Zoe Hinis's story, The Elder God Detector, won the initial TechSmart Gigabyte Short Story Competition, thereby scoring her an amazing Gigabyte U2440N notebook. Read it here now. FULL STORY >

In anticipation of a haunting Halloween, movie fundi Spling checks out the Horrors that will make you wish you never looked. FULL STORY >

All aspiring writers, if you have a science-fiction short story in you, it’s time to put fingers to keyboard and send it to us. FULL STORY >

A new study by Cisco ahead of Cisco Connect in November has revealed eye-opening findings with regards to the Internet of Everything (IoE), Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Cloud in South Africa. FULL STORY >

In this week’s GNR: Uncharted news emerges, Lords of the Fallen is dated and Doom details come to light. FULL STORY >

If you have been searching for a gaming and desktop replacement notebook that regards compromise as a foreign concept, then your quest is at an end - consider the Aorus X7 your now found holy grail. FULL STORY >

Deep Fried Man wonders what kind of magic sound surgery Dr Dre performed in order to make his headphones worth $3.2 Billion. FULL STORY >

Ahead of the opening of Computex tomorrow, the media were given a small but very delectable taste of some of the products that tech geeks can look forward to seeing and hearing more about in the days ahead. FULL STORY >

Gigabyte’s notebooks have time and again won us over and proven to be lustworthy machines. Can its Windows 8 tablet hybrid, the S11M, carry on this fine tradition? FULL STORY >

Whereas other Gigabyte gaming notebooks have been beasts, the P35K is a different animal. Like the panther of which it reminds, it too is sleek and seductive and well worth a look. FULL STORY >

The P34 is a new 14” notebook from Gigabyte, billed by the company as its “Ultrablade Gaming Laptop”. Does this streamlined offering have enough nous to win us over? FULL STORY >

Last month Gigabyte’s P25 impressed, but the larger and even more powerful P27 is a gaming notebook that really takes the desktop replacement cake. FULL STORY >

So you’re heading outdoors, and you’ve packed your firestarter, a decent blade, a GPS and, that other essential – a really good flashlight to pierce the gloom. Here are some of our picks. FULL STORY >

Scott Kelby has opened up as to why he made the switch from Nikon to Canon FULL STORY >

Well regarded research company Gartner has let loose a few surprising if not downright shocking predictions with regards to mobility. FULL STORY >