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Foxconn workers to become unionised

Foxconn

In a surprising move for the manufacturer that has had so many issues with employee safety, rights and even age in the past, Foxconn, the maker of many things Apple, has announced that it will be allowing its workers to elect union representatives, who will be voted in every five years. …

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ADATA gets A-ggressive with A price

At KitGuru, our love of a bargain is matched only by our love of alliteration. When we saw the ‘A' rated deal from AData on portable drives, we could not resist. Either. So what's on offer and for how much?  KitGuru checks out the latest in desirable drive deals. While …

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Gabe Newell talks Steam of the future

TF2

Gabe Newell has been speaking out about the future of Steam quite a bit recently, with a lot of focus of expanding its reach and giving better opportunities to smaller developers. However, he's also been thinking about having much less Valve involvement, replacing its current gatekeeper like system with an …

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Microsoft sell 900,000 Surface RT tablets

Microsoft have shipped around 900,000 Surface RT Tablets last quarter, slotting in at 6th place among the world's tablet makers. Ryan Reith, analyst and program manager of IDC's mobile device tracking said “There is no question that Microsoft is in this tablet race to compete for the long haul. However, …

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Sony stops selling MiniDisc

What started as a solid plastic item being passed to Captain Kirk around 1966, evolved into a real product by 1992. Today, just about 20 years on, the future is dead and another ‘amazing technology' gets consigned to the trashpile of history. KitGuru casts an eye back over yet another …

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Windows 8 market share 2%: Windows 7 45%

Microsoft Windows 8 has not met with the most successful launch for the company and according to data released by analytics firm Net Applications the market share is still very low. According to the new figures released, Windows 8 only has 2.26 percent of the desktop operating systems market. Windows …

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Twitter admit 250,000 users have passwords stolen

Twitter have admitted that 250,000 users have had their passwords and email addresses stolen by hackers. This breach is one of the biggest ever recorded by Twitter, they may have over 200 million users, but a quarter of a million people have had their accounts compromised. Twitter have said they …

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What’s going to happen to THQ UK staff?

Middle Manager

While a lot of news overage has been given to the state of developers working under the THQ banner, like Relic Games, Vigil and others, not much attention has been given to the middle-management, the PR guys, the HR, admin, legal teams and all the other invaluable positions held by …

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LED light cable solves night time problems

Late at night, just as you get into bed, you may remember that you need to charge your mobile phone. There is nothing more annoying than fumbling for the light switch while locating the USB cable connector header. A company have tried to cure this problem with their new USB …

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Google submits anti-trust settlement proposal to EU Commission

Google Anti

Google has been under the investigative eye of the European Commission for the past couple of years, where it has been threatened with anti-trust action, after claims that Google was using its search engine dominance to push its other products on consumers. Now though, Google has submitted a proposal that …

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Facebook now offering confusing gift cards

Facebook

While no one can question that social networking has become a huge business, with a lot of money behind it, one of the toughest challenge for the sites' owners is monetising them. Facebook is now trying a new method, with its own gift cards. However they don't function quite like …

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New Biostar launch makes THX available to all

In terms of launches, audio is generally the poor cousin of the CPU and GPU. While publications across the globe go ape for the latest and greatest in terms of piped lines, cor-inducing cores and giggly hurts – the audio processor tends to stay in the shade. Not today. This …

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Dragons Den star Peter Jones buys Jessops brand

The troubled Jessops brand has been bought by a group of business experts, including famous Dragon's Den star Peter Jones. The 78 year old Leicester based chain went into administration earlier this month which resulted in the closing of all 187 stores. 1,500 people were unfortunate enough to lose their …

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Amazon.com homepage down thursday

The Amazon.com homepage was down yesterday affecting users in the United States. Direct links to many products were still working, but navigating to the main webpage caused problems for thousands of users. The hacker group known as the Nazi Gods are taking the credit for the downtime. The Amazon homepage …

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Sony tease Playstation 4 details at event

Sony have sent out invitations to journalists for a 20th February conference on ‘the future of Playstation'. This may mean a detailed announcement on the next generation Playstation 4 console. The news has caused much debate online on many blog sites. Gamers have been wanting an upgrade for the Playstation …

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Nokia begins Windows Phone 7.8 rollout

As we expected it to, Windows Phone 7.8 is now rolling out to existing Windows Phone 7.x users. Nokia has announced that the update will start to rollout today to the Lumia 510, Lumia 610, Lumia 710, Lumia 800 and Lumia 900. The updates are dependent on carriers and given …

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Facebook earnings are up thanks to mobile surge

Facebook

Facebook revenue and profits have been higher than predicted by analysts, after what is being described as an explosion in mobile traffic and therefore mobile advertising. Impressively, the social network beat out expectations by over 40 per cent, raising its quarterly revenue to just under $1.6 (£1) billion. This equated …

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Braven release BRV-1 ‘battle ready’ portable speakers

The new Braven BRV-1 speakers look like something Judge Dredd would attach to his motorbike. The hint is in the naming as ‘BRV' stands for ‘Battle Ready Vehicle'. These speakers are Bluetooth capable designed to work in tough environments, with bullets wizzing past your head. The BRV-1 are equipped with …

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Firefox to block almost all Web Browser plug-ins

Firefox maker Mozilla have announced that the browser will soon block all browser plug-ins except Adobe Flash Player by default. Michael Coates, Mozilla director of security assurance spoke out in a blog posting “One of the most common exploitation vectors against users is drive-by exploitation of vulnerable plug-ins.” He added …

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