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Gabe Newell is going to Australia

Gabe Newell is going to Australia

2nd Oct 2009 Valve's Gabe Newell has announced that he will honour plans to visit a modder in Australia. [38]

Bloggers prompt WTF change

Bloggers prompt WTF change

2nd Oct 2009 Bloggers have convinced the Wisconsin Tourism Federation to change its name to the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin owing to its unfortunate acronym WTF. [9]

Six-core Intel CPU will be called Core i9

Six-core Intel CPU will be called Core i9

1st Oct 2009 Gigabyte confirms everyone's suspicion that the forthcoming six-core Gulftown CPU will be branded as Core i9. [27]

Win Gigabyte graphics cards by Overclocking!

Win Gigabyte graphics cards by Overclocking!

1st Oct 2009 Test your overclocking skills againt Gigabyte and bag yourself a top-end graphics card or gaming mouse. [52]

Finjan warns over new banking Trojan

Finjan warns over new banking Trojan

1st Oct 2009 Security firm Finjan has alerted users to a particularly insidious new Trojan which infects Windows-based systems and steals money from on-line banking systems. [13]

Modern Warfare 2 DLC coming in spring

Modern Warfare 2 DLC coming in spring

1st Oct 2009 Activision has slyly hinted at a coming map pack for Modern Warfare 2, set for a Spring 2010 release. [10]

Zeno Clash coming to Xbox Live

Zeno Clash coming to Xbox Live

1st Oct 2009 Zeno Clash is heading to consoles, with new content and modes to boot. [2]

Australian attorney blocks new rating system

Australian attorney blocks new rating system

1st Oct 2009 An Australian attorney is blocking potential changes to the rating systems over fears about the impact of violent games. [11]

Windows 7 Compatible logo scheme unveiled

Windows 7 Compatible logo scheme unveiled

1st Oct 2009 Microsoft has revealed the details behind its "Compatible with Windows 7" logo scheme. [20]

First Fermi card pictured

First Fermi card pictured

30th Sep 2009 GTC 2009: Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang showed off the first Fermi card - it's a Tesla card, but expect the GeForce card to look pretty similar. [37]

Nvidia CEO reveals Fermi architecture

Nvidia CEO reveals Fermi architecture

30th Sep 2009 GTC 2009: Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang revealed the company's next generation GPU architecture, codenamed Fermi. [27]

TV Update will brick 20,000 set-top boxes

TV Update will brick 20,000 set-top boxes

30th Sep 2009 Up to 18 million homes will need to retune their set-top boxes and 20,000 may stop working today as the service is upgraded to allow future HD broadcasting. [37]

MS releases free Security Essentials

MS releases free Security Essentials

30th Sep 2009 Microsoft has released its Security Essentials, a free anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-malware package for Windows - and reviews are positive. [30]

Old Republic starts open testing

Old Republic starts open testing

30th Sep 2009 Bioware has officially opened up the beta for the new Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. [10]

Sony expected more PSPgo retail problems

Sony expected more PSPgo retail problems

30th Sep 2009 Sony says that the retail problems facing the PSPgo aren't as bad as they expected. [11]

Inmate cripples prison systems

Inmate cripples prison systems

30th Sep 2009 A criminal sentenced to six years for fraud over the Internet was given the task of coding for Ranby Prison - and locked the governors out with a series of passwords. [20]

Panasonic demos 50" plasma 3D TV

Panasonic demos 50" plasma 3D TV

29th Sep 2009 Panasonic has unveiled its latest 3D TV, which features a 1080p panel and uses active shutter glasses to offer a 3D image in full HD. [12]

Capcom announces Super Street Fighter IV

Capcom announces Super Street Fighter IV

29th Sep 2009 Capcom has announced a new Street Fighter game, Super Street Fighter IV. [15]

Counter-Strike creator starts new project

Counter-Strike creator starts new project

29th Sep 2009 The creator of Counter-Strike has rejected plans to make CS2 and announced a new game, Tactical Intervention. [25]

No Modern Warfare 2 demo or beta

No Modern Warfare 2 demo or beta

29th Sep 2009 Activision has confirmed that there'll be no Modern Warfare 2 demo, at all. [60]

Google used to distribute malware

Google used to distribute malware

29th Sep 2009 Google's DoubleClick advertising brokerage has been used by ne'er-do-wells to put malware-laced ads on some of the web's top sites - but the company blames others. [10]

MS patents on-screen touch-type keyboard

MS patents on-screen touch-type keyboard

28th Sep 2009 Microsoft has applied for a patent on a new keyboard technology, using multitouch to align the keys to your hands and scale the keyboard. [22]

Inafune: Japanese games are dead

Inafune: Japanese games are dead

28th Sep 2009 Keiji Inafune, Capcom's head of R&D, says the Japanese games industry is doomed. [19]

Alpha Protocol delayed until Summer 2010?

Alpha Protocol delayed until Summer 2010?

28th Sep 2009 Rumours are flying that Sega's espionage RPG, Alpha Protocol, has been delayed until June 2010. [9]

Mix ATI & Nvidia? Lose PhysX

Mix ATI & Nvidia? Lose PhysX

28th Sep 2009 Nvidia has confirmed that its drivers deliberately disable on-GPU PhysX physics acceleration if you attempt to use one of its cards alongside an ATI GPU for graphics rendering. [85]

UK's first open access fibre network showcased

UK's first open access fibre network showcased

28th Sep 2009 The UK's first open access fibre optic network has been showcased promissing upload and download speeds of up to 100Mbps [35]

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