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Review Frozen Synapse 2 Review

Thermal vision.

18-9-18 // 2:00p.m.

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Gambling Commission promises to work on game gambling

Signs cross-border declaration.

18-9-18 // 11:11a.m.

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Trump extends Chinese trade war tariffs

$60b becomes $200b.

18-9-18 // 10:55a.m.

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Brian Fargo investigates Interplay acquisition

Depends on Bard's Tale IV sales, though.

18-9-18 // 10:39a.m.

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ECS unveils next-gen 1 litre 'Pineview' Atom box

COMPUTEX 09: This teeny tiny passively cooled box from ECS features Intel's next generation Atom platform: Pineview.

2-6-09 // 3:44a.m.

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Try out Windows 7 free for a year

The first release candidate of Windows 7 will be released to the public on 5 May, and won't expire until 1 June 2010.

1-5-09 // 10:50a.m.

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Gigabyte searching for oldest working motherboard

Gigabyte is offering a goody bag to whoever has the oldest working Gigabyte motherboard that's still in use.

2-4-09 // 3:14p.m.

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Hagiwara shrinks SSD tech to 1"

Hagiwara SSD has announced a new range of tiny 1" SSD drives which use caching and wear-levelling technologies originally developed for 2.5" units.

30-3-09 // 4:02p.m.

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Review Acer G24 - 24" widescreen gaming monitor

Sporting a massive 50,000:1 contrast ratio and 2ms response, this large 24" display only comes in a fetching orange to match the new Predator PC. But what's it like if you want it on its own to add a splash of colour to your workplace? We find out.

4-9-08 // 8:02a.m.

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STEC annouces 1" SSDs

American memory manufacturer STEC has announced a new range of solid-state drives which use the 1" form factor for maximum modding potential.

23-4-08 // 2:10p.m.

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Review Windows Vista SP1 Gaming Performance

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was released to the public last week and as we will be moving all of our test systems to SP1 over time, we felt it was necessary to put the new Service Pack under the microscope. Today we look at gaming performance across a range of titles.

25-3-08 // 2:54p.m.

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Microsoft goes Service Pack crazy

We're heading for service pack city as Vista, XP and Office 2007 all get a tune up and a bit of spit 'n' polish.

7-12-07 // 10:23a.m.

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Windows install base to top 1bn by end of 2008

At Microsoft's 2007 Analyst's Day, Steve Ballmer revealed that the Windows install base will go past the one billion mark in 2008.

29-7-07 // 11:49a.m.

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Fallout 3 trailer released

After a thirty-seven day countdown, Bethesda has released the first Fallout 3 trailer and it's moody as hell.

6-6-07 // 11:49a.m.

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Croteam announces Serious Sam 3

Croteam formally announce a Serious Sam sequel, as well as details of their new unnamed military simulation.

15-5-07 // 11:51a.m.

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Vista SP1 release scheduled for 2H07

The latest round of leaked emails from Microsoft has revealed that the software giant has put Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on fast track.

25-1-07 // 11:41a.m.

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Review The Book of Games Volume 1

We take a look at The Book of Games to see whether a book, about games, can be at all interesting. The ideal gift for a non-gaming parent or girlfriend? Okay, maybe not your girlfriend...

15-12-06 // 4:04p.m.

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1 billion points in Geometry Wars?

An Xbox Live God known as K4rn4ge is planning on breaking 1 billion points in addictive 2D shooter Geometry Wars. Can he do it?

8-12-06 // 9:23a.m.

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Firefox 2 Beta 1 is out

As the battle for browser share goes on, a new version of Firefox adds functionality and stability.

14-7-06 // 8:29a.m.

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Half-Life 2: Episode One is out today!

The hotly-anticipated expansion to 2005's best game is coming today. We can barely contain ourselves at the thought of all the headcrabby goodness.

1-6-06 // 11:10a.m.

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Windows Vista is December 1

A new viral game has led to a fairly concrete idea of the availability of the next operating system from Microsoft. It's not coming out in the summer, as we suspected.

8-2-06 // 8:44a.m.

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