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Microsoft Kinect SDK 2 brings apps to Windows Store
Posted by Jane McCallion on October 23, 2014

Microsoft Kinect SDK 2 brings apps to Windows Store

Nexus Player UK release date - nexus player with remote
Posted by Jane McCallion on October 17, 2014

Google Nexus Player finally has a UK release date

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Posted by William Stanton on October 14, 2014

What happened to Windows 9?

Lisa Su
Posted by Nicole Kobie on October 9, 2014

Rory Read replaced as CEO of AMD by Dr Lucy Su

Snowdonia Minecraft GB
Posted by Jane McCallion on September 24, 2014

Find your own house in redrawn Minecraft map of Britain

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Posted by Alphr on September 17, 2014

The 31 best Windows 10 apps of 2017: News, productivity, games and more

Minecraft
Posted by Barry Collins on September 16, 2014

Why Microsoft was forced to buy Minecraft

Lizard Squad
Posted by Jane McCallion on August 26, 2014

Gaming DDoS: forget cyber-jihadis, they’re just trolls

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Posted by William Stanton on August 14, 2014

OneDrive vs Google Drive vs Dropbox: The best cloud storage service

best music streaming apps
Posted by David Court on August 8, 2014

Best music streaming apps: Spotify vs Rdio vs Google Music vs Deezer vs iTunes

By using multiple antennae, wireless routers can aggregate radio bandwidth to achieve higher throughput
Posted by Darien Graham-Smith on June 17, 2014

Wireless connections explained

Yoyotech Warbird Nightblade 1
Posted by Bobby MacPherson on June 5, 2014

Yoyotech Warbird Nightblade 1 review

Microsoft Smartwatch concept art by Jeroen Begyn
Posted by Jane McCallion on May 30, 2014

Microsoft rumoured to launch smartwatch this summer

JustGiving logo
Posted by Jane McCallion on May 27, 2014

JustGiving’s GiveGraph to match donors to charities

How to set up MAME on your PC
Posted by Dave Stevenson on May 22, 2014

How to play arcade games on your PC with MAME: play retro games on your computer with this Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME)

Run retro games on your phone, tablet and PC
Posted by Dave Stevenson on May 22, 2014

How to play old games on your PC, smartphone and tablet: play old Super Nintendo, Sega Megadrive and Commodore 64 games on modern hardware.

Windows updates for XP will soon be ending
Posted by David Bayon on May 9, 2014

What to do if you’re still on Windows XP: should I upgrade from Windows XP?

Nest
Posted by Stewart Mitchell on April 4, 2014

Nest smoke alarm “can be switched off accidentally”

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Posted by Barry Collins on March 24, 2014

Piracy’s dying: why we’re all going straight

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Posted by Nicole Kobie on March 5, 2014

Ballmer: Nokia buy was hardest decision at Microsoft

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Posted by Barry Collins on February 28, 2014

Hour of Code: five steps to learn how to code

The 21 coolest Minecraft projects
Posted by Barry Collins on February 14, 2014

Block party: why do millions play Minecraft?

Minecraft
Posted by Barry Collins on February 14, 2014

Ten tips for Minecraft

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Posted by Shona Ghosh on January 22, 2014

League of Legends game update not blocked by ISP filters

Xbox Music
Posted by Barry Collins on January 8, 2014

Xbox Music for iOS updated with offline support

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Posted by Steve Cassidy on January 7, 2014

How to cancel recurring PayPal payments

Steam
Posted by Barry Collins on January 6, 2014

A dozen manufacturers lined up to make Steam Machines

Tegra K1
Posted by Shona Ghosh on January 6, 2014

Nvidia promises mobile “supercomputing” with 192-core Tegra K1

Nvidia Digital IRA
Posted by Stuart Andrews on December 6, 2013

Closer to reality: photorealism in computer graphics

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX
Posted by Jonathan Bray on December 4, 2013

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX review

Kinect
Posted by Tom Brewster on November 18, 2013

IBM building Kinect robot crew

Microsoft Windows 8.1
Posted by Darien Graham-Smith on October 24, 2013

Microsoft Windows 8.1 review

Linus Torvalds
Posted by Shona Ghosh on October 24, 2013

Torvalds: SteamOS will “really help” Linux on desktop

AMD
Posted by Shona Ghosh on October 18, 2013

AMD back in the black, but no thanks to the PC

iPad 4
Posted by Barry Collins on October 11, 2013

41 best iPad apps

Minecraft Stonehenge
Posted by Nicole Kobie on September 25, 2013

Blocky Britain: how the country was mapped in Minecraft

Kindle Fire HDX
Posted by Nicole Kobie on September 25, 2013

Kindle Fire HDX: a faster, slimmer Amazon tablet

SteamOS
Posted by Nicole Kobie on September 24, 2013

SteamOS puts Linux in the living room

NetFlix
Posted by PC Pro on September 10, 2013

Netflix lands on Virgin Media’s TiVo

Kobo
Posted by Nicole Kobie on September 7, 2013

Ebooks: the final chapter for libraries?

Microsoft
Posted by Reuters on August 28, 2013

Microsoft’s new CEO: the internal candidates

Leap Motion Controller
Posted by Barry Collins on August 21, 2013

Leap Motion Controller review

Windows 8.1
Posted by Barry Collins on August 13, 2013

Windows 8.1 review

Windows Blue
Posted by Barry Collins on August 13, 2013

Windows 8.1: release date, new features, screenshots

Smartphones
Posted by Nicole Kobie on August 9, 2013

Slash your smartphone bill

Streaming music
Posted by William Stanton on August 8, 2013

Best streaming music services

Now TV box
Posted by Shona Ghosh on July 26, 2013

Sky launches £10 Now TV box for on-demand streaming

Microsoft Surface RT
Posted by Barry Collins on July 15, 2013

Microsoft Surface RT review

Business Reimagined
Posted by Tim Danton on July 4, 2013

Business Reimagined: a book about business and technology that’s worth reading

Ballmer at Build 2013
Posted by Barry Collins on June 26, 2013

Windows 8.1 focuses on small tablets – but they’re not PCs, says Ballmer