Those looking to buy a smartphone running Windows Phone, such as the Nokia Lumia 900 pictured below, would be wise to wait. Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming Windows Phone 8 won’t run on any Continue reading “Windows Phone 8 Won’t Run On Any Current Smartphones”. …more
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Jun. 20, 2012 at 6:40pm
Colorful may not be the name that most springs to mind when one thinks of high end graphics cards and their cooling systems. However the following two cooling solutions just might put them on the Continue reading “Colorful Goes All-Out With Extreme Graphics Cooling Designs”. …more
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Jun. 20, 2012 at 5:18pm
MSI has just announced the release of the GTX 680 Lightning (MKT Name: N680GTX Lightning), the new king of the graphics card world equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 GPU. The GTX 680 utilizes Continue reading “MSI Announces GTX 680 Lightning Graphics Card for Hardcore Overclockers”. …more
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Jun. 20, 2012 at 2:22pm
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system is centred around the tablet business which Microsoft is keen to enter, but is highly competitive. Apple’s iPad is currently running away with it as the market leader and Continue reading “Why Microsoft Created the Surface Tablet: No Confidence in Hardware Partners?”. …more
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Jun. 19, 2012 at 7:41pm
HIS achieved a world record in 3DMark Vantage using the usual LN2 and extreme overclocking: “4 x HIS 7970 X at 1480/1910MHz achieved 84669 marks on 3Dmark Vantage record. The 4 HIS 7970 X cards Continue reading “HIS Sets 3DMark Vantage Benchmark World Record by Using Four HIS HD 7970 X Cards”. …more
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Jun. 19, 2012 at 6:36pm
Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer today unleashed the next step in warfare; the CM Storm Stryker full-tower chassis. Built to be a amongst the most agile full-towers, Stryker Continue reading “Coolermaster Unleashes CM Storm Stryker PC Case”. …more
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Jun. 19, 2012 at 5:47pm
Microsoft have just revealed the product: it’s a tablet running Windows 8. It’s slim and light, weighing just 1.5 pounds and has a 10.6 inch display. Microsoft appears to have used the technology in their Continue reading “Microsoft’s Mystery Event: New Tablet PC is Revealed!”. …more
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Jun. 18, 2012 at 6:32pm
An enterprising user on the Android Central forum has leaked a picture of the Motorola Droid 4 prototype smartphone running Android 4.0 codenamed Ice Cream Sandwhich. The prototype works, but it doesn’t look exactly like Continue reading “Leak: Motorola Droid 4 Prototype Picture”. …more
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Jun. 18, 2012 at 3:42pm
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is to receive some new DLC on the Xbox 360 platform tomorrow, which will only be available to Premium Elite subscribers. This is according to a tweet from executive Continue reading “Xbox 360 MW3 Premium Elite Subscribers to Get DLC Tomorrow”. …more
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Jun. 18, 2012 at 2:54pm
AMD is to adopt a 28nm bulk manufacturing process in 2013 for its high volume and less complex products, which includes APUs and motherboard chipsets, according to AMD senior VP and CTO Mark Papermaster. For Continue reading “AMD’s 2013 Products to Use Bulk 28nm Process”. …more
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Jun. 18, 2012 at 2:15pm
According to Treyarch, the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will support ranked dedicated servers, which is in line with MW3 and Battlefield 3. This was confirmed by a tweet from Cesar Continue reading “Ranked Dedicated Servers Coming to Black Ops 2 for PC”. …more
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Jun. 18, 2012 at 12:52pm
Apple has already reported its most profitable quarter recently. Now, it looks likely to become the world’s most profitable company too, according to Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White. He believes that this is all Continue reading “Apple Set to Become the World’s Most Profitable Company, Ever”. …more
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Jun. 18, 2012 at 12:26pm
Canonical and Dell announce today that Dell laptops pre-loaded with Ubuntu will be sold in 850 retail outlets in India. The choice of form factor reflects the demand for mobile computing in India, where Dell, Continue reading “Dell Launch With Ubuntu at Retail in India”. …more
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Jun. 18, 2012 at 8:01am
With all the recent crackdowns on ‘piracy’ and ‘objectionable’ content, the web is unfortunately becoming increasingly censored, something that just wasn’t done on any significant scale a few years ago. This has prompted Tim Bray, Continue reading “Possible New HTTP Status Code on the Way: 451 for Web Censorship”. …more
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Jun. 17, 2012 at 6:32pm
It’s surprising how many people and businesses still cling to Microsoft’s outdated six year old IE7 browser. It has since been superceded by IE8 for Windows XP and IE9 for Vista and 7, with IE10 Continue reading “Australian Etailer, Kogan, Introduces 6.8% ‘IE7 Tax’”. …more
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Jun. 17, 2012 at 12:25pm