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Unlocking of cellphones became illegal in U.S. on January 26th

The 26th January saw that the unlocking of cellphones or tablets is considered as a crime in the United States. This started in October 2012 when the Librarian of Congress laid down the rule in Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) ...

12 years ago

Nvidia rumoured to be working on $899 GK110-based GeForce Titan GPU

Its reported that Nvidia is working on a new graphic card that will be placed between the GTX 680 and GTX 690 graphic cards. According to SweClockers, Nvidia's Titan will appear late next month. Nvidia named the card with ...

12 years ago

A strand DNA can store upto 2.2 petabytes of data

Researchers from the European Bioinformatics institute were able to encode 154 Shakespeare sonnets and Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech in a single strand of DNA. This came to a total of 739KB but the researchers are ...

12 years ago

THQ are now officially dead

Games designer THQ who made games such as Saint's row series and Metro series sent a mail to its employees which indicates that the company is calling it quits. The letter also contains information of which companies have ...

12 years ago

Mozilla developer testing Firefox browser for Ouya Console

The open source browser Firefox is being tested on Ouya, an open source cube-shaped console by Mozilla. Mozilla's mobile platform engineer Chris Lord mentioned it on Ouya's forum that they're finding what is needed to make Firefox ...

12 years ago

Intel to launch Haswell processors 2 days before Computex 2013

Intel is all set with their plans to launch the newer Ivy Bridge processors and also processors with the new core codenamed "Haswell". According to Digitimes' sources, the processor manufacturing giant will make the 4th gen Core series ...

12 years ago

Lenovo considering takeover bid of BlackBerry maker RIM

Lenovo is thinking of buying Canadian based Blackberry maker RIM. It's confirmed by a top executive of Lenovo that the Chinese based company is considering to acquire RIM in the future and revealed that there were talks and even ...

12 years ago

Fractal Design Adjust 108 Fan Controller Review

Today we are taking a look at the Adjust 108 Fan Controller from Fractal Design, which on the face of it is a simple six channel fan controller, but being a Fractal Design product it has no doubt got a few subtle style touches to ...

12 years ago

The hashtag has been banned in France

The hashtag really hit mainstream with Twitter, but in France, it looks like it's about to be put six-feet under. The French government want to preserve their language by changing the settled will of the online community. This ...

12 years ago

Intel gets approval to have 14nm Chip Plant worth $4 Billion in Ireland

Intel announced its ambitious plan for building a new plant for fabricating 14nm chips named "Fab 24". Intel will be investing $4 Billion and it will take 2 years for its construction. Final approval is still required from Intel's ...

12 years ago

Func Surface 1030 XL Mouse Pad Review

It's not everyday I get an unexpected package turn up on my doorstep, but when it's a brand new product that's just about to hit the market, it's a very pleasant surprise! Now I don't normally spend this much time on mouse pad ...

12 years ago

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Medal of honour: Warfighter banned in Pakistan

Two of the very well known FPS games; Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Medal of Honour: Warfighter have now been pulled from the shelves in Pakistan as the game portrayed the country as a failed state. The gameplay of both of these ...

12 years ago

Lost creator J.J. Abrams to direct the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII

J.J. Abrams is known for many things, mainly Lost, but he also directed the Star Trek reboot, and the new Star Trek: Into Darkness coming out later this year. He's set to direct another old franchise, this time, Star Wars. Disney ...

12 years ago

Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit gets sold to Belkin, includes Linksys

Belkin have laid out plans to acquire Cisco's Home Networking Business Unit, which will include Linksys and all of their products and employees. Belkin will continue to maintain the Linksys brand and will honour any warranties on ...

12 years ago

NZXT Kraken X40 Liquid CPU Cooler Review

NZXT's Kraken series is something we have been aware of at eTeknix for a while. We have been expecting these to hit the market for an absolute age and since we heard rumours that NZXT's Kraken series was supposed to demolish ...

