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Nexus produce a wide variety of products, from cases to CPU Coolers, Power Supplies, and duster cleaning materials? Seems Nexus feel that dusty PCs need a bit of attention, and the best way to go ...

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Nexus Air Duster Cleaning Spray 3rd Feb - Other products
Nexus Air Duster Cleaning Spray

Nexus produce a wide variety of products, from cases to CPU Coolers, Power Supplies, and duster cleaning materials? Seems Nexus feel that dusty PCs need a bit of attention, and the best way to go about it is with a ...

Synology DS210j NAS 2nd Feb - Other products
Synology DS210j NAS

In the last few years, as computing has become more mainstream with products like the Wii and the iPhone bringing these electronics into the homes and hearts of an ever expanding market of consumers, one of the largest ...

Speedlink Competition Pro 99 Game Collection

Speedlink have decided to put together a simple package of 99 games from one of the ...


Speedlink Bubble Chuk

The final in our trio of mini Wii accessory reviews from Speedlink is the Bubble Chuk. Designed to ...


Speedlink Wii Classic Controller

Following on from our Speedlink mini review of the Zone Charge Station, here's another one from ...



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Hardware round-up | 08/02/10
Monday, February 8th 15:33 GMT (28 views)
Hardware round-up: 08/02/10
CPU COOLERS
CPUS
CASES
DRIVES
GPU COOLERS
GRAPHICS CARDS
MOTHERBOARDS
OTHER PRODUCTS
PERIPHERALS
POWER SUPPLY UNITS
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Gaming | ESRB Apologises for Dead or Alive Rating Text
Monday, February 8th 14:09 GMT (29 views)
ESRB Apologises for Dead or Alive Rating Text The Entertainment Ratings board has apologised for the strange, and condescending text that was used to describe the content of Dead or Alive Paradise.

The original summary criticized the game's "creepy voyeurism" and "bizarre, misguided notions of what women really want." "Paradise cannot mean straddling felled tree trunks in dental-floss thongs," the original summary concluded.

ESRB issued an official statement explaining and apologizing for the error. "The rating summary for Dead or Alive Paradise was posted to our website in error, and we have since replaced that version with the corrected one. We recognize that the initial version improperly contained subjective language and that issue has been addressed," the statement reads.

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Industry | Sony Could Start Charging for PSN
Monday, February 8th 14:07 GMT (28 views)
Sony Could Start Charging for PSN Sony has hinted at the fact that they may begin charging for their Platstation Network which until now, had been free to all owners of PSPs and Playstation 3s.

"Will we charge for [PSN], or why don't we charge for it?", ony Computer Entertainment America SVP of marketing and PSN Peter Dille said in a recent interview."It's been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until now, but Kaz [Sony Computer Entertainment CEO] recently went on the record as saying that's something we're looking at."

"I can confirm that as well. That's something that we're actively thinking about. What's the best way to approach that if we were to do that? You know, no announcements at this point in time, but it's something we're thinking about."


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General | China Shuts Down Hacker Training Site
Monday, February 8th 14:04 GMT (23 views)
China Shuts Down Hacker Training Site China has shut down what is thought to be the largest website in the country for training would be hackers; perhaps so that their own training sources can become more popular. The site was called Black Hawk Safety Net, and not only provided lessons for hackers to-be, but also sold malicious software for them to use.

China has arrested three people who were apparently running the site, charging them with recruiting thousands of members online and providing them with cyber attack lessons and Trojan software. Apparently at their peak, the site had over 12,000 paying subscribers and collected more than seven million yuan ($1m: £650,000) in membership fees with over 125,000 free members also signed up.





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General | Anti-Virus Doesn't Block all Malware
Monday, February 8th 13:55 GMT (33 views)
Anti-Virus Doesn't Block all Malware Despite many people having up to date anti virus, anti spyware and even anti-malware software, many users are still managing to get infected its been unveiled in a servey. It was confused by SurfRight who had over 70,000 people scan their completely updated PC with their HitmanPro 3 behavioural scan, and it showed that over a third of people had some sort of malware running rampant.

Surfright's system is somewhat different to other products as it combines 7 different antivirus programs into one search function, and seems to be a rather impressive anti-malware solution.

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Hardware | Google's Nexus One Not Really Selling
Monday, February 8th 13:44 GMT (33 views)
Google's Nexus One Not Really Selling Google's Nexus One mobile phone, the flagship of their Android phone platform is not selling too well at all; despite a heavy push from the search firm. Apparently the company only managed to shift 80,000 units its first month which is pretty poor considering the first iPhone sold well over half a million. However, Motorola managed to sell 525,000 mobiles sporting the Android platform; so it shows that the OS isn't the problem, the Nexus phone itself is.

Its also believed that Google hasn't really advertised the phone at all, I don't remember seeing one advert for it beyond the news site announcements.



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Gaming | Original Xbox Losing Live Functionality
Monday, February 8th 13:34 GMT (31 views)
Original Xbox Losing Live Functionality Microsoft has announced that as of the 15th of April this year, server support for the original Xbox Live will not longer be accessible. The company halted software support for the older console in 2008, encouraging their users to upgrade to the newer 360. This is a different tactic taken to rivals Sony who still develop games for their PS2 console.

Oddly, its also expected that even playing games in emulation mode on the Xbox 360 will not make online play possible for original Xbox titles. Local multiplayer modes will still be usable, as well as single player content of course, but online multiplayer will no longer work as of the 15th of April.

Apparently the reason for this change is that there's due to be a large update to the Xbox Live service, and Microsoft don't want to invest any dollars into upgrading the older platform.



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Gaming | Capcom Teases Monster Hunter MMO
Monday, February 8th 13:13 GMT (31 views)
Capcom Teases Monster Hunter MMO Comic creators Capcom have announced that while they have already released the Monster Hunter MMO on the Xbox 360 in Japane, they may release it in Europe and North America too; but they have yet to decide.

"I feel Monster Hunter can definitely succeed overseas," Capcom executive Keiji Inafune told Famitsu, as noted and translated by andriasang. "There's a high possibility that MHF will kickstart that."

The game was originally release for PC in 2007, but only in Japan so far.

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Hardware | Apple Offers Monetary incentive for iMac Return
Monday, February 8th 13:05 GMT (27 views)
Apple Offers Monetary incentive for iMac Return Steve Jobs' Apple has finally caved in regards to fixing the ill fate iMac PC, and has announced a recall with a monetary incentive for those willing to get a refund. This is an effort by the firm to halt complaints, as replacement panels in the UK have run out.

The biggest problem so far for the iMac has been the swelling numbers of yellow tinted monitors which see the screen showing off a very yellow tinge to everything displayed.

The money bonus for those bringing back their ill fated hardware is around 15% of the original purchase price, which would be a couple of hundred quid for those with the most expensive models. Its looking like Apple could be losing quite a bunch on this particular piece of hardware.



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XSR Announcement | Last Chance to Win PC Games
Friday, February 5th 18:26 GMT (101 views)
Last Chance to Win PC Games This weekend marks the last chance for all users to win one of our games that we're giving away. Two copies of Gratuitous Space Battles, and three of Pirates of the Burning Sea are Available. Click the link below to find out how.

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