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MSI launches AMD Richland powered gaming notebooks

22 May 2013, 12:45

MSI GX70 and GX60 gaming laptops will ship with ship with AMD's Richland A10-5750M.

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Qualcomm demos 2560x1440 Mirasol smartphone display

22 May 2013, 10:11

The Mirasol display uses only about a sixth of the power of LCD and OLED alternatives.

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Yahoo’s Flickr photo sharing site to give users 1TB free storage

21 May 2013, 15:10

Flickr news comes as Yahoo seals the $1bn Tumblr deal.

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Silverstone adds two new liquid coolers to the Tundra range

21 May 2013, 12:30

Both the Tundra TD02 and Tundra TD03 offer easy installation with a screwless fitting design.

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Leap Motion video demonstrates Windows 8 usage

21 May 2013, 10:58

Just two more months until pre-order customer units ship.

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Touchscreen notebook shipments take off

21 May 2013, 09:56

Over 50 per cent more touchscreen notebooks shipped compared to the previous quarter.

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Acer Iconia W3 8.1-inch Windows tablet officially confirmed

20 May 2013, 12:30

Previously leaked diminutive Windows tab appears on Acer’s Finnish website.

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Sony’s 13.3-inch e-ink notepad demonstration video

20 May 2013, 09:45

The recently revealed gadget was shown off at a Japanese educational IT show.

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New wireless data transmission world record set at 40Gbps

17 May 2013, 14:42

Record was set over a distance of 1Km by a team of scientists in Germany.

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New Intel CEO pledges Intel will be more responsive to customers

17 May 2013, 13:00

As exiting CEO admits he turned down the opportunity to have Intel inside the first iPhone.

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Yahoo aims to be “cool again”, may buy out Tumblr

17 May 2013, 11:16

Deal to purchase this social blogging platform could be worth about $1 billion.

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Microsoft’s Scroogleized version of the Google Chrome video ad

17 May 2013, 10:03

An interesting contrast; both videos are embedded for you to compare.

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ASUS reveals gilded Intel Z87 motherboards

16 May 2013, 11:28

Will these provide the gold standard for Intel Haswell based builds?

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Google I/O: first day roundup

16 May 2013, 10:15

Music, Maps and Search dominated the proceedings.

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Surface RT promotion: free Touch Cover or Type Cover in the UK

15 May 2013, 16:00

Also Microsoft updates firmware to improve internal speaker volume and "system stability”.

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HP reveals pair of hybrid laptops; the Split x2 and SlateBook x2

15 May 2013, 13:15

The Split x2 runs Windows and the SlateBook x2 is an Android device.

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BlackBerry Messenger BBM to be available on iOS and Android

15 May 2013, 12:00

Signature messaging service will be available on rival platforms from “the summer”.

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Next Windows officially named Windows 8.1 - free for Win8 users

15 May 2013, 10:00

Windows RT will also get updated but we were not informed about what it will be called.

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Google cloud storage pooled across services

14 May 2013, 13:00

Now you get 15GB across Gmail, Drive and Google+ Photos.

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Google Image Search ‘Atari Breakout’ for a bit of retro fun

14 May 2013, 11:00

Google celebrates the 37th birthday of the classic Breakout game with this Easter egg.

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Can the Nvidia GTX 680 be BIOS flashed into a GTX 770?

14 May 2013, 10:00

It wouldn’t be the first time in graphics card history that a new card was just a rehash.

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New Haswell-based notebooks “have mostly been shipped”

13 May 2013, 15:45

So does a recently-spied Dixons training video show a Sony slider Haswell-based PC?

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Sony’s 13.3-inch e-ink notepad aimed at university students

13 May 2013, 14:20

It comes with a stylus, is only 6.8mm thick, has a three week battery life and weighs 385g.

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Nokia Lumia 928 revealed and promo video released

13 May 2013, 13:00

But will the aluminium clad “Catwalk” be revealed in London tomorrow?

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Samsung’s 5G tests break through speeds of 1Gbps

13 May 2013, 10:45

Firm wants to commercialise technology by 2020.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, Galaxy S4 mini and Galaxy S4 Activ

10 May 2013, 14:28

Are all due this summer according to Samsung schedule leaks.

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Amazon said to be developing a smartphone with a 3D display

10 May 2013, 11:00

Recent hirings and statements made by the CEO point to some new devices this year.

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BT offers free BTSport channels to its broadband customers

10 May 2013, 10:02

Uses free Premier League football to entice users to switch broadband provider.

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Microsoft is considering buying out Nook Media

9 May 2013, 16:04

MS offering a cool $1 billion to buy the complete digital assets says TechCrunch.

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Huggies TweetPee informs you when its nappy change time

9 May 2013, 13:15

The new Huggies humidity sensor fires off a Tweet to alert parents.

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OUYA console makers just raised another $15 million

9 May 2013, 12:07

Also the console is shown to be “relatively easy to fix” in new iFixit teardown.

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Earl is a solar-powered Android tab aimed at survivalists

9 May 2013, 11:00

New e-ink tablet is “engineered for the most extreme of outdoor situations”.

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PowerColor launches a passively cooled Radeon HD 7850

9 May 2013, 10:07

Firm says you will now be able to “play hard, play quiet”.

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