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Twitter valued at $1 billion

25th Sep 2009 Twitter has just completed another round of funding, securing investment of $100 million in a deal which values the microblogging company at a staggering $1 billion. [18]

Core i7 notebooks hit the market

24th Sep 2009 Notebooks from Dell's Alienware brand and rival MSI using the new Clarksfield-based mobile i7 processors have finally been unveiled. [17]

ATI Radeon HD 5850 launch date confirmed?

24th Sep 2009 With the HD 5870 now released, we turn our attention to its little brother and when we might see the HD 5850 hit the shops [25]

PS3 Slim shortages possible

24th Sep 2009 Sony has warned that shortages of the PS3 Slim are already looking likely. [11]

Wii trade price lowered in the UK

24th Sep 2009 Nintendo has lowered the trade price of the Wii in the UK back to it's pre-hike price and discounted the console in the US and Japan. [9]

Microsoft to buyout EA?

24th Sep 2009 Rumours are flying that Microsoft may be about to buy-out EA games. [24]

Apple Tablet: unannounced but selling well

24th Sep 2009 Apple's still-unconfirmed tablet appears to be selling well despite absolutely no information leaving the company. [22]

NZXT competition winner announced

23rd Sep 2009 Are you a winner? [52]

Toshiba unveils ultra-slim SSDs

23rd Sep 2009 Toshiba has taken the wraps of a pair of new, ultra-small SSDs for slim notebooks and netbooks - including one unit that uses the new mini-SATA connection standard. [14]

Left 4 Dead 2 demo coming next month

23rd Sep 2009 Valve has confirmed a Left 4 Dead 2 demo for next month. [19]

Swastika prompts German Wolfenstein recall

23rd Sep 2009 A swastika which is still faintly visible in the German version of Wolfenstein has prompted a complete recall. [46]

Razer ships malware with drivers

23rd Sep 2009 Peripheral manufacturer Razer has taken down its support site following reports that it was unwittingly distributing a worm dropper as part of several driver update packages. [8]

Win a Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X card!

23rd Sep 2009 Win Sapphire's new ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X card, which has DX11 support and a brilliant Vapor-X cooler! [860]

Win more goodies from Enermax

22nd Sep 2009 Enter this easy competition to win some cool stuff, including PSUs, cases and some super-funky fans! [143]

iPhone OS 3.1 brings battery life issues

22nd Sep 2009 The latest version of the iPhone firmware - 3.1 - appears to be drastically reducing battery life for quite a few users, and Apple is so far keeping quiet as to the cause. [23]

AMD announces Thuban six-core CPUs

22nd Sep 2009 AMD has announced the desktop equivalent to its recently released six-core Opteron server processors, due next year and dubbed Thuban. [20]

GoldenEye 64 re-release is unlikely

21st Sep 2009 Rare has said that the rumoured re-release of GoldenEye 64 is now not going to happen. [36]

Trackmania 2 announced

21st Sep 2009 Nadeo has formally announced Trackmania 2 at the Paris Game Festivals. [14]

Game unveils Modern Warfare 2: Veteran Edition

21st Sep 2009 Game has unveiled a new Modern Warfare 2: Veteran Edition package, which looks to be crazy-expensive again. [25]

Scribd sued for copyright infringement

21st Sep 2009 The law firm who represented file sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset is now on the other side of the courtroom, accusing sharing site Scribd of infringement. [4]

First USB 3.0 HD webcam at IDF

21st Sep 2009 Industrial camera specialist Point Grey Research is due to show off a USB 3.0-equipped webcam capable of streaming uncompressed 1080p video to the host at IDF. [15]

PSPgo Minis will have no wireless multiplayer

18th Sep 2009 Sony has cancelled plans to feature wireless multiplayer and DLC with Minis. [18]

Play UT3 for free this weekend

18th Sep 2009 Epic and Steam have announced another free weekend for Unreal Tournament 3. [8]

Pink Floyd might work on rhythm game?

18th Sep 2009 Pink Floyd has indicated that it might be willing to make a licensed rhythm game, despite some concerns. [17]

Mozilla speeds Firefox development

18th Sep 2009 The Mozilla Foundation has switched to a new development method - known as a 'sprint cycle' - which should help get new features to users as quickly as possible. [12]

Microsoft confirms Marketplace 'kill-switch'

18th Sep 2009 Microsoft has confirmed that applications removed from the Windows Marketplace for Mobile store after approval will be automatically deleted from users' handsets. [7]

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