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Apple App Store nearing 50 billion downloads
by Sam Osborne on May 3rd, 2013
Apple’s headline App Store, hosting over 825,000 applications for iOS is nearing its 50 billionth app download....

EA named Consumerist ‘Worst US company’ 2013
by Sam Osborne on April 12th, 2013
For the second year running, games maker EA (Electronic Arts), known for its Sims and Need For Speed series, has been voted by Consumerist readers as the Worst Company in...

Facebook Event 4/04/2013: Facebook Home
by Sam Osborne on April 6th, 2013
Down at the Facebook campus in California at 6PM UK time, the team unveiled their latest developments in mobile....

Office 365 accounts for 25% of US Office sales
by Sam Osborne on April 3rd, 2013
After a survey of US software sales, it has been revealed that Office 365 makes up a quarter of Microsoft Office suite sales. NPD Group, the company behind the survey...

‘Tomb Raider’ (PlayStation 3)
by Tim Embleton on March 22nd, 2013
The release of Tomb Raider has prompted me to make a confession. What I am about to write feels like a betrayal of all gamers everywhere but here goes: I...

‘Tomb Raider’ (Xbox 360)
by Rob Sheppard on March 9th, 2013
We live in a world of unoriginal, unimaginative and uninspiring remakes.  A world where there are 7 Star Wars films, 8 Batman films and endless makes and re-makes of all...

Skype adds video messaging feature
by Sam Osborne on February 16th, 2013
Skype, the online service known for its video and audio calling functionality, is adding new features. Available from now, the main new feature is that of video messages – think...

‘Elder Scrolls Online’ beta test opens
by Sam Osborne on January 22nd, 2013
The highly anticipated next iteration in Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls saga, The Elder Scrolls Online, has today opened up the online game for beta testing. At this stage, the beta is...

New milestone for Windows 8 as marketplace hits 20,000 apps
by Martin Lamont on November 24th, 2012
Microsoft and Windows have hit another milestone. This time with new operating system ‘Windows 8′. On their Twitter account Win App Update revealed that on Tuesday the 20th of November the company...

Apple axe Safari for Windows?
by Former Staff on August 1st, 2012
It has been reported that Apple have axed the windows version of Safari after all download links vanished from the official website. All download links disappeared from the site yesterday, the same day the company...

Microsoft roll out refreshed email service, Outlook.com
by Nick Barnes on July 31st, 2012
Inkeeping with its service refresh, Windows have rolled out the preview version of their new email service. The new email service, Outlook.com is the successor to the widely used, Hotmail...

Microsoft warns Windows users to disable sidebar gadgets
by Nick Barnes on July 11th, 2012
Microsoft has issued a warning to Windows users to disable sidebar gadgets. After the DNSChanger malware was dealt with on Monday, Windows users may have thought they were in the...