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Dead Island – PC, Xbox 360

21 January 2008, 14:22

Dead Island is the new first-person horror survival from Techland… and, guessing from the screenies, it’s all about surviving a zombie onslaught on an idyllic island somewhere…

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Officially on my to-do list: get a Batcave home theatre

21 January 2008, 12:28

I just love seeing an elaborate home theatre setup. There are so many to choose from, but few are quite as awesome as this Batcave.

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Hacks galore: how to make an Eee PC your own

21 January 2008, 12:00

The ASUS Eee PC doesn't offer a bad specification for the price, but what if you want more? Simple, hack the device to your hearts content.

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UK iPhone sales lower than already low expectations

21 January 2008, 11:06

With a premium price of £269, Apple's iPhone has struggled to entice UK customers and falls short of its estimated sales target.

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Nearly 50,000 sign Save XP petition

21 January 2008, 10:40

Microsoft has plans to cease OEM sales of its Windows XP operating system on June 30th 2008. However, nearly 50,000 people have signed a petition asking the software giant to ...

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Inventec invents curvy UMPC

21 January 2008, 10:17

UMPCs aren't quite penetrating the market as manufacturers had hoped but nonetheless, some pretty cool designs are on the horizon, none more so than Inventec's forthcoming curved model.

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Powering a laptop for 1 hour: Competition On Renewable Energy

19 January 2008, 10:51

As we move toward an energy-aware future, Intel ran a huge competition for universities across the world to submit green solutions to 'power a laptop for 1 hour using clean/renewable ...

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AMD's Q4 looks healthier as it hopes to recover in 2008

18 January 2008, 16:55

2007 won't be a year for AMD to remember but despite posting its fifth straight quarterly loss, the troubled semiconductor manufacturer is creaking ever closer to profitability.

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Exclusive Stormtrooper replica helmet now available

18 January 2008, 13:53

Any self-proclaimed Star Wars fan can't go without one of these. Play.com are now selling full size Stormtrooper replica helmets.

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NewsGator RSS suite now free

18 January 2008, 13:34

Everyone loves their freebies and NewsGator has a selection for us, all of its NewsGator RSS apps, including FeedDemon for Windows and NetNewsWire for Mac, are now free of charge.

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HD-DVD price cuts start to filter through to UK

18 January 2008, 13:03

When Toshiba slashed prices across its HD-DVD range in the US, we wondered how long it'd be before we saw something similar in the UK. Fortunately, it has come sooner ...

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ASUS Eee PC to strike back with touch screen?

18 January 2008, 12:17

ASUS' Eee PC is facing competition from various other manufacturers this year and if reports coming from Taiwan are to be believed, ASUS plans to up the ante with a ...

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SCi board quits following pressure from shareholders

18 January 2008, 12:01

SCi Entertainment Group PLC, the publisher behind a number of popular franchises, including Tomb Raider, Theif and Hitman, abandoned talks of a possible takeover last week and today it has ...

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Dell laptops give a tingling sensation to customers

18 January 2008, 11:27

Sounds good doesn't it? Afraid not, the "tingling sensation" happens to be a nicer name given by Dell for what we would simply call an electric shock.

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Highlander release draws closer

18 January 2008, 11:02

First there was the movie, with Christopher Lambert starring as the Katana-wielding,Connor MacLeod, next came the TV show spin-off featuring Connor's younger Immortal "clansman" Duncan MacLeod and now, to complete ...

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Lost Planet Extreme Condition – PS3

18 January 2008, 10:59

Capcom have released a bunch of new screenies for the PS3 version of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, scheduled to hit in early 2008.

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MSI plans EFI BIOS based motherboards

18 January 2008, 10:43

EFI, Extensible Firmware Interface, is intended to replace the old legacy BIOS firmware interface that we've all become accustomed to. Today, MSI announced plans to adopt EFI on its next ...

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Transcend launches T.sonic 850 MP3 Player

18 January 2008, 10:12

Transcend has announced the latest addition to its line of T.sonic MP3 players, the T.sonic 850, which features a 1.8" screen for viewing video and photos whilst on the go.

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New and existing titles from NCSoft set for PS3

18 January 2008, 09:06

NCSoft North America president Chris Chung has confirmed that the company are planning to port some of their major PC franchises across to the next-gen consoles, in addition to launching ...

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Cecchini brings Rome to standstill with colourful protest

17 January 2008, 15:38

If you're going to make a protest, why not do it in style by releasing half a million rubber balls on Rome's Spanish Steps?

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Hackers go after Excel

17 January 2008, 15:16

Microsoft has warned that an unpatched vulnerability in older versions of Excel is being actively exploited by hackers.

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First look at Mulder and Scully in X-Files 2

17 January 2008, 14:31

The second X-Files movie is yet without an official title, but set for release in the UK on August 1st, we now have the first look at Mulder and Scully ...

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Paramount launches Star Trek website

17 January 2008, 14:07

Internet, the final frontier. This is the voyage of J.J. Abrams, his ongoing mission to....alright, enough of that. The website for 2008's Star Trek movie is now live.

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Tenga launches range of ultimate adult toys for men

17 January 2008, 12:57

Tenga's new "onanism cups" have to be seen to be believed. Be warned, content of a sexual nature lies within.

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Database industry consolidates

17 January 2008, 12:33

Sun buys MySQL for $1 billion while Oracle buys BEA for $8.5 billion

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Everex gives us a reason not to buy its CloudBook

17 January 2008, 12:16

A collective sigh came from the interweb earlier this month when Everex announced its low-cost CloudBook notebook with a small 7" screen offering only a 800x480 resolution. If that hadn't ...

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HEXUS - CES 2008 :: Innovation 2 with intrepid Nick

17 January 2008, 12:00

Nick brings you more from the big CES floor - including a device that allows you to control your gaming pleasure using simple wrist movement and a solar powered phone ...

CES 2008 2

EA's PS3 and Xbox 360 action title, Mirror's Edge

17 January 2008, 11:48

Electronic Arts has released the first screenshots for Mirror's Edge, an action adventure game currently in development by their DICE studio in Stockholm.

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ViewSonic debuts range of digital photo frames

17 January 2008, 11:47

California-based display manufacturer, ViewSonic, joins the digital photo frame market with the launch of three new products.

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Breaking down PES 2008 on Wii

17 January 2008, 11:28

Wii owners can look forward to their first taste of Pro Evolution Soccer action when the Konami title is released in April, but how will it differ from the other ...

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EMEA PC market buoyant in Q4

17 January 2008, 11:10

Notebooks drive healthy global PC demand with HP leading the pack.

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ATI Catalyst 8.1 drivers released

17 January 2008, 10:50

It's that time of the month again and ATI has issued the latest set of its Catalyst drivers, jumping from version 7 to version 8.

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Genre blending Savage 2 now available to download

17 January 2008, 10:12

Independent game developer S2 Games has today confirmed that Savage 2: A Tortured Soul, a mix of the first person shooter, real-time strategy and role-playing genres, is now available to ...

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