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GTA 5 PC Edition And DirectX 11 Effects Spotted In Bug Log Files
Apple May Have Sold 60 Million iPhones In Holiday Quarter
ION Road Warrior Bluetooth Speaker Unveiled For $400
VLC For iOS Update Brings iOS 7 UI And More
Apple iOS 7.1 Beta 4 Released To Testing Partners
Sony’s SRF-39FP Is The Most Popular MP3 Player In US Prisons
The Most Popular Passwords Of 2013 Revealed
Apple Mac Pro Shipping Dates Now Listed As March 2014
South Korean Credit Rating Bureau Suffers Data Breach
Kim DotCom Demos New Music Streaming Site With His Own Album
Atlas Fitness Tracker Identifies Your Exercise And Even Counts Reps (video)
HP Advertises Windows 7 Systems Back By Popluar Demand
WhatsApp Now Processes 54 Billion Messages A Day
Raspberry Pi Limelight Pi Enables Steam Machine Style Game Streaming (video)
Divinity Original Sin Now Available Via Steam Early Access (video)
Heatworks Water Heater Designed To Cut Your Bills Launches On Kickstarter (video)
Mad Catz MOJO Rooted With MoDaCo Mod Offers Enhanced Play Store Access
SK Telecom To Launch 300Mbps LTE Network
Nest’s Tony Fadell Says Any Privacy Changes Will Be Opt-in and Transparent
BBC Instafax News Service Launches On Instagram
Nokia Lumia 1320 Lands In Australia 5th February
Star Wars Episode VII Script Completed
Immersion Headset Designed To Help Control Gamer Rage
Apple iWatch Display To Be Built By LG (Rumor)
Google Chrome Extensions Delivering Malware Discovered And Banned
Huawei and Arsenal Enter Into A Global Partnership
Sony Smart Tennis Sensor Prototype And Smartphone Companion App Unveiled
Microsoft And Nokia Deal Almost Done
Meizu to Announce Expansion Plans for Europe Next Month at MWC
Ark Portable Wireless Charger For Your Smartphone (Video)
Leaked Titanfall Gameplay Test Footage Revealed (Videos)
Spotify Lets Artists Sell Merchandise On Its Platform
More Cases for the Alleged HTC M8 Surface
Radxa Rock Quad Core RK3188 Development Board Launches For $99 (video)
Steve Ballmer May Could Resign From Microsoft Board
Turnikit iPhone Lens Adapter Allows You To Use Nikon And Canon Lenses (video)
Samsung To Introduce Fingerprint Sensor In Galaxy S5, No Iris Technology (Rumor)
Nintendo Considering a Smart Device
Prototype Firefox OS Tablet Specifications Unveiled By Mozilla
ZTE Geek With Tizen To Be Announced At MWC 2014
Anti Smaug Double Crossbow Ballista Created By Joerg Sprave
New Fujifilm X-Mount Camera Teased, Launching Jan 28th 2014
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Firmware Update Released
Linux Powered Smart Rifles With Networked Tracking Scope Being Created For US Army (video)
ZTE Blade Q Mini Lands In The UK For £60
Feedly Launches Its Own URL Shortener
Huawei Ascend P6S Gets Official
T-Mobile Pre-registration for LG G Flex Now Open
Dual-SIM Moto G Hits Australia
More Screenshots of Samsung’s Upcoming UI
Reaper Of Souls Background Download Available
Verizon’s Lumia Icon Available In China

GTA 5 PC Edition And DirectX 11 Effects Spotted In Bug Log Files

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 08:15 AM PST

Even though the console versions of the Grand Theft Auto 5 game have been out for some time, those gamers still waiting for a PC version of the Grand Theft Auto 5 game. Might be pleased to learn that listings for a GTA 5 PC edition as well as DirectX 11 effects have been discovered […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 08:10 AM PST

Apple will announced its latest financial results later this month on the 27th of January, and we are expecting to find out how many iPhones the company sold in the 2013 holiday quarter. According to a recent report Apple could have sold a massive 60 million iPhones in the last quarter of 2013, which is […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:59 AM PST

ION Audio has this week revealed a new addition to their range of speaker system with the unveiling of the ION Audio Road Warrior Bluetooth speaker that will be launching in August for around $400. The ION Audio Road Warrior speaker is equipped with 200 W of music power from a Class-D amplifier driving two […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:45 AM PST

VideoLan have released an update version of VLC for Apple’s iOS platform, the latest version supports Apple iOS 6.1 and above, and also comes with a new user interface for Apple iOS 7. The new VLC for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch comes with a range of new multitouch gestures, an improved library for […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:39 AM PST

