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Samsung Electronics is reportedly working on a foldable media tablet that will be released already next year. In case the company really manages to launch such a product, it will get one step ahead of its rivals. However, the question is whether ability to fold a gadget will actually be …

Virtual reality is a hot topic nowadays. Leading game developers are already working on titles that will utilise VR headsets from Oculus VR and Sony, which are expected to hit the market in 2015. Unlike many other players in the industry, Nintendo does not believe in VR games. According to …

SanDisk on Monday said that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Fusion-io, a leading maker of high-performance solid-state drives for enterprise and hyperscale datacenters. The takeover will help SanDisk to enter a new market and gain numerous technologies as well as new intellectual property. “Fusion-io will accelerate our …

Were you disappointed by the Watch Dogs graphics downgrade? Well you don't have to be anymore as a modder has found the disabled E3 graphical effects hidden away in the game files and is actively re-working the code back in to the game. The Worse Mod is currently in version …

Well guys it's that time again- the winners have been picked for our giveaway in collaboration with CyberPower UK and Gigabyte! Thanks to everyone who entered. The winner of the grand prize is Owen Davies, enjoy your brand new £1399 PC featuring an Intel Core i5 4690 CPU and a …

The Steam Machine initiative is all about making PC gaming more accessible on smaller screens, smaller devices and lesser hardware. The Steamboy project is combining all of these elements by creating a handheld Steam Machine, which would be perfect for in-home streaming. Final specifications are being kept under wraps for …

Destiny has been in the making for a long time now and it's on track to release this September. However, the problem is- the game won't be coming to PC … yet. Fortunately for PC owners, Activision has admitted that it is “heavily discussing” the title's future on the platform. …

Usually when we report on a hacking, it has something to do with a retail store or a tech firm. However, this hacking group decided to go in a different direction and stole 650,000 passwords from Domino's Pizza. The group is demanding €30,000 (which works out at £23,892) by 7PM BST tonight …

Ikea, the company that has simultaneously provided us with most of our in-house furnishings and frustrating afternoons with wooden plugs and glue, has gone after IkeaHackers.net with a cease and desist order, claiming that it impeaches its trademark name. It's given the owner until 23rd June to takedown all adverts …

Net Neutrality is a bit of a hot topic right now and it could become even more so in the years to come. Already we've seen the effects of weakening enforcement in the US, with Netflix suffering under Verizon's throttling of its high definition traffic – to which Netfllix responded …

The debate over how much damage piracy has done to differing media industries has been raging since the original creation of digital products, be they music, movies, games or software. That debate has only intensified in the last decade with the growth of P2P sharing and the answer from lobby …

A few minutes of footage from CD Projekt's upcoming open world RPG, The Witcher 3: Wildhunt, has appeared online, showing us a mixture of exploration, in-game cut scenes and combat. The engine also gets a good showing too, with plenty of up close shots showing serious detail in the faces …

Origin PC, a U.S.-based boutique PC maker, this week introduced one of the world’s first small form-factor (SFF) personal computers featuring Nvidia Corp.’s dual-chip GeForce GTX Titan Z graphics card. The system comes in the Silverstone RVZ01 case, which is very small and sleek. The company positions the new Chronos …

Commercial versions of virtual reality headsets from Sony Corp. and Oculus VR are over a year away and even their developers probably do not have their final specifications at hand. Nonetheless, Sony clearly knows where it is going with its VR gear for the PlayStation 4: the device will most …

Asustek Computer on Friday announced a major promotion that it will be running together with Intel. From now on and until the 7th of July it will be possible to get up to £35 cash back when you purchase an Asus mainboard based on the Intel Z97 core-logic as well …

At the Computex 2014 trade-show Intel Corp. announced that its reference designs based on the Skylake generation of microprocessors will support Rezence, a wireless charging standard developed by the Alliance 4 Wireless Power (A4WP). This week Intel actually licensed wireless charging solutions for computing devices designed by WiTricity. The A4WP’s …

High-performance graphics cards are not really affordable, so are high-quality gaming headsets. But what if you need to have both? Make compromises? Apparently, Asustek Computer and Overclockers UK have a solution: you buy an Asus Radeon R9 290-based graphics card and get a headset for free. For a limited time …

You probably read our analysis earlier this week of the MSI R9 280 Gaming v PNY GTX760 XLR8 graphics cards. If you want a solution to game around the £200 sweet spot then you won't get much better! Over the next week KitGuru is giving these cards away to two …

MSI is celebrating the World Cup by launching two new competitions. From now until the 27th of June, anyone who buys an MSI gaming laptop will be entered to win a Samsung 65″ Slim LED HD 3D TV worth £2499.99. Second place will receive a Budweiser fridge and third place will …

From the outside looking in, progress on DayZ seems to have been moving very slowly. Many of the promised standalone features have yet to be incorporated but according to Dean Hall, the game is finally set to move to a new engine, which will improve parts of the game and …

One of the toughest things about diets and healthy nutrition in general is tracking the number of calories, sugar and proteins you consume. While it is possible to manually log the food you eat, it is boring and not really precise. It gets even harder when it comes to drinks: …

Nintendo has had a pretty good E3 this year, it's starting to turn things with the Wii U around and people are finally interested in the console. However, with all of the buzz around Mario Kart 8 and the upcoming Super Smash Bros game, people have been wondering if Nintendo …

Earlier today we looked at a press releases from PIPCU, the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), which jointly announced that they'd been responsible for shutting down thousands of pirated sites, blocking others and even bringing criminal charges to bear against some of those …

The THQ brand is set to make a return after the company went under back in 2012. However, this time the THQ name will be used by developer, Nordic Games, which has just acquired the rights. Aside from owning the THQ brand, Nordic also has the rights to several older …

Minecraft developer Mojang, made waves this week among the blocky, builder community, by announcing changes to its end user licence agreement (EULA), that made it so that nobody would be allowed to make money from Minecraft without its permission. This was quickly interpreted by the game's player base that no …

Patents have become one of the biggest new corporate battleground in the past few years, with companies like, Apple and Samsung at each other's throats in the court room, battling it out over who has the right to produce technology based around vague and general patents. When you can potentially …

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), set up late last year to help the authorities in the UK tackle online piracy and file sharing, has hailed its efforts over the past nine months as impactful, stating that with the help of media lobby group FACT (the British arm of …

The original Dead Island was never hailed as the greatest game ever or revolutionary in a way beyond its debut trailer, but it did offer a fun way to slap zombies with your friends. Dead Island 2 on the other hand, is following on from the trend of many games …

As the conveyor belt of made-up holidays continues its never ending cycle past us punters, the next on the list is Father's Day. This year, it falls on 15th June – which gives you a last window of opportunity to show your appreciation. Go on. You know you want to. …

Intel Corp. on Thursday announced that as a result of higher demand for business personal computers its sales for the second quarters will be significantly higher than expected. The world's largest chipmaker also increased its revenue and gross margin forecasts for the whole year. It is believed that businesses and …