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Samsung Germany refuses to honor cashback
Published in News
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 14:09

Samsung Germany refuses to honor cashback

Claims it on the bad product code, twice

I've purchased a Galaxy Watch 5 to give Samsung a try. The main incentive was 75 euros back, making the purchase a great deal. Well, it didn't go as planned as Samsung rejected the cashback playing it on a technicality. Two times in a row, the cashback form was not accepted, quoting AGB (Standard Business conditions) and claiming that I'd used the wrong product code withing providing more information about it.

Skype suffers problems in Europe
Published in News
Tuesday, 20 June 2017 14:28

Skype suffers problems in Europe


Not working as of last night

Skype users in Europe, including us, are reporting massive connectivity issues with the client as of last night.

Intel shrugs off Core i7-7700K temperature problems
Published in PC Hardware


Says spikes are normal behavior

Intel's Core i7-7700K has been plagued by some big temperature spikes bugs, pushing the CPU dangerously close to 100°C (212°F) mark but Intel says it is the normal behavior of the chip, leaving users furious.

LG first to fix PS4 Pro connection issues
Published in News
Friday, 02 December 2016 11:46

LG first to fix PS4 Pro connection issues


Brings new TV firmware updates

LG has started rolling out new TV firmware updates that should fix the problem some users had while connecting their favorite 4K HDR TV to a shiny new Playstation 4 Pro console.

Nvidia fixes Geforce 375.86 WHQL Pascal VRAM clock issues
Published in Graphics


With new Geforce 375.95 Hotfix drivers

Nvidia has finally fixed VRAM issues noticed on some Pascal GPU-based graphics cards with the recently released Geforce 375.86 WHQL driver, by releasing the new Geforce 375.95 Hotfix driver.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided gets a new patch
Published in Gaming
Friday, 09 September 2016 00:00

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided gets a new patch


Brings DirectX 12 support and some fixes

Nixxes has now released an official PC patch for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided which fixes some critical bugs as well as bringing DirectX 12 support for new GPUs.

Monday, 03 November 2014 09:22

New PS4 2.00 firmware has issues

Reports of problems with Rest Mode

Friday, 15 June 2012 09:39

Development issues for Thief 4?

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Rumors suggest that it may be so

Tuesday, 20 December 2011 08:50

PS Vita Japanese release rocky

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Sony issues apology & firmware update

Wednesday, 07 December 2011 07:02

PS3 Skyrim 1.3 update will not fix all issues

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Addresses some problems, but not others