Bill Hates, Half-Life 3 and a whole lotta tablets

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www.techradar.com Week in Tech Bill Hates, Half-Life 3 and a whole lotta tablets Poor Bill Gates: three of Microsoft's key investors reckon that Microsoft would be better off without him. Gary Marshall isn't so sure. "You could argue that what Microsoft really needs is more Bill, not less." One of Microsoft's biggest customers has traditionally been Dell. These days Dell isn't tied to one OS, however, and this week it unveiled a mix of Windows and Android tablets. The Windows tablets are called the Venue Pro 8 and - you're ahead of us here - the Venue Pro 11, and they're really rather nice. Meanwhile, the the Venue 7 and Venue 8 run Android 4.2.2 and will come in both Wi-Fi and 4G flavours, and they're priced to sell. If you watched the finale of Breaking Bad this week you weren't just benefiting from a whole bunch of technological advances: you were watching the actor we really, really, really want to see playing Half-Life's Gordon Freeman in a film. Check the picture on the linked article and the one on our story about Valve filing a trademark for Half-Life 3 and tell us Heisenberg isn't Freeman. He is! HE IS! But will Half-Life 3 be any good if it does come out? Hugh Langley says to prepare yourself for crushing disappointment: "this could be Valve's Chinese Democracy." What's small, rectangular and makes a pleasant noise? No, not Kylie Minogue in a box: the LG G2, which came agonisingly close to topping our Best Mobile Phones chart. But whether your smartphone is a few years old or brand new, you'll want to get the most out of your battery - so hurrah for James Rogerson, who not only explains what the problem is but tells you hows to solve it too. Here's a hint: get away from that radiator! Read the full story     In this week ■ Week in Tech: Bill Hates, Half-Life 3, and a whole lotta tablets ■ Talking points: Nexus 5, Steam Controller, and 3D printing at home ■ Competition: WIN! A £1,000 smart TV and entertainment package ■ The week's best buys: Tesco Hudl, Apple iPad mini, and Nexus 7 ■ Top 20 mobile phones   Talking points 1 Nexus 5 will ship at the end of October with same specs as iPhone 5S A source familiar with Google has told TechRadar that the Nexus 5 will be announced and shipped in the last week of October. The Nexus 4 upgrade will also be "half the price" of the iPhone 5S and will match the 5S in performance, according to our source. Read more       2 Nexus 5 spotted again, doesn't overly impress A MacRumors forum member snapped a picture of the Nexus 5 and shared some thoughts on the handset: apparently it feels good in the hand, its screen is simply ok, the bezel is tiny and it seems smaller than the LG G2. Read more       3 Steam Controller revealed, Valve's kind of crazy Steam gamepad Valve's week of announcements came to a close with the unveiling of the Steam Controller, a hackable, haptic-laden gamepad featuring an army of input options. Valve calls it "A new way to play your entire Steam library from the sofa." Read more       4 3D fun for all the family as £1,150 Cube printer hits UK The neat and tidy Cube 3D printer is now available. Touting its plug-and-play out-of-the box simplicity, the table top printer is suitable and safe for children to use as well as parents. Read more       Competition WIN! A £1,000 smart TV and entertainment package   Bag yourself a smart TV, BT Infinity, YouView box and home hotspot kit! To celebrate BT’s new range of products that make it easier to connect your gadgets to the internet, TechRadar has teamed up with BT to give away a full entertainment package. Enter competition   WIN! A 46-inch HD Samsung 3D Smart TV Enter competition       WIN! A G-Technology G-RAID hard drive worth £299 Enter competition         Your tweets this week       The week's best buys Tesco Hudl A capable, family-focused tablet to browse the web, check your emails, stream movies and listen to music. View offer Read review       Apple iPad Mini If you need a stunning display, we wholeheartedly recommend this. It's built to be future-proof, and you won't be disappointed with its performance.. View offer Read review       Nexus 7 The screen is to die for and the form factor is ideal for media consumption. It's light, it's bright, it's fun and it's thin. What's not to like? View offer Read review       What tech do you want right now? @alawton77 64gb iPhone 5S, I'd wait for the new iPad mini and have a Galaxy Note 3 as my second phone.     @scbirney 4K TV , Nexus 5 and a PS4.     @robertsankey Death ray, then I would have all the tech in the world... once I'd used it a few times! #muhahahaha       Top   mobile phones  With the arrival of the iPhone 5S and the LG G2, we've refreshed our selection of the best mobile phones. Can either of the new kids unseat the current king? Read the chart to find out.   HTC One       LG G2       Samsung Galaxy S4 View top 20           TechRadar Promotion Preorder your PS4 now! If you're planning to buy a PlayStation 4 in the UK on November 29, you'd better get your skates on. From Asda to Zavvi, the PS4 is almost sold out. But you can still preorder, and we've rounded all the best deals so you know just where to get the best deal on a next-gen PlayStation. 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