In the wake of this year’s Super Bowl which recently took place, there was a gem of an ad released by Microsoft reminding about the potentially profound value of technology to people’s lives. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 shows its surrounds, Bethesda readies for The Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Souls 2 brings nine minutes of torment. FULL STORY >

The latest revelation from Edward Snowden asserts that US and British intelligence agencies are taking advantage of apps to mine users’ personal information. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: New trailer for Left Behind released, Star Wars 1313 is dumped and yet another trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 emerges. FULL STORY >

SplashData has revealed what the most popular and worse passwords currently in use are. FULL STORY >

The Last of Us DLC, Left Behind is dated, new Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 images are revealed and Alien: Isolation is confirmed FULL STORY >

If the titles on offer for the start of 2014 are any indication, gamers have another bumper year to look forward to. FULL STORY >

We recently had Pentax’s new flagship, the 24 megapixel K-3, to shoot with. Here are five features we liked best (and a few we didn’t). FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: More Tomb Raider tempts and teases, a new Game of Thrones game may be in the works, and Nintendo launches free game promotion. FULL STORY >

A quality headset immerses gamers in their virtual, onscreen worlds much better than the run-of-the-mill pair of headphones. We find out if Asus' ROG Orion fits the bill. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Knack trailer shows co-op mode, Konami releases its first Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 developer diary and Gran Turismo 6 squares off against Forza 5. FULL STORY >

Mozilla releases the latest edition (25) of its popular Firefox web browser as well as Firefox for Android. FULL STORY >

Twitter updates its official Android and iOS applications to make timelines more engaging for mobile device users. FULL STORY >

Apparently, TV lovers’ are not just passive recipients of the programming they are dished up, but rather, their needs and demands are having a direct influence on how television’s are used, according to Samsung. FULL STORY >

If you are looking for the smallest, most portable Canon DSLR around, look no further – the EOS 100D admirably fits the bill. FULL STORY >