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Anyone in the market for an $8,000 PC? BFG is now taking orders for Phobos

23 January 2009, 09:37

If you aren't feeling the pinch, and you're after a PC that'll provide plenty of bragging rights, BFG's Phobos might be for you.

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Breakeven point remains elusive as ever for AMD

23 January 2009, 09:04

The global recession and yet another write-down of its ATI acquisition contribute to a bad quarter for AMD.

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Britannica takes on Wikipedia by opening its doors to the Internet

22 January 2009, 16:57

Britannica will be going head-to-head with the increasingly popular Wikipedia by allowing the public to make contributions.

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A trio of new Spore games for Wii, DS and PC

22 January 2009, 15:55

Three new games born from the Spore franchise have been revealed for 2009.

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Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs

22 January 2009, 15:28

As the software giant’s quarterly revenue falls slightly below expectations, cost savings are announced.

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2009 Oscar nominations announced

22 January 2009, 15:00

The 2009 Oscar nominees have been announced and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the way with 13 nominations.

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MSI's 790-series motherboards for unreleased AMD Phenom II AM3 CPUs

22 January 2009, 14:56

Phenom II AM3 is coming sooner than you might think, and bringing DDR3-1,333 support with it.

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President Obama gets the White House on the blogosphere

22 January 2009, 14:07

President Barack Obama has hopes of government transparency, and we can now keep up to date with White House activity via RSS!

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Ubisoft has rhythm too

22 January 2009, 14:04

Ubisoft ready to take on Guitar Hero and Rock Band? It better be good.

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Lian Li introduces back-to-front PC-A05N mid-tower chassis

22 January 2009, 13:32

With the trend for smaller, more efficient parts gaining traction, Lian Li has launched a slightly-perculiar mid-tower chassis.

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Mario & Sonic take to the slopes for the Winter Olympics

22 January 2009, 13:16

The Mario and Sonic collaboration is set to continue with an outing to the Winter Olympics.

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Sapphire serves up the silently-cooled Radeon HD 4670 ULTIMATE

22 January 2009, 12:30

On the lookout for an ideal HTPC graphics card? Sapphire seems to have one in the form of a passively-cooled Radeon HD 4670.

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World in Conflict gets Soviet Assault expansion

22 January 2009, 12:07

Ubisoft's popular strategy title gets an all-new expansion in March.

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CompTIA targets resellers with new marketing toolkit

22 January 2009, 11:41

PC trade association expands its offering to members, providing marketing and PR advice for free.

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Apple shares its thoughts on the market, talks netbooks and iPhone competition

22 January 2009, 11:19

Despite the frail economy, Apple has posted a record first quarter and chief operating officer Tim Cook had plenty to say.

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Intel to bump SSD capacity to 320GB in late 2009

22 January 2009, 09:55

It isn't quite time to put larger hard-disk drives to bed, but Intel is planning on doubling its solid-state capacity within the year.

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Apple reports best ever quarterly revenue

22 January 2009, 09:48

Apple has exceeded expectations by announcing 6% year-on-year revenue growth.

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Exclusive content for first Command & Conquer title for PS3

22 January 2009, 09:35

An Ultimate Edition containing exclusive content comes to PS3 this March.

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Intel to close five factories, affecting up to 6,000 employees

22 January 2009, 08:47

The chip giant is adapting to the current plunge in demand by closing some older factories.

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AMD releases Fusion For Gaming Utility

21 January 2009, 16:59

Busting out of beta, Fusion For Gaming is a one-click solution for a better gaming experience, AMD hopes.

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Pound buys just $1.37. Influencing your buying decisions?

21 January 2009, 15:25

Now you can get just $1.32 at the tourist rate. How much lower can it go?

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First fake Nintendo DS consoles seized in UK raid

21 January 2009, 15:11

A husband and wife team are caught selling fake DS consoles on eBay.

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Obama announces his technology agenda

21 January 2009, 14:48

Did you know Barack Obama is US president? Amazing eh? Here’s his agenda for technology.

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NVIDIA to become the "green team" with launch of GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition

21 January 2009, 12:58

Forget about all the custom-cooled overclocked cards, underclocked models that consume less power are what today's market calls for.

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AMD to pair dual-core Neo with Congo platform later this year?

21 January 2009, 12:34

AMD's low-power Neo processor is already under threat from Intel's CULV, but it'll be backed up by a dual-core offering.

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NVIDIA keeps banging on the GPGPU drum, starts bundling Adobe software with Quadro GPU

21 January 2009, 11:49

For those in the video-editing industry, NVIDIA is offering savings of up to 40 per cent with its Quadro CX and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 bundle.

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Seagate's Barracuda woes take a turn for the worse

21 January 2009, 10:23

The firmware update released to fix potential hard-drive problems now appears to be bricking drives left, right and centre.

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Loss of credit insurance blamed for Empire Direct failure

21 January 2009, 09:15

Yorkshire based electrical retailer goes into administration following withdrawal by credit insurers.

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Qualcomm buys AMD’s handheld division for $65 million

20 January 2009, 15:35

AMD finally off-loads its handheld graphics division six months after putting it on the market.

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First New Play Control games confirmed and dated for Wii

20 January 2009, 14:15

Upgraded GameCube games, including Mario Power Tennis, debut on Wii this February.

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Intel rolls out trio of 65W Core 2 Quad processors

20 January 2009, 13:23

Core i7 may be the new performance champ, but these long-awaited 65W quad-core chips could become fan favourites.

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Killzone 2 a system seller? PS3 bundle announced

20 January 2009, 13:21

Sony announce Killzone 2 PS3 bundle exclusive to U.K.

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New tracks available for Rock Band 2