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Amazon have reduced the price of their Kindle Fire tablet to £109, meaning it is one of the cheapest ‘big brand' tablets available in the UK. If you don't mind dealing with adverts, you can pick it up for only £99. The Kindle Fire 7 inch tablet has sold well …

Nokia Lumia followers will be happy to hear that the company have confirmed their release date in the United Kingdom. There has been much talk about the smartphone already, thanks in part to the 41 megapixel camera built into the product. The release date is set for September 25th, although …

Uh oh Microsoft. Just when you were doing so well and regaining some ground after your horrible start to the Xbox One's PR run, Edge magazine goes and publishes something like this. Yes folks, according to a bunch of developers Edge has been speaking to, the PlayStation 4 runs most …

Another nail has been put in the coffin of our future galaxy spanning civilisation using those space age sounding “credits,” to pay for everything. Facebook has completed its transition from using the non-localised currency back to real world money. While credits had its advantages, such as allowing Facebook users to …

While AMD have been working hard behind the scenes on their next generation of graphics cards Nvidia have been running amok in the mid to high performance gaming sector. Today we look at three custom cooled solutions from Palit – their GTX760, GTX770 and GTX780 Jetstream Editions. There is no …

It's been a long time since people like me got excited by Ageia's new PhysX cards, with its tech demo games like Cell Factor, but that doesn't mean that the PhysX technology isn't still important. Granted now all you need is an Nvidia GPU, but if you're part of the …

While the Wii's controllers and nunchuks might have introduced us to the idea of motion controlled gaming, it's only in recent years that we've really got to a level where it's beginning to be a useful and practical way of interacting with games. However, that development hasn't come from Microsoft's …

If you've thought that Microsoft's Windows phone platform was lacking a voice activated search feature like Apple's Siri, then don't worry, it won't be like that for much longer, as Cortana, the AI chick from the Halo series is going to be your new digital companion. Cortana will spread herself …

Syria have said they will accept the Russian plan to place their chemical weapons under their control but many people are obviously still concerned that the problem is not yet resolved. Earlier this year the US Department of Defense created a new system which could quickly move chemical weapons disposal …

There are no shortage of headphones available today, however the latest model from Sony has many people already talking. The new Walkman WH series headphones feature a music player and speakers to entertain other people close by. The NWZ WH505 and NWZ WH303 each feature a built in digital music …

The release of Rockstar's long awaited Grand Theft Auto V is just days away at this point and gamers around the world are biting their nails to the quick in anticipation. To help take this feverish excitement to new heights however and give us an extra insight into the game …

In an effort to corral any further hate against its upcoming Xbox One console into a more manageable state, Microsoft has purchased the Xbox One domain name, Xbone.com, for an undisclosed sum. At the same time, Major Nelson admitted that he's not a fan of the nickname. Not at all. …

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, has spoken out against the way the NSA handled the public reveal of its PRISM surveillance program, saying that it made it very hard for technology companies like his, to assuage public concern and make customers feel protected. Thse revelations were made at the recent TechCrunch …

Gamers are a good lot. Really, we are. For all the media that paint us as rabid killing machines going through digital training before going on a rampage, we're generally good people who like to play games. Just because it's Call of Duty or League of Legends instead of checkers …

Reinventing the wheel is a phrase used to describe the creation of something that's already well established and perfectly suited to its job, but that's what tyre maker Hankook believes should be and has, done. It's removed the alloy rims, dumped the traditional tyre tread and air filled innards and replaced it …

It was one of the better features that the new Xbox One had when it was first announced, but it was stripped away when we threw up our arms at the daily activations, perhaps never to be seen again. At least, on the Xbox One that is. On Steam though, …

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BT have had their knuckles rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) due to an advert that made ‘misleading claims' about the speed of their fibre optic broadband service. The ad claimed that BT Infinity was ‘eight times faster than the UK average' and depicts two students helping a housemate …

The CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer spoke at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco. She was asked why tech companies had not decided to tell the public more about what the US surveillance industry was doing. She answered with “Releasing classified information is treason and you are incarcerated'. Both …

Very few games can create the hype of Grand Theft Auto, and with the release of the latest version only 5 days away the air of anticipation continues to heighten. Console gamers will be able to enjoy the Grand Theft Auto 5 on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Rockstar …

Belgium based eTiger have released a new wireless capable product which combines an audio speaker with a bulb. You simply plug it into a lamp or an overhead connection. The Cosmic LED system has been designed to use E14, E27, B22 or GU10 sockets. As well as the 2 in …

Nvidia partner KFA2 has announced the upcoming release of its new, record breaking, superclocked GTX 780 GPU that sits at a whopping 1058MHz as it rolls out of the factory. According to KFA2, this gives it Titan levels of performance, with an impressive 20 per cent clock boost over standard …

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has announced his intention to bring legal action against New Zealand spy agency, the GCSB, over its treatment of him during his investigation and subsequent arrest. Legal papers filed with the NZ High Court accused the organisation of being excessively aggressive, and invasive when raiding his …

The military could be the latest organisation to adopt peer to peer networking as a viable technology, in order to share information with different units in the battlefield without the need for a central server, thereby cutting back on much of the technological overhead often found with such military tech. …

If you thought your girlfriend, or your pal, or even this chick was the biggest Apple fanboy in the world, you haven't heard about XXXPrius, who's already waiting in line in Japan for the iPhone 5S – 10 days before it's released and so far he's the only one there. …

Once again the internet's ability to bring like minded people together to help fight injustice has been proven. Just yesterday we reported on how Paypal had frozen the account of Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm developers, after they withdrew half of their Indiegogo raised funds, with the online-loan-shark suggesting that it …

Professor Brian Cox once made a cameo appearance in Doctor Who and he is due to give a scientific presentation to mark the 50th anniversary of the BBC one sci-fi show in London next week. The hour long talk will be filmed at the Royal Institution and it is part …

Last night we posted news on the prices of the new iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. The much awaited 16gb ‘budget' iPhone ended up costing £469 in the UK, quite a lot of cash for a plastic backed smartphone. While UK and US punters are likely to just buy one …

Technology may be advancing every day, but most of us with a new, modern smartphone often have to recharge our battery every day. If you are on the phone a lot with business, this can be frustrating. UK electronics company Binatone have showcased their new ‘The Brick' phone which has …

Well the time has finally come – Apple have announced their new iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, with availability from September 20th. The iPhone 5c is the lower cost version, but it starts at a whopping £469 in the United Kingdom, with the higher price iPhone 5s shipping at a …