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Dell intends to sell 30 million notebooks next year

22 July 2014, 09:53

And has now started to accept Bitcoin payments for its wares in the US.

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Intel adds eight new Core i3 and Pentium processors to price list

21 July 2014, 14:40

100MHz speed bumped versions of existing processors, prices remain the same.

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Google to stop labelling apps with in-app purchases as 'Free'

21 July 2014, 12:45

The move is in response to criticism from the European Commission.

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Pirate Bay traffic doubles in face of widespread ISP ban

21 July 2014, 11:51

The website claims to have doubled its traffic since 2011 with the US being its largest source.

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Nvidia Shield tablet and controller slides are leaked

21 July 2014, 10:58

Tablet, priced from $299, and controller, $59, will be available by the end of July.

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EVGA takes down PrecisionX 15 after RivaTuner plagiarism claim

21 July 2014, 09:52

However EVGA still denies that any code was copied.

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Amazon announces Kindle Unlimited e-book subscriptions

18 July 2014, 15:26

A subscription will allow unlimited access to 600,000 titles at a monthly cost of $9.99.

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Google ultrafast broadband plans hit a competitive snag in the UK

18 July 2014, 12:45

The tech giant has been in talks with CityFibre to extend its Google Fiber project to Britain.

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MSI launches the GT72 Dominator Pro gaming notebook

18 July 2014, 11:53

Hails the (from) $2,599 machine as a "Benchmark Breaking Desktop Replacement".

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Microsoft set to slash 18,000 jobs, its largest ever staff cut

18 July 2014, 10:32

Also the Nokia X Android phone range and Xbox Entertainment Studios face the axe.

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AMD makes a $36 million loss in its second quarter

18 July 2014, 09:43

Cut in cryptocurrency mining related activity using GPUs has had a negative effect.

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Amazon confirms impending Prime Instant Video Android App

17 July 2014, 13:37

The company is also working on streaming 4K content, which will launch this year.

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Noriega sues Activision over Call of Duty character depiction

17 July 2014, 12:30

The imprisoned former dictator is suing Activision for portraying him as a murderer.

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Xilence launches A-Series entry level power supply range

17 July 2014, 11:32

The first new PSUs from the value orientated partner of 'be quiet!' since its acquisition.

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Ubisoft's 'Chief Parkour Officer' to add Assassin's Creed authenticity

17 July 2014, 10:30

Famous freerunner Michael 'Frosti' Zernow has got the job.

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PiixL G-Pack VESA mountable Steam Machine aims for funding

17 July 2014, 09:25

Firm will launch a Kickstarter campaign at the end of this month.

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Google's 'Project Zero' - a hacker squad hunting for vulnerabilities

16 July 2014, 13:00

The team was put together to help cut down targeted attacks across the Internet.

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Intel records strong Q2 earnings, beats PC market estimates

16 July 2014, 12:15

It saw a 40% uplift in profits, confirmed next-gen Broadwell chips on track for Xmas.

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ASUS announces Strix GTX 750 Ti OC with semi-passive technology

16 July 2014, 11:27

The Strix range can run with the fans turned off during 'light gaming' or similar activity.

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Mozilla's advanced JPG encoder cuts file sizes by five per cent

16 July 2014, 10:15

mozjpeg 2.0 is being tested by Facebook to save server burden, help user pages load faster.

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Club 3D launches world's first USB 3.0 to 4K graphics adapter

16 July 2014, 09:30

Product was among three USB 3.0 graphics adapters launched by the company yesterday.

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Synology outs DiskStation DS415play media NAS box

15 July 2014, 19:39

Hardware transcoding for increased compatibility.

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Developer: "consoles couldn't possibly handle" Star Citizen

15 July 2014, 13:45

Elsewhere in space, Xbox One and PS4 ports of Elite: Dangerous may be on the way.

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Novartis licenses Google's smart lens technology

15 July 2014, 12:45

The Alcon eye care owner hopes to commercialise smart lenses within 5 years.

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Palit releases passively cooled Nvidia GeForce GTX 750(Ti) cards

15 July 2014, 11:35

The new range, called the KalmX series, is made for your silent gaming environment.

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Amazon hires Google Glass creator

15 July 2014, 10:40

Babak Parviz, director at Google X, announced his departure via his Google+ account.

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Microsoft takes the battle to Google Chromebooks

15 July 2014, 09:30

Talks up a new HP made $199 Windows Laptop at its Worldwide Partner Conference.

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Microsoft pilots a smart 'Alice Band' used by the blind

14 July 2014, 17:10

The sensory device gives information to the wearer through an earpiece.

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PC gaming hardware market worth $21.5 billion

14 July 2014, 13:00

That's twice the value of the console hardware market.

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Raspberry Pi Model B+ features 4 USB ports, lower power usage

14 July 2014, 12:15

The redesigned model's price stays the same at $35 and it is available immediately.

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Windows Start Menu spotted in alleged leak

14 July 2014, 11:09

Is it coming to Windows before version 9?

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Silverstone Grandia GD09 and GD10 HTPC chassis to ship soon

14 July 2014, 10:05

These HTPC cases can fit an ATX motherboard and a graphics card up to 310mm in length.

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Millennium bug returns: US draft notices sent to men born in 1800s

11 July 2014, 14:09

The Selective Service System has sent notices to over 14,000 deceased Pennsylvania men.

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