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Manchester Canal

The Manchester game dev scene and the Northern Powerhouse that never was

By Rhys Wood published

We spoke to game publishers and developers based in the northern UK city of Manchester about the challenges of growing a successful studio outside of London.

Consoles & PC
VPN

This VPN service has given its servers a major boost

By Anthony Spadafora published

After upgrading its network with 10Gbps servers last year, PureVPN is now rolling out 20Gbps servers in key locations in the US and UK.

VPN
Thinking Digital conference

Thinking Digital founder: High profile events play a big hand in putting Northern tech on the map

By Kane Fulton published

Northern Powerhouse Second Thinking Digital Manchester conference will host Google, NASA and IBM.

Northern Powerhouse
It was the last time Hazel Blears was allowed to choose her own avatar

Labour Party Conference invades Second Life

By Marc Chacksfield published

It's well known that MPs deal in 'virtual' reality instead of cold hard facts, but now the Labour Party has gone one step further and allowed itself to be digitised for Second Life.

Computing