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Kneel, Xbox: PS4 ‘will be’ the lead platform for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Will the PS4 be the quintessential platform for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare? Yes, says one reputable insider. Kevin Spacey, star of the Advanced…

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer reveals photorealistic Kevin Spacey

The upcoming Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer has been leaked and features actor Kevin Spacey as (presumably) the big bad man of this…

PaperFold foldable smartphone could eliminate ‘endless zooming and scrolling’

The incredible future we saw in ‘Her‘ is finally being embraced and PaperFold, a foldable smartphone invented by boffins at Queen’s University, is the…

DRIVECLUB races to PS4 8 October 2014

The excitement factor for DRIVECLUB (yes, it’s an all-caps title) now offically reaches fever pitch with a brand new trailer that not only demos…

Latest Destiny videos echo Halo’s legacy of fun

Another Destiny embargo has just been dropped by Bungie which means new footage, screens and information from the Halo makers upcoming online multiplayer shooter….

Iron Man-red HTC M8 and Kyocera Brigadier headed to Verizon

Evan Nelson Blass, known to us as Evleaks has two new phones for us to look at: an Iron-Man red HTC M8 and an…

Samsung S5 Zoom caught posing on luxury leather seats

Today, Chinese news and search site Baidu has the first (practically genuine) images of the Samsung S5 Zoom. Two images show the back and…

Tesla releases app for its Models S electric car on iOS and Android

Tesla has announced an app for its Tesla Model S that will monitor aspects of the car, change settings and honk the horn if…

Highlights from the 2013 Chicago Auto Show

In the windy city of Chicago, muscle car crazed Americans had their chance to show off some new metal to the world this weekend….

Ubisoft says Far Cry 4 and Assassin’s Creed 4 planned for 2014

The exemplary performance of Far Cry 3 and Assassins Creed 3 have prompted Ubisoft to announce that both installments will be planned for 2014,…

Next-gen Xbox gains Siri-like voice capabilities

Care of the ever-popular Verge, we now know that the next-generation Xbox will have “Siri-like” capabilities. “Sources familiar with Microsoft’s Xbox plans” say that…

Geeks rejoice: Valve and Star Trek director keen to make Portal or Half-Life film

Sometimes it just takes two nerds with a passion for games and movies to get together. At the 2013 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain)…

Ubuntu OS will start shipping in October says CEO Shuttleworth

The Ubuntu operating system for smartphones will start shipping in beginning October, the founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd Mark Shuttleworth told The Wall…

No Facebook phone, but its app’s going to be preloaded into emerging market Android devices

Sad news? No, best news ever. Previous “Facebook” phones were utter crap. So it’s great news that instead of forcing another aborted effort into…

$150 3D-printed prosthetic hand changes one young boy’s life

Rich Van As, a South African carpenter had a horrific accident, chopping off four fingers in a workshop related incident. On the other end…

Hot rumour of the day: Galaxy S IV launch planned for 15 March

Alright everyone, please take this story with a pinch of salt, as it comes from a Sammobile tech writer who hasn’t got a source…

Huawei Ascend P2 is a 4.7-inch 1.8Ghz phablet-lite for $480

Digi.tech.qq (Chinese site, translated) delivers some pretty compelling shots of Huawei’s Ascend P2, the 4.7-inch phablet-lite with tons of charm and a fairly beefy…

Ouya the Android-powered console launches June for US$99

Remember Ouya, the Android console seemingly gifted to us from the geek-gods? Well it’s coming June 2013 for US$99 and it’s available for pre-order…

HTC will go ‘ultra pixel’ for new smartphone. Megapixel is so last year

A new camera sensor, or should that be sensors, are the next big change in smartphone cameras if HTC‘s plans are anything to go…

Huawei and Microsoft bring Windows Phone 8 to Africa

Huawei and Microsoft have teamed up to produce a Windows-run smartphone exclusively available in Africa, reports the BBC. Launched today, the modified smartphone is…

Team evasi0n’s iOS 6.x Jailbreak 95% ready to roll out

Today is the day. Today is the glorious day iOS owners have waited for ever since the release of the iPhone 5 all those…

HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook arrives with a large screen and a small battery

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has just stifled the rumours by releasing the HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook, its first Chrome OS laptop. Is it big news? Yeah…

Vodafone show commitment to Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 devices will be available from 6 February in the UK via Vodafone. The Nokia Lumia 920, 820 and 620, as well…

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