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The PC Gamer: Why Dota 2 Reborn is finally a game for everyone

I’m far more excited about Valve’s Dota 2 Reborn than someone who doesn’t play Dota 2 should be. It may not have been the Half-Life 3 announcement we’re still hoping to hear (keep the faith, everyone!), but it could easily end up being more exciting – games as a platform, finally pushed into the mainstream limelight. This isn’t of course a world first by any stretch. FPS games have long

Taylor Swift says Apple Music's three-month trial is a big mistake

Taylor Swift has well and truly put the cat among the pigeons this Sunday with a Tumblr post criticising Apple for its approach to royalties – specifically during the three-month free trial that all Apple Music users will get through iOS. It sounds like artists won’t receive any payments during that three-month period, and they aren’t too happy about it. Taylor Swift is by far the biggest name to voice

Fighting Talk: It's time we stopped getting angry about our internet speeds

Do you spend your evenings sitting in the kitchen, counting how long it takes to fill a bucket of water from your cold tap, then sending angry emails to your water supplier when it’s not filling as fast as Simon’s identical bucket is three doors down on the same street? Probably not. That would be weird, wouldn’t it? It still works. You still get water out of it. There are

Amazon's star ratings are about to get a lot more useful

Do you pay much attention to the star ratings left by previous purchasers when shopping for stuff on Amazon? The e-commerce giant has told CNET that those star ratings are being tweaked to be more useful. Newer reviews get more priority over older reviews, while ratings left by “verified Amazon purchasers” will also carry extra weight. Reviews upvoted by other users get pushed to the top too. “The system will

OS showdown: OS X 10.11 El Capitan vs Windows 10

Introduction and split screen Apple showed off its latest computer operating system, OS X 10.11 “El Capitan,” at WWDC and as predicted it was an iterative upgrade, based around improving the core features of OS X and providing a better experience to users. Just like iOS 9, El Capitan takes the essentials of OS X – Safari, desktop management, Spotlight – and makes them better, tweaking the interface or reworking