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While it still remains a bit of a rumour at this point, Sony is said to be looking to launch its own internet based TV channels and is currently talking with “at least two” major content creators to secure the rights to their programming. This bit of hear say comes …

Child therapists say that rebellion is a healthy and natural part of growing up, but just how far is healthy and when would rebellion become a problem? KitGuru ponders the nature of ‘too far' while researching the actions of a 16-year old girl in the USA, who tried to bypass an internet …

This Christmas -we were giving away 4x  FX8350 processors, courtesy of AMD. We had over 4,000 entries for this competition and it seems there are a lot of AMD lovers who want a system upgrade! To win one of these processors, all we wanted was a reason why one of …

In recent months it has become clear that social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have been used as a means to locate people who are breaking the law. There have also been some cases of authorities finding people who have twitted abusive comments to others. The latest news …

Today we are going to look at Silverstone's latest small form factor case, the Sugo SG09. This case is designed for those users who want to build a powerful compact system, boasting enough room for a long graphics card and a full size power supply. This makes it ideal for …

Gingerbread is still the most widely used version of Android, although latest reports show that 4.2 Jelly Bean has now broken the 10 percent barrier adoption rate. The information was released via the Android dashboard, correlated from data measured across a two week period. Devices were analysed as they accessed …

Accusations have flown back and forth from both camps since the beginning of Megaupload founder, Kim Dotcom's extradition inquiries – the trial still has yet to start – and the latest one to be aimed at US authorities, is that they lied to the court to get hold of the …

If you've ever moved abroad and attempted to take your Xbox Live account with you, you'll know what a headache it can be. It might take weeks to sort and you might need to actually use the telephone to talk to someone. Fortunately the days of that sort of interaction …

Tizen is another open source mobile platform, similar to Google's Android, that is instead maintained by a primary decision making group. As you might have guessed from the title, one half of this governing body is Samsung; the other is Intel. Other partners include Huawei, Panasonic and the United States' …

Samsung first introduced their Chromebox in late May of 2012 that reminded us perhaps too much of Apple's Mac Mini. In this latest version the aesthetics of the miniature desktop has been modified to look more original. Over its predecessor the new Series 3 Chromebox running Google's Chrome OS has only updated the …

Microsoft has bought up R2 Studios, a startup from the makers of the Slingbox, in a deal that had both Apple and Google in the running for highest bidder. However it looks like Microsoft was able to secure the top spot, winning itself several patents in the process. Combined with …

British telecoms regulator OfCom has announced its intention to push for a law change on current mobile contracts. It wants it to be possible for consumers to leave their mobile, landline or broadband provider mid-contract, if said provider raises prices at all. As it stands, consumers are only allowed to …

Another big competition we ran across Christmas last month has came to a close today. We have some winners to announce now ! Three lucky people out of the thousands of entries we had will be enjoying some new hardware in 2013! The prizes were as follows: 1st Prize winner: …

Another popular competition comes to a close today – two lucky readers will walk away with some very sexy hardware! The prizes were: EpicGear – one set of MeduZa + CompoXite + Skorpios and: Thortech – one Thunderbolt PLUS 850W The answers to the questions were easy – they were …

We just wanted to bring this matter to the attention of our readers. We received a few emails from readers saying they had bought the Cooler Master Seidon 120M cooler and were unable to fit it to their AMD motherboard. Reader Jay Ford said “The CoolerMaster Seidon 120M is not …

Well we had over 8,000 entries for our PC Specialist Gaming System competition and it has taken some time to work through them all to announce the winner. The answer to the question was b: Corsair. Not very difficult! The winner is David Larkin in Manchester, UK. David check your …

The OUYA has received a lot of attention from the press, but another tiny console has been getting some visibility lately – the Android powered ‘GameStick'. This console is actually even smaller, and less expensive than the OUYA. The console is based inside a unit around the same size as …

For years, everyone who tried Windows on a phone would complain that Microsoft were idiots – and that you could not move a clunky/chunky Windows OS onto a handset. Now Microsoft, ever popular chaps that they seem to be, are getting battered for putting the mobile interface onto a desktop. …

Apple have decided that they won't be fixing their faulty ‘Do Not Disturb (DND) function' on iOS6. They have told their user base that they should just wait until 7th January 2013 when the bug will ‘resolve itself' without the need for further action. Some developers say that they know …

One of the world's most popular private Bittorrent trackers has closed its doors, bringing an end to a six year career in game sharing and leaving behind it over 65,000 active users that are no doubt spending the early days of 2013 trying to find a decent replacement. The reason …

New Years, the night where many of us drink ourselves into a start where we really do not wish to be woken too early the following morning by various notification spam. Fortunately (or perhaps not) a bug has arose in iOS 6 where the recently introduced Do Not Disturb mode …

While we might often seem to be writing sad stories here, about how the high street is dwindling, with hardware and gaming stores closing down all over the place, it is leading to better online sales. In 2011, the UK digital games market made over £500 million. This has come …

As part of a call for a global crackdown on tax avoidance, it has been revealed that Google is one of the biggest culprits. In 2011, the search giant pushed 80 per cent of its revenue, some £6 billion, through the island of Bermuda, thereby avoiding over £1 billion in …

Ian Livingstone, a man who's career reads like my childhood, is set to receive a CBE. He was named on the New Year's honours list, on the same day that his 63rd birthday rolled around. If the name Livingstone rings a bell but you can't put your finger on it, …

We first heard about the Sony Yuga back in early November and even then it was apparent that phones like it would set the trend for 2013. A press shot of the device has leaked online revealing its launch name will be the Xperia Z. The smartphone on the left …

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USB drives are available now for only a few pounds in the United Kingdom, with prices dropping all the time. Even if you lose one of them on the move it isn't a big expense to replace it. A company has taken this concept to a new level by creating …

CES is quickly turning into a showcase event for new television sets and Samsung have released a ‘teaser' image for an upcoming set which is sure to cause much debate among the enthusiast audience. The image above was released by the company to show the portrait mode, useful for internet …

Sony Computer Entertainment of Japan have stopped production of the Playstation 2 console. Games however will continue to be produced for the aging but ever popular console. The Playstation 2 is a success story and is rated as the second best selling console of all time, with more than 150 …

LG have said that they are taking pre-orders in Korea for their 55 inch WRGB OLED television set. Pre-orders have not yet been announced in other countries, but they are expected to roll out between now and April. Korean customers are expected to get their hands on the new set …