The UK Top 10 video games chart: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare retains top spot

[nextpage title="Next"] 2015 gets under way with an unchanged Top Three, meaning Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has now achieved six weeks at No.1, one more week than predecessor Ghosts. Grand Theft Auto V is not far behind at No.2, staying ahead of FIFA 15 at No.3. Ubisoft’s top sellers Far Cry 4 and Assassin’s…

Steve Ballmer quits Microsoft board

Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has resigned as a member of the company’s board, ending more than three decades of involvement in the world’s biggest software maker. Ballmer, 58, is still Microsoft’s top individual shareholder. He had initially remained as a director after handing the top job over to one of his deputies, Satya…

Rip-off Britain: UK shoppers pay more for technology

It's something that people in the UK have always suspected, but now Which? has made it official – Britons pay far more for new technology products than consumers in the US. The consumer watchdog compared the prices, excluding tax, of 13 identical products ranging from televisions and games consoles to desktop applications and security software and…