Gaming news round-up - The Piston edition
By Johan Keyter 1 July 2011In Part 2 of our weekly gaming news round-up; Wii U to target FPS market, new Halo novel named and Minecraft patch 1.7 goes live. FULL STORY >
Opera Software releases its latest mobile browsers
By Staff Writer 30 June 2011Norwegian software company Opera Software releases the latest version of its Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers for mobile phones as well as tablet PCs. FULL STORY >
News Corp finally sells MySpace
By Johan Keyter 30 June 2011Long-time Facebook rival MySpace is sold off by its owners, faces uncertain future. FULL STORY >
Analyst calls Blizzard's Titan a 'casual MMO'
By Johan Keyter 30 June 2011Blizzard's upcoming MMO project called Titan is still shrouded in mystery, although an analyst recently coined a strange term for the WoW successor. FULL STORY >
Microsoft and Velocity Micro sign patent agreement
By Hanleigh Daniels 30 June 2011Microsoft signs yet another patent agreement with a manufacturer utilising the Android mobile operating system, raking in more royalties. FULL STORY >
IBM demonstrates breakthrough next-gen memory
By Johan Keyter 30 June 2011IBM scientists demonstrates new innovations in the field of phase change memory, with PCM said to be a hundred times faster than Flash. FULL STORY >
Huawei launches S7 Slim tablet in SA
By Staff Writer 30 June 2011Armed with a below average retail price of between R3200 to R3600, this 7 tablet is trying to carve a niche for itself. FULL STORY >
Google tries again with Google+
By Mike Joubert 29 June 2011After the social networking disaster that was Google Wave, the online search giant is giving it another shot with Google+. FULL STORY >
Rumour: Xbox 720 reveal in less than a year
By Johan Keyter 29 June 2011New reports from inside sources at Microsoft indicates that we can indeed expect to see the Xbox 720 at E3 2012. FULL STORY >
Microsoft launches its Office 365 cloud service
By Hanleigh Daniels 29 June 2011Microsoft has launched its new Office 365 cloud service in 40 markets worldwide. FULL STORY >
Nvidia launches world's fastest notebook GPU
By Hanleigh Daniels 29 June 2011GPU and mobile CPU maker Nvidia launches its latest graphics card for notebook PCs, calling it the world's fastest notebook GPU. FULL STORY >
Angry Birds finds perch on Windows Phone 7
By Johan Keyter 29 June 2011Rovio's addictive Angry Birds gets ported to Windows Phone 7, bringing feathered carnage to even more devices. FULL STORY >
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 launched in SA
By Mike Joubert 29 June 2011Lenovo's new ThinkPad X1 packs a powerful processing punch in a thin-and-light body. FULL STORY >
Nokia announces release updates for various Symbian devices
By Hanleigh Daniels 29 June 2011Nokia reveals that it is updating the operating system software for many of its Symbian-operating mobile devices. FULL STORY >
Sony Computer Entertainment gets new CEO
By Johan Keyter 29 June 2011Kaz Hirai steps down as SCE head to be elevated to company chairman, while European PlayStation boss Andrew House takes up the SCE mantle. FULL STORY >
Apple sinks pro-Palestinian iPhone app
By Johan Keyter 28 June 2011Apple removes pro-Palestinian application from its iTunes store, stresses developer guidelines yet keeps pro-Isreali app in place. FULL STORY >
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