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THQ grab rights to publish Pixar's summer movie, WALL-E

3 January 2008, 12:06

THQ has secured the rights to release a videogame in conjunction with Disney Pixar's E.T. inspired film, WALL●E in the summer of 2008.

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Norovirus running rampant in the UK

3 January 2008, 11:38

UK Doctors estimate that approximately 100,000 people a week are catching norovirus, a stomach bug which causes diarrhoea and vomiting.

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SCi and Midway merger in the pipeline

3 January 2008, 11:33

Vivendi has teamed up with Activision to form Activision Blizzard, last year EA were said to be pondering the acquisition of Ubisoft, and now it's rumoured that Midway are in ...

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Hitachi brings laptop storage up to 500GB

3 January 2008, 11:02

Fancy half a terabyte of storage in your laptop? Hitachi has made it possible today by announcing its Travelstar 5K500 2.5in notebook drive.

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Skype set for Sony PSP

3 January 2008, 10:29

At the Consumer Electronics Show next week, Sony will also be making a big annoucement. The PSP is finally set to have Skype.

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Dell launches Crystal display, or does it?

3 January 2008, 10:25

Earlier today, Dell launched its super sexy transparent monitor, the Dell Crystal. The company has since pulled the launch page but it looks as though we can expect to see ...

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WirelessHD 1.0 specification now complete

3 January 2008, 09:56

It could be time for HDMI to move over as some of the biggest names in the industry have today announced the completed development of the first wireless specification for ...

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A new racer on the block - Crash Time for Xbox 360

3 January 2008, 09:53

There's a new arcade racer on the block! From Synetic, the German developer behind the World Racing series comes Crash Time, a fast-paced racer featuring hair-brained stunts and big crashes.

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HD-DVD ready Xbox 360 Ultimate at CES 2008?

3 January 2008, 09:15

Next week sees the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and rumours are growing that Microsoft has some big news planned for Bill Gate's keynote speech.

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Severe weather warning issued for January 3rd

2 January 2008, 15:23

It's never nice returning to work after a New Year break, and it could get even worse as heavy snow is forecast by the Met Office for Thursday January 3rd.

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$30,000 giveaway ends today!

2 January 2008, 14:32

Extended for an extra two days because we love you all so much, the HEXUS and Intel zero-G giveaway closes at 6pm January 2nd. So if you haven't entered yet... ...

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Atari issued with third strike from Nasdaq

2 January 2008, 13:26

Due to ATARI, INC's failure to submit its financial statement for the quarter ended 30 June 2007, Nasdaq has issued the troubled publisher with its third delisting notice in the ...

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MX vs ATV Untamed - Xbox 360/PS3

2 January 2008, 12:53

In MX vs ATV Untamed, players will compete in new event types, race with all-new vehicles and experience the ultimate X-Cross career mode, where they must master all eight vehicles, ...

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God games cost less at Sainsburys?

2 January 2008, 12:14

The supermarket chain Sainsbury's are hoping to captilise on a booming videogames industry by increasing their floor space for dedicated videogame sections.

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Asus to show second-gen Eee PC next week

2 January 2008, 11:55

Asus is due to show off what it calls the "next generation" of its elfin Eee PC Linux-based sub-laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week.

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Eidos pen sequel to Battlestations Midway

2 January 2008, 11:29

It looks as though Eidos are set to expand their Battlestations series following the discovery that the company has trademarked the name Battlestations Pacific.

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Venturer's cheap HD DVD player isn't cheap

2 January 2008, 11:25

Venturer has launched its cheap HD DVD player, the SHD7001, and all our concerns have proven true; it's not as cheap as we'd hoped.

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Moviefone's Best and Worst of 2007

2 January 2008, 11:05

US based movie information service, Moviefone, has the results from its year end poll. Having accumulated nearly four million votes, the poll tells us that Lindsay Lohan can't act.

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New Crysis mutiplayer maps for free

2 January 2008, 10:28

Crytek has announced a new map pack, which includes five new multiplayer maps for their popular first person shooter Crysis, is now available for download. Better still, it's free!

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AOL putting Netscape to rest

2 January 2008, 10:17

AOL announced Friday that as of February 1st 2008, it will no longer continue support for its Netscape browser and recommends its users switch to Mozilla's Firefox.

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One Wii sold every 17 seconds say Amazon

2 January 2008, 10:15

Spurred on by Wii sales, Amazon are flashing the stats after confirming that they've had a record breaking 2007.

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Get tooled up with 8-in-1 Wii-mote weapon set

2 January 2008, 09:36

They didn't have gaming accessories like this when we were kids! Dragon Electronics new weapon kit for Wii allows you to disguise your wii-mote as a number of weapons for ...

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The Sims: Castaway Stories - PC

2 January 2008, 08:56

This time your Sims have washed up on a tropical island. Help them make a new life in an unexplored paradise in this laptop-friendly version of The Sims.

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SWOS fixed and available for download

2 January 2008, 08:44

The new year on HEXUS.gaming kicks off with the news that a working version of Sensible World of Soccer is now available to download.

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Wii 'tweezer' attacked - hardware unlocked

31 December 2007, 08:47

The Nintendo Wii has now been officially hacked giving full access to its hardware and allowing for the future running of native homebrew.

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MAD solution to speed cameras; burn them!

28 December 2007, 13:53

A group going by the name of MAD (Motorists Against Detection) has announced plans to destroy all speed cameras in the UK. Seriously, we aren't kidding.

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Wal-Mart closes video download service

28 December 2007, 13:29

I keep thinking that digital distribution is the way forward, but perhaps I'm wrong. After only a year in operation, Wal-Mart's video download service has abruptly shut down.

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TG launches sexy LLUON Crystal PC

28 December 2007, 12:57

Korean computer manufacturer Trigem Computers has launched a slim new micro PC, the LLUON Crystal, which continues its trend of eye-catching machines.

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Intel and STMicro Flash venture delayed by cash problems

28 December 2007, 12:35

Intel and STMicroelectronics NV have been forced to delay the merger of their cash-starved flash memory units because of "significant turmoil" in the financial markets.

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Dell's Inspiron 1525 notebook surfaces

28 December 2007, 11:49

The upcoming Inspiron 1520 notebook from Dell has appeared on the computer manufacturer's Australian website and is available for pre-order with shipments expected in early January.

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Microsoft's Windows Home Server corrupts files

28 December 2007, 11:14

Microsoft has acknowledged in a recent knowledge base article that a bug in its Windows Home Server software causes files to become corrupted when using certain programs to save data ...

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VRX MACH 4, the ultimate racing simulator

27 December 2007, 12:05

VRX claims its MACH 4 to be "the worlds most advanced racing and entertainment simulator". I see no reason to disagree.

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NBC airs Knight Rider commercial

27 December 2007, 11:32

We weren't best pleased when Ford's Shelby GT500KR was revealed to be the new KITT and although this new commercial has a cool hint of the classic Knight Rider theme, ...

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