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Oh God…yet another ignorant journalist: 'Xbox is crack for kids'

28 January 2008, 14:50

Here we go again, yet another uniformed journalist who can't be bothered to investigate her subject matter properly, yet nonchalantly reports to the world on the evils of video games.

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Extreme Xbox modding? Nah, just the cash stash!

28 January 2008, 14:42

A raid undertaken to investigate a man operating an illegal business selling Sony PSP SD memory cards and chipping offences resulted in the discovery of over £12,000... stashed inside games ...

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Club 3D and Sapphire serve up their 3870 X2 graphics cards

28 January 2008, 13:21

Our review of ATI's HD 3870 X2 found it to be the fastest graphics-card in our line-up. Hot on the heels of our review, Club 3D and Sapphire announce their ...

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Vista virtualisation now more affordable

28 January 2008, 11:58

We'd put this one down as better late than never, as a year after the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has finally permitted the use of Vista Basic and Vista ...

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Mercenaries 2: World In Flames - Xbox 360

28 January 2008, 11:52

There hasn't been much information revealed on the next installment of Mercenaries, due for release later this year on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, but Electronic Arts has released seven ...

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Amazon's MP3 store going global in 2008

28 January 2008, 11:19

It comes as no real surprise, but Amazon has announced that it's Amazon MP3 digital music store will be going global in 2008. Watch out iTunes, the world isn't yours ...

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Apple fanboys: the movie

28 January 2008, 11:02

The unique Mac-fanatic phenomenon is exposed in a new documentary called MacHEADS.

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Useful HDD Stage Rack gets eSATA, now more useful

28 January 2008, 10:39

The USB HDD Stage Rack available from GeekStuff4U was handy enough as it was, but now with added eSATA connectivity, it's even better.

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And the biggest selling videogame of 2007 is…

28 January 2008, 10:29

The market research team, NPD has confirmed that the biggest selling multi-format videogame of 2007 is...

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Police use Mii characters to track down Wii owner

28 January 2008, 10:07

Gamerush.com is reporting that police in West Yorkshire are using the Mii characters from a stolen Wii console in an attempt to track down its owner.

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HTC TYTN II users offering bounty for video drivers

28 January 2008, 09:42

Ongoing problems and poor performance on the HTC TYTN II handset has encouraged users to take action as they raise over $5000 in rewards for anyone who can provide video ...

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Valve update TF2 with new CTF map

28 January 2008, 09:05

Valve has announced the release of a number of updates and a new ‘capture the flag’ map for the popular PC multiplayer shooter, Team Fortress 2.

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Awesome homemade head tracking with Wii Remote

28 January 2008, 08:29

Now bear with me on this one. Head tracking is nothing new, Track IR being one system that's been around for ages, but this guy has taken it to the ...

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Dell to complete acquisition of Equallogic

28 January 2008, 08:00

$1.4 billion acquisition of channel-only enterprise storage outfit will be key to Dell’s channel strategy.

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Add some bling to your flash drive with ZaNa Design

27 January 2008, 20:41

Flash memory sticks are cheap as chips these days, just about everyone has one. If you've just got to stand out from the crowd however, take a look at ZaNa ...

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Chimp beats British Memory Master

27 January 2008, 13:25

A seven year old Japanese chimpanzee has beaten the British memory champion in a computer game.

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Mix a Video Mash up with Master Chief and win a trip to LA!

26 January 2008, 20:52

Microsoft are looking for aspiring film makers to take Master Chief out of HALO and mash him with anything else you fancy... get creative and end up in LA!

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Pacific Storm Allies - PC

26 January 2008, 13:02

Pacific Storm: Allies is the latest title in the Pacific Storm series of WWII Pacific theatre games which combine real-time strategy, resource management and in-your-face combat action.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – PC

25 January 2008, 17:52

Set in 2011, a group of stalkers, for the first time, reaches the very heart of the Zone—the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant—and triggers a cataclysm on the brink of a ...

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Pioneer Blu-ray drives dropping in price

25 January 2008, 14:58

Now may be a good time to give your PC a Blu-ray upgrade as online retailer Scan.co.uk has dropped the prices of all its Pioneer Blu-ray drives.

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Fox News questions the Sexbox in ridiculous Mass Effect debate

25 January 2008, 14:31

I’m sure every gamer will cringe when they watch this ridiculously sensationalised debate about the much publicised nudity scenes in Bioware’s role playing game , Mass Effect.

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Loch Ness monster spotted in Tokyo Bay

25 January 2008, 14:09

If you've ever been to Japan, you've probably come away slightly disappointed that you didn't get to see Godzilla in person. Not to worry, the Loch Ness monster is now ...

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Microsoft set to bring UK Xbox 360 video store in line with US

25 January 2008, 13:08

Microsoft has confirmed that an increase in the number of movies available to download via the Xbox live video marketplace from 40 to 400 videos is 'imminent', bringing the service ...

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Transcend launches 32GB 133x CompactFlash card

25 January 2008, 12:43

Transcend launched today its 32GB CF card, and claims it to be the largest ever 133x CompactFlash memory card available.

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Shuttle launches Intel X38-equipped gaming SFF PC

25 January 2008, 12:22

Small form-factor PC specialist Shuttle has rolled out one of its compact boxes, this time equipped with Intel's X38 gamer-oriented chipset to allow it to take a 45nm processor and ...

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Conflict: Denied Ops - Xbox 360, PS3, PC

25 January 2008, 12:11

Courtesy of Eidos, we have some brand new screenshots from the upcoming shooter, Conflict: Denied Ops.

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High school student builds wooden bicycle

25 January 2008, 11:56

Marco Facciola, aged 16, builds a completely wooden bicycle as part of a high school project and with it, takes woodworking to a whole new level.

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Find the right meal with CookThink

25 January 2008, 11:29

Got a craving for food but not quite sure what to eat? CookThink may be the website that has the answer for you.

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Xbox 360 sales up by 70% from 2006

25 January 2008, 11:22

Microsoft Corp. has today posted second quarter records for their Entertainment and Devices Division and has reported that sales of the Xbox 360 have reached 17.7 million units, representing a ...

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