Google Nexus 5 release date again pegged for October 31

The Google Nexus 5 release date remains shrouded in rumour and speculation, with the flagship Android phone once again tipped to make an appearance on October 31. With the Google Nexus 4 follow-on widely believed to be heading for launch later this month, time is running out for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One rival to make an October appearance.However, with a Google Nexus 5 release date having...
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Samsung Galaxy S5 features again tipped to feature 64-bit CPU

New Samsung Galaxy S5 specs have leaked online, with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 follow-on once again tipped to run a powerful 64-bit processor. While the Korean manufacturer has already hinted that its next-generation of flagship phones will be powered by a PC-esque 64-bit processor, it had been suggested that the first high-spec processors would miss the Samsung Galaxy S5, and instead land on...
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PS4 and Xbox One FIFA 14 trailer released

EA Sports has launched a new FIFA14 trailer, with the latest gameplay footage having been taken from the upcoming Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game. Highlighting some of the benefits of the next-gen FIFA 14 release, the newly unveiled FIFA 14 trailer shows off a range of features exclusive to the Xbox One and PS4 iterations of the title, including the likes of multi-person headers and interactive...
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Sony VPL-VW500ES Projector Review

The venue might have been the achingly cool Sony Music building in Kensington, but we definitely weren’t there to listen to music. Instead, eye candy was the order of the day.For tucked away in a blacked out meeting room was the Sony VPL-VW500ES home cinema projector, along with many of the key engineers responsible for its development. And after spending a couple of hours in the VW500ES’s presence...
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GTA V scoops Game of the Year at Golden Joysticks

Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has been crowned Game of the Year at the British gaming's showpiece awards event. The open-world adventure game beat off a host of tough competition to take the top prize at CVG’s Golden Joysticks ceremony in London on Friday afternoon.Despite only going on sale last month, GTA 5 was able to oust the likes of Tomb Raider , The Last Of Us, Far Cry 3, Borderlands 2 and...
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PS4 requires software update to play Blu-rays/DVDs, enable Remote Play

PS Vita Remote Play is a headline PS4 featureThose snapping up a Sony PS4 console when it arrives in the UK on November 29 will have a pretty important software update waiting for them when they hook the console to the internet. Without the 300MB PS4 System Software Update 1.50 new console owners won’t be able to play Blu-rays or DVDs, neither will they be able to make use of the Remote Play feature...
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Phonebloks: Build your own smartphone with Lego-like components

Phonebloks has been designed as a sustainable smartphone that can be built with parts like Lego blocks. Users will be able to use the Lego-type blocks to replace the various smartphone components over time rather than buy a whole new handset.The concept has been created by Dutch designer Dave Hakkens after he discovered it would be cheaper to buy a whole new camera rather than simply replacing the...
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PS4 DualShock 4 controller works with Macs too

The PS4 DualShock 4 controller will work with Macs as well as PC computers when it is released next month. Sony is extending support for its DualShock 4 controller to other platforms beyond the PS4 it seems. The company already confirmed its next-gen controller will be compatible with the PS3 and PCs, but now it has been revealed that Macs will get some DualShock 4 love as well.A brief video posted...
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JBL Pulse speaker launches with LED light show

The JBL Pulse has been officially unveiled, with the new wireless speaker packing a LED light based twist. The cylindrical sound system not only plays high quality audio, it also projects an eye-catching light show from its LED walls.It's the latest member of the portable JBL speaker family which includes the Flip 2 and its state-of-the-art microphone system and the pint-sized Micro 2.Perfect for...
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iOS 7 Moga Ace Power game controller leaks online

The Moga Ace Power controller for iOS 7 has leaked online, revealing the gamepad’s wrap-around design. Offering a first-look at the Moga Ace Power iPhone gamepad, the image comes from notorious tipster @evleaks and shows both the open and closed positions of the upcoming controller.Apple announced the iOS 7 game controllers at WWDC and one of the company’s mentioned was Moga. We’ve yet to see any...
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Why Google Play Services is more important than the Nexus 5

This month it is fair to say Google has everyone baffled. The world’s press waited around in utter confusion on 15 October for an impromptu event to launch the much-leaked Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 - which never came. Then yesterday we were primed for an official event that ultimately offered scribes nothing more than the chance to "better acquaint themselves with Google Play.” Better acquaint? It...
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LG 65LA970W TV Review

What is the LG 65LA970W?The LG 65LA970W is yet another addition to the exploding 4K/UHD TV market, squeezing 3840 x 2160 pixels into its 65-inch frame. It’s a high-spec screen in lots of other ways too, with highlights of a direct (rather than edge) LED lighting system, a high-end video processing engine, 3D playback and an innovative 4.1-channel ‘sliding speaker’ system.SEE ALSO: What is 4K? LG...
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iPad mini 2 release date issues blamed on Retina display

Although the tablet was officially unveiled earlier this week, a precise iPad mini 2 release date is still up in the air, with issues in producing the new 7.9-inch Retina display reportedly to blame. While the 9.7-inch iPad Air release date has been confirmed for November 1, Apple has been vague in the arrival of its smaller tablet offering, stating only that the iPad mini 2 release date will be held...
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Xbox One Invitation ad puts focus back on to gaming

Which game would you like to be invited to?Microsoft has released a new Xbox One ad entitled “Invitation” that puts the focus of the console back on gaming. The latest official Xbox YouTube channel clip is pretty much the exact opposite of the Xbox One launch event, where Microsoft branded it the “all-in-one” console.Where the launch event focused on non-gaming features of the Xbox One like the new...
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Best Cheap Compact System Cameras under £500

