Glitch leaves O2 iPhone users offline
A glitch in O2's network left some iPhone users without an Internet connection for more than two days - although the basic 'phone functionality, along with WiFi, was unaffected.
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UK MPs accuse Google of tax dodge
Following the آ£29 million fine issued by the Turkish government for tax avoidance, UK MPs have accused Google of dodging up to آ£450 million in corporation tax from its UK arm.
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UK govt explains lack of tax breaks for games
The UK government has explained the recently rejected tax break proposal for the games industry.
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Valve unveils bots for Team Fortress 2
Valve has unveiled bots for Team Fortress 2, though it's only in beta at the moment.
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The future of Mass Effect should be in the cloud
Firstly, I have to apologise. I've succumbed to the marketing gimmick that is “the cloudâ€. However, there is a point to this so don't worry - you’re not reading a press release.
After reading and getting excited about Mass Effect 2 – how it will be possible to carry on your player profile, and the in third release sometime in the future – the player will apparently be open to “wildly different conclusions†leading to massive diversity of story.
What gets me, in the traditional model of selling one game, then another, then another, why Bioware didn’t opt for the more “MMOâ€-esq model of having things tied in extensively online. The limitations of adding these epic, whole game updates is that users lose save games and profiles after a year or so between releases, or, you still have to pander to those who didn’t buy the earlier releases to some extent because your publisher wants every successive release of the franchise to sell more. In a model that requires you to buy previous games, the opposite is true – you’re more likely to lose people that fall out of gaming, forget about it or lose love for it, than attain more.
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Play.com planning digital distribution service
Play.com, one of the UK's largest online games retailers, is planning to launch a game download service.
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What is the Best Gaming Mouse?
While mice clearly need to be comfortable, a few extra features such as variable sensitivity and thumb buttons can make all the difference in those heated deathmatches. We take a look at eight of the latest models, from آ£16 to آ£90.
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