When it comes to surveillance systems today, the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) is the heart of any solution FULL STORY >

New WD PurpleNV 3.5-inch Drives Equipped for NVR Surveillance-system Environments FULL STORY >

Holidays are made for families to spend time with each other, bonding and making special memories. FULL STORY >

With a greater focus on aesthetics and functionality than notifications and sensors, the Indiegogo-funded Olio smartwatch is one of the most intriguing to date. FULL STORY >

Aiming to put his acting chops to the test, Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play 24 different characters in an upcoming adaptation of Daniel Keyes' The Minds of Billy Milligan. FULL STORY >

Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden biopic is moving full steam ahead, as Nicolas Cage joins the cast as US Intelligence officer. FULL STORY >

Conflict aplenty in this week's Geek News as Caesar and the Apes get set to rise again, Moses and Ramses square off in Exodus Gods and Kings, and The Evil Dead becoming 2015 TV series. FULL STORY >

Storage solution provider WD has announced the expansion of its Red line of SATA hard drives for home and small office NAS (Network Attached Storage) systems. FULL STORY >

This month has seen a number of interesting new hardware solutions being launched, from a budget friendly notebook and new Huawei LTE smartphone, to an innovative desktop storage solution and a portable power solution. FULL STORY >

The first day of Apple's annual WWDC conference kicked off yesterday, with the first announcement being the company's newly designed OS X Yosemite for Mac PCs and notebooks. FULL STORY >

WD has expanded its commercial consumer personal cloud solutions with the My Cloud EX2, a high-performance two-bay network attached storage (NAS) system. FULL STORY >

The crowdfunding platform announced that it has officially passed the $1 billion mark in pledges, coming from 5.7 million backers worldwide. This landmark comes a little less than five years since the organisation’s launch in 2009. 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 >

The National Security Agency, it has been revealed, has been garnering contacts from webmail and instant messaging services globally. FULL STORY >

Gartner has revealed its top 10 predictions for IT organisations for 2014 and beyond. It makes for a compelling read. FULL STORY >