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Reddit Ireland To Shutdown During the Night!
I think many would agree that politics and racial issues are a rather hot topic of discussion at the moment. As such, it’s hardly any surprise that message boards such as Reddit are getting moderately bombarded about these subjects and not always by the more ‘positively thinking’ people among us.…
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New Windows 7 Bug Stops Users From Shutting Down Their PC
Despite Microsoft officially ending support for Windows 7 on January 14th, it seems that problems are still cropping up with the operating system as they desperately look to put any further updates or patches firmly to bed! For example, shortly after the ‘final’ patch, it was found that desktop backgrounds…
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League of Legends Staff Said to be Preparing Mass Walkout
League of Legends Staff I must admit that I have not played a lot of League of Legends, but I have played enough to know I’m not very good at the game. This is a fact that was made abundantly clear within about 3 minutes of my first ever game…
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Telltale Games’ Skeleton Staff Now Also Laid Off
Telltale Games’ Skeleton Staff Now Also Laid Off Since announcing two-weeks ago that the studio was closing (with initial heavy staff layoffs) the future of the studio since has been very much confusing. While it appears that for all account they were closing. There had been more than a few…
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Gaming Industry Closures Have Led To 1000 Lost Jobs
Gaming Industry Closures Have Led To 1000 Lost Jobs This time last week we were hit by the bombshell news that TellTale Games had effective gone into shut down mode. Over 90% of the staff were laid off leading a skeleton crew of about 25 people left to finish off…
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WildStar Offers Refunds Before It Shuts Down
WildStar Offers Refunds Before It Shuts Down We have known that Carbine Studios, the team behind the MMORPG WildStar was closing down. It was, however, a little unclear as to what the future of their game would be. Would someone pick it up or would it be shut down for…
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Country Turns Off Internet For 24 Hours For ‘Quiet Reflection’
Bali Shuts Down Internet For ‘Quiet Reflection’ In these modern times it’s pretty clear that when the internet stops working, nearly everything does. Without it, I, writing now, would have to grind to halt. Now, before I go yank my ethernet cable out the wall, it seems that Bali wants people…
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Angry Birds Maker Rovio Shuts Down London Office
Rovio Shut Down London Studio Back in 2008, Rovio was nothing more than a fringe games studio. Having failed to find any real footing in the gaming market, in 2009 they launched Angry Birds and everything changed. Since then we have seen various sequels, tie-ins, merchandise, cartoons, and even a full-blown…
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Twitter Shut Down Thousands of Accounts Linked to Terrorism
When it comes to online accounts, they can be used for a lot of things. From buying your favourite DVD boxsets to catching up with family abroad, some accounts are misused and go against the site’s wishes. Governments are pressing harder on companies and social media to track down and…
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How Else Do You End Planetside Than With a Meteor Shower?
When it comes to online multiplayer games, there are two days of untold sadness. The first day comes when the developers announce they will no longer be supporting the game, often after many years of enjoyment from the games fans. The second moment is as you approach the big shutdown, a…
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Chinese Agencies Demands Result in iBooks and iTunes Shut Down
Apple is one of the few companies that has managed to stay active in China where regulation of digital services is strictly controlled by the countries many agencies. That was until last week when several of Apple’s services were shut down in China. Apple’s iBooks store and iTunes movies were shut…
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Xbox One Mini Turns Out To Be Just A Rumour
Companies have a trend when it comes to releasing hardware, they will release new a model, a big revelation and then several months later release versions with slight upgrades. They could have larger processors and better memory, or even just be smaller and more compact in size. It has come…
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Infinite Crisis Closing on August 14th
Infinite Crisis was developed by Turbine Inc and published by Warner Bros and it started out as a highly popular MOBA game – but something must have changed as they’ve just announced that they will be shutting down the game and its servers on August 14th, 2015. It’s only been…
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The Pirate Bay is Back… On IsoHunt!
Just a week after Swedish police shut down the BitTorrent juggernaut, the Pirate Bay, the site is back, resurrected from an internet grave by torrent search site IsoHunt. IsoHunt is of course using the tactic to try sway people to use their site, as their service is very similar to…
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Silk Road 2.0 Shutdown after FBI Arrests Suspected Operator
After law enforcement agencies shutdown Silk Road back in late 2013, Silk Road 2.0 sprouted out of the ground and rose to prominence. However, it would seem that the FBI alongside the Department of Homeland Security in the United States has arrested and is holding in custody the owner of…
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