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Reviews for Apple's latest iPhone have begun to trickle in, and the general consensus is that it's a bit more impressive than the launch specs and stage presentation alluded to. CNET says that "everything changed just a bit", and while one or two upgrades might not be that noticeable, when the...

Sony's PlayStation 3 might be growing long in the tooth capabilities-wise, but Sony is never against updating its beloved console to either coax its fans into buying a second one, or finally getting those hold-outs to join in on the fun. In 2009, the company released a "slim" version of the...

Guild Wars, the hugely successful subscription-free fantasy MMO, now has its first sequel: Guild Wars 2. The developers promise a divergence from traditional MMO formulas, including those used by the original. Does this new direction hearld a new era of how we play MMOs, or is this an experiment...

The original indie bundle is back and better then ever with the Humble Bundle 6. This is a return to the core ways of doing things for the Humble Bundle group, as the past few offerings have been lackluster at best, in terms of interest. The Humble Android Bundle 3 only generated $820,000, and...

Microsoft has detailed the pricing structure for its upcoming Office 2013 suite of products, and much like Adobe with its recent Creative Suite launch, the company is hoping you'll opt for a subscription package. Real bad - to the point where the company seems to be going out of its way to make...

BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have jointly announced their retirements from the game industry today. Muzyka will go on to invest in and mentor new entrepreneurs, while Zeschuck plans to go on and drink a lot of beer and putting that fun to video with interviews and other ideas...

Following in the footsteps of Orange, which released the 'San Diego' Intel-powered phone this past summer in the UK, Motorola has just announced its 'RAZR i', also in the UK. The phone is the first to feature Intel's latest Atom microarchitecture, Medfield, which means the phone is...

Barely a year after site co-founder Rob Malda left Slashdot, it's been sold, along with SourceForce and Freecode. Dice Holdings, owners of the Dice.com career site, paid $20 million for the deal. Strikingly, $20m is roughly said to be the revenue that all three properties combined earn annually...

In a press release issued mere hours ago, OCZ has announced the immediate departure of its President and CEO, Ryan Petersen. Having co-founded the company, Peterson had been there for over a decade, and according to the release, had been responsible for much of OCZ's successes over the years. In...

It seems like the Sabayon crew has adopted the rapid-release cycle of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, because yet another new version is upon us: 10. Yes, 10. Just last summer, I took a quick look at 6, and given the modest size of the dev team, this output is nothing short of incredible...

In what I'm sure comes as a surprise to very few, Adobe has finally announced the end of support for Windows XP - at least on the Photoshop front. Each product at Adobe has its own team, so some products in "CS7" may support the aging OS, but chances are this will be the launch where we'll see...

In our fast-paced technological world, it's not uncommon to see people jump from one company to the next to take on new challenges. But when an executive leaves their role representing one of the company's more important products, it sure does get the speculation train moving. The latest case is...

Apple has today announced that its latest iPhone has successfully followed in the footsteps of its predecessor by becoming the fastest-selling smartphone of all time. Pre-orders topped-out at 2 million within the first 24 hours, more than doubling the previous record-holder, the iPhone 4S. The...

With each new F1 title Codemasters releases, we're promised improved mechanics, graphics and audio, new must-have features and, generally speaking, the best F1 experience possible in a video game. The latest release also promises to be more "accessible" to new racers, so let's strap in and see...

The great thing about innovation is that it never has to end. Just when many were beginning to feel that roadblocks would prevent mechanical hard drives from progressing much further, WD's subsidiary HGST has just announced a small breakthrough. One of the biggest detriments to mechanical...

Need a game to play this weekend? Thanks to the valiant efforts of some serious fans of the original Half-Life, you have one: Black Mesa. As mentioned in a post we made a couple of weeks ago, Black Mesa is a complete recreation of the game that made Valve famous, using a recent version of the...

Microsoft updated its logo last month after having used the same one for 25 years, and this month, eBay is getting in on the action. The company has been using the same bounce-letter logo since its inception 17 years ago, but as the e-commerce giant looks to the future, a logo update should help...

With the release of its GeForce GTX 660, NVIDIA has delivered what we feel to be one of the most attractive Kepler offerings to date. It may be a step-down from the Ti edition released last month, but the GTX 660 delivers great performance across the board, and priced at $229, it won't break the...

Haul that suit of armor and javelin out of the closet, because Nintendo has finally announced the release date and pricing for its upcoming Wii U console. Why the armor and weapon? If the Wii U's launch is anything like the Wii's, you're going to need any advantage you can get to score one on...

Back in August, Valve made a blog post showing off Left 4 Dead performance between Windows and Linux, and surprisingly, Linux came out ahead. Following-up with more elaborate testing is Phoronix, which has found that across the board, Linux's NVIDIA driver delivers better performance than...