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Samsungs upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone could run a PC. Thanks Slashdot. NVIDIA unveils its GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti for laptops. Acer Announces The Acer Predator 21 X- 21-Inch Curved Screen Gaming...

Gamers Ask and Dell Responds with New PC Gaming Products and an ELEAGUE esports Partnership. Team Fortress 2 UGC League Winter 2017 Season is Starting.

Video games have pushed music to the background, says Doom composer -- Gamasutra. Wargaming: A world beyond World of Tanks - GamesIndustry.biz.

Awesomenauts on Steam. Save 80%. Duskers on Steam. Save 25%. Humble Assassin's Creed Bundle (pay what you want and help charity). Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm on Steam....

Dota 2 Update - January 2nd 2017.

Battle.net has details on the upcoming patch for Diablo III. They don't specify when to expect this to come to the action/RPG sequel, other than "soon." This will include their 20th anniversary event,...

GamesIndustry.biz reports that Norwegian studio Artplant has purchased the intellectual property for Project IGI from Square Enix. Artplant is a studio formed by former members of Innerloop,...

There are patch notes on the Overwatch forums detailing the latest update to Blizzard's first person shooter. The only change is the launch of Oasis, a new control map. They include an overview of...

FreeSync 2 simplifies life with brighter, more colorful displays. Intel Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K Overclocking Preview - HARDOCP. Thermaltake Unveils New Toughpower Grand RGB Gold Series & Smart Pro...

Charter Spectrum Could Lose NBC Channels if New Deal Not Struck. Lenovo Announces The Alexa Powered Smart Assistant, And Smart Storage NAS. DirecTV Now $35 Promo Pricing Set to Expire 1/9.

Microsoft, NXP Semiconductors, IAV and auto mobility partners showcase innovations for safe, secure and personalized automated driving at CES 2017. Thanks HARDOCP. Lenovo Launches Legion Branded...

This Weeks Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale. Free PS4-PS3-Vita PlayStation Plus Games for January 2017 Out Today.

Urban Empire PC on GameWatcher.

Danish soccer team is the latest pro club to buy into esports. Pro team Tempo Storm's Hearthstone app aims to "fix all of the issues" in the competitive scene.

Sledgehammer Games tweets a happy new year message that includes a hint that they plan a release this year, which likely refers to the next installment in the Call of Duty military shooter series....

Frontier Developments is suing ATARI over unpaid royalties from previous work on the Roller Coater Tycoon series, apparently unrelated to the recent release of Atari's Roller Coaster Tycoon World and...

Link of the Day: Woman Figures Out High School Physics Trick After 10 Years.

CNN uses Fallout hacking footage to show how Russians hack… League of Legends New free champion rotation: Blitzcrank, Gnar, Lee Sin and more… Couple Meets Online Playing Diablo, Gets...

How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.

Japanese white collar workers are already being replaced by artificial intelligence. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Solar Could Beat Coal to Be the Cheapest Power on Earth.

Dad slams 'friends' of woman who watched her Facebook Live death. Amazon helps you sell your old goods, but only in India. Thanks HARDOCP.

Samsung Electronics to reveal Galaxy Note 7 probe results this month. Thanks HARDOCP. End of the line- Microsoft is no longer selling any Lumia Windows phones on its US store. Thanks HARDOCP.

Football Manager 2017 retains the top spot on the GFK Chart-Track chart of the 30 bestselling PC games in the U.K. for the week ending December 31st. The Sims 4 is number two, and Overwatch is number...

Duskers on Steam. Save 25%. League of Legends Champion and skin sale: 01.03 - 01.06. Leisure Suit Larry Series, Overloerd, Pan-Pan, and more on GOG.com. Save up to 80%. "First of many" weekly sales.

AMD Radeon Vega Architecture First information surfaces via leaked word cloud image. The Dell 27 Ultrathin monitor really lives up to its name. Thanks HARDOCP. The Worst PC Setups of 2016 -...

Dell embraces the two-in-one trend with new XPS 13 convertible. Samsung just unveiled three brand new Galaxy phones.

This Is the Year Donald Trump Kills Net Neutrality.

The Biggest Security Threats Coming in 2017.

Game Developers Pick Their Most Anticipated PlayStation Games. Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite: Mega Man X Huge Part Of Cinematic Story Mode, Developers Reveal.

Rockstar Games announces more new free content for Grand Theft Auto Online. This adds a new motorcycle, a new Vehicle Vendetta mode, and more bonuses to the Grand Theft Auto V multiplayer mode. They...

Unpacking The Silver Case- A Q&A with Grasshopper Manufacture -- Gamasutra.

Comit the Astrodian 2 -- Steam Greenlight. "Comit the Astrodian 2 is the sequel to 2016's Comit the Astrodian. If will feature new stages, new abilities and new enemies. If Greenlit the game will be...

French employees can legally ignore work emails outside of office hours.

Let's Raise A Glass To The Many Tech Pioneers Who Died In 2016. Thanks Ant.

Company blacklist user's software key, due to critical review.

Battle.net has more on the 20th anniversary of Diablo, as the original version of the action/RPG was first released on December 31, 1996. They will be launching their previously announced...

Hearthstone® January 2017 Ranked Play Season Grimestreets Back.

Valve also offers their usual weekly rundown of the 10 bestselling games on Steam for the past week: Grand Theft Auto V Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Planet Coaster ASTRONEER The Witcher 3: Wild...

Love is blind: NPD says Android customers are so committed that exploding Note 7 did little to help Apple. Thanks HARDOCP. Exclusive- Samsung will launch wireless in-ear headphones with the Galaxy...

Steam News announces that Valve is offering a Top 100 bestsellers of 2016 list showing the top games of the year, measured by gross revenue. The list is based on total revenues during the calendar...

5 signs we're finally getting our act together on security. Thanks Linux Security via Ant. Your smart meter is very secure (against you) and very insecure (against hackers). No, Russia didn't hack...

Viva Amiga: The Story of a Beautiful Machine - Documentary. Next week. Thanks Josh. Stop calling everything a "hack." Writer is a total hack. Thanks HARDOCP.

Mozilla Thunderbird version 45.6.0. Thanks Frans. Netflix Has More Fake New Year's Countdowns to Show Your Kids This Year. Thanks Devicer.

Self-driving car set to hit streets of Boston. Thanks HARDOCP. Microsoft Surface Pro 5 could arrive before March, may have 4K display. Thanks HARDOCP.

DEAD RISING 4 (Honest Game Trailers). Thanks CINEMABLEND…

Razer Deathadder Elite Mouse on LAN OC. SilverStone ARM23BS Case on APH Networks.

The New York Times -- Super Mario Runs Not-So-Super Gender Politics. Thanks HARDOCP. "Mr. Miyamoto told Wired this month that he was more involved with the design of Super Mario Run than that of...

May I have the envelope please! Valve announces the winners of their first-ever Steam Awards. Their FAQ explains all the benefits this bestows as, "Eternal fame as winner of the first ever Steam...

Happy New Year's Eve! Remember to play safe if you are heading out to celebrate tonight, as there will be a lot of amateur drinkers out there possibly driving (please don't be one of them). And as...

A "Castlevania" TV Series Is In The Works? Thanks Ant… Heroes Brawl of the Week, December 30, 2016: Silver City… Elite Dangerous Adding Carrie Fisher Memorial in New Update…