It used to be that the natural step-up from a compact camera was a DSLR, but things are a lot more complicated these days. The desire for the better quality shots a larger sensor brings and flexibility of interchangeable lenses remains, but the options are more varied and interesting than ever before.Nothing epitomises this better than the Compact System Camera, or CSC, which has in recent years presented...
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Carphone Warehouse slashes price of Avoca tablet to £49

A 7-inch Android tablet for £49? BargainCarphone Warehouse has slashed the price of its 7-inch Avoca Android tablet to just £49 for a limited time.Claiming it now offers the lowest priced tablet “ever”, you can now pick up a Carphone Warehouse Avoca tablet for £49 in-store and online.The offer is only valid until November 4 and while stocks last and Carphone Warehouse is marketing the Avoca tablet...
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Samsung reports record profits driven by smartphone sales

Samsung has posted a huge 26 per cent jump in profit for Q3 2013 driven by smartphone sales and a recent surge in its memory chip business. The figure of 8.24 trillion won (£4.7 billion) for the July to September quarter has been attributed to strong sales of Samsung Galaxy smartphones.The net profit is up 26 per cent from the previous year, and Samsung is confident sales of smartphones will rise...
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Nokia: ‘The car is a big growth area for us’

Nokia has suggested that its future could be outside the smartphone and tablet market, with the manufacturer stating “the car is a big growth area for us.” Despite the Finnish company being known primarily for its handsets, Nokia has already started a push into the automotive scene, with the Nokia owned Here Maps currently available across a number of in-car navigation systems.Suggesting this could...
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Microsoft predicts Xbox One launch to be huge as company profits soar 17%

Xbox One Day One Edition controllerMicrosoft has predicted the Xbox One launch will be the biggest in Xbox history, announcing its high hopes during its quarterly earnings call. With the Xbox One release date just a month away, Microsoft is confident about the launch for its next-gen console.“We expect the launch of Xbox One to be the biggest in Xbox history", said Microsoft CFO Amy Hood.The call...
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New Sony Xperia range hinted at for November

Sony may be set to reveal new Xperia smartphones in November, if recent internet reports are to be believed. It's being claimed that the company will hold a special event in Shanghai on November 12, where it will take the wraps off two new handsets.According to Chinese website Digi-Wo, the Sony Xperia Z1S will be a smaller version of the Sony Xperia Z1, with a 4.3-inch 720p display and a Snapdragon...
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Windows Phone Twitter feature causing excessive data usage

A number of Windows Phone users have found that their data usage has been abnormally high of late, and it's all thanks to Twitter. Some users have reported that the built-in Twitter feature of their Windows Phone handsets has used up as much as 530MB of mobile data over the past month - enough to put many people over their monthly data allowance.The Verge noticed the issue and raised it with Microsoft,...
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Cheap phones propel Samsung to record profits, but is Galaxy S4 demand waning?

The grass remains green for SamsungThe champagne corks are popping once again in Seoul as Samsung celebrates yet another quarter of record profits, with its mobile division continuing to make the headlines. The company has announced profits of $9.6 billion (£5.9bn) for the three months ending September 2013, which is up 26 per cent from Q3 2012. If you’re talking sales? Well the company sold $55.1...
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Watch_Dogs and Assassin’s Creed 4 DLC gets six month PS4 exclusivity

Sony has announced it will offer future PS4 gamers six month exclusivity on Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and Watch_Dogs DLC. Both Ubisoft titles will have an additional hour of gameplay for anyone playing either title on the PS4, with DLC content exclusive to the platform for six months.The DLC exclusivity was announced in a new PS4 video entitled “the best place to play”, which lists a selection...
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HTC Sense 5.5 update rolling out to HTC One today

HTC has starting rolling out the HTC Sense 5.5 update today to the HTC One, bundling in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean too. Your HTC One will soon be getting a little update in the form of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and HTC Sense 5.5, which will start rolling out to the smartphone sometime today.However, some users have said they’ve received the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update but not HTC Sense 5.5 as yet.Some...
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Sharp LC-90LE757 TV Review

What is the Sharp LC-90LE757?We’re not sure what’s the most remarkable thing about the 90LE757: the fact that it’s a 90-inch TV, or the fact that it’s a TV from Sharp that’s actually sitting in our test room, rather than simply being a model number we’re reading on Sharp’s website. Sharp has been absent from the UK TV review scene for so long we were starting to think the absence may be terminal....
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Samsung patents smart “sports glasses”

Samsung has patented these "sport glasses"A designed patent has revealed Samsung is working on a pair of smart “sports glasses”, potentially rivalling the Google Glass. Samsung registered the design patent with the Korean authorities this month and categorises the device as a type of “sports glasses”.“This design is of a type [of glasses] with earphones integrated, allowing [users] to take phone calls...
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AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics card launched

AMD has launched its latest graphics card, the AMD Radeon R9 290X, which it claims is the ultimate for next-gen PC gaming. The top GPU currently on offer from AMD, the Radeon R9 290X offers top performance both in visual and audio realism for PC gamers not looking to by the AMD equipped PS4 and Xbox One consoles.“As the pinnacle of our new AMD Radeon R9 Series graphics cards, the AMD Radeon R9 290X...
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