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David Cameron has been in the spotlight this week as he has tried to deal with the horrific riots in specific parts of the United Kingdom. His latest statement today says that they are looking into ways of banning rioters from social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Analysis …

Are you often found repairing your own electronic equipment? Are you an electronics enthusiast, but could never afford to spend several hundred pounds on an oscilloscope? If so, you will benefit from the Handheld 10MHz Oscilloscope from Maplin that wont break the bank. Retailing at £89.99 this is the first …

Foxconn today launches its latest series of motherboards supporting the new AMD A75 series of chipsets, and the latest AMD A-Series APUs (codenamed Llano) with two mainboards, the A75M and the A75A. Both boards feature the AMD A75 Hudson chipset and support the latest 32 nanometer AMD APUs as well …

ASRock have been making a name for themselves in the last year, moving up through the ranks from ‘budget' brand, to a serious player in the enthusiast marketplace. Today we are looking at their flagship Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen 3 motherboard and putting it through a variety of game and …

MacRumors have an article detailing the upcoming iPhone 5, with some images of how it could look. With Chinese case manufacturers already producing cases for the product, the Apple oriented website have commissioned a company to create renderings. MacRumors say “The representation here, however, does show a 4 inch screen …

Sony and LG have settled their patent infringement lawsuits which were based around blu ray players, mobile handsets and digital televisions. In a bold move they have agreed to cross license each others patents. The Wall Street Journal asked for further details of the settlement but both have declined to …

Intel Capital today announced a $300 million Ultrabook Fund to help drive innovation in this new category of devices. As announced at Computex earlier this year, Ultrabook systems will marry the performance and capabilities of today’s laptops with tablet-like features. Ultrabook devices will deliver a highly responsive and secure experience …

I will admit, I am addicted to Angry Birds. Any chance I get, I am often seen on the sofa with my iPhone in hand, trying to beat my high scores. There are big plans for this popular mobile game, with the company behind it keen to release a whole …

The power of the internet must be a royal headache for many companies, who are often beaten to the official launch of their products thanks to leaked images and videos. The upcoming Nokia WP7 smartphones have only been discussed in passing by the press, who as yet have not received …

Two people were charged by a California county district attorney's office for the sale of an iPhone 4 prototype in 2010. Brian Hogan, 22 and Safe Wallower, 28 have been accused of misappropriation of lost property and Wallower has also been charged with possession of stolen property. Many will remember …

Jon Peddie sent out a press release today with details of their latest research. It makes for interesting reading, as they claim that Intel have managed to dominate the GPU market, claiming 60 percent of the marketshare. According to the report, Intel were the only company who managed to expand …

Enermax have earned a solid reputation in the power supply sector over the years. They have been in operation now for over 20 years and have expanded their portfolio in recent years to accommodate enthusiast grade accessories. Their current power supply range is extensive and includes the excellent MODU82+ and …

Amazon have released a web based application which allows the end user to read Kindle books directly from Safari and Chrome browsers, which includes the version of Safari which is used on the Apple iPad. TechCrunch have reported on the software – called the Kindle Cloud Reader, however Amazon have …

Nintendo issued a press release today highlighting an upcoming ‘flame red' version of the 3DS. The new colour will launch on September 9th alongside their new Star Fox 64 3D title. The new releases will be tied into the $169.99 retail price drop which comes into effect on 12th August …

Scientists have said that the Sun yesterday emitted the largest solar flare in more than four years. Thankfully the report adds that it is unlikely to cause serious problems for the Earth. Joe Kunches, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center said “It was …

Well it was bound to happen, but it did so sooner rather than later. Apple's valuation briefly went past Exxon Mobil yesterday. Exxon Mobil have held the top spot for a long time now and at the end of trading yesterday their market cap closed at $352.9 billion. Apple managed …

Microsoft have released 13 patches which fix various code related issues in Office, Internet Explorer and the Windows operating system. The 13 bulletins were split into two classed as ‘moderate', nine classed as ‘important' and two classed as ‘critical'. They announced the patch yesterday in their notification. Kurt Baumgartner, a …

Well known hacking group Anonymous have threatened to take down Facebook. The posting will concern many people as Facebook is used by many millions of people every single day. The message would indicate that Anonymous are not happy with the organisation due to previous sharing of private data – they …

Interesting research from researchers at Forrester highlight that Apple have totally dominated the US tablet market. If you want to launch a product to get market share then Europe looks to be a stronger bet. Apple are predicted to take 80 percent of the market in the US, according to …

In June Futuremark ran a worldwide overclocking competition to push the limits of performance for PCs using Sandy Bridge chipsets. Today, Futuremark congratulates the winners of the contest that saw thousands of entries from more than 60 countries. This contest segment was restricted to PCs with Intel's new Sandy Bridge …

IcyDock have been releasing many cool adapters and gadgets recently, and today we are looking at the SSD Xpander, a device that allows the user to combine a Solid State Drive with a mechanical drive. Icydock say that this is the ‘perfect upgrade solution' for those users who don't want …

Three giants of the electronics industry have formed a partnership to produce new 3D Active glasses. Sony, Panasonic and Samsung Electronics said today that they will work together in producing new standards for 3D images on television, computers and movie screens. The three huge corporations are working in tandem with …

nHorizon Innovation (Beijing) Software Ltd., the joint venture announced in March by Opera Software and Telling Telecom, today launches new mobile web browser Oupeng. Simple, fast and data saving, along with an embedded social network platform the new Oupeng mobile browser will bring a whole new Internet experience to Chinese …

Sapphire are holding a very cool competition which takes the Dirt 3 experience to a whole new level. Who needs Direct X 11 when you can try the real thing?! They are offering a prize to get trained by professional rally drivers, and you can bring a friend or partner …

News reached us last week that an orange substance was found in an Alaskan village. Initial reports seemed rather far fetched, with some people claiming the unknown orange material was in fact a form of ‘alien life'. Fast Forward to today and the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lab has claimed …

UK readers will assuredly have been watching the TV coverage of riots in London and other parts of the UK over the last couple of days. Disturbingly, we can see that much of the organisation of the riots is being spearheaded over social networking platforms. The riots in London have …

Kids are the future, and if this years Defcon is anything to go by, we will have a new raft of hackers waiting in the wings. In an article written by PCMAG, Defcon let the younger 8-16 year old kids show off their hacking skills and hopefully get pointed at …

Hauppauge Digital, Inc. has announced the launch of the ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ application optimised for Apple's iPad. ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ allows Hauppauge WinTV Extend customers to use a native iPad application to watch live TV on their iPad, either in the home via Wi-Fi or around the world …

AnonymousSabu – the rumored leader of AntiSec has been tweeting from the Defcon security conference. His twitter page says “#DEFCON Come find me in the middle of the vendor room, directly opposite No Starch Press. Mention ANTISEC and get a free sticker. #fuckfeds” According to messages on his Twitter page …

AMD launched their Lynx platform a couple of weeks back and we had a look at the top-end Vision A8-3850 APU and the Asus F1A75-M Pro motherboard in detail over here. We were very impressed with the overall performance of the platform, especially when factoring in the excellent graphics capabilities. …