Rumours that Valve is to make its own hardware moved up a notched this week with a job post hinting that this is indeed what the company is planning to do.

The posting is for all to see on Valve's official site and it is for an electronics engineer who will be working closely with Valve's hardware team. Yes, hardware team.

"Join our highly motivated team that's doing hardware design, prototyping, testing, and production across a wide range of platforms," explains the post.

"We're not talking about me-too mice and gamepads here – help us invent whole new gaming experiences."

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Other than this, it gives little away but the rumour that a Valve console is in the works looks to be bang on the money – although the hardware seems to be some time off.

This is because the post is asking for someone to "work with the hardware team to conceive, design, evaluate, and produce new types of input, output, and platform hardware."

To us,this doesn't sound like something that's even at prototype stage yet.

Valve has always been a company that's regarded as one of the best in the gaming world – so if anyone could create a set-top that melds the efficiency of Steam with console gaming, then it would be them.

It looks like the Xbox 720 and the PS4 will have some competition when they are finally released.

Apple has moved to improve account safety on iTunes by asking users to set up three security questions before downloading new content.

Both iOS and desktop users are receiving pop-up prompts from Apple when they attempt to download music and movies from iTunes or apps from the App Store.

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iTunes users are also being asked to register a back-up email address and must verify the new information when the process is completed.

"You've taken the added security step and provided a rescue email address. Now all you need to do is verify that it belongs to you," reads the message.

Confusion reins?

While the new security settings will dramatically lessen the chances of account hacking, The Next Web reports that some users are confused by the pop-ups, believing they may be an attempt at phishing.

The site says several threads have appeared on Apple's support forums, questioning the legitimacy of the message.

Some users have even claimed they are 'worded like a phishing scam.'