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What you need to know about the PlayStation 4

Last night in New York, Sony officially announced the PlayStation 4. Due to go on sale this autumn, it will be a full seven years since the PlayStation 3 first appeared in our living rooms. While we don’t know what it looks like or what it will cost yet – Sony showed off peripherals and [...]

Tech and games this week

There’s a lot of talk this week about next week’s anticipated launch of the PS4, but what else have we all be talking and sharing this week…   CVG PlayStation 4 countdown Aliens Colonial Marines guide GamesRadar Ni No Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Familiar Guide Best N64 games of all time T3 Sony [...]

Internet doomsday approaches…

Why the internet will grind to a halt unless something is done now! The internet is doomed and there’s not a lot we can do about it! So say the doomsmiths, but do they have a point? It’s predicted by the end of 2013 there will be more internet-connected devices on the planet than human [...]

What is two-factor security?

A report out this week by internet security firm Trustwave makes for interesting reading. According to its survey of more than three million online passwords, we’re still pretty stupid when it comes to protecting our most vaulable data. A full list of all the passwords they checked out were classified as ‘easy to guess’ – [...]

Rumours, news and
the latest games this week

This week we’ve been getting up to speed with the brilliant new group video chat service, Google Hangouts. Follow our handy guide and you can, too. And because keeping abreast of the latest tech is hungry work, we looked ahead to Pancake Day with our guide to brilliant pancakes and an ace gadget to make [...]

Are the hard drive’s days numbered?

Computers and their offspring – smartphones and tablets – have revolutionised the world, but there’s one problem that everyone in IT is still grappling with. As more and more devices get connected, and more and more information is digitised, what are we going to do with it all? More devices are recording data and sending [...]

Rumours, news and the latest games

So what’s got our attention this week, then? Everyone’s partial to a bargain, so we got cosy with the Top 5 budget Android phones. Meanwhile, the launch of Nikon 2013 Coolpix camera range got us excited about the latest developments in photographic tech. Say cheese!   CVG Elite Challenges Hardest XBOX 360 Achievements Grand Theft Auto [...]

Do you still need a desktop PC?

Quick straw poll time: with the price of tablets falling and smartphones about to get so powerful they come with eight processing cores on board, would you still be tempted to buy a desktop PC? For a long time, laptops have been outselling PCs, but this year it’s expected that tablets will outsell laptops. Many [...]

Rumours, news and the latest games…

What’ve we been talking about this week, then? This week there have been more rumours about the much anticipated PlayStation 4, Facebook announced that iPhone users in the US will now be able to make Facebook-based free voice calls and we’ve been looking into the validity of passwords. Here’s a quick round up of some [...]

Will Google abolish passwords?

When it comes to online security, most passwords aren’t good enough. You may well know that any two-bit hacker can break into your account within seconds if you’re using one of the most common password combinations like ’1234′, a relative’s birthday or the word ‘password’ itself. But even more complicated passwords, like using numbers instead [...]