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Colin Farrell thinks the Warcraft movie script is great

Colin Farrell and Warcraft aren't two name you'd juxtapose without a few drinks and some nerd speculation, but come together they may well do, as his rumoured involvement with the long delayed project just jumped up a notch, after he told IGN that not only had he read the script, …

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Next iPhone could have 3D technology

Apple users are known for getting rather excited about incremental updates to their latest handheld device, but the next-generation of iPhones and iPad's could have a lot more – a whole extra dimension – if Apple decides to leverage the Israeli firm it purportedly just bought for a whopping $345 …

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UK spy heads given public hearing Qs in advance

Heads of the British intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ were quizzed at a public hearing earlier this month, where they answered questions on the UK's spying activities. However it's now being suggested that all three organisations struck a deal to let them see the questions they would be asked …

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PS4’s Blue Light of Death channels RROD fears

The PS4 has been out in the US for a few days now and as with any console launch in recent years, there does appear to be a few suffering from a problem that renders them useless. It's being termed, the “blue light of death,” as you get this nice …

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Corsair Hydro H75 CPU Cooler Review

Today we are going to take the look at the latest product in Corsair's Hydro series of liquid CPU coolers, the H75.  This is a mid-range option, offering a standard 120 mm radiator with twin 120 mm fans.  We have been very impressed with Corsair's previous Hydro models and are …

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Introducing: The Four Players

Screen Writer Evan Daugherty, has partnered up with YouTube channel Polaris and Maker Studios to bring out quite a special re-imagining of one of the most famous franchises in video games history, and trust me, it's good. Titled ‘The Four Players,' each video features a short, under 5 minute clip …

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AMD clarifies Battlefield Bundle

Earlier this week AMD released information on a new bundle with its latest line up of R9 series GPUs, that would see many of them come with a free copy of Battlefield 4. However, it's now released a clarification since there was apparently some confusion over how it would all …

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If you thought Youtube comments were annoying before…

Youtube comments have historically been a place of rampant homophobia, spam links and the occasional witty one liner, but in the past few days they've changed drastically. Thanks to Google finally completing its transition to link Youtube comments with Google+, the user base has rioted. Google had pledged to twin …

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Want an Xbox One signed by Kim Dotcom?

It's still a week until the Xbox One is officially released, but even then you won't be able to get one signed by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom. But even if you could get him to do it, that wouldn't help typhoon Haiyan victims as well would it? Bidding on this …

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Possible Fallout 4 game teased

A new teaser website has appeared, titled Survivor 2299, with a countdown date and a morse code background message, that some people believe could be hinting at a possible future release of Fallout 4, set 19 years after the last game in the series: New Vegas. The main reason for …

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The sludge wars: nutritional drinks go head to head

In all facets of the technology industry, there's rarely one standout company – more-often a pair of giants go at it. There's Nvidia and AMD in the world of graphics, Android and iOS in smartphones, and now there's Soylent and Ambro, in the realm of nutritional drinks that give your …

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Oculus Rift to support first 360 movie

Condition One, a developer of mobile software that allows user interaction with video playback (you control the camera angle), has announced that it's begun development of the world's first 3D, 360 degree movie where the viewer will be able to decide where they look at all times, thanks to its …

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G.Skill announces new 8GB 2133MHz CL11 SO-DIMM kit

G.Skill is looking to push the current envelope as much as possible with the unveiling of its latest Ripjaws kit designed with laptops in mind. That's right, this new high performance DDR3 kit with an 8GB capacity (2 x 4GB) is a matched pair of SO-DIMM, featuring a bandwidth of …

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Sony is investigating PS4 issues

Poor PS4, the console barely has its foot out the door and we're already hearing reports of problems with it. The reports started with Kotaku's PS4 review, where it was noted that the first PS4 received didn't work. However, the publication had tried several other working PS4's. It gets worse …

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Nintendo Direct announcements

Another month, another Nintendo Direct presentation. This time we've been given quite a bit of 3DS news ranging from features and software updates to game releases. We start off with some Zelda: A Link Between Worlds news. First we're introduced to three new characters: Irene the Witch- She is there …

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Motorola unveils the Moto G

Earlier this year Motorola released the Moto X, a smartphone built in the US and exclusive to the US. The phone didn't feature high end specs but it did come with an optimised version of Android to deliver the features and experience the average user would expect from a high …

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Wikileaks outs TPP details, comparable to SOPA

Remember SOPA, PIPA and ACTA? Those three pieces of legislation which the internet and the world at large stood up against because they threatened to inhibit innovation in technology, freedom of speech and access to data? Well now those same concerns are back, but under a new guise: the TPP. …

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Four more games added to Humble WB Bundle

This Humble Bundle is starting to resemble one of the better ones in the history of the charitable pack offerings, as it's just had another four games added, bringing the total number of titles you can get on a pay-what-you-want model to 12! The full line up of games now …

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Social trash box robot asks humans to dispose of rubbish

Engineers from the Interaction and Communications Design Laboratory at Japan's Toyohashi University of Technology have created a new robot, designed to help tackle a growing litter problem worldwide. The new rebotos are known as ‘social trash box robots (STB's). These little bins are equipped with a processor, a video camera, …

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AMD’s Mobility line to bridge tablet and laptop gap

AMD has announced a new initiative to bridge the gap between the traditional high powered, productivity focused “old Windows ecosystem,” and the high end displays and thin, light and easy to use Android/iOS ecoysystem, powered by a new line of AMD APUs set to be released over the next 12 …

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Asus announces R9 270 with DirectCU II cooling

While there might have been a bit of a cafuffle here recently over non-reference coolers, I feel confident in saying that this one from Asus isn't the norm. It's the DirectCU II type we've seen on previous cards from the GPU partner and this time it's attached to the company's …

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