Oct
25

Nokia readies three WP7 phones

nokia It’s long been known that autumn 2011 is the crunch time for Windows Phone 7. The operating system has thus far failed to make any impact in its first year of.. more
Oct
24

Batman: Arkham City tops UK chart

arkham-city There are no surprises for this week’s chart, as the long awaited Batman: Arkham City has been released and shot straight to the top of the UK all-format chart like a.. more
Oct
24

UK ranked 25th in European broadband

broadband-news Akamai has released its latest quarterly “State of the Internet” report, which examines broadband connections worldwide and rates countries and cities against each other. The data collected is based on some.. more
Oct
24

Steam’s game pricing psychology

Gaming is an expensive habit. A freshly released triple A console title will still run you to £40, unless you can be patient and can pick it up later on, or pre-owned. Even then, an increasing amount of game publishers are introducing schemes to eke.. more
Oct
24

Potential hard drive shortage looms

Recently, we’ve become used to cheaper computer components on the whole, which is just as well as the PC industry attempts to fight the global economic downturn. It wasn’t so long ago that system memory was expensive stuff, but now you can pick up the.. more
Oct
24

Xbox 720 coming in 2013

More rumours about the next-gen Xbox, or Xbox 720 as many have dubbed it, have been spilling forth. At the beginning of the month we heard the X720 would be out in 2013 – although further whispers emerged that it might actually be launched next.. more
Oct
24

Toshiba unveils super-res tablet display

Toshiba has taken the wraps off a new compact tablet display which has a super high-resolution. It blows away the likes of the iPad 2 with its 1024 x 768 display, and the Galaxy Tab 7.7 which runs to 1280 x 800. Toshiba’s upcoming 6.1.. more
Oct
21

Portal 2 wins top Golden Joystick award

It’s that time of the year again when the Golden Joystick awards are given out. And these are accolades which are particularly closely watched, because it’s the gaming public which makes the selections by voting. And over 2 million votes were cast this time round... more
Oct
21

Android Market movie rentals launched

Google has graced the UK with its movie rentals scheme via Android Market. The mobile movies service has been available in the US since the spring, and has now been rolled out to our shores. The move comes after last week’s launch of the Movies.. more
Oct
21

Gamestop offers Modern Warfare 3 for 99p

Gamestop is offering a package deal on the two big shooters of this autumn, EA’s Battlefield 3 and Activision’s Modern Warfare 3. Although you can’t keep both (not if you want the deal, that is). The offer is slightly convoluted, but using it you could.. more