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It’s pronounced ‘jif’ not ‘gif’, duh

Well of course it is right? I mean, when the guy that created the animated image format tells you so, you shut up and listen – unless of course it doesn't really matter and then you can just go on with your lives as normal. Yup. Steve Wilhite is the …

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Rovers investigate Martian river beds

The twin Mars Rovers Opportunity and Curiosity have both been looking into old riverbeds on the red planet, discovering that flowing water existed in impressive volumes at one point, suggesting that life could well have been sustained in Mars' history. A lot of this new information comes from rocks drilled …

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Is Microsoft out of touch?

So the Xbox One was revealed yesterday and the consensus from a huge numbers of gamers, is that they hate it. While Sony isn't doing everything right with its next-gen system, it does seem to have done one thing: listen to consumers and developers. But Microsoft, it just seems completely …

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Youtube responds to Nintendo ad hijack complaints

Last week we reported on how Nintendo has been taking over the advertising of those making Let's Plays featuring games from the the Japanese firm, leading to all revenue from said videos heading eastward. Understandably many of the channel owners complained and Youtube has now got back to them. The …

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Fractal debuts Node 304 chassis

Case maker Fractal Design has launched a new compact chassis that is sure to appeal to purists out there, as it's a stark white, boxy little thing. However, it's got some keen features including a modular interior and advanced cooling for such a little design. It's called the Node 304 and …

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Via helps boost 3D creativity with JAM

Founded in 1987, Via Technologies is a fabless creator of chipsets, processors, memory and other electronics products. Right now, they are causing a stir in the market for a different reason. Jam. Nope, it has nothing to do with cooked fruits and sugar. This Jam is all about creativity – …

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Amazon planning intersecting ‘biospheres’ for Seattle campus

Amazon are taking a leaf out of Apple's handbook by announcing that they are planning a biodome for their campus headquarters in Seattle. Documents hit the Seattle Department of Planning and Development showing the new campus headquarters design. They are building the 3.3 million square foot headquarters campus in the …

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Xbox One reveal – less focus on games

Microsoft have sold a staggering 76 million Xbox 360 consoles since its release in 2005. Based on their May 21st event it would appear Microsoft want to target the huge audience of TV addicts. The Xbox One is going to be tightly integrated with the living room environment. The system …

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Yahoo is buying Tumblr

It was way back in the heady days of last Friday, that we first learned Yahoo might buy Tumblr and now we know for sure: Yahoo is indeed buying Tumblr, for the princely sum of $1.1 billion (£722 million). If you're worried about your account though, don't worry, Yahoo has …

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uTorrent is generating a lot of ad impressions

When uTorrent‘s parent company, BitTorrent Inc. announced that it would be adding banner like adverts to its torrent client, there was some measure of outcry from users. Not that much though and it shows, as most haven't turned off the optional feature or used an older version. So much so …

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Flickr redesign hopes to make site awesome again

Before Facebook, before Instagram and Twitpic, there was Flickr, a photo sharing site from way back in the pre-Youtube days of 2004. It's easy to forget the site's humble roots in the wake of so many photo sharing services today, but to help remind us that it's there, Flickr just …

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Rumour: Wii U still selling really badly

It looks like according to one analyst at least, the Wii U is still selling incredibly poorly. To put it in perspective, it was outsold by the Xbox 360, PS3, and the previous generation's Wii, throughout the whole of April. The numbers paint a more detailed picture, though hardly an …

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Nokia’s $99 Asha 501 targeting emerging markets

Nokia have been selling well in the high end markets, but their new Asha 501 has been specifically designed to battle in emerging markets. The smartphone will retail for only $99 off contract. The Lumia phones have proven popular in wealthier parts of the world such as Europe and it …

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PS4 teaser shows blurry console, coming at E3

The PS4, as we all expected, will be making its big debut at E3 this year. Microsoft is of course jumping the gun and getting in its next-Xbox unveiling tomorrow, so just to remind you that Sony is waiting in the wings, it's released a teaser video that shows blurry …

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Saluting Britain’s first official astronaut, Tim Peake

Tim Peake: a suitably epic name for an epic mission; he's the first government sponsored British astronaut ever. While other Brits have exited earth's atmosphere before, they've only ever done so as part of cooperatives with companies or other countries, or by making their way through the American space program. …

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Tim Cook to explain Apple tax position to Senate

Like many of the world's mega corporations, Apple is guilty of doing some tax… avoidance. Not tax evasion, that would be illegal, but tax avoidance; everyone does it. Amazon and Google have been dragged across the public coals for their schemes that help them pay very little, despite their billions …

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Mega launches event notifications and zipped downloads

Kim Dotcom's cloud based file locker, Mega, has launched a new feature called Event Notifications, which informs you of all “relevant activities” of your cloud partners, meaning you can keep an eye on what everyone's doing when they access your files and folders. On top of that, you can also …

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Ouya’s E3 appearance is an odd one too

Last Friday we heard how Nintendo was going to be holding mini-E3s around the US at Best Buy stores, showing off unreleased Wii U games to the public as well as or instead of the journos at the actual event. Ouya are doing something a bit different too. Its E3 …

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Futuremark preparing PCMark 8 release

For the first time in the series, PCMark 8 will combine performance testing with battery life measurement. You can estimate battery use from each benchmark test or use Battery Life mode to loop a test until the battery is almost empty for more accurate results. New Adobe and Microsoft application …

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100 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute

Even if you wanted, there is no way you could sit and watch every video that is uploaded to Youtube. The website has just turned eight years old and they have released some interesting information about their services. Every minute, 100 hours of video are uploaded to the servers. This …

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Explosion on Moon – visible to naked eye

An explosion on the surface of the moon was visible from Earth with the naked eye. Bill Cooke, a NASA scientist said “It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before.” According to NASA reports, the blast “glowed like a 4th magnitude star …

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Nintendo doing things a little different at E3

By… not doing things at E3. This is of course not too much of a surprise, as Nintendo did tell us it wouldn't be doing a big reveal at this year's E3 and would instead by hosting a lot of smaller events, but this one is a pretty smart one. …

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Yahoo might buy Tumblr

When the name Yahoo pops up I have to do a double take, because I always forget it still exists. Every time someone emails me from a @yahoo.com account or there's some talk of the company doing something, business like, I'm reminded that it's still around and not only that, …

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