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Microsoft, NVIDIA, Intel and others to shake up PC gaming

13 February 2008, 12:00

Can a new consortium, dubbed as the PC Gaming Alliance, make the PC a desirable platform once more?

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GPGPU: far more important than you think. Think 10x a CPU's performance

13 February 2008, 11:45

Why we need more funding for GPGPU. It beats the pants off a quad-core CPU when done right.

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Intel and Nokia present seamless wireless switching

13 February 2008, 11:41

What do you do if you're in a video conference call on the go but find you're starting to lose Wi-Fi signal? If Intel and Nokia have anything to do ...

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Big discounts at Bigpockets.co.uk

13 February 2008, 11:16

Bargain hunters gather round, online retailer BigPockets.co.uk has informed us of a £2 million clearance sale offering up to 80% off items on its website.

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AMD announces new mobile Imageon processors

13 February 2008, 10:51

California-based semiconductor manufacturer, AMD, might be struggling to compete with rival Intel in the desktop processor market but it continues to make strides in mobile phone technology.

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Apple TV update now available

13 February 2008, 10:16

Following its announcement at Macworld earlier this year, Apple has now issued a software upgrade for its Apple TV device enabling movie rentals at the touch of a button.

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Not just software – it’s M&S software

13 February 2008, 10:04

UK High Street institution joins Tesco in reselling Formjet PC software.

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Command & Conquer 3: Red Alert details are coming!

13 February 2008, 09:45

The third installment of the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series was announced way back in 2004, but four years on and we’ve not heard a peep from Electronic Arts.

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Xbox 360 to get GTA IV exclusive?

13 February 2008, 09:25

It will be one hell of a scoop for Microsoft if comments made by the company’s Entertainment boss Don Mattrick are to be taken literally.

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HEXUS Dragon Tour 2007 :: Abit of what you fancy - inside the mainboard maker's HQ !

13 February 2008, 09:23

Say 'BP6' to a group of tech-heads and the men instantly separate from the boys. Abit has been producing enthusiast technology since memory was measured in KB. Enjoy this hyperspeed ...

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Mass Effect lands on PC in May

13 February 2008, 09:08

Mass Effect, the epic sci-fi adventure from Bioware, has been re-designed for PC and will be available in stores in May 2008.

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Spore dated!

12 February 2008, 22:08

Finally, EA's SPORE has been dated... and it's coming this year!

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Dell launches European channel

12 February 2008, 15:53

Partner Direct bypasses distribution to develop VAR relationships directly.

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EU raids Intel's German headquarters

12 February 2008, 15:43

Intel has confirmed that the European Commission has conducted raids at Intel's German offices located in Munich as part of an ongoing EU antitrust probe.

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HEXUS gaming guru is going to be a daddy!

12 February 2008, 14:57

Our resident gaming guru, Steven Williamson, has announced that he's pregnant!

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Shed weight with the Nintendo DS

12 February 2008, 14:53

Teach you French, help you to develop your vocabulary and maths skills, improve your IQ, is there anything that the DS can’t do? How about helping you to lose weight? ...

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Apple launches Aperture 2, introduces over 100 new features

12 February 2008, 14:34

Apple has just launched Aperture 2, the latest version of its photo editing and management software. Version 2 brings over 100 new features with which Apple claim "anyone can easily ...

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Review: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams - Wii

12 February 2008, 13:54

The purple-suited genderless flying jester is back once more in the colourful platformer, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. But has Sega done enough to appease fans of the original Sega Saturn ...

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EA poised for family entertainment blitz

12 February 2008, 13:18

In a bid to put some life back into the family entertainment genre, Electronic Arts has revealed their line-up of Hasbro games for console, mobile devices and online.

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Wii Drum Kit in your home... without the drums!

12 February 2008, 13:03

An enterprising young chap has made a virtual drum kit using his Wii Remote and Nunchuck... pretty cool!

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Zeemote launches first and only wireless game controller for mobiles

12 February 2008, 12:25

But you have to ask yourself, why? It’s not as if your phone is ever going to be that far from you that you’d need a wireless controller, is it?

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Frontlines: Fuel of War multiplayer demo launches on Xbox Live today.

12 February 2008, 12:04

The Frontline is advancing on Xbox 360 as the new multiplayer demo from THQ and Kaos Studios appears on Xbox Live offering 32 player online support.

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Microsoft + Danger = Zune Phone?

12 February 2008, 11:38

Microsoft announced yesterday the acquisition of Danger Inc., the company best known for its Sidekick mobile devices. Could this move make the rumoured Zune Phone a reality?

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Star Wars heading back to the big screen once again

12 February 2008, 10:47

Star Wars fans rejoice, Lucasfilm has today announced that Star Wars will be returning to the big screen in the form of a feature length computer animated movie titled Star ...

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Spielberg and Lucas deliver the best Valentine's gift

12 February 2008, 10:09

Nothing says "I love you" quite like the first trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which will be released this February 14th.

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Apple's OS X 10.5.2 update available

12 February 2008, 09:46

Users of Apple's Leopard operating system can now update to version 10.5.2 and with it obtain a whole lot of fixes and improved performance.

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Imperial College London: using a million quad-cores?

12 February 2008, 09:18

Imperial College London has one of the best aeronautic/air-frame engineering departments in the world. HEXUS.tv spoke with Ferri Aliabadi, head of the aerostructures division, about how he'd use a million ...

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Vista SP1 roll-out accelerated

12 February 2008, 09:13

Now to be offered to “technical customers” by the end of the week.

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Microsoft gets tough with Yahoo!

12 February 2008, 08:16

Not going to improve its offer and will “pursue all necessary steps”.

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AMD CTO reckons the CPU is dead: APU is the new king.

12 February 2008, 08:07

APUs and not CPus will be the talking point of 2009, according to Phil Hester, AMD CTO

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Mobile graphics get interesting as NVIDIA announces APX 2500

11 February 2008, 17:24

The APX 2500, NVIDIA's applications processor for mobiles, is what the California-based manufacturer claims to be "the world’s lowest power, high-definition computer on a chip".

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