12 years ago

Google dominate the mobile apps market in the US

Another win for Google today, with the latest data from comScore showing that they have incredible power in the mobile apps market in the United States. Out of the top 10 mobile apps in the US, Google have five entries - Maps, Play, ...

12 years ago

Google rumoured to release ‘X Phone’ in May, would be an incredible smartphone

While Apple are talking about their financial earnings in the past 24 hours, rumours are now bursting out of the gates of the Internet that Mountain View-based search giant, Google, are to unveil their 'X Phone' in May. If you ...

12 years ago

Intel engineering sample lands on eBay, seller claims it’s either Ivy Bridge EP or Haswell EP

If you're like me, then since you were young (hey, I'm 29) you've always dreamed of owning an Intel engineering sample CPU. Anything with "INTEL CONFIDENTIAL" on it gets your blood pumping and makes your eyes droop with passion, and ...

12 years ago

Microsoft rumored to pour billions into Dell buyout plans

It looks like Microsoft are looking to invest into the Dell buyout talks, with the latest rumors teasing that Microsoft could spend anywhere between $1 billion and $3 billion in a leveraged buyout of the US-based PC maker. The ...

12 years ago

The documentary on The Pirate Bay, TPB AFK, will be released on Feb 8 for free

Ah, free - nothing beats it, and in this piracy-laden world, did you expect anymore from the documentary on The Pirate Bay? The documentary was directed by Simon Klose, and is called TPB ...

12 years ago

Gelid Solutions Black Edition CPU Cooler Review

High performance air heatsinks are becoming rarer these days, compared to a few years back, as many companies have turned their attention towards all in one water coolers instead of air heatsinks. Thankfully there are still ...

12 years ago

NZXT Phantom Full Tower Chassis Review

Many of you will already be fairly familiar with the Phantom, no doubt many more of you have desired one of these chassis' for quite some time now also. NZXT have had a string of success with their current Phantom and Switch ...

12 years ago

Netflix to provide Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Content

Netflix recently was able to bag an exclusive licensing agreement with Warner Bros Television group which would allow them to stream many titles from Cartoon Network and Adult Swim to their subscribers. Chief content officer of ...

12 years ago

Bioshock Infinite will have full PC support

Game developer Irrational Games is all set to release Bioshock Infinite on March 26th and have started releasing information about the game. One detail that caught viewers attention was the part of the interview with PC Gamer where ...

12 years ago

World’s first tablet with morphing tactile touchscreen keyboard demo

During CES 2013, a company called Tactus Technology was showing a touchscreen technology that creates lumps on the device's touch panel whenever the keyboard comes up on the screen. Tactus is a California-based company and has ...

12 years ago

AMD claims former managers copied 100,000+ confidential files before Joining Nvidia

AMD has filed a case against four former employees in the U.S. District of Massachusetts. One of the four was the Vice President of strategic development Robert Feldstein and the other three are Manoo Desai, Nicolas Kociuk and Richard ...

12 years ago

We check out Be Quiet!, Rosewill and Roccat at CES 2013

So we come to the last of our CES 2013 coverage articles, it's been one long and exciting trip with literally thousands of new products being shown, announced, launched, previewed and more across nearly every sector of the ...

12 years ago

We check out what NZXT have to offer at CES

NZXT have been top of their game for some time now, with the highly successful Phatom range being a firm favourite with gaming and overclocking enthursiasts for years now, not for getting the sublime Switch range that has strived ...

12 years ago

Half Life: Episode 4 was being developed by Arkane studios but it is now cancelled

A report has put up information about the "Half Life 2: Episode 4 project" rumoured to be titled as "Return to Ravenholm" that was being developed by Arkane Studios. The game is now reported as cancelled. Valve time's source provided ...

12 years ago

Dust 514 Open Beta starts on January 22nd

Dust 514 is a free-to-play-MMO-style FPS title for PlayStation 3 which will join with EVE Online (it has even been called Eve: Dust 514), meaning the gameplay in Dust and Eve will affect eachother, since both games share the ...

12 years ago

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