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Digital distributors boycott MW2

Digital distributors boycott MW2

6th Nov 2009 Digital distributors Direct2Drive, Impulse and GamersGate have announced they are boycotting MW2. [43]

Eee Keyboard delayed

Eee Keyboard delayed

6th Nov 2009 Asus has announced that the Eee Keyboard will now not ship until early next year - although it's using the delay to upgrade the 5" resistive touchscreen to a capacitive model. [14]

Activision defends MW2 on PC

Activision defends MW2 on PC

6th Nov 2009 Activision president Mike Griffith has spoken out in defence of the PC version of Modern Warfare 2. [53]

EA: "Singleplayer is no longer the future"

EA: "Singleplayer is no longer the future"

6th Nov 2009 Speaking at an EA Showcase earlier this week an EA Spokesperson said that singleplayer games are no longer the future. [48]

Carmack: Rage may drop dedicated servers too

Carmack: Rage may drop dedicated servers too

6th Nov 2009 id Software's John Carmack has said that Rage may not support dedicated servers either. [34]

Nvidia prods Intel with satire site

Nvidia prods Intel with satire site

6th Nov 2009 Graphics specialist Nvidia has launched a satirical cartoon site, which is currently concentrating on lampooning Intel's allegedly anti-competitive actions in the processor market. [33]

No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero

No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero

5th Nov 2009 Pop group No Doubt has decided to sue Activision over how it is represented in Band Hero. [27]

New York files antitrust suit against Intel

New York files antitrust suit against Intel

5th Nov 2009 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. [16]

"Prince of Persia film is a hit with gamers"

"Prince of Persia film is a hit with gamers"

5th Nov 2009 Jerry Bruckheimer claims that the Prince of Persia film is going down a storm with test audiences. [26]

Modern Warfare 2 PC player limit slashed

Modern Warfare 2 PC player limit slashed

5th Nov 2009 Infinity Ward has announced that the maximum players in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has been heavily reduced. [102]

Apple Atom support lives again

Apple Atom support lives again

5th Nov 2009 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. [9]

Google fined £29 million for tax dodge

Google fined £29 million for tax dodge

4th Nov 2009 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. [30]

VIA announces new Nano chip

VIA announces new Nano chip

4th Nov 2009 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. [12]

Dutch cracker targets iPhones

Dutch cracker targets iPhones

3rd Nov 2009 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. [20]

C&C Red Alert released for iPhone

C&C Red Alert released for iPhone

3rd Nov 2009 EA has released an updated version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert for the iPhone. [9]

Rumour: GT5 has track editor

Rumour: GT5 has track editor

3rd Nov 2009 Rumours are flying that Gran Turismo 5 will feature a track editor when it is eventually released. [18]

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

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

3rd Nov 2009 The second round of the Beat Me If You Dare overclocking competition is upon us. [52]

Sapphire launches Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X

Sapphire launches Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X

3rd Nov 2009 Today marks the day when you can place your order for the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-x graphics card. [15]

Spector tried to buy Deus Ex rights

Spector tried to buy Deus Ex rights

3rd Nov 2009 Deus Ex designer Warren Spector once tried to buy the rights to his own game. [17]

Mac OS update breaks hackintoshes

Mac OS update breaks hackintoshes

3rd Nov 2009 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. [31]

New dual-GPU ATI Radeon 5970 spotted

New dual-GPU ATI Radeon 5970 spotted

2nd Nov 2009 The first look at ATI's forthcoming dual-gpu, DX11 graphics card. [50]

Windows loses market share to Mac OS

Windows loses market share to Mac OS

2nd Nov 2009 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. [28]

Valve reveals L4D2 Xbox Awards

Valve reveals L4D2 Xbox Awards

2nd Nov 2009 Valve has revealed a new award system for the Xbox 360 that lets players unlock Avatar customisation options through the game. [4]

Golden Joystick winners announced

Golden Joystick winners announced

2nd Nov 2009 The Golden Joystick winners have been announced, with Fallout 3 taking most of the glory. [15]

P2P drives higher sales

P2P drives higher sales

2nd Nov 2009 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. [19]

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

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

30th Oct 2009 First look at the new six-core CPU from Intel - will it be a Core i9? Who knows... [47]

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