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Gamers get virtual cash from real ATMs

News Gaming company MindArk has launched a cash card for gamers to withdraw money they earn in the virtual world from ATMs. The launch of the card means gamers can now access virtual Project Entropia dollars and withdraw them as 'real' cash at certain...

5 May 2006, 10:39 > More matches in News

Tomorrow's games, designed by gamers

News Allard both cast a spotlight on the growing role that gamers will have in creating content for the biggest games. Wright's newest game, Spore, will populate fictional planets with animals and cities created wholly by other gamers.

3 February 2006, 11:25 > More matches in News

Dell seduces gamers and greens

News For gamers, gear coming from Dell this year includes the H2C, a novel heat sink that the company says can cool a processor more effectively than a fan blowing air on to the chip or than water-cooled devices.

10 January 2007, 11:13 > More matches in News

Online gamers targeted by email scammers

News Some online gamers say that scammers have for years been trying to get them to give up their login information so they can leapfrog into higher levels of games without putting in the hard work it usually takes.

13 September 2005, 10:44 > More matches in News

News.blog: Intel to give flush gamers eight cores

News Skulltrail (catchy code name, there) will give gamers with cash to burn the opportunity to plug two quad-core desktop chips into a platform that also comes with four PCI Express slots for graphics cards.

18 April 2007, 10:49 > More matches in News

'There' gamers meet their friends for real

News It suffered in part because it required computers with video cards more advanced than those in the machines owned by much of its target audience -- casual gamers. Ann Coathupe was excited. The Welsh woman had come all the way to San Mateo...

19 September 2005, 10:16 > More matches in News

Are mobile gamers cheapskates?

News The number of mobile gamers is expected to increase, according to the report, which notes that 6 per cent of non-gamers said they'll use their phones to play games during the next year. NPD also said that gamers prefer single-game downloads and don...

18 August 2005, 10:12 > More matches in News

AMD blasts off Quad for PC gamers

News But AMD is betting that hardcore gamers won't care about the architecture used to build its new Quad FX Platform. Intel has already launched a quad-core processor for high-end gamers and PC enthusiasts, and the Quad FX Platform is the smaller...

30 November 2006, 9:19 > More matches in News

Photos: Asus G50 Republic of Gamers laptop

Crave It's part of Asus' 'Republic of Gamers' brand, which is a fairly lame way of saying it's built to ruthlessly shift polygons around a screen. There's an unwritten law that gaming laptops have to be hella ugly, or at the very least garish enough to...

29 September 2008, 15:38 > More matches in Crave

Rugby Gamers Screensaver

Downloads This program installs the new Rugby Gamers screen saver on your desktop. After a lot of request for some screen savers I have designed the first version. The never one will be impressive. It is easy to install and remove so it is safe to use.

8 July 2008, 20:16 > More matches in Downloads

Dell takes aim at gamers in deal with HMV

Crave Dell raises its profile among gamers; HMV gives people a reason to actually leave the house; Gamerbase gets to stand on the shoulders of giants; and gamers get to try the latest titles on the fastest hardware.

Tags: machines, gaming, store, pcs

11 December 2007, 10:38 > More matches in Crave

Greenpeace wants gamers to save the planet

News Greenpeace is hoping to persuade gamers to force console manufacturers to be greener. The site aims to educate gamers and encourages them to write to game manufacturers to insist that they adopt "greener" practices.Two weeks ago, Greenpeace...

Tags: earth, console, manufacturers, policy

13 December 2007, 9:03 > More matches in News

UK 'active gamers' up to 37 per cent

News Gaming is getting more and more popular as it slinks towards being accepted as a mainstream form of entertainment, and gamers are getting older, according to research commissioned by the Interactive Software

Tags: cent, playing, europe, gamers

29 May 2008, 10:11 > More matches in News

One in nine online gamers addicted

News A Nottingham Trent research study of 7,000 online gamers showed that 12 per cent exhibit at least three of the diagnostic criteria of addiction as outlined by the World Health Organisation. Griffiths said, "I'm sure if we'd done this survey looking...

29 November 2006, 9:33 > More matches in News

Dell targets gamers with new XPS laptop

News Gamers tend to splash out on high-spec systems beyond the needs of average PC buyers, making them a more profitable and highly coveted customer. Dell has introduced a flashy new laptop range in a bid to capture the gamer's sense of style.

19 April 2006, 11:00 > More matches in News