DDoS incidents have become more and more prevalent of late, so Aaron examines what they are and how they affect us If you’ve got a computer or a games console, you’ll probably be familiar with the term DDoS and know that it’s often referred to as a hack and linked with the unavailability of various … Read more
Sound… you can’t play games effectively without it. Or watch movies or listen to music. But let’s stick to gaming for now, shall we? Finding the right audio solution can be tricky, because there are so many options out there. Do you want personal audio, or do you want sound to fill your world? How … Read more
Pebble is one of the success stories of Kickstarter, the website where consumers pay in advance to help inventors develop new products. Having sold over a million smartwatches, starting years before Apple, the company now has more than enough money from Silicon Valley investors to make whatever it wants. Even so, it returned to Kickstarter to … Read more
Not to get too technical, but the Xbox wouldn’t work without gears insideIt’s always frustrating when a studio reveals a huge new game, and then won’t go into any more details. It’s even more frustrating when the game in question is Gears Of War 4 and you’re already rabid with excitement – for something that … Read more
Thile there are certain brands that get the lion’s share of attention here in South Africa, other brands can prove to be better options. South Africans tend to be brandloyal, though, and for a make like Palit to make the kind of impact it deserves in the GPU market can be difficult. And yet it … Read more
Mark Pickavance looks at Stephen Elop, the ex-CEO who infamously made huge amounts out the failure of Nokia, the company he once controlledOn 17th June, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made public a series of structural changes within his company. One of these was to consolidate the Microsoft Devices Group under the Windows Division, with the … Read more
Yes, I concede; the iPhones and iPads are indeed great devices. However, they have one glaring chink in their armor — the lack of expandable storage. SanDisk is looking to remedy that with the iXpand thumbdrive, a simple-looking dual flash drive with USB 2.0 and Lightning interfaces. We find out if getting SanDisk’s Apple memory … Read more
While we have seen a few smaller form factor motherboards in the past, it isn’t often that we get to look at a case that would house them and their associated components. There are several solutions around, of course, like the Raidmax Atomic. This particular mini ITX case is sleek and stylish, almost cube-like in … Read more
We’ve got more than a feeling about this oneThe vault door has finally been opened. Years of rumours spill out like ’roaches, and into the blinding sunlight walks Fallout 4 with a confident stride, a canine companion and sleeves heaving with new tricks. Who said war never changes?With development beginning in earnest shortly after Fallout … Read more
THIS GTX 980TI SWEEPS ALL BEFORE IT. T he surge of bespoke versions of Nvidia’s GTX 980TI continues. For maximum single-GPU performance, the mighty Maxwellpowered 980Ti is the one to have at the moment, as we saw in our testing of cards over the last two issues (with the Gigabyte GV-N98TGI Gaming 6G earning a … Read more
Having a game pad is not something that only console gamers get to do – many PC gamers have found the advantages that gamepads offer to their playing. While they may not surpass the mouse and keyboard for some types of games, gamepads can be an invaluable companion in others. And so purchasing a gamepad, … Read more
An adventure that’s a papercut above the restThere’s a danger that some people may dismiss Tearaway Unfolded as a tartedup version of the PS Vita incarnation and pass it by as a result. And that makes us mad for two reasons: firstly, because the original was a criminally overlooked classic that deserves to be played … Read more