$100m pin money for noticeboard site

The quirky social networking website Pinterest cashed in on the "Facebook effect" yesterday with a fundraising that values the business at $1.5bn (£940m).



Seagate, WD need to get a firm grip on solid disks

Pro-tip: They should buy OCZ and STEC

Blocks and Files STEC is touting its great CellCare flash endurance, and it is great, reinforcing a view that it and OCZ make natural flash market buy-in points for Seagate and Western Digital.…

Facebook set for monster flotation

Facebook is heading for one of the biggest ever US stock flotations when it sells hundreds of millions of shares to the public.



Facebook set for monster floatation

Facebook is heading for one of the biggest ever US stock flotations when it sells hundreds of millions of shares to the public.



Warning for England fans over mobile bills for Euro 2012

England fans heading to Euro 2012 have been warned about the potential for high mobile phone bills because Ukraine is outside an EU-wide cap on call charges.



Boffins smash 3Gbps speed barrier with 542GHz T-Rays

Sky's the limit in terahertz territory

Japanese geniuses have maintained a 3Gbit/s radio link at 542GHz, opening up more of the electromagnetic spectrum to the voracious appetite of wireless data.…

Akai Katana – Review

Cave’s latest “bullet hell” shooter is yet another considered study of reflexes, tactics, timing and blistered thumbs.



VVVVVV – Review

It’s been a long time coming, but nearly months after it was released on the US eShop, Tim Cavanagh’s VVVVVV has finally made its way to the UK.



Halo Infinity Multiplayer and Spartan Ops unveiled for Halo 4

Microsoft have confirmed further details for the upcoming Halo 4, this time announcing “Halo Infinity Multiplayer. The new addition said to build upon Halo’s multiplayer history and ‘innovate and redefine the way people think about storytelling and multiplayer experiences’.



Demand drives up size of Facebook float

Facebook has increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 per cent, and could raise as much as $16bn (£10bn) as strong investor demand for a share of the social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money.



 
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