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SMBs waste too much time on IT

30 January 2008, 15:21

BT report says they can free up time by…buying BT stuff

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Western Digital launches My Passport Essential USB drives

30 January 2008, 14:29

Western Digital today updated its line of portable Passport drives with the launch of its very sleek looking My Passport Essential range, available in 160GB, 250GB and 320GB capacities.

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Put on your sunglasses before you take a look at this Zeus PC

30 January 2008, 13:18

What do you get when you take a solid-platinum computer case and encrust it with diamonds? Simple, a PC that blinds any onlookers.

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Join the HEXUS Folding@home team

30 January 2008, 12:19

If you didn't already know, HEXUS has its very own Folding@home team which is now ranked as one of the top 250 teams in the world. Find out how you ...

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2008 PC market takes shape

30 January 2008, 11:58

Asus announces family of Eee PC products, while smartphone specialist HTC gets into UMPCs.

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O2 updates tariffs to make iPhone more appealing

30 January 2008, 11:25

The largely over-priced iPhone is set to receive new tariffs from UK operator O2 on February 1st, giving users more inclusive minutes and free text messages. Are lacklustre sales the ...

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ASUS going all out with Eee products

30 January 2008, 10:53

Following the success of its popular Eee PC Notebook, ASUS reveals plans for an Eee Desktop, an Eee Television and an Eee Monitor.

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Southpeak to publish Things on Wheels for XBLA

30 January 2008, 10:24

Things On Wheels is being billed as an accessible, pure arcade racing title placing players at the helm of radio-controlled vehicles as they compete on tracks set within a gigantic ...

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Put Windows Vista on a diet with vLite

30 January 2008, 10:20

Windows Vista often gets referred to as a bloated operating system. Agree or not, a tool going by the name of vLite will allow you to trim Windows Vista to ...

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CryENGINE 2 gearing up for Xbox 360 and PS3

30 January 2008, 10:17

The power-house of a game engine that powers the critically acclaimed first person shooter, Crysis, is set to be demoed for the first time at the Game Developer’s Conference later ...

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Make your Vista laptop last longer with Vista Battery Saver

30 January 2008, 09:43

The trouble with laptops is that the battery always seems to be running out. Windows Vista users may experience it more than most with some of the OS's power hungry ...

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PSP system software update version 3.90 announced

30 January 2008, 09:31

Sony has today announced the immediate availability of the latest system software update for PSP. Version 3.90 will enable all owners of the new PSP Slim & Lite to make ...

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Codemasters Online confirm twitch-based space-based MMO

30 January 2008, 09:27

Developed by the US-based experienced MMOG developer NetDevil, Jumpgate is a space-based MMO incorporating an all-new action style of gameplay.

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Nine new maps and all new co-op campaign for GRAW 2 on Xbox 360

30 January 2008, 09:08

Ubisoft has confirmed that the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Co-op Collection, is now available to download from the Xbox live marketplace.

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Win-lose-win with Thermaltake's DuOrb

29 January 2008, 17:23

To promote the launch of its newest, and possibly most ostentatious CPU cooler ever, Thermaltake is running a competition in which both the winners and losers have a chance of ...

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Lyrebird, the most remarkable animal!

29 January 2008, 15:25

A few weeks ago on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, guest star Sir David Attenborough revealed the Lyrebird to be one of his favourite animals. Able to imitate any sound ...

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Skyfire, could it be the mobile browser we've been waiting for?

29 January 2008, 14:48

Skyfire, a downloadable mobile browser from Skyfire Labs, brings desktop-like browsing to your Windows Mobile device. With built in Flash and Java support, this could be the one browser you ...

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Intel lists its 45 most influential technologists

29 January 2008, 13:36

You're probably guessing that a list of most influential people in technology will be topped by Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. If so, you'd be wrong as neither of them ...

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3870 X2 UK pricing refreshingly fair

29 January 2008, 12:48

AMD introduces tech vendors to a new thing called an Exchange Rate. Product availability is picking up too.

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Heavy snow in China threatens PCB supplies

29 January 2008, 12:17

Some Chinese printed circuit board manufacturers are halving their shipments - could have global effect.

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FIFA Street 3 Developer Diary – DS, Xbox 360, PS3

29 January 2008, 11:23

Justin Sheffield, Producer for FIFA Street 3, writes about the motion capture sessions in Barcelona.

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Compensation granted for US gamers offended by Hot Coffee mod

29 January 2008, 11:19

The final compensation figures for gamers who can provide proof that they purchased the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas First Edition have now been confirmed.

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Diamond Multimedia dishes out four new Radeon-based cards

29 January 2008, 11:15

Diamond Multimedia, manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards, TV tuner cards and communications products has unveiled four new ATI Radeon-based graphics cards in the form of the HD 3870 ...

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NVIDIA's 8800M GTX goes SLI and promises ultimate gaming notebooks

29 January 2008, 10:33

NVIDIA's GeForce 8800M GTX is about as fast as it gets for notebook graphics, right? Wrong, now you can have two 8800M GTX cards in one notebook using SLI.

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Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the greenest of them all?

29 January 2008, 10:12

The answer? Intel, who announced today plans to purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates.

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Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Screenshots - Xbox 360

29 January 2008, 10:04

Here’s a new bunch of screens from Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation showcasing the new stuff you can download... personally I’m liking the anime Su-47...

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Thecus introduces Stacked NAS and IP Cam functionality

29 January 2008, 09:47

Thecus, developer of innovative storage solutions, has announced new functionality for several of its existing NAS models.

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Funcom’s new PC and Xbox 360 MMO inspired by ‘The Ring’

29 January 2008, 09:46

Funcom, the creators of ‘Age of Conan’, ‘Anarchy Online’, ‘The Longest Journey’ and 'Dreamfall' have finally revealed some more details on their latest massively multiplayer online game, The Secret World.

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Tickets go on sale for Codemasters Connect 08

29 January 2008, 09:17

Codemasters has confirmed that tickets for their upcoming gaming event, Codemasters Connect 08, which will be held at Birmingham's Omega Sektor, have now gone on sale.

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Burnout Paradise screeches into top spot in videogames chart

29 January 2008, 09:05

Following the post Christmas slump, sales are beginning to pick up again following the release of this year's first AAA title.

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Radeon HD 3870 X2 launch causes a stir

28 January 2008, 19:42

Strong demand for top performing dual-GPU card but availability could be better.

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Woolworths chooses to go Blu, format war surely over?

28 January 2008, 17:27

There's been nothing but bad news for the HD-DVD camp recently and today it just gets worse, Woolworths is no longer going to sell HD-DVDs as its stores go Blu.

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CoolIT's liquid cooling for ATi's HD 3870 X2, make the fastest faster

28 January 2008, 17:01

There's a market out there that enjoys ripping off stock cooling, replacing it with a liquid-cooled variant and then making attempts at beating 3DMark records. CoolIT Systems lives for that ...

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