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Sony TransferJet devices coming soon

Sony TransferJet devices coming soon

11 hours ago Devices implementing Sony's TransferJet short-range wireless technology are already available in Japan, and are coming to Western shores some time in the spring. [19]

EA: More Mass Effect for early 2011

EA: More Mass Effect for early 2011

11 hours ago EA has revealed that there will be more Mass Effect games as soon as the start of next year. [6]

Top 10 UK PC games chart

Top 10 UK PC games chart

9th Feb, 12:24 Mass Effect 2 loses the top spot in the Top 10 UK PC games sales chart. [8]

All future EA games to have online features, DLC

All future EA games to have online features, DLC

9th Feb, 11:03 EA has promised that all future games coming out in 2011 will feature an online component. [10]

The PrePeat reusable printer

The PrePeat reusable printer

9th Feb, 10:06 Japanese tech manufacturer Sanwa Newtec has come up with a tonerless, inkless printer which prints images on to plastic sheets - and then erases them for re-use. [10]

Benchmarks show eSATA still king

Benchmarks show eSATA still king

8th Feb 2010 Benchmarks carried out on external storage devices show that USB 3.0 offers impressive speed gains over its predecessor - but that eSATA is still the speed king. [25]

Alpha Protocol now set for Summer 2010

Alpha Protocol now set for Summer 2010

8th Feb 2010 Sega and Obsidian have pushed back the release of Alpha Protocol until Summer 2010. [9]

Bioware: Shepherd "is heterosexual by choice"

Bioware: Shepherd "is heterosexual by choice"

8th Feb 2010 Bioware has explained why gay relationships are allowed in Dragon Age, but not Mass Effect 2. [25]

Supercapacitor promises end to batteries

Supercapacitor promises end to batteries

8th Feb 2010 Work at Imperial College London on plastic supercapacitor material holds the potential to rid the world of batteries once and for all, turning a device's case into the power source. [17]

Patch Tuesday brings 13 fixes

Patch Tuesday brings 13 fixes

5th Feb 2010 Tuesday is set to bring a whopping 13 patches for Microsoft Windows and Office products, eleven of which are marked Critical - and which fix twenty-six bugs in total. [13]

FIFA World Cup Branding has Started

FIFA World Cup Branding has Started

5th Feb 2010 World Cup fever has started, and AVerMedia is here to make sure you can watch the action on your laptop [11]

The Sims turns 10 years old

The Sims turns 10 years old

5th Feb 2010 EA and Maxis have announced that The Sims franchise, which turns 10 years old today, has sold 125 million copies sold. [12]

THQ working on Warhammer 40K MMO

THQ working on Warhammer 40K MMO

5th Feb 2010 THQ has announced that it is working on a new Warhammer 40K MMO which it hopes to unveil at E3 2010. [26]

Xbox Live for original Xbox to be axed soon

Xbox Live for original Xbox to be axed soon

5th Feb 2010 Microsoft has announced that it will soon be removing Xbox Live support for all Xbox 1 services. [17]

Symbian open-source completed

Symbian open-source completed

5th Feb 2010 The release of the Symbian platform under an open-source licence went ahead this week, completing a process which started in June 2008. [13]

iPhone patch fixes security holes

iPhone patch fixes security holes

4th Feb 2010 All iPhone and iPod Touch users are advised to apply Apple's latest update - 3.1.3 - as soon as possible, as it addresses three remotely-exploitable security flaws. [17]

Bioware: "Mass Effect not coming to PS3"

Bioware: "Mass Effect not coming to PS3"

4th Feb 2010 Bioware has confirmed that Mass Effect is not coming to the PS3, ever. [18]

Aliens vs Predator demo now on Steam

Aliens vs Predator demo now on Steam

4th Feb 2010 Sega and Rebellion have released a multiplayer demo of Aliens vs Predator. [54]

Sony considering PSN subscriptions

Sony considering PSN subscriptions

4th Feb 2010 Sony says it is considering making PSN a paid-for service in the future. [32]

Rumour: Amazon buys Touchco

Rumour: Amazon buys Touchco

4th Feb 2010 The word on the street is that Amazon has bought New York-based Touchco, a small start-up specialising in multi-touch display technology - possibly indicating future Kindle features. [0]

SilverStone Announces Hybrid SSD-Hard Disk Device

SilverStone Announces Hybrid SSD-Hard Disk Device

3rd Feb 2010 SilverStone's newly announced HDDBoost pairs an SSD with a hard disk, delivering SSD speed for TBs of storage. [44]

Hotmail attack deletes contacts, emails

Hotmail attack deletes contacts, emails

3rd Feb 2010 An attack against Microsoft's Hotmail site - which the company is blaming on account-harvesting malware - is resulting in the mass-deletion of users' contact lists and sent e-mails. [20]

First Fermi cards to be named GTX 480, GTX 470

First Fermi cards to be named GTX 480, GTX 470

3rd Feb 2010 Nvidia has announced that the first cards to be released based on its new GF100 (Fermi) architecture will be bafflingly named the GTX 480 and GTX 470. [59]

Direct2Drive opens European store

Direct2Drive opens European store

3rd Feb 2010 IGN has launched a new European store for Direct2Drive, complete with a series of discounted games. [11]

Top 10 UK PC games chart

Top 10 UK PC games chart

3rd Feb 2010 Mass Effect 2 jumps to the top of the UK sales chart. [8]

EA wants to make Macbeth: The Game

EA wants to make Macbeth: The Game

3rd Feb 2010 EA's Visceral Games is apparently keen to make a videogame adaptation of Macbeth. [22]

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