Valve’s Steam platform is very successful, so it isn’t surprising to see others copy some of Steam’s features. Certain Games bought from the Sony PlayStation Network store for the PlayStation 3 can now be preloaded Continue reading “Sony Introduces PlayStation Network Store Pre-Orders”. …more
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May 17, 2012 at 6:52pm
SAPPHIRE’s Vapor-X cooling technology, first intruduced in 2007 with the HD 3870 ATOMIC Edition graphics card, is known for excellent cooling along with quiet running. SAPPHIRE have now introduced it to their 7000-series in the Continue reading “SAPPHIRE Introduces Overclocked HD 7770 Vapor-X Graphics Card”. …more
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May 17, 2012 at 5:48pm
Epic Games is a major games studio that’s been around what seems like forever and they are also the people bringing the amazing Unreal Engine 4 to the world. So, you wouldn’t expect them to Continue reading “UE4 Development Being Assisted By Pitbull Studio”. …more
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May 17, 2012 at 3:28pm
In a Wired article about the state of gaming, consoles and Unreal Engine 4, Epic released some, well, epic, screenshots of a demo showing off what UE4 is capable of. It’s so good in fact, Continue reading “Unreal Engine 4 Amazing Demo Screenshots Released”. …more
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May 17, 2012 at 3:00pm
Yesterday, we reported that NVIDIA revealed the GK110 GPU, or “Big Kepler”, as it has been dubbed, which is going to go in their K20 Tesla graphics card for professional applications (it will most assuredly Continue reading “NVIDIA Reveals GK110 Specifications and Availability”. …more
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May 16, 2012 at 5:07pm
Earlier this month, we reported that Valve was to introduce a new Steam client feature called Remote Management. At the time, it was available in the latest beta client. However, it has now gone live Continue reading “Steam Remote Game Downloads Feature Now Live”. …more
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May 16, 2012 at 4:04pm
Zalman the company that made a name for itself with its high end CPU & GPU coolers, is to showcase a top to bottom lineup of new products at COMPUTEX 2012, Grand Hyatt Hotel, suite Continue reading “Zalman To Showcase Many New Products At Computex 2012”. …more
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May 16, 2012 at 3:15pm
Who remembers Psystar? This was the plucky upstart company that tried making and selling “hackintosh” PCs under the “OpenMac” brand in 2008 – that’s regular PCs with Apple’s Mac operating system installed on them. However, Continue reading “End of the Road For Apple Mac Clone Maker Psystar, This Time Permanently”. …more
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May 15, 2012 at 5:39pm
Apple’s recent new iPad has rightly been praised for its innovative high resolution 2048×1536 Retina display. With this launch however, it wasn’t hard to see this technology coming to other Apple products. Now, according to Continue reading “Apple’s Upcoming MacBook Pros, Airs and iMacs To Get High Resolution Retina Displays”. …more
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May 15, 2012 at 4:31pm
When a new operating system is on its way, Microsoft have always offered upgrades to it in order to prevent a preceding PC sales slump. Therefore, Microsoft will launch its upgrade to Windows 8 promotion Continue reading “Upgrade To Windows 8 To Cost a Flat $14.99 From Any Version of Windows 7”. …more
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May 15, 2012 at 3:27pm
NVIDIA will be presenting their mobile version of the GTX 680 at Computex 2012 on June 5, called the GTX 680M. While it doesn’t have anywhere near the processing power of the desktop version, at Continue reading “Leaked: NVIDIA GTX 680M Info”. …more
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May 14, 2012 at 7:13pm
Mozilla, the developer of Firefox, has said that it will fight a third party browser ban by Microsoft on Windows RT, the version of Windows 8 designed to run on ARM powered devices, such as Continue reading “Mozilla To Fight Microsoft’s Firefox Ban On Windows RT’s Classic Desktop Mode”. …more
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May 14, 2012 at 6:39pm
Adobe Creative Suite 5 versions of Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash Professional contain a critical vulnerarbility in them, that can allow the attacker to take control of a PC or Mac running these apps. Now, CS6 Continue reading “Adobe Issues Free Security Updates for CS5 Vulnerabilities After Backpedalling On Costly CS6 Upgrade”. …more
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May 12, 2012 at 5:34pm
Cybercriminals are always on the lookout to make a fast buck from unsuspecting marks. Web sites that require Flash Player to be viewed properly often show a prompt to install the plug-in. However, this should Continue reading “Fake Flash Player Malware Targets Android Phone Users”. …more
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May 12, 2012 at 4:44pm
AnandTech has taken a look at Thunderbolt implementation on a PC motherboard. This new, high speed connection technology co-developed by Intel and Apple has so far only been used in Apple Macs, but it’s now Continue reading “An Initial Look At Thunderbolt Technology On a PC Motherboard”. …more
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May 12, 2012 at 2:59pm