Apple has apparently released Apple iOS 7.1 beta 4 to its testing partners, and the latest beta version of Apple’s mobile OS could be released to developers as soon as tomorrow. According to a recent report, the Apple iOS 7.1 beta 4 has now been seeded to Apple’s testing partners, and it should be released […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:37 AM PST

There are some markets in the world where one particular product might do better than others. The reasons might be cost, design, culture, religion, any number of factors. Take Sony's SRF-39FP MP3 player. Most people would say that it sucks, since it is no iPod, but in the US prison system, this is the MP3 […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:31 AM PST

SplashData has compiled a list of the 25 most popular passwords of 2013, and at the top of the list is probably the most obvious one, ’123456′. Also in the list were passwords like ‘qwerty’, ‘password’, ‘letmein’ and ‘oooooo’, you can see a full list of the 25 most popular passwords of 2013 last year. […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:25 AM PST

Apple has this week updated the shipping dates for its Apple Mac Pro systems to March in many countries, continuing the six week lead times for delivery of custom Apple Mac Pro systems. The six week delivery for Apple Mac Pro systems has been in place since the system launched last month. The latest stock […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:23 AM PST

Can we trust anyone with our data anymore? Between our own governments spying and retailers getting hacked, it feels useless sometimes. And now we have a report that the personal details of over 20 million South Koreans might have been exposed after an employee at a credit ratings firm was arrested on suspicion that they […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:19 AM PST

Kim DotCom has launched a preview of his new music streaming site, which is called Baboom, and to showcase how the site will work, he has launched his own album. Kim DotCom’s album is called “Good Times’ and it is available to download for free and also stream on his new Baboom music site. The […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:10 AM PST

Adding to the ever growing of fitness trackers available on the marker but bringing a new style and solution to the market is the Atlas Fitness Tracker which measures a wealth of stats and even identifies your exercise. The Atlas Fitness Tracker has been designed to recognise the activity or exercise you are undertaking and […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 06:47 AM PST

HP has this week started a campaign to offer its customers the older Windows 7 operating system on new systems available from the HP online store. Offering consumers savings of around $150 and the chance to buy systems with the Windows 7 installed rather than Microsoft’s latest Windows 8 operating system. Since it launched the […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 06:37 AM PST

WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile messaging apps currently available, back in December, the developers of the app announced they had more than 400 million active users. According to a recent report, WhatsApp are now processing more than 54 billion messages every day, and this is broken down to around 36 billion outbound […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 06:29 AM PST

If you fancy streaming your games from your PC to your HDTV but just can't wait or want to purchase a Steam Machine you might be interested in the Raspberry Pi Limelight Pi open source software. RaspberryPi Limelight is an open source software that lets you stream games from your home PC to your Raspberry […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 06:04 AM PST

Gamers looking to have early access to the Divinity Original Sin game that missed out on the Kickstarter campaign are going to be pleased to learn that the game is now available via the Steam Early Access website. The Steam Early Access service provides gamers with a chance to support the development of Divinity: Original Sin […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:48 AM PST

If you are looking to cut your monthly hot water bills you might be interested in a new device that has been created called the Heatworks water heater, which has been designed to be the most energy & water efficient, reliable & versatile water heater available. The Heatworks Model 1 water heater has this month […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:28 AM PST

Owners of the Mad Catz MOJO Android console might be interested to learn that the console has now been rooted by modder Paul “MoDaCo” O’Brien. Who has this week released a the MoDaCo Mod for the MOJO console. The new MoDaCo Mod provides owners of the Mad Catz console access to root-enabled apps and required […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:24 AM PST

Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom has announced that they will be launching an ultra fast LTE network this year, and the network will come with download speed of up to a massive 300 Mbps. The new 300 Mbps LTE will use LTE-A or LTE Advanced which aggregates 3 bands, 20MHZ+10MHz+10MHz, and this will give speeds […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:04 AM PST

Last week Nest announced that they had been acquired by Google in a deal which is worth $3.2 billion, the company makes smart thermostats and smart smoke detectors. When the news was announced, there was a lot of speculation about exactly what Google would use Nest’s data for, and whether Google would be able to […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:02 AM PST

The BBC has this week launched a new experimental News service called BBC Instafax which is transmitted via the Instagram short-form video website. Which has been created to bring snippets of news to Instagram users during the next month in the form of three 15 second News videos that will be uploaded to Instagram on […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:48 AM PST

We recently heard that the Nokia Lumia 1320 will be launching in the UK shortly, and now the handset is headed to Australia. The Nokia Lumia 1320 will launch in Australia on the 4th of February, the device will retail for AUD $449, this is the unlocked price for the handset. The Nokia Lumia 1320 […]

