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Microsoft: Windows 8.1 RTM scheduled for late August

9 July 2013, 13:15

Date confirmed by Tami Reller yesterday at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference.

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Nvidia now bundling Splinter Cell Blacklist with GTX 660 or better

9 July 2013, 12:30

Offer, via participating retailers, starts today. Game is scheduled for release on 23rd August.

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Broadcasters in Japan pull plug on Panasonic Smart TV ad

9 July 2013, 12:15

TV stations complained the adverts would confuse viewers.

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Facebook Graph Search starts to roll out

9 July 2013, 11:15

Plus a new internet-of-things hardware gadget - the Fliike Facebook fan counter.

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Major Kickstarter game 'Broken Age' burns through $3.3m budget

8 July 2013, 11:15

But developers Double Fine say they will use their own money to deliver the game.

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Google runs down stock of Nexus 4 as Nexus 5 launch looms

8 July 2013, 10:15

The white version is discontinued, black version dropped from CPW website.

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Intel Silvermont leapfrogs best ARM chips in benchmarks

8 July 2013, 09:15

Intel's chip has half the cores and clock speed but trounces the Snapdragon 800.

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Microsoft Xbox Guru Don Mattrick joins Zynga as CEO

2 July 2013, 10:15

Zynga founder and current CEO Mark Pincus steps down, shares soar.

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BSkyB wins legal case over Microsoft use of 'SkyDrive' name

1 July 2013, 11:15

A British court made the ruling which will apply in the whole of Europe.

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European mobile roaming costs drop today

1 July 2013, 10:15

Meanwhile Three is to "revolutionise" PAYG with new back to basics tariff.

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Nokia to buy Siemens share of joint venture wireless business

1 July 2013, 09:15

Also a teardown shows how Nokia makes profits from its $20 ultra-low cost 105 handset.

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Only blue skies now on Google Maps and Google Earth

28 June 2013, 11:15

Also you can now apply to be a Google Maps Street View Trekker.

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Amazon AutoRip music service comes to Europe

27 June 2013, 10:00

France, Germany and Italy got the facility earlier this week, the UK joins them today.

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Firefox 22 brings built-in WebRTC and asm.js support

26 June 2013, 11:15

Updates will enable plug-in free video calling, file sharing and 3D gaming.

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Roundup of iPhone 5S rumours inc. the dual-flash and A7 chip

25 June 2013, 11:30

Also the Apple iPhone 5 ranks as slowest flagship smartphone in a new Which? survey.

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Xigmatek launches Orthrus, “the future of CPU cooling”

25 June 2013, 10:30

An “extremely quiet” cooler with a unique look and style.

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Western Digital buys enterprise SSD specialists sTec Inc

25 June 2013, 09:15

Acquisition should help WD expand into enterprise solid state storage business.

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3 Ireland to buy O2 Ireland for €850 million

25 June 2013, 06:00

If the deal gets EU approval 3 Ireland will hold 37.5 per cent of the Irish market.

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Glastonbury 4G EE tractor to supply free bales of internet

24 June 2013, 11:45

A New Holland tractor will drive around, equipped with an EE mobile hotspot.

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EVGA's Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 lineup leaks

21 June 2013, 12:30

Company will launch at least six variations of the GTX 760 including 4GB versions.

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Toshiba unveils new 7mm thick hybrid drives

21 June 2013, 09:30

New 320GB and 500GB SSHDs will be equipped with 8GB of NAND flash.

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Google Chromebooks being sold in Tesco and Walmart

20 June 2013, 14:21

Mountain View keeps up efforts to flog these nouveau netbooks.

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See a 3D printed Li-ion battery smaller than a grain of sand

20 June 2013, 11:45

With the potential to power tiny computers, robotic insects and hearing aids.

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Steam game-sharing features spotted in beta code

20 June 2013, 10:15

Will you be able to share your Steam games library with your mates?

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Microsoft backtracks: unpopular Xbox One DRM policies torn up

20 June 2013, 08:00

But admits to no mistake on pricing, the company has no plans to lower the $499 price tag.

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Nvidia plans to license graphics tech to other companies

19 June 2013, 11:45

It hopes to gain new business with the likes of Samsung and Apple.

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AMD will launch ‘Seattle’, its first ARM chip, in H2 2014

19 June 2013, 10:45

The SoC will be industry’s the first 64-bit ARM processor.

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GAME to open Xbox-specific store in London tomorrow

19 June 2013, 09:45

Meanwhile Xbox 360 sales still strong with 114,000 units sold during May.

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China retakes supercomputer lead with the Tianhe-2

18 June 2013, 14:30

System offers 33.86 petaflop/s, is nearly twice as powerful as the second placed machine.

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Microsoft Surface RT prices slashed for schools and colleges

18 June 2013, 09:30

Base model to be available for $199, starting from next week.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 spec leaks via GPU-Z screenshot

18 June 2013, 02:00

ChipHell forums provide a glimpse of upcoming Nvidia GTX 760 innards.

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Samsung making PCIe-based SSDs for Ultrabook designs

17 June 2013, 15:43

These units are said to be 2.5X faster than their SATA based bretheren.

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Noctua demo a CPU cooler with active noise cancellation

17 June 2013, 13:30

Prototype technology was developed in partnership with RotoSub.

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