Nintendo’s Wii U will actually outsell Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this Christmas, Play.com owner Rakuten has claimed. This is something that hard to digest, but Rakuten expects the Wii U and…
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Microsoft takes down ZeroAccess botnet in collaboration with FBI, Europol, others
Microsoft, in collaboration with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its partners including A10 Networks, has been successful in disrupting the operations of ZeroAccess botnet. ZeroAccess…
Asus, Toshiba to join Chromebook bandwagon as early as 2014
Google may have new vendors launching Chromebooks soon as reports from sources familiar with the matter indicate that Asus and Toshiba are planning to launch Chrome OS powered laptops as early as…
Scientists 3D-print 300mµ lithium-ion batteries
Harvard scientists have managed to 3D-print 300mµ lithium-ion batteries – the size of grain of sand – that could possibly pave way for new era of micro-electronics. The 3D-printed battery is thinner…
Toshiba outs two new 7mm SSHDs
Toshiba has announced two new solid-state hybrid drives (SSHD) to rival those offered by other companies including I-O Data. Available in two different storage sizes – 320GB and 500GB, the drives are…
Nearly 80% parents in UK to spend £243 on gadgets as Christmas gifts
With the Christmas holiday shopping season nearing, Parents have started looking out for the best gifts for their children and according to a new study conducted by uSwitch, around 80 percent parents…
Western Digital’s Dual Drive combines 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD
Western Digital has released a new laptop drive dubbed Dual Drive that combines a 128GB full-sized solid-state drive (SSD) with 1TB hard disk drive (HDD) giving users the high-performance and speeds of…
Amazon Coins now available in the UK
Amazon has announced its Coins virtual currency for UK customers with an initial freebie offer whereby every Kindle Fire owner’s Amazon account will be credited with 400 Amazon Coins worth £4 for…
iOS 7 jailbreak scammers targeting users through press releases, fake jailbreak claims
Scammers have started targeting iOS 7 users with a new scam through which they claim to be in possession of an iOS 7 jailbreak including the one for latest iOS 7.0.4 for…
LG promises firmware update to stop smart TV spying
LG has formally apologized to its customers after it was revealed that its smart TVs were allegedly collecting data on viewing habits of customers as well as sending out names of computer…
Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 brings 4K video to smartphones, tablets
Qualcomm has announced a new member for its family of Snapdragon 800 processors – the Snapdragon 805 – designed to deliver the highest-quality mobile graphics, video and imaging at Ultra HD (4K)…
MediaTek outs first ‘true octa-core’ processor
MediaTek has released what it claims to be world’s first ‘true octa-core’ processor bearing eight CPU cores – each of which can be clocked to 2GHz. Also known as MT6592, the octa-core…
iPad replaces I-Spy in cars
I-Spy, the classic distraction game, which keeps children entertained in the back seat of the family cars on long trips and prevents them from piping ‘are we there yet?’ all along, has…
Overheating was primary reason behind HP Chromebook 11 recall
Sales of the recently released Chromebook 11 computer has been halted by Google and Hewlett-Packard after receiving several reports from users complaining of overheating device chargers. The Chromebook 11 laptop which was…
Raspberry Pi sales crack 2 million units milestone three months shy of second anniversary
The credit-card sized computer, Raspberry Pi, which was launched less than three years back with a humble mission of dishing out low-cost affordable computers to enable kids to learn programming and motivate…