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Updated: 20 smart new and improved features in Windows 10

Introduction With Windows 10, Microsoft is trying to keep some of the touch and tablet features it created for Windows 8, combine them with the familiar Start menu and desktop, and run it all on top of an improved operating system with more security, a new browser, the Cortana assistant, its own version of Office for on-the-go editing and plenty of new features intended to make life simpler. Of course,

OnePlus 2 could be an all-metal affair

Counting down the days to that big OnePlus 2 reveal? There’s more news from the grapevine this weekend with a newly leaked image that shows an ultra-thin, all-metal body. Of course this could just be a rendering put together by a budding designer with dreams of working at OnePlus, but the metal theme does back up hints dropped by OnePlus CEO Liu Zuohu that the new handset will indeed eschew

Week in Gaming: Nintendo's shareholders scare me, and they should scare you too

Every year, Nintendo holds a shareholders meeting where anyone invested in the incredibly successful video game company gets the chance to fire off questions at its talented, interesting and hugely intelligent senior figures. These conversations are later translated and published online, and this week we got a look at the latest. Were any of us regular video game fans allowed in, we’d be asking the tough questions – when will

10 best PS4 games – this generation's must-play titles

Introduction Almost two years into the Sony Playstation 4’s life and its game developers are really hitting their stride now. We’re seeing some fantastic games on the way, thanks to a rather spectacular showing at this year’s E3. But equally the PS4 has a lot of great games that you can play right now. Some are pretty obvious, but there will be other that you might have missed out on.

Greek minister says Europe won't let Athens go under

Greece’s finance minister accused creditors of trying to “terrorize” Greeks into accepting austerity, warning Europe stood to lose as much as Athens if the country is forced from the euro after a referendum on Sunday on bailout terms. After a week in which Greece defaulted, shuttered its banks and began rationing cash, Greeks vote on Sunday on whether to accept or reject tough conditions sought by international creditors to extend

China curbs IPOs, enlists brokers in all-out bid to end market rout

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China froze share offers and set up a market-stabilization fund on Saturday, the Wall Street Journal said, as Beijing intensified efforts to pull stock markets out of a nose-drive that is threatening the world’s second-largest economy. Beijing’s reported suspension of initial public offers (IPOs) came a few hours after extraordinary announcements by major brokers and fund managers, which collectively pledged to invest at least $19 billion of

A Greek challenge for 'Mr Europe' Juncker

It’s sultry early July and an emotional Jean-Claude Juncker is on the stump, calling for a ‘Yes’ vote in a referendum on which he says hangs the future of Europe – and his own career. “A ‘Yes’ … would have a significance … well beyond Europe,” he tells voters. This was 2005 and Juncker was addressing his fellow Luxemburgers.