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Star Wars Episode VII Script Completed

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:38 AM PST

Star Wars Episode VII is expected to launch in movie theaters in December 2015, and now JJ Abrams has confirmed that the script for the movie is completed. In an interview with The Wrap, Abrams confirmed that they have finished the script for Star Wars Episode VII, he also revealed that they are in talks […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:28 AM PST

Designer Samuel Matson has created a new type of headset called Immersion, which he has created to help control the rage sometimes experienced by gamers when their winning streak turns sour or they become upset when playing. The Immersion headset has been created to use prevention to stop the rage occurring in gamers and uses […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:24 AM PST

The Apple iWatch is rumored to launch this year, and we are expecting the device to launch along with the new iPhone 6 in September. Now according to a recent report, LG have scored an exclusive deal to build the Apple iWatch display, and LG will apparently start mass producing displays for the iWatch between […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:05 AM PST

Google has this week banned a couple of Google Chrome extensions from its store, that have been modified to deliver malware and adware to users via the Google Chrome silent update service. Google Chrome extensions provide Chrome browser users with a great way to add functionality to their browser in the form of shortcuts and […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:56 AM PST

The Chinese OEM Huawei and the North London-based football club Arsenal have announced a global partnership deal that will see Huawei becoming the offficial smartphone partner for Arsenal. The deal will last until the end of the 2015/2016 season and will see global collaboration between Huawei and Arsenal, with players taking part in promotional activities with […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:49 AM PST

Sony has this week unveiled a new prototype it has created in the form of the new Sony Smart Tennis Sensor which has been designed to detects the racquet's movement through the air, as well as any vibrations when the racquet hits a ball. The Sony Smart Tennis Sensor fits into the base of the […]

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Microsoft And Nokia Deal Almost Done

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:43 AM PST

Last year Microsoft announced that it would be purchasing Nokia’s smartphone business in a deal which was worth $7.3 billion to Nokia. The deal has had approval from the various regulators it need and also from Nokia’s shareholders, the approvals arrived last year, and the deal was expected to be completed in early 2014. Now […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:25 AM PST

Meizu already shared its plans to move into the US smartphone market at the Consumers Electronics Show earlier this month, and mentioned it will launch its smartphones in the US market in the third quarter, later this year. Additionally, the Chinese OEM seems to be targeting Europe as well, and plans to share its expansion […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:00 AM PST

The Ark portable wireless charger is designed to be used with your smartphone, the device is a Qi enabled wireless charger, which means it will be compatible with a number of devices. The Ark is designed to be totally cable free, giving you a portable solution that can charge your smartphone wirelessly, which is ideal […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:56 AM PST

Gamers looking forward to the launch of the new Titanfall game later this year, might enjoy this new leaked Titanfall gameplay footage which is now available to view online. However don’t expect the video to be available for long so make sure you check it out before it’s removed. EA last week sent out invitations […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:50 AM PST

Spotify has added a new feature to its music streaming service, the ability for artists to sell merchandise on Spotify, and it will not be charging artists to use the service. Spotify has been running this feature for a while as a trial with around 200 artists, and the ability to sell merchandise will now […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:43 AM PST

Last week, some cases of the alleged M8 popped up on the internet, confirming the possibility of a dual-camera sensors as well as a fingerprint scanner. Recently, some more cases of the alleged HTC M8 have popped up, giving us more glimpses of what we can expect from the handset. Surprisingly, these look quite similar […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:42 AM PST

Developers looking for a quad core development board for their project might be interested in the new Radxa Rock Quad Core RK3188 development board which is now available to purchase for $99. The Radxa Rock is the first quad core developer board based on the powerful Rockchip RK3188 SOC and has been created by one […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 AM PST

Microsoft is still in the process of searching for its new CEO to replace Steve Ballmer, and now it would appear that Mr Ballmer may also step down from the board of Microsoft. According to a recent report by re/code, Steve Ballmer will apparently step down from the board of Microsoft, when he leaves the […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:30 AM PST

Steve Johnston has created a new iPhone lens adapter called Turn-I-Kit which allows you to use Canon and Nikon lenses with your iPhone smartphone. Turn-I-Kit is an iPhone DOF adapter that allows you to mount SLR lenses to your phone, giving you more control of your photos and videos. Check out the comparison video after […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:27 AM PST

I hardly recall a day when we don’t hear about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5. Everyday, there’s a new rumor, giving us a glimpse of what it could bring at the table. Previously, we heard it will pack a fingerprint sensor along with a possibility of Iris technology. According to a new report from Korean […]

