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Batman: Arkham Knight for PC is pulled from retailers amid bugs and performance issues

Publisher of Batman: Arkham Knight, Warner Bros. has pulled the game from Steam and elsewhere after terrible performance and a myriad of bugs emerged.
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Microsoft gives U.S. Navy special extended support for Windows XP

The U.S. Navy has just secured a specialised support contract from Microsoft, to help keep its 100,000 Windows XP machines safe while it migrates.
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Batman: Arkham Knight minimum requirements updated overnight, adds Radeon card

Rocksteady Games released an updated set of minimum specifications for Arkham Knight last night, adding an AMD card to the list.
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Photoshop has a new interface just for app designers

Adobe's Photoshop CC 2015 will have a new technical preview known as Design Space, giving smartphone UI designers a simple layout for improved efficiency.
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Webpass offers 500Mbps Internet for less than $60

How would you like the ability to download a full HD movie in less than a second? That's what Webpass offers inner city dwellers.
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Intel’s Skylake coming soon, may be announced at Gamescom

If you're hotly anticipating Intel's upcoming Skylake platform of CPUs, then you may not have much longer to wait, as it might be debuted at Gamescom.
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HP readies new Pavilion x2 and Envy laptops for Windows 10

HP is launching a number of new laptops in the Pavilion and ENVY ranges in the lead up to the launch of Windows 10.
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Life in the fast lane? DIMMDrive and Steam aren’t the perfect match

DIMMDrive is a service that claims to offer RAMDISK speeds for Steam game loads, the question is, does it actually do anything?
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Think you could design the train of the future? Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is your chance

Could design a pod for passengers to ride in as part of Elon Musk's HyperLoop ideal? SpaceX will be trialing community designed pods on a one mile test track.
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Surprising EU court ruling holds websites responsible for reader comments

Posting comments on sites in the EU has the potential to get the owners in trouble after a new verdict from the European Court of Human Rights.
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Samsung TRIM error could be wiping data

Samsung SSDs are often held up as some of the best in the world, but one enterprise user has found them to be potentially damaging to a system.
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Xbox games on Windows 10 now possible for Xbox Preview gamers

Microsoft's Xbox One and Windows can now be twinned up to allow game streaming from the console to the PC, improving the versatility of the two systems.
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Lenovo to enter PC stick game with IdeaCentre Stick 300

Lenovo is looking to expand its range of portable PC products even more, with the unveiling of its first stick PC, the IdeaCentre Stick 300.
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MSI’s new 11.6-inch Atom laptop is passively cooled

MSI is planning to hit hard against small form factor laptop competition, with the S120. A passively cooled, 1080P-sporting 11.6-inch notebook.
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Murder on the high seas – The Ship HD coming in 2016

Blazing Griffin, the publisher of The Ship, has teamed up with two of the original developers to make the Ship HD, an aesthetic upgrade of the first game.
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MECH Ti is Nvidia’s new go-to tech demo with DirectX 12

A video has appeared of Nvidia showing off the power of a 980Ti and the beauty of a new DX12 demo featuring sparse smoke and ray-traced shadows.
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Microsoft update adds real time prescence to Word 2016

Being able to see what everyone else is doing in Microsoft's new preview for Office 2016 should be easier now that it has real time presence.
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Here’s how much you’ll have to spend on a new Radeon 300 series video card

AMD's upcoming Radeon 300 series has had all of its skirts lifted, as we now know they are almost all rebrands and we even have the price tags to them too.
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Master of Orion returns with Wargaming.net reboot

First Homeworld, now Masters of Orion. The 90s sci-fi classics of old are being rebooted one by one and this time it's Wargaming at the helm.
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AMD’s new Radeon R9 390X is accidentally confirmed as a re-brand

Holding out for the new 390x from AMD later this year? It turns out it's nothing that new, just a rebranded, memory boosted 290x.
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IR keyboard lets you use touch controls without touching anything

Moky IR has figured out a way to implement touch control in a wireless keyboard to give users to functions like multi-touch scroll and pinch-to-zoom.
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Users can perform a clean install of Windows 10 after the free upgrade

If you were worried about what happens after the free Windows 10 update cut off, don't be, as your license will remain valid forever.
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They come when you sleep — backdoor that operates in sleep mode opens permanent vulnerability in OSX

Mid-2014 and older Macs should have their sleep mode switched off in order to avoid a nasty bug that can even dodge full drive formats.
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Updated: Windows 10 Home is $119, Pro is $199

Along with Microsoft's big announcement today, we may know what the OEM pricing is too, thanks to Newegg's early listings.
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Latest AMD Catalyst drivers put the pedal to the metal in Project CARS (and The Witcher 3, too)

AMD's latest catalyst beta release has given nice performance improvements to both The Witcher 3 and Project cars.
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These desktop PC cases double as an actual desk

Lian Li will be showing off two new super-size, desk chassis at Computex this year, big enough for you build a PC in and put another on top of.
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Hacker honeypot could help secure networks everywhere

A new honeypot design from Thinks could be too tempting for hackers to resist, making it much easier to detect them.
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Nvidia re-enables lock on GTX 980M clock speeds in recent driver updates

Nvidia has angered gamers once again after enabling a previous "clockblock," on 980M mobile chips which makes it impossible to overclock them.
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Game developer tweets shot of new Radeon video card, confirms earlier leaks

AMD's upcoming Fiji GPU refresh has gotten a lot of people excited and that's unlikely to stop, as a developer from EA has teased a new image of it.
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Razer brings RGB lighting to the humble mouse mat

Backlighting might be something your keyboard or mouse has, but what about your mouse mat? That's what Razer's new Firefly pad is all about.
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Some 27-inch iMac orders upgraded to Retina, but not everyone is pleased

Apple may have pleased a lot of people by offering some buyers a free Retina upgrade for their iMacs, but not everyone is as happy.
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Chinese hackers used Microsoft TechNet platform to hide malware distribution

Microsoft's TechNet IT support service was hit by hackers last year, who managed to hide their nefarious activities in plain site by using public profiles.
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Game on: ASUS drops price of G501 “gaming” laptop to more competitive level

Asus has cut the price of its G501 gaming laptop in a bid to make it more competitive with 4K notebooks from other manufacturers.
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IBM’s tape storage could cut cloud prices

IBM's cloud could undercut Amazon and Google with new tape storage options helping to reduce costs.
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Lenovo LaVie Z 360 discounted due to stand issues

Lenovo's new Lavie Z 360 has some stand issues and instead of delaying its launch, Lenovo is actually giving buyers a five per cent discount.
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Netflix and Steam are about to get more expensive in Australia

Netflix and Steam may get more expensive down under, as the GST taxation could force a 10 per cent rate hike.
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Raptr tells us who’s been playing what in March

Raptr is one of those services that helps us out with our gaming and watches over us too, which is why it knows just what we've been playing.
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GTA V mod offers fans a whale invasion

Whales have been added to GTA V thanks to some tweaks from the native trainer mod and as you might except, it's very, very silly.