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Altair 8800 Clone released

If you want to own a vintage computer there are sometimes auctions on ebay, but the end prices are high enough to give your bank manager palpitations. The MITS Altair 8800 for instance – when one of them pops up on ebay the closing price will frequently be well over …

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Average gamers are still getting older

Well who'd have thunk it? The average gamer isn't a young homophobic teen, but someone in their mid 30s, with a job and a steady relationship. It wasn't long ago that the world was shocked to learn that the average gamer was 31 years old, now they're 35. What's going …

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Dotcom’s Mega launches mobile app for Android

PRISM, Tempora and other government spying schemes might be scaring the pants off of a lot of average citizens, but not Kim Dotcom. He's enjoying increased revenue from his encrypted data backup service, MEGA, which has now announced the release of a mobile app, letting you backup on the go. …

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France isn’t immune to government data spying

While we've heard all about America's PRISM internal and external spying and we know a bit about Tempora, the British variant and we know about illegal spying in New Zealand thanks to Kim Dotcom's troubles with the law, it seems English speaking countries aren't the only ones having their rights …

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Sapphire takes on new tier one distributor

One of AMD's larger graphics partners, Sapphire, has just announced that it has a new tier one distributor, which should mean it's easier than ever to get your hands on an AMD GPU – and therefore hopefully forces a bit more price competition between retailers. “But who is this mystery …

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EA Games riles up India with hiked game pricing

See, it's not just the internet that hates EA Games, India does too. Thanks to a new move by the publishing giant that saw some newly launched PC games costing double the price of the previous generation, many Indians have been using social networks to complain; often using the #EAPCIndia …

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Man builds Laser Gatling Gun

Very few things are cooler than a laser gun. For decades they have been in the dreams of sci-fi geeks the world over. How about the man who recently built a Laser Gatling Gun which features six 1.4 watt class 4 lasers. The aluminum body spins a turret inside, housing …

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UK rural fibre broadbrand two years behind schedule

The UK government's official auditors have said that plans to introduce superfast broadband to rural areas is going to be delivered almost two years late and taxpayers will be footing a bigger percentage of the $1.2 billion bill. Less than 25 percent of the planned projects will be ready by …

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Here’s how Microsoft is handling trolls on the Xbox One

Microsoft is doing a lot of things with its next-generation console (though perhaps less than initially) but one of the big things, is overhauling Xbox Live and specifically, how it deals with the internet's #1 pest, the Troll. With the Xbox One's live system, gamers will be somewhat beholden to …

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Switzerland is cloud backup du jour in wake of PRISM

The US has been leading the way with regards to data backup and remote computing for some time now, but in the wake of recent allegations and revelations over the PRISM controversy, Switzerland has seen a big upsurge in people taking out cloud backup services with companies from its nationality. …

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Creator of mouse, Doug Engelbart dies at 88

The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart has died, aged 88. He was born on 30th January 1925 in Portland, Oregon. He studied electrical engineering at Oregen State University and then worked as a radar technician during World War II. Engelbart first came up with the idea in the …

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These 3D printed Final Fantasy characters are awesome

3D printing technology is coming on leaps and bounds at the moment, but we're not quite at a stage where it can top the detail or cost effectiveness of injection molding. However when you're making some models, that doesn't matter, as the detail wasn't there in the first place. Take …

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Julie Larson-Green to take over as Xbox One head

It was big news yesterday: Don Mattrick, the guy that had been just a few weeks before touting the virtues of Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One console, was now headed to Zynga to try and save the dilapidated Facebook game maker. The question remained however, who would replace him? Now we …

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Amazon’s bringing DVD extras to ebooks

Amazon has been granted a patent for adding what is described as “DVD extras” to ebooks, suggesting that in the same way as movies were enhanced via special features like cast and crew interviews, documentary footage and behind the scenes information, books could be similarly added to. Video isn't something …

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On an intergalactic journey? pay with Paypal Galactic

Paypal has dominated the online world of credit card and bank payments for as long as we can remember. They have recently teamed up with the Space Tourism Industry and the SETI Institute to cater for future Solar System commerce. While it sounds like something out of a science fiction …

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Isohunt hit by extended downtime

Isohunt.com is one of the biggest torrent search sites around and it's been that way since its creation just over ten years ago. Today though, it's had fans worried as since the early hours of this morning, it's not been accessible – no 404, no nothing. Don't worry though, it's …

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Edward Snowden accuses Obama over two faced deceit

Edward Snowden has released a new public statement, this time slamming American president, Barack Obama, suggesting that while on one hand he had said he wouldn't pressure foreign nations into not granting Snowden asylum, that's exactly what he's done. In the statement, released by Wikileaks (via The Guardian), Snowden said …

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WoW killed MMO genre, says ex-Blizzard dev

While World of Warcraft could easily be considered the most successful subscription based MMO ever made, not everyone thinks that's a positive thing. One ex-Blizzard developer believes that making the game so accessible, killed the idea of a traditional MMO. Mark Kern is the man behind this statement and he …

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Lovefilm ends game rentals

If you thought the Xbox One was a threat to game rentals, it's not the only one. Lovefilm, long time DVD and game rental firm, has announced that it will no longer be sending out game discs, in an effort to refocus on DVD movies and streaming. However, if you …

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OCZ power supply prize winners announced!

Today we announce the winners of our recent competition running in conjunction with OCZ! Four sexy power supplies go out to four lucky readers. The answer to the question ‘Is The PC Power and Cooling Silencer III 1200W' was C: 80 Plus Platinum Certified. 4th Prize: OCZ CoreXStream 500W The …

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Thermaltake TT Esports prize winners announced!

We ran a monster competition recently with the Thermaltake TT Esports guys to win loads of wicked hardware. We have been working our way through the thousands of entries and today we pick the winners! We have our fingers crossed for you! The answer to the question ‘What resolutions does …

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Apple seeking iWatch trademark in Japan

Apple have filed a trademark application for the term ‘iWatch' in Japan. This basically confirms that Apple will be releasing a new ‘wearable' computing device in the near future. Many companies have released a ‘smartwatch' this year with the big players such as Google, Samsung, Microsoft and Apple waiting in …

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Hey look, it’s a Firefox smartphone

Well, a smartphone with the Firefox OS at least. The news of this open platform, HTML5 operating system got a lot of mobile developers excited earlier this year and it's likely to continue today, as the first handset sporting the browser giant's OS has now landed. Set to go on …

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