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With the advent of digital dashboards, heads up displays, advanced telematics and improved in-car entertainment systems, as a bit of a hardware nerd, you have to wonder, what's powering all of it? If your car makes any use of those sorts of systems, it could very well be GPU giant …

Is it all down hill from here for World of Warcraft? Possibly, well at least as far as the subscriber count is concerned as the MMO's lead designer, Tom Chilton, has said that Blizzard doesn't necessarily expect the game to grow again. In an interview with MCV, Chilton said: “We …

Google has just launched its new ‘Photo Sphere' camera application on iOS, allowing users to take 360 degree photos to then publish on social networks or Google Maps. This app is an extension of the feature found on the Android Operating system, the camera feature originally shipped on the Nexus …

Asustek Computer has announced plans to demonstrate its highly-anticipated smartwatch at the IFA 2014 trade-show in Berlin, Germany, next month. The company has even uploaded a preliminary picture of the device to partly show off its design. “Time has been transformed, and we have changed,” Asus quoted a Lebanese artist, …

According to a survey conducted by the Independent Game Developers Association, most game developers would rather work at Valve than any other company. This may not be all that surprising as Valve is a massive company in the PC gaming space, holding the increasingly popular Steam platform, which boasts a 65 …

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 …

Shovel Knight has proven to be one of this year's indie success stories. Having received full funding on Kickstarter in 2013, it was released last month to warm praise. It didn't blow many reviewer's socks off, but it was recommendable and has become a strong seller, especially on Nintendo platforms. …

There's no denying that MOBAs like to draw a little inspiration from one another. Whether it's in the design of a hero, or the style of the map, most of them have something in common, if only because they all stem from the same original custom game mode. SMITE is …

BlackBerry this week formed a new business unit that will concentrate on patents, technologies and software. The new unit will help the company to get new revenue streams without selling smartphones, but by licensing its intellectual property, software or technologies. BlackBerry Technology Solutions, or BTS, includes BlackBerry’s technology assets, such …

Nvidia Corp. recently shipped the first samples of graphics cards based on the code-named GM200 graphics processing units (GPUs) to its developers in India. This confirms that the company already taped out the new GPU and got the first samples of the chip from the fab. Theoretically, Nvidia could launch …

Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 4 is one of the fastest-selling consoles in the history of video game hardware in general, a great success for the platform-holder. What is interesting is that even Sony itself does not fully understand the reasons behind such massive success. Still, a good news now is that …

Steve Ballmer, a former chief executive officer of Microsoft who spent 34 years at the company in total, said that he will step down as a board member of the software giant. This will mark the end of his career at Microsoft and will eliminate any influence that Mr. Ballmer …

Windows Phone fans have something to look forward to, HTC has just announced that it will be re-releasing the HTC One M8 as a Windows Phone device. We don't see too many high end Windows phones on the market aside from those released by Nokia so this is definitely a …

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 …

Crytek hasn't been in good shape recently, it lost a fair amount of staff members and had to sell off the Homefront IP in addition to its UK studio development staff to Publisher, Deep Silver. However, the company is now looking to move forward and fix its damaged reputation according …

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 …

The Xbox One and Playstation 4 are both selling very well, having shipped 15 million units combined in just nine months. However, there is a downside, this does mean that the last generation consoles are becoming less and less relevant to publishers despite the 150 million people that still own them. …

If you've been considering one of the new Z87 or Z97 motherboards along with a new Intel CPU lately, then chances are you're expecting to shell out a fair number of your hard earned pounds to do so. Fortunately, it turns out MSI and Intel are now offering cash back …

If you were one of over 8,000 people that entered our competition to win one of three BioStar A68N motherboards a couple of weeks ago, then chances are you've been champing at the bit to find out if you're one of the lucky trio that can expect one of the …

Miniclip, one of the world's most popular online flash-game portals, is purportedly still trying to find a buyer for itself after potential deals with both Zynga and Disney fell through. Now it's hoping to court the likes of Candy Crush Saga maker King, according to rumours, by hiring on some …

Even though pre-orders across the industry are declining, publishing giants like Ubisoft, Activision and indeed, Warner Bros, are still trying to tempt us into putting down money for games that aren't even released yet in an effort to better gauge how many copies they will sell – and to get …

LG Electronics on Monday said that it would unveil the world’s first curved ultra-wide computer display with 21:9 aspect ratio next month at IFA 2014 trade-show in Berlin, Germany. The display is designed for both professionals as well as home entertainment enthusiasts. LG’s Curved UltraWide Monitor (model 34UC97) features 34” …

Microsoft Corp. plans to unveil public preview of its next-generation Windows operating system in late September or early October, a media report claims. The commercial version of the OS code-named “Threshold” is expected to debut in spring, 2015. ZDNet reports that those who install the public tech preview of the …

Although Advanced Micro Devices pins most of its hopes on hybrid accelerated processing units (APUs) these days, it continues to supply traditional central processing units for performance enthusiasts. In a bid to make its FX-series line a little bit more competitive, the company plans to cut-down their prices in the …

Asustek Computer has revealed some additional details regarding its product development cycles and decision making process. Apparently, it takes at least nine months to develop and build a new mainboard for a new microprocessor. Actual mass production of new motherboards starts only about a month before launch. “[We start planning] …

International Business Machines Corp. said that it had received notice from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that the organization allows IBM to sell its x86 server business unit to Lenovo Group. The decision to sell-off x86 server business was criticized by multiple analysts, but it …

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO, Jim Ryan, has reaffirmed the company's stance on EA's new subscription program, EA Access, stating that the $5 a month gaming service doesn't quite “fit into the framework of everything we do and everything that we offer.” “We don’t have anything against EA Access, we …

We try to give our readers great competitions every month and this one is no exception! We have teamed up with DINOPC and GIGABYTE to give one lucky reader a brand new gaming system featuring a Core i5 4690k processor, Gigabyte Z97X-SLi motherboard and a Gigabyte GTX770 Windforce graphics card! …

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 …