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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Sony's PlayStation Network generated more revenue than all of Nintendo last year

Quite the coup for Sony's online marketplace

April 28, 2016 | 13:15

Rumour: Could Steam soon be accepting Bitcoin?

Screenshots from the private developer forum suggest Steam could soon be accepting Bitcoin

April 22, 2016 | 06:10

EA bringing micro-transactions to all future games

EA CFO Blake Jorgensen has said that the publisher is building micro-transactions into all of its future titles.

February 28, 2013 | 17:10

Facebook expected to go public in early 2012

Investors are expecting Facebook to hit a $100 billion valuation.

June 14, 2011 | 11:18

Microsoft co-founder says Gates was a 'bully'

Paul Allen portrays Bill Gates as a sarcastic bully in his memoirs.

March 31, 2011 | 08:54

On Internet Privacy

March 22, 2011 | 07:37

BitTorrent Seeders: Driven By Profit?

IMDEA researcher Michael Kryczka says that 66 per cent of torrents originate from just 100 seeders.

February 16, 2011 | 07:28

The True Cost of the Intel Sandy Bridge Cock-Up

The Intel 6-series chipset fiasco has cost some companies half their turnover, we found out more

February 11, 2011 | 14:23

How to Spend Your Christmas Cash 2010

Nothing but socks? Again? Fear not, as we show you the best way to spend your Xmas moolah.

December 25, 2010 | 09:39

AMD finally makes a profit

Settlement with Intel helps AMD to first profitable quarter in over three years.

January 22, 2010 | 14:11

Win $1,500 in this month's Gigabyte comp

The second round of the Beat Me If You Dare overclocking competition is upon us.

November 3, 2009 | 13:02

Core i7 a waste of money for gamers, says Nvidia

Nvidia describes Intel's claims about Core i7's gaming performance as "disingenuous", and advises PC gamers to build a Core 2 Duo SLI rig instead.

April 23, 2009 | 14:58

Intel Core i7 CPU and Platform Value

With everything else tested, we put our math cap on and cracked out the calculators to work out which platform is the best punt for your pound. Does the supreme Core i7 performance warrant the extra cost it demands? Read on to find out!

November 11, 2008 | 12:08

Ubisoft sees 25 percent growth in market

After a fantastic year of sales in games last year, Ubisoft reveal at Ubidays 2008 that they have seen the market grow by 25 percent and expect the same this year.

May 30, 2008 | 14:38

Performance Mainstream Graphics Update

We take six of today's performance mainstream graphics cards and put them through a gauntlet of tests to work out where the best value for money lies. We come out with a number of interesting findings, but will they answer all of our questions, or create more? Read on to find out...

February 28, 2008 | 09:34

EA profits from PS2 most of all

Despite all the focus on next-gen consoles and DirectX 10, EA has revealed that most of the profit is makes stems from PS2 games.

February 6, 2008 | 10:24

Gaming Books Round-up

This year we didn't just get graphics cards and computer games in our Christmas stockings - some of us got books too. So, in an attempt to prove that the internet hasn't killed printed media, we take a look at some of the best and worst books about gaming available!

January 8, 2008 | 11:41

How To Spend Your Christmas Cash

Christmas is over and, thanks to unimaginative but rich relatives, you've managed to scrape together a little bit of cash with which to treat yourself. Unfortunately, you're so stuffed with turkey that you can't think of what to buy! Never fear though - bit-tech is here!

December 26, 2007 | 08:42

Blame Nintendo!

After a string of publishers have recently announced major losses this year, Joe Martin examines how such a thing is possible when so many great games are coming out and what it might mean for the gaming outlook next year...

November 3, 2007 | 11:00

Thunderbird gets financial wings

The Mozilla Foundation is injecting £1.49 million into a new company that will handle the development of Thunderbird and develop other email innovations.

September 19, 2007 | 11:58

Gamers think about sex way too much

A new experimental game by Kyle Gabler, founder of 2D Boy, proves that gamers think about sex more than anything else. Yes, we were surprised that Crysis wasn't top of the list too.

July 23, 2007 | 15:38

Can you hear me now?

Internet radio is the latest technology to find itself in the crosshairs of the RIAA's money schemes, and it looks like it may be DOA in no time flat. But why would the RIAA kill it? Brett Thomas puts on his tin-foil hat to talk about pop-tarts and record sales, and how Internet radio just doesn't sell as well.

April 21, 2007 | 08:32