Publication of a blueprint to overhaul the delivery of eye care services is almost a year behind schedule at a time when ophthalmology inpatient/day case waiting lists have outstripped all other specialties leading to avoidable sight loss in some patients.

Watch Dogs 2 is set to launch everywhere on the 15th of November... unless you're living in PC land.

Battlefield 1 is heading for release very soon, and it's going to take us back to World War One for the first time in many a year.

No Man's Sky is going down a storm on the PlayStation 4, so much so that the servers are struggling to keep up but while Sony would want you to believe its an exclusive that's not entirely the case.

Sony PlayStation chose not to reveal the PS4 Neo at E3 2016, possibly because Microsoft was showing off the new Xbox and they didn't want to get close to that foolishness.

There's a sequel/reboot/prequel to 2008's Mirror's Edge due out very soon, and we can't wait to dive in.

Nintendo has a new console in the works with the codename of the NX. They've been whispering about it for awhile now but no official relase date or specs have been announced.

Nintendo's upcoming NX console will be capable of outputting 4K video, according to a new rumour.

Fallout 4 was honoured with the Best Game award from last night's BAFTA Game Awards.

Far Cry Primal is set for release quite soon, which means its time to find out if your PC can handle this prehistoric adventure

Maingear has unveiled a new all-in-one PC that crams incredible specs into its hub.

After a disastrous launch, Batman: Arkham Knight’s PC version will go back on sale this month.

A doctor in the UK has performed the world’s first embryonic stem cell operation aimed at curing blindness in people with an age-related disease.

The PC version of Batman Arkham Knight has suffered major issues since launch - now a patch is finally on the way.

FANS of James Bond will be familiar with actress Judi Dench, who played the M16 chief until 2012. 

A partially sighted pensioner has had his central vision restored for the first time in nearly a decade after he received a “bionic eye”.

Batman Arkham Knight is out and it's getting stellar reviews from all and sundry. Unless you're playing on PC where its a horrible, basically unplayable mess to the point where the publisher literally stopped selling the game.

If you want to enjoy the “full Rift experience,” you’ll need a fairly beefy PC. Oculus announced the recommended specs for its virtual reality headset.

Batman: Arkham Knight looks incredible. But those visuals come with some pretty hefty PC requirements. Nvidia today revealed what it will take to run Batman: Arkham Knight.

US chipmaker Intel yesterday lost its challenge against a record €1.06bn EU fine handed down five years ago, as Europe’s second highest court said regulators did not act too harshly.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index eked out its second small gain of the week yesterday as investors pored over the latest earnings reports.

Christmas has come early in our house.

True confession: I spent a fair amount of yesterday’s game unable to make out what was going on.

The gloves were off at this year’s E3 Expo, as Sony and Microsoft lifted the veil on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles.

The stock market enjoyed some Black Friday cheer, rising sharply as shoppers braved the annual post-Thanksgiving rush. Major stock indexes closed one of their best weeks of the year.

Advanced Micro Devices, the long-struggling competitor of giant rival Intel, is facing yet another crisis amid a shifting technology landscape and declining demand for personal computers.

Hopes have increased that a way may be found to treat blindness by replacing lost light-sensitive cells in the back of the eye.

INTEL last night forecast fourth-quarter sales that exceeded some analysts’ estimates, citing strong demand for laptop computers in emerging markets.

CLOSE to 240 people are registered as blind in Ireland every year as a result of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the main cause of sight loss in people over the age of 50.

WEIGHT has been identified by Irish researchers as a new risk factor for Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the principal cause of sight loss in people over the age of 50.

American computer chip giant Intel slammed the European Commission today after being served with a record €1.06bn fine for breaching EU rules on fair competition.

THE country’s largest microchip maker, Intel is facing massive fines of up to €1 billion for allegedly trying to put its competitors out of business.

A WATERFORD research group is offering free screening tests to detect a potentially blinding condition that could save peoples’s eyesight.

A new study aims to investigate the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells in combating the loss of vision in diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

Wall Street closed out an impressive week with a mixed performance today after disappointing high-tech earnings punctured some of investors’ enthusiasm over better-than-expected bank earnings reports.

SCIENTISTS hope to deliver the world’s first stem cell treatment for blindness within five years.

Wall Street finished an erratic session mixed today with the Dow Jones industrials reaching a third straight record close despite concerns about corporate profits and the impact of falling oil prices.

THE world’s largest computer-chip maker, Intel, last night said third-quarter profit fell 35% amid price cuts and market share losses.

Chip-maker Intel, who operate a plant in Leixlip, Co Kildare, said tonight it would eliminate a total of 10,500 jobs over the next year through redundancies, natural wastage and the sale of underperforming business groups as part of a massive restructuring.

Stocks in the US finished an uneasy session mixed today as investors grew nervous ahead of the second-quarter earnings season. Weakness in the technology sector dragged on the Nasdaq composite index.

A TREATMENT is now available that can halt the development of the leading cause of blindness in Ireland.

Wall Street recovered from an earlier plunge to finish narrowly mixed today as investors attempted to rally from a week of losses fuelled by concerns that higher interest rates will strain the global economy.

THE world’s biggest chip maker Intel has said first-quarter profit sank 38%, the biggest decline in more than four years, as the company lost market share to Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD).