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New York files antitrust suit against Intel

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:45:15 +0000

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has filed a federal antitrust suit against chip maker Intel, claiming that it bribed and threatened OEMS to maintain a monopoly.

"Prince of Persia film is a hit with gamers"

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:19:20 +0000

Jerry Bruckheimer claims that the Prince of Persia film is going down a storm with test audiences.

Modern Warfare 2 PC player limit slashed

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:18:44 +0000

Infinity Ward has announced that the maximum players in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has been heavily reduced.

Apple Atom support lives again

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:09:15 +0000

Support for low-power Atom processors - at the heart of many a hackintosh - appears to be back in the latest developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 - build 10C525.

Google fined £29 million for tax dodge

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:34 +0000

Google has found itself on the receiving end of a whopping £28.75M tax bill after the Turkish government investigated its operations within the country.

VIA announces new Nano chip

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:30 +0000

VIA has announced a new Nano range - the Nano 3000 series - which it hopes will challenge Intel's dominance of the netbook market, offering improved performance over the Atom.

Dutch cracker targets iPhones

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:31:25 +0000

A Dutch cracker is running a scam in which he targets jailbroken iPhones using the default SSH password and demands €5 for instructions on securing the device.

C&C Red Alert released for iPhone

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:14:04 +0000

EA has released an updated version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert for the iPhone.

Rumour: GT5 has track editor

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:07:02 +0000

Rumours are flying that Gran Turismo 5 will feature a track editor when it is eventually released.

Win $1,500 in this month's Gigabyte comp

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:02:55 +0000

The second round of the Beat Me If You Dare overclocking competition is upon us.

Sapphire launches Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:12:58 +0000

Today marks the day when you can place your order for the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-x graphics card.

Spector tried to buy Deus Ex rights

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:21:49 +0000

Deus Ex designer Warren Spector once tried to buy the rights to his own game.

Mac OS update breaks hackintoshes

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:16:59 +0000

The latest developer update for Mac OS X Leopard - 10.6.2 - removes support for Intel's Atom processor, preventing 'hackintosh' netbooks running the OS from booting.

New dual-GPU ATI Radeon 5970 spotted

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:42:59 +0000

The first look at ATI's forthcoming dual-gpu, DX11 graphics card.

Windows loses market share to Mac OS

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:49:51 +0000

Despite the launch of Windows 7, figures from market watcher Net Applications show Microsoft's Windows OS losing ground to rival Apple's Mac OS X.

Valve reveals L4D2 Xbox Awards

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:29:00 +0000

Valve has revealed a new award system for the Xbox 360 that lets players unlock Avatar customisation options through the game.

Golden Joystick winners announced

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:32:36 +0000

The Golden Joystick winners have been announced, with Fallout 3 taking most of the glory.

P2P drives higher sales

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:30:43 +0000

A new survey conducted by Ipsos Mori and commissioned by Demos suggests that file sharers spend more than twice as much on music per year as non-infringing users.

Six-core Core i7s photographed in the bit-tech lab

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:25:04 +0000

First look at the new six-core CPU from Intel - will it be a Core i9? Who knows...

EC plans wireless broadband for all

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:52:13 +0000

The European Commission has unveiled plans to use the freed up analogue TV spectrum to offer high-speed wireless broadband to all citizens.

Forum Modding Update: 30th October 09

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:58:13 +0000

Check out some of the latest modding content from our community!

Nintendo: Wii sales have "stalled"

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:59:14 +0000

Nintendo has admitted that Wii sales have stalled a bit due to lack of strong software support.

Doom boxart artist dies of heart attack

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:27 +0000

Don Ivan Punchatz, the artist behind the artwork on the original Doom box, has died of cardiac arrest.

Mac OS game deletes files

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:05:33 +0000

A Space Invaders clone for the Mac deletes a file each time an enemy is killed - but its author claims it is art, rather than malware.

Tilera unveils 100-core processor

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:42:07 +0000

High-performance computing specialist Tilera has announced the creation of the world's first 100-core processor, aimed at providing a simpler cloud computing platform.