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While the world and his dog went up in arms about Microsoft's DRM and online activation policies with the Xbox One, not quite so many were worried about the bundled Kinect sensor being always on – you even had a few people say that old classic line, “if you've got …

The prize pool for the third annual DotA 2 International tournament is still on the rise thanks to community efforts that see fan purchases simply adding to the collection. To date it's reached over $2.6 (£1.7) million, making it the largest cash prize pool of any single esports event in …

The official Ubuntu forums have been down for a few days now, with the homepage simply showing a notice that they've been deliberately taken down to deal with a security issue. But worse than that, passwords, usernames and  email addresses have all been stolen. “There has been a security breach …

Final Fantasy VII is perhaps the most beloved and certainly the highest selling title, from the Final Fantasy series of games. As well as the original game, there was the spin off Crisis Core and the CGI movie sequel, Advent Children, but now there looks set to be a live-action …

The Bitcasa service is gunning for Dropbox. They are offering an unlimited ‘virtual storage' option across all your computers and devices. The service works like a hard drive except the storage capacity is ‘unlimited'. The company say the service appears like a normal hard drive icon and media can be …

We read about the horror stories of ‘in game' charges on a fairly regular basis and the latest hit the web this weekend – a 43 year old father was facing a £4,000 charge after his daughter racked up a series of fees. His eight year old daughter purchased from …

We reported yesterday that the Apple developer website was hacked, with information on 275,000 registered third party developers potentially compromised. The portal at developer.apple.com had been offline since last Thursday without an explanation raising concerns among the user base. The latest news to hit is that Ibrahim Balic, a Turkish …

As gross as it may sound, an engineer called Andreas Hammar has built the ‘Sweat Machine', a device which can purify sweat into drinking water. Unicef helped to drive the project and they say they hope that the device will raise awareness of shortages of drinking water in parts of …

Facebook have added over 100 million mobile users with their ‘Facebook For Every Phone'. The company launched the software two years ago to attract non smart phone users to use their platform. The company have been working closely with phone manufacturers and carriers to ensure their software works on as …

Our Facebook personality Carl – the german geek who interacts with thousands of readers daily is being immortalised with his own Comic strip. We plan on updating this cartoon strip fairly regularly, depending on how popular it proves to be. We like to try and educate, entertain and bring something …

It's been over a year since I first covered the EU legal ruling that companies were required to allow their customers to resell digital software purchases and here in mid-2013, we're not really much closer to making that a reality. However, now Valve, one of the biggest opponents of the …

We published the news earlier that Overclockers UK are now selling the latest coolers from Raijintek. We have some good news this evening to celebrate the launch – Overclockers UK are working with us to give away three of the coolers to the public. The company is formed by the …

Raijintek may not be a name you've heard before, but it's one you'll be hearing a lot more. The company is formed by the former main team at CoolerMaster and Xigmatek bringing their knowledge and skills into a company which will provide some cutting edge technology. To begin with Raijintek …

Nvidia's handheld streaming console, the Shield, was expected to debut at the end of June, but due to some minor delays it was put on hold with no real word of when it might be made available. Now though we know, and it's just over a week away. The Shield …

Known as GaymerX (formerly Gaymercon), the conference, set to take place in San Francisco between the third and fourth of August, is planned as a typical games related event, but with a focus on the LGBT community. Funded by a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $90,000, GaymerX, will feature booths, …

We've heard a lot of game developers attack Microsoft's game update policies in the past few years, with indie developers lining up alongside the big developers to do so. They've trashed the long Q&A process and the fees involved and Wargaming.net is no different. However, it's also said that it's …

We spoke with a source close to Apple this weekend and they say that Apple are likely to ship the new Mac Pro in October. In Europe the Mac Pro has been absent for some time, due to a change in regulatory standards. It was removed from sale in 27 …

British prime minister, David Cameron, has announced that in the near future, British households will have an automatic pornography filter implemented by internet service providers, which will block explicit images by default; though there will be an option to turn them off. Those signing up to new accounts with ISPs, …

Apple's developer website which was down for quite some time last week, may have been hacked according to the latest reports to surface. Apple have released the information in an email to registered developers saying that sensitive emails, physical addresses and names may have been compromised. Apple took down the …

Many people are saying that the Apple iPhone screen needs to get larger. When you look at the latest Android phones such as the HTC One, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note it is beginning to look tiny. A new report suggests that Apple may be listening to feedback. The Wall …

After years of worms and trojans acting as the pervading forms of PC malware, evidence suggests viruses are making a comeback. Recent research from TuneUp has shown just how severely viruses can affect the performance of PC speeds, with infected devices taking up to nine times as long to perform …

Our Facebook personality Carl – the german geek who interacts with thousands of readers daily is being immortalised with his own Comic strip. We plan on updating this cartoon strip fairly regularly, depending on how popular it proves to be. We like to try and educate, entertain and bring something …

Apple have apparently agreed to buy online transit navigation service HopStop.com, according to people close to the deal. Apple are keen to improve their mapping software after a long series of problems when they shifted focus from Google Maps. Apple wanted to ‘scale back their relationship with Google' according to …

The latest news would suggest that Google are planning to release their MotoX smartphone on the 1st of August. They sent out invitations to a New York City launch scheduled for August 1st for the American made Moto X smartphone. This is a huge event for Google as it will …

Panasonic and their subsidiary Sanyo have pleaded guilty to a price fixing scheme involving automotive parts and battery cells. They have agreed to pay $57.6 million (£37.7 million). Battery supplier LG Chem have also pleaded guilty to battery cell price fixing and they have to pay $1,056 million according to …

Many parents are treating their kids to the joys of a tablet computer, but what about the more artistic among us? The new WaterColorBot might just be the answer, allowing colour pictures to be painted on paper, connecting to a computer. Sylvia Todd, a young girl who hosts her own …

Most of us like a drink on a Saturday night however due to accidents and dangerous drink driving concerns, a new ‘pee analyser' has been developed. A nightclub in Singapore is trialing the product with the hope that they can persuade people to go home safely. Sinagpore's Zouk nightclub has …

Shares of Microsoft dropped badly on Friday, wiping out billions of dollars of the software companies value. This happened after they announced earnings below Wall Street expectations. They dropped by $4,04 or 11.4% to $31.40 in trading on Friday. As we reported earlier in the week, Microsoft missed their financial …

Our Facebook personality Carl – the german geek who interacts with thousands of readers daily is being immortalised with his own Comic strip. We plan on updating this cartoon strip fairly regularly, depending on how popular it proves to be. We like to try and educate, entertain and bring something …

Our Facebook personality Carl – the german geek who interacts with thousands of readers daily is being immortalised with his own Comic strip. We plan on updating this cartoon strip fairly regularly, depending on how popular it proves to be. We like to try and educate, entertain and bring something …