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Nintendo Considering a Smart Device

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:22 AM PST

Nintendo posted its latest financial results last week, and the company announced poor sales of its Wii U console, and now the company may be changing its strategy. Smartphone and tablet gaming has become popular over the last few years, although Nintendo has yet to embrace the technology, this may be about to change. Nintendo […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:19 AM PST

Mozilla has this week unveiled the first specifications that they will be using in the new Firefox OS tablet program to test their new browser-based operating system that is currently in development. The first Firefox OS tablet prototypes that will be built by Foxconn are equipped with fairly low specification indicating that the new tablets […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:13 AM PST

We are expecting to see a number of Tizen phones at next months Mobile World Congress, and now according to a recent report, ZTE will launch a Tizen handset. The Tizen powered smartphone will apparently be a version of the ZTE Geek, which was launched last year with Google’s Android OS. The Tizen ZTE Geek […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:58 AM PST

Master slingshot maker Joerg Sprave and creator of the Slingshot Channel over on YouTube has been busy creating a new style of crossbow, which has been designed based on the Girion’s tower mounted Anti Smaug Double Crossbow Ballista from the Hobbit which was used to try and take down Smaug the dragon. The video created […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:57 AM PST

Fujifilm has today released a teaser image of its Fujifilm X-Mount camera which it says will be launching on January 28th 2014 with full details of the new camera being unveiled to the world. As you might expect the new Fujifilm X-mount camera includes the same interchangeable lenses system in the series and may even […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:44 AM PST

Microsoft released a firmware update for the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 tablet back in December, the update caused a number of issues, including reduced batter life and also issues with sleep mode. Microsoft quickly pulled the firmware update, although a number of owners of the device had already installed the software, they have now released […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:38 AM PST

It has been reported this week that the United States military has started investing funds into next-generation firearms in the form of "smart rifles" that will be powered by Linux and equipped with a Networked Tracking Scope. A soldier equipped with a smart rifle and its new Networked Tracking Scope would simply need to tag […]

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ZTE Blade Q Mini Lands In The UK For £60

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:27 AM PST

Back in October ZTE announced its new range of ZTE Blade Q smartphones, and now the ZTE Blade Q Mini is available in the UK for just £60. The ZTE Blade Q Mini is now available with Virgin Mobile in the UK, and the handset comes with a 4 inch WVGA TFT display with a […]

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Feedly Launches Its Own URL Shortener

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:25 AM PST

Feedly is one of the most popular RSS reading service available on the internet, especially after the demise of Google Reader. The company has been working round the clock to introduce new features to make Feedly stand out from the rest of the crowd. Recently, the company, after eight weeks of testing, launched their own […]

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Huawei Ascend P6S Gets Official

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:13 AM PST

The Huawei Ascend P6 was launched around the middle of last year, and we have been hearing rumors of an updated version of the handset, the Huawei Ascend P6S. The Huawei Ascend P6S is now official, and comes with some minor upgrades over the original device, which include a slightly faster processor. The device comes […]

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 12:53 AM PST

Earlier this month, LG announced that its ‘flexible’ LG G Flex will hit some major US carriers including AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile in the coming weeks. LG G Flex pre-orders for Sprint went live last week for $299.99 on-contract, but it seems T-Mobile might kick things off very soon. The carrier has opened the pre-registration page […]

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Dual-SIM Moto G Hits Australia

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 12:28 AM PST

Back in 2013, Motorola unveiled the affordable Moto G with promised timely updates, however, it came with single SIM support. Although in many emerging markets like China and India, dual-SIM handsets are very popular. There’s no word about the launch of the dual-SIM variant of Moto G, but it seems the dual-SIM Moto G is […]

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:56 PM PST

Earlier this month, @evleaks posted an image of the upcoming redesigned homescreen UI Samsung is planning to implement in the upcoming TouchWiz interface. It did showed the homescreen view, but didn’t give a detail look at what we could expect from Samsung about the upcoming TouchWiz interface. Now, for those of you who were a […]

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:49 PM PST

The Diablo 3 expansion, Reaper of Souls is set for a release on March 25th of 2014. We first heard this news from Blizzard back in 2013 when they told us that gamers can go ahead and pre-purchase the game via the Battle.net Shop. The standard copy of the game is $39.99, while the digital […]

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Verizon’s Lumia Icon Available In China

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:24 PM PST

The Nokia Lumia 929, otherwise known as the Lumia Icon is real. The device was seen on Verizon's website and it was rumored for a 16th of January release, but obviously that did not happen as that date has come and gone. We're not sure why Verizon is dragging its heels to announce the handset […]

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