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Facebook rages against the X Factor

16 December 2009, 10:16

A Facebook group opposed to the X Factor domination of the Christmas charts is gaining momentum.

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FallOut 3 publisher snaps up Rage

16 December 2009, 09:43

Bethesda now has three big first person shooters due out in 2010.

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Amazon sets a precedent: signs author exclusively for Kindle

15 December 2009, 16:05

The battle of book distribution takes another turn as Amazon by-passes traditional publishers.

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Vodafone first to offer Nokia N900 as HTC HD2 is sidelined

15 December 2009, 15:00

You snooze you lose in the red-hot smartphone market as Vodafone is the first to stock Nokia’s new flagship handset.

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Corsair launches 24GB Dominator DDR3 memory kit

15 December 2009, 13:58

Fancy pairing your Core i7, X58-based system with 24GB of Corsair memory? Now you can.

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Kaspersky works with NVIDIA on GPU virus busting

15 December 2009, 13:23

The Russian security software firm says it has been using Tesla and CUDA to speed up its virus detection.

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Nintendo rides wave of Mario Bros. success

15 December 2009, 13:17

Building on its recent momentum, Nintendo has released a list of upcoming titles for the months ahead.

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Western Europe leads mobile device recovery

15 December 2009, 13:06

Gartner has upwardly revised its forecasts, but warns of increasing grey market activity.

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Seagate gets official with 2.5in 7mm-thick Momentus Thin hard drive

15 December 2009, 12:31

Ultra-thin notebooks are about to get thinner following the introduction of the world’s first 7mm, 2.5in hard drive.

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Toshiba serves up 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module

15 December 2009, 12:12

Coming soon to smartphones, personal media players and more.

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Google aims to take a slice of the URL-shortening pie

15 December 2009, 10:39

Google has unveiled its own URL shortener in the form of Goo.gl.

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MGM HD launches exclusively on Sky TV

15 December 2009, 10:18

Sky's 37th HD channel to offer HD re-mastered movies from the MGM library, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Mysterious Google countdown leads to the unknown

15 December 2009, 09:55

Google's year-end countdown is live, but will there be anything significant at the end?

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VIA rolls out low-power DX10.1-supporting chipset

15 December 2009, 09:37

Taiwanese chip firm VIA boasts that its new VN1000 chipset efficiently does Blu-ray and DirectX 10.1, too.

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Tron Evolution confirmed for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in 2010

15 December 2009, 08:20

Video game to provide one of the keys to unlocking TRON mythology before the opening of major 2010 action adventure film.

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction limited edition unveiled

14 December 2009, 21:17

Limited Edition unveiled, plus news of the worldwide premiere of the multiplayer modes.

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20% of Brits would pay for digital content

14 December 2009, 16:28

A GfK survey commissioned by the Wall Street Journal reveals large majority of us expect our content for free.

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Batman Arkham Asylum 2 confirmed

14 December 2009, 15:07

Rocksteady Studios get behind the Batman franchise again for the sequel to the popular Arkham Aslyum.

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2K Games announces its next big shooter - Spec Ops: The Line

14 December 2009, 15:02

Narrative-driven military shooter set against the backdrop of the sandstorm-ravaged city of Dubai.

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Google Phone details emerge

14 December 2009, 14:24

In a frenzied weekend for the blogosphere, details of the Nexus One are now flooding onto the web.

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Europe welcomes Oracle concessions on MySQL

14 December 2009, 12:15

Oracle commits to a bunch of measures it hopes will make the European Commission approve its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

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Intel six-core Gulftown CPU to be known as Core i7-980X, and released in March 2010?

14 December 2009, 11:53

Six-core chips to invade desktop PC space in 2010. Intel to focus on speed and AMD on value?

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O2 completes live UK 4G trial

14 December 2009, 11:38

Mobile operator partners with telco company Huawei to road-test LTE technology in Slough.

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DisplayLink offers multi-screens to multitaskers

14 December 2009, 11:06

Palo Alto based firm DisplayLink, which recently hired a new CEO and raised some $8 million in funding offers multi-screens to those who just can't get it all done on ...

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Acer Aspire One 532h Intel Pine Trail netbook specs leaked

14 December 2009, 10:52

Intel's Pine Trail platform will be launched in early January 2010, it seems, and Acer already has an interpretation of it up its sleeve.

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MSI's USB 3.0, SATA 6Gbps-supporting P55-GD85 pictured

14 December 2009, 10:37

Although not much has been said officially by MSI, a few snaps of the board have been spotted on the web, with some specs to match.

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Apple sues Nokia back

11 December 2009, 16:32

The inevitable legal ping-pong ensues as former Intel top lawyer picks up where he left off.

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ASUS spins-off 75% of Pegatron

11 December 2009, 14:26

Separation of contract manufacturing arm undertaken to avoid perceived conflicts of interest.

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Motorola MILESTONE hits the UK via eXpansys

11 December 2009, 13:37

The Android 2.0 phone, known as DROID in the US, is now available as a stand-alone purchase.

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INQ Chat 3G now available on 3

11 December 2009, 11:42

Social networking handset offers a cost-effective entry into the smartphone market.

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O2 dangles £2 million carrot at channel partners

11 December 2009, 10:51

Sees the indirect channel as a key way of growing its customer base as markets continue to converge.

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ASUS announces official support for Intel's hexa-core Gulftown processor

11 December 2009, 10:05

Planning an upgrade to Intel's upcoming six-core, 32nm Westmere processor? ASUS' existing X58 boards have you covered via a BIOS update.

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AMD SEC amendment reflects Intel payment

11 December 2009, 09:18

The littler chipmaker today said it had made a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, now that Intel has paid it the damages owed.

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