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EA Games is set to host a talk today called EA Full Spectrum, that looks to find out what Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) think of the current state of gaming. Or at least, that's what you'd think they'd be asking, instead according to the event's site, it already …

Vice certainly covers some strange stuff. From captivating stories on North Korea and Liberia, to some of the world's weirdest and most dangerous drugs, it covers a lot of interesting topics that will make you realise how crazy the world really is. However the group's resident troll Nimrod Kamer, is …

Kim Dotcom, the embattled founder of Megaupload and Mega, has won another victory in Kiwi court, after a judge denied the appeal of his opposition to overturn an initial ruling, that said he would be allowed to sue the New Zealand intelligence agency, GCSB. While that's all a little confusing, …

For the next couple of weeks we are running a competition with our good friends over at bequiet! They are giving away some fantastic prizes to our readers to celebrate the recent launch of their DC1 Thermal Paste. bequiet! announced several days ago the availability of the new high performance …

The latest version of SimCity has only been out for a couple of days, but it's already drawn a lot of flak from gamers. Initially it was because the servers were intermittent at best and now it's because EA took them down in order to improve stability. Of course none …

Are you waiting to get hold of Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite? You may want to enter our little competition running on Facebook for the next couple of days. We are giving away codes for both, meaning you can keep your hard earned money for something more important such as …

Microsoft have had to pay out €561m, after the EU competition authority fined the operating system giant. They said Microsoft had failed to give at least 15 million customers a choice of web browser, a violation of a voluntary antitrust pact that was spotted and raised by Google and Opera, …

Well it looks like the wait is over. The official Nexus 7 docking station is now available for sale on Google Play. ASUS build the 7 inch tablet for Google and they showcased the dock at CES, earlier this year. Earlier speculation was that the dock would be available in …

One more arm of the high street media retailer HMV has now entered administration. Guernsey may not be the biggest market, but it's another tumbling domino that paints a bleak future for the shop chain. Unfortunately for those that are employed in the Guernsey store, the single outley was used …

Tomb Raider 2013 was released this week with much critical applause, and since then a couple of our readers have been emailing us to say that they haven't been able to get the game to run at all. After troubleshooting the issues, we found the concerns were actually because both …

PS4 component makers are suggesting the next console from Sony could ship worldwide as early as August, because Sony wants to try and push a huge number of systems by the end of the year – 16 million if it can help it. This all comes from Digitimes sources, who are …

Futuremark® and GALAXY announced the start today of GALAXY Ice Storm, the first official overclocking contest using the new version of 3DMark released in February. For the next four weeks, overclockers worldwide can win more than $16,000 USD in prizes by submitting the highest scores in the new 3DMark Ice …

The Raspberry Pi camera has been on a few people's radar for a while now, but today we can announce that the little PCB and sensor bundle is being given away by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to ten people that come up with the most creative use of the device. …

One of the biggest choices for modern media consumers is whether to get their content legally, or illegally. While the former is certainly becoming easier, cheaper and faster, often times the latter is just more convenient. Most companies ignore this and do idiotic things, like sue their fan base, or …

I'm a big fan of retro gaming. I've got an N64, Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Gear, Gamecube and big game collections for each – for me emulation just doesn't cut it most of the time. However even for console purists that like to use the original contollers, a new …

We have a lot of amazing competitions running right now, and this one is no exception! We are working with Phanteks and NZXT to give away cases, coolers and fans! We have three main prizes comprised of both NZXT and Phanteks hardware to give away! First prize is: 1 x …

Are you waiting to get hold of Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite? You may want to enter our little competition running on Facebook for the next couple of days. We are giving away codes for both, meaning you can keep your hard earned money for something more important such as …

Today we are going to look at the Antec ISK 110 VESA which is a small form factor PC case that can be attached to the back of your monitor to save space.  It's designed to be as compact as possible, only supporting the smallest components.  This makes it ideal …

The summer months are coming up soon, and what better time to start planning BBQ's and house parties? Enter the Bartendro robot, currently running for funding on Kickstarter. The Bartendro is powered by a Raspberry Pi system, which is connected to a router board. This is then hooked up to …

Ferrari have unveiled their next supercar at the Geneva Motor Show. They are dubbing the car ‘LaFerrari'. The hybrid supercar can produce 949 horsepower and hit 0-60 mph in less than 3 seconds. The price? A cool $1 million. The rumours of the upcoming Ferrari hybrid car have been rife. …

Apple are one of the world's largest, most profitable and financially successful companies. The competition has been heating up in the last six months however especially from Samsung and Google. UBS Analyst Steve Milunovich has sent out an email to clients which read ‘Identity Crisis: Can Apple Play Defense?'. He …

Google are celebrating their 1st Play Store birthday with a huge sale on a variety of software. They are also giving away free goodies to Android users. The gifts target a wide audience, from games to applications, with special offers on a wide range of downloads.  The deals will be …

Valve are expecting to offer prototypes of their upcoming video games console for testing within only four months time. Gabe Newell, Valve CEO spoke to the BBC last night to confirm the release date. With the popularity of STEAM many analysts are claiming that the STEAM BOX console has a …

Seagate has announced a new line of hybrid drives, melding solid state technology with traditional hard drive platters, in a variety of sizes and shapes – making them applicable for both laptops as well as desktop PCs for those that don't want to take the jump to a single SSD …

Following the success of the recent Dead Space 3 and FIFA tournament lock-ins, leading videogames retailer GAME is partnering up once again with EA for its most thrilling lock-in campaign yet. To celebrate the launch of three new expansion packs for the hit racing game Need For Speed: Most Wanted, …

The biggest shareholder outside of Dell, Southeastern Asset Management (SAM), has called on the computer firm to out its yearly books, making its financials available to all – ahead of what many are thinking will be a return to private ownership. SAM currently owns eight per cent of the PC …

Sony Music Entertainment is now suing a man for nearly a quarter million dollars, after he was found to have leaked a Beyonce album onto file sharing website The Pirate Bay, before it was officially released. This occurred back in mid 2011, but it's all coming to a head now. …

PETA, the suffragette of the animal rights world, has a history of using videogames as springboards for attention and today its doing it again, by using Assassin's Creed IV's suggested whaling mechanic as a method to draw attention to contemporary whaling. “Whaling – that is, shooting whales with harpoons and leaving them …

While a growing consensus from the world's online community is that the internet should be free for everyone, just as all useful information should be, not everyone agrees. Computer scientist Jaron Lanier has spoken out at the Economist's Tech Frontiers conference, about how he believes unless we monetise web content …

Synology has today released the latest update to its popular DiskStation Manager software. While the ‘4.2' version name itself might not sound like much – the company's CEO claims that this is one of the biggest advances in storage software for some time. KitGuru considers a free demonstration over on …