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Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Alpha smartphone today, just a few days after we reported on the rumors surrounding the device. The phone will finally ditch the plastic build that has plagued the Galaxy line for years, opting for a metal frame instead. As the rumors suggested, the phone …

You can expect a lot of gaming news over the next few days as the announcements just keep pouring out of Gamescom. Earlier this morning at the EA press conference, Bioware announced its new IP- Shadow Realms. The new original title will be a multiplayer only, four versus one action …

There's been a bit of a glut of online survival games as of late, often pitting players against zombies, or strange demons and even dinosaurs, but in each of those instances you're playing as a human, usually a contemporary one: not so in WiLD. Despite its irritating capitalisation, WiLD is …

Mobile phone coverage in the UK might be a lot better now than it was ten years ago, but if you don't live in one of the major cities, making sure your home have enough bars to receive and make calls is an important consideration. That's why OfCom has recently …

Having a breakout application like Candy Crush Saga is a great way to earn yourself a lot of money very quickly, even if only a small per centage of the user base actually pays anything. Buy as we saw with Zynga in the past, it's not easy to continue the …

Steam has grown up a lot over the past decade, going from a curious way to get hold of Valve games, to the dominant portal that we all experience our titles through on the PC, but it's not in its final form just yet. There's a range of updates coming …

Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday refreshed the lineup of Quadro professional graphics cards. The new graphics boards are based on either Kepler or Maxwell architectures, will offer higher performance than predecessors as well as a number of new capabilities that will significantly change the way people use professional graphics cards. The …

Nvidia Corp. remains confident that at some point in the future its technology licensing business will become a substantial part of its revenue. Although the company has not managed to license its Kepler graphics processing technology to anyone since the announcements of such intentions in mid-2013, the head of Nvidia …

Sony Corp. on Tuesday disclosed that total sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console had surpassed 10 million units. The pace of the PS4 sales is probably record, but one should keep in mind that the console is currently sold to core gamers who spend a lot of time and …

Acer Group has announced the world’s first Chromebook – a notebook running Google’s Chrome OS – powered by Nvidia Corp.’s Tegra K1 system-on-chip. The laptop offers everything that the Chrome OS has to offer in addition to a high-performance application processor from Nvidia and up to 13 hours of battery …

Apple has started production of its next iPad line, which will likely launch this October. As a result, the rumor mill is starting to turn, giving us an idea of what to expect. Our first iPad rumor comes from Bloomberg, suggesting that the iPad Air 2 will feature a new …

Gamescom 2014 is well underway and Microsoft has kicked things off with its own presentation. At the event, Crystal Dynamics announced that its upcoming sequel to 2013's Tomb Raider reboot will be exclusive to the Xbox One console. Rise of the Tomb Raider was first revealed at E3 earlier this …

Overclockers Uk announced today that it it would be running a joint promotion with both Gearbox and Nvidia to give away free copies of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel with select Nvidia graphics cards, including: GTX 770, 780, 780 Ti and the monstrous Titan Black. Of course this will mean a sizeable …

Sega has agreed to a $1.25 million settlement in the Aliens Colonial Marines class action lawsuit. While the drama is over for Sega, Gearbox has yet to settle the case and will have to continue to fight on. The lawsuit is claiming that both Sega and Gearbox Studios falsely advertised …

John Romero, the Doom co-creator, is working on a new first person shooter. This will be the programmer's first shooter since the year 2000, although the project is still in its early stages. Speaking with Joystiq, Romero said: “I'm working on several games at once right now. I'm working with …

AOC has just announced that it is teaming up with eSports team, Na'Vi. While Na'Vi didn't win The International tournament this year, it did rank seventh place, earning the team a $519,227 share of the $10 million prize fund. AOC's sponsorship will promote the overall global success of eSports. Since Na'Vi …

British children of the future could be far more digital security concious than they are today, as a new scheme by American global aerospace and defence technology developer, Northrop Grumman, in cooperation with the UK, will see children aged between 12 and 18 at schools, scouts, cadets and other organisations, given …

It's rare to hear much from movie studio heads on the subject of piracy, other than the company line. It's almost always fire and brimstone in one guise or another, aimed at ISPs, site owners or maybe even the downloaders themselves. However there's a chance the tide could be turning, …

Ubisoft is very busy at the moment. Not only does it have two Assassin's Creed titles landing this year and a new Far Cry and The Crew following shortly after, it's also set to  publish Toy Soldiers: War Chest, an RTS, tower defence, shooter title from Signal Studios, which you …

EA might not have been voted the worst company in North America this year, but it sure does like to test its fans ability to stick with it. Last month it announced to the world that the next game in the Sims series, wouldn't feature the toddler phase or pools, …

Intel Corp. on Monday reaffirmed plans to start shipments of its next-generation code-named “Broadwell” microprocessors in late 2014 and to make them available in mass quantities in 2015. The announcement is made to persuade investors and partners that there will be no further delays with Intel’s new products as well …

The first pictures of what is claimed to be AMD Radeon R9 285 graphics cards have been posted online along with some additional information about the new graphics processing unit code-named Tonga. The publication of the images indicates that the graphics cards will be released shortly from now. VideoCardz web-site …

Although there is a lot of buzz about Chromebooks – computers running Google’s Chrome operating system – actual sales of such systems are pretty low and will remain on that level going forward, according to Gartner. While shipments of Chromebooks do grow fast, the success of Chrome cannot be compared …

Advanced Micro Devices is projected to release its new-generation entry-level chipsets next month, according to a media report. While typically launches of new chipsets should boost sales of mainboards, motherboard manufacturers are not really happy with AMD because they still have a lot of current-gen core-logic sets. AMD A68 chipset …

Modern graphics cards are among the most expensive components of personal computers and due to their importance for gamers they can get even more expensive, believes Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia. Personal computers are becoming more and more popular among gamers because they offer high-quality graphics and support …

Former Microsoft Senior Manager, Brian Jorgensen, has been sentenced to two years in prison for taking part in an inside trading scheme that generated $400,000 back in 2012. Jorgensen had tipped his friend, Sean Stokke, about Microsoft's strategic partnership with Barnes & Noble, once the news leaked, the company's stock shot up …

Bungie has finally confirmed that those who played the Destiny Beta, won't see their characters return when the final game launches in September. According to the developer, this is a result of changes and tweaks made to the game since the beta. The studio finally delivered the news in a blog …

Samsung could be planning a preemptive strike on Apple's still unannounced but heavily leaked iPhone 6 with a new smartphone, dubbed the Galaxy Alpha. Samsung's rumored, upcoming smartphone has been talked about for quite a while and has also been referred to as the Galaxy Prime and the Galaxy F. According …

Apple is facing a lawsuit over its use of  mobile location detection technology as Colorado based company, TracBeam, has filed for patent infringement. TracBeam previously filed suits against Google, T-Mobile and AT&T earlier this year over the same patents. The company's complaint states that Apple is infringing on four of …

Earlier this year, when the world's most recognised online drug's marketplace, Silk Road 2.0, was hacked and all of its users' bitcoins stolen, many considered it the death knell of the site and even the trade itself. Security and confidence in the site were torn asunder, as people came to …