Month: February 2013
- News
Angry Birds short cartoon series due to launch March 16th
Angry Birds is one of the most successful mobile games going in recent years and its franchise has grown and grown to more than just game downloads. We first saw the plush stuffed toys, then t-shirst, mugs, hats, phone cases, the list just goes on and its going to stop there. Rovio,…
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ECS Announce G24 AIO Touch Based Computer
CES today have announced their latest product to market; the G24 All-In-One (AIO) touch based computer with its elegant and innovative design. With Windows 8 hitting the market more now since its initial launch, we’re finding partners and system integrators utilising the technology even more and designing products based around…
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Freescale Semiconductor Creates Insanely Tiny ARM Chip as Implant
Chipmaker; Freescale Semiconductor wanted to make a chip that can be implanted into a human body, and by doing so they’ve created the world’s smallest ARM-powered chip model; the Kinetis KL02. The KL02 is as small as 1.9 x 2mm. Despite the insanely tiny footprint, the fully loaded multi-controller unit has…
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Toshiba Develop Newer SRAM for Lower Power Consumption in Mobile Devices
Japanese-based Industry giant Toshiba recently announced that they’re developing a technology with a promise that it will be making a substantial cut in power consumption for embedded SRAM solutions which is used in smartphones, tablets, MP3 players and such portable devices which use high-performance memory modules. The company believes that…
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- Cooling
BitFenix Spectre Pro PWM and Spectre LED PWM Fan Review
Today we have with us a nice selection of fans from BitFenix. We have the 120mm and 140mm variants of the BitFenix Spectre Pro PWM series. In addition to that we also have the 120mm and 140mm variants of the BitFenix Spectre LED PWM series. It is also worth nothing…
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Ukie Welcomes BFI as Administrator of Cultural Test for Games Tax Relief
Games and interactive entertainment trade body, Ukie welcomes today’s announcement from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) that the British Film Institute (BFI) will be administering the cultural test for the UK games tax relief. The BFI cultural test team has a proven record of offering an effective…
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Rural Internet Access: Finding High-speed Connections
The author of this article Sarah Bolloum advised her daughter to do a broadband speed test when she had some speed issues on her computer. In rural communities, high-speed Internet access is not always easy to find. Even if a local provider offers service, your home might be ineligible for various reasons.…
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Graphics Card Review
So its just over a week since NVIDIA officially announced their contender to the single GPU battle between themselves and AMD. The GeForce GTX Titan has been the talk of the town for a little while and now we are finally able to get our hands on one and see…
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EK Introduce EK-FC7970 Matrix Platinum Full Cover Water Block
Slovenia based water cooling experts EK Water Blocks have today announced another product release, only days after launching a GTX Titan full cover waterblock. Today however sees the launch for AMD’s 7970 in the form of the Asus Matrix Platinum. You may remember that we took a look at the…
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Huawei W1 on Sale With O2-UK from 7th March
Huawei are not a company that one would typically jump straight towards when looking for a new phone, but the company has today announced that they will be launching the W1, an entry-level smartphone that runs on the Windows Mobile platform. The handset will be available both online and in…
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Silverstone SUGO SG09 Small Form Factor Chassis Review
Today we have something a little special and by that I mean it’s literally little and it’s special, I am of course talking about one the latest small form factor chassis’ from SilverStone, the SUGO SG09. SilverStone have already proven time and time again that they are the masters of…
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5 Ways Cloud Computing Can Streamline Your PC Use
Michael Irving is a freelance writer and blogger, who’s investigating colocation options for his small home business. Cloud computing is a fascinating area of IT that’s quickly emerging to streamline many processes we take for granted. Whether you’re running a business or looking to improve your personal computer use, the cloud can…
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Apple’s “Slap Bracelet” Wearable Device Patent Discovered
A patent application was recently discovered which was filed by Apple, Inc. The patent application indicates that the company is working on a wearable “slap bracelet” type device, filed with the title “Bi-stable spring with flexible display” back in August 2011. As mentioned in the patent application, the bi-stable spring…
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Bugbear Entertainment Working on New PC Next-Gen Racing Game
Demolition derby is set to return in a very big way! Best known for their critically acclaimed, multi-million selling “FlatOut” series (FlatOut, FlatOut 2, FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage) and most recently for Ridge Racer Unbounded, team Bugbear is going to deliver the definitive demolition derby racing game soon. “We are returning…
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AMD Possibly Preparing Radeon HD 7790 Bonaire XT GPU
Sometime back it was put up that AMD would not be introducing any new GPU’s this year except for the HD 7990 dual GPU card. Furthermore it was speculated that other than the HD 7990, AMD is practically done with 7xxx series and will move on to release the AMD Radeon…
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