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Acer Aspire S7 Ultrabooks updated with Haswell processors

14 August 2013, 11:30

Much improved battery life is evident, Acer has also quietened down the onboard cooling.

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Samsung has unveiled its first 3D V-NAND SSD products

14 August 2013, 09:30

That's quick work deploying its 3D V-NAND tech but these are enterprise-only products.

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Google Maps Easter Egg gives you access to Dr Who's TARDIS

14 August 2013, 05:15

Go inside the blue Police Box in Earl's Court Road, London SW5 9RB.

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G.Skill reclaims world's fastest DDR3 memory title at 4.4GHz

13 August 2013, 13:15

LN2 cooled G.Skill TridentX RAM used by overclocker 'YoungPro' from 'TeamAU'.

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ZTE Open Firefox OS smartphone will be an eBay exclusive

13 August 2013, 09:15

The smartphones will be available on both UK and US eBay sites, priced £59.99 ($79.99).

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ASUS says it will abandon Windows RT tablet market

12 August 2013, 12:15

Weak sales cited as main reason for dumping Windows RT products.

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The Pirate Bay now distributing the 'PirateBrowser' package

12 August 2013, 11:15

Basically made up of Firefox Portable and Tor but "no adware, toolbars or other crap".

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Final USITC ruling places ban on some Samsung imports to US

12 August 2013, 10:15

Subject to a 60 day presidential review some older Samsung devices will be barred.

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Acer will expand non-Windows product offerings

9 August 2013, 13:15

Statement of intent follows the recent price slashing of its Windows 8 based Iconia W3 tab.

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New SATA 3.2 revision includes SATA Express, speeds up SSHDs

9 August 2013, 12:15

Standard will enable the coexistence of SATA and PCIe storage devices, improve power usage.

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Nvidia CEO confirms company is working on Microsoft Surface 2

9 August 2013, 11:15

Jen-Hsun Huang said Nvidia is "working really hard" on the second generation Surface.

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Ofcom to make phone/broadband provider switching easier

9 August 2013, 10:15

Process will switch from a 'losing provider led' to 'gaining provider led' approach.

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PC gaming hardware sales unaffected by overall PC decline

8 August 2013, 11:30

So says a new report by industry market analysts Jon Peddie Research.

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Amazon UK opens download store for PC software and games

8 August 2013, 10:30

The service kicks off with 600 software and video game titles available for PC and Mac.

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AMD cuts Radeon HD 7990 graphics card price by $300

8 August 2013, 10:00

Top of the range AMD graphics card is now just a snip at $699.

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Yahoo's '30 days of change' new logo showcase kicks off

8 August 2013, 09:30

New logo, to be chosen on 5th Sept, will reflect a "renewed sense of purpose and progress".

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Vodafone 4G launches at the end of August in London

8 August 2013, 06:00

The firm will offer sports and music bundles and a 3 months unlimited 'Data Test Drive'.

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Firefox 23 adds mixed content blocking and a network monitor

7 August 2013, 14:46

Update to this popular web browser also sports a share button and a new less shiny logo.

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Lian Li PC-10N mid-tower chassis launched in Europe

7 August 2013, 12:30

New PC case forgoes traditional motherboard tray for a rail mount system.

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Samsung starts mass production of industry's first 3D V-NAND flash

7 August 2013, 10:00

This 3D Vertical NAND memory will achieve gains in performance, density and reliability.

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Resistive RAM provides 1TB on a chip smaller than a stamp

6 August 2013, 14:15

The new memory tech also boasts advantages in power consumption and reliability.

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As PC market shrinks AMD likens Intel/Nvidia to beached whales

6 August 2013, 13:15

AMD's VP of Sales, Roy Taylor, also reckons CUDA and PhysX are dead in the water.

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Intel reveals 7-inch and 10-inch 'Intel Education Tablets'.

6 August 2013, 11:45

These are two new Atom powered Android tablets aimed at the education market.

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MSI announce the GS70, thinnest / lightest 17-inch gaming laptop

6 August 2013, 09:30

Key specs: Intel Core i7 CPU and Nvidia GTX 765M graphics, 21.6mm thick, weighs 2.6Kg.

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Microsoft Surface Pro price cut by $100 in some regions

5 August 2013, 11:30

No signs of a similar cut in the UK as yet.

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ASUS ROG Tytan G70 gaming PC launched

5 August 2013, 10:30

Features eye-catching transforming chassis and "instant four-core overclocking".

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Study suggests home 3D printing could save people up to $2k p.a.

2 August 2013, 12:15

But the "20 common household items" chosen and their market prices look peculiar.

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USB 3.1 spec approved, offering speeds up to 10Gbps

2 August 2013, 11:15

Doubles the transfer rate compared to USB 3.0, challenging Intel Thunderbolt tech.

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Microsoft to drop 'SkyDrive' name worldwide after appeal failure

2 August 2013, 10:00

BSkyB gives Redmond a "reasonable amount of time" to implement the changes.

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O2 (UK) will launch its 4G service on 29th August

1 August 2013, 12:30

Londoners, Leodensians and Bradfordians will be the first to get O2 4G.

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Adata launches 3.1GHz DDR3 XPG V2 3100 overclocking memory

1 August 2013, 10:30

Targeting gamers "with unmatched speed and unique cooling efficiency".

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The Sun website paywall will be erected tomorrow

31 July 2013, 11:30

Every day two million paywall access codes will be in the printed version.

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Toshiba UK refreshes Satellite U and M laptops (Haswell/Richland)

30 July 2013, 12:30

And in the USA Toshiba expands its range of slim aluminium Satellite E series models.

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