy new GeForce GTX 780- and 900-series graphics cards from eligible suppliers and retailers. The new “Pick Your Path” promotion will attract even more attention to Nvidia’s …

The head of Microsoft's Xbox division, Phil Spencer, has teased future plans for PC gaming on Windows based machines, which are set to be revealed in 2015, stressing the fact that he remains committed to PC gaming, despite Microsoft's heavy focus on the Xbox console. Talking on Major Nelson's podcast, …

Microsoft recently dropped the Nokia and Lumia brands for its mobile devices and has begun creating its own smartphones under the Microsoft brand. The first device the company has planned, the RM-1090, has leaked, showing off a Lumia-like design. The new dual-sim handset has arrived at the FCC as well …

Logitech has officially launched its brand new gaming mouse, made specifically with MOBA gamers in mind. The Logitech G302 Daedalus Prime is built for high speed clicking, featuring a metal spring tension system, improving left and right click responsiveness , the G302 is capable of registering up to five clicks per …

As if next February wasn't exciting enough with Evolve set for release in its early days, the remastered version of one of the PC's most legendary space strategy titles, Homeworld, is set to hit digital shelves courtesy of Gearbox, which has been working on the visually improved remastered version for …

The British government has apparently decided that instead of trying to crack down, or sabotage bitcoin's future, it wants to embrace it and look to emulate some of its successes within the financial industry. To figure out just how to do that, it's begun asking users of the cryptocurrency to …

One of the keystone shocks of the big Edward Snowden reveals last year, was that tech giants like Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and many others had been forced into handing over information to the governments in the five-eyes intelligence alliance (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada), without being able to …

Naturally for a publication like KitGuru, we spend a lot of time looking at graphic cards that cost hundreds of pounds and which rip through the latest games at phenomenal frame rates. But, in the real world, those cards represent only a fraction of the GPUs sold. We speak with Bill Donnelly from …

Marvel crossovers are some of the most fun comics to read, if for no other reason that you sometimes have to pinch yourself to realise someone actually made a mashup between Marvel, Zombies and the Evil Dead. The next one is set to be equally bizarre as it's with Shingeki …

If like many of our readers, you've been hunting and being hunted in the jungles and deserts of Turtle Rock's Evolve for the past few days, then chances are like us and the many people who have killed us in that same period, you are a little sad that the …

Advanced Micro Devices and its partners significantly dropped prices on select AMD Radeon R9-series graphics cards following the launch of Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce GTX 900-series “Maxwell” products in September. Unfortunately, the price-cuts do not help AMD to re-capture market share from its arch-rival, according to a financial analyst. “In line …

Rahul Sood, the legendary founder of VoodooPC, on Monday announced that he will leave Microsoft Corp. and will work on a brand new gaming company called Unikrn. At present the details are scarce, but given Mr. Sood’s background and his experience with hardware, it is more than likely that Unikrn …

Nokia Corp. said late last week that it will make an important announcement about its future on the 17th of November, 2014. The statement re-launched a series of rumours and speculations that the company plans to re-enter the market of smartphones with a device powered by Google Android operating system. …