Posted on September 12, 2016 12:00 PM by Tom Roeder
Gaming is a serious business. Competitive gaming is exploding in popularity, and as a result, LAN parties are becoming more popular than ever. As gaming becomes more and more competitive, gamers are always on the lookout for something to give them a competitive edge over their opponents. Today we are looking at…..
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Posted on September 9, 2016 3:16 PM by Rob Williams
Out of nowhere (or, it was at least unknown to me), NVIDIA released a brand-new version of its GeForce Experience application yesterday. This isn’t just some standard update: it’s a complete overhaul, a “building from the ground up”. For that reason, it’s also been given a new major version number: 3.0. I’ve…..
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Posted on September 8, 2016 4:00 PM by Rob Williams
The long-awaited DirectX 12 patch for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has arrived, and as much as I hate to admit it, it couldn’t be more underwhelming. The lone DX12 feature included here is the fact that the API is supported; that means performance might be improved in some cases, but the visuals…..
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Posted on September 6, 2016 3:49 PM by Rob Williams
When NVIDIA first unveiled its VR Funhouse game at the launch of its first Pascal-based GeForce graphics cards, few people probably realized the amount of support the company would be putting behind it. For starters, the game is free and also quite good. What wasn’t obvious at first is that NVIDIA would be…..
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Posted on September 1, 2016 1:52 PM by Rob Williams
At IFA, Qualcomm announced a new platform that makes us question: “What took so long?” You might recall that last fall, the company announced a reference platform for drones, called Snapdragon Flight. That was a good launch, but it definitely made us question where a VR reference platform was; after all, Qualcomm’s…..
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Posted on August 23, 2016 8:00 AM by Rob Williams
It might be obvious from the title that this is going to be a little bit of a rant – and that’d be accurate. I have never liked Microsoft’s or Sony’s requirement for paid subscriptions in order for gamers to play with their friends online, but Sony’s brand-new price hike for PlayStation…..
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Posted on August 22, 2016 9:44 PM by Rob Williams
Acronis has just launched the latest iteration of its popular backup solution True Image, with version 2017. This year’s release proves to be a feature-packed one, with a bunch of useful tools added, along with a good helping of fine-tuning and general polish. If you haven’t upgraded your True Image license in…..
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Posted on August 18, 2016 5:30 PM by Jamie Fletcher
NVIDIA is still rolling out its Pascal launch with yet another GPU, this time with a more budget friendly GTX 1060 equipped with 3GB of GDDR5 instead of 6GB. The aim is to hit the sub $200 mark and to some extent, undercut AMD’s RX 480 by performing slightly better. The main…..
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Posted on August 18, 2016 4:45 PM by Jamie Fletcher
It’s rant time. Apple has pretty much confirmed that it’s dropping the humble 3.5mm audio jack from its upcoming iPhone, replacing it with the digital-only Lightning connector. Now it’s Intel’s turn by talking up the benefits of USB Type-C replacing the ubiquitous audio connector too. Apple, Intel, can we please stop this…..
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Posted on August 16, 2016 4:00 PM by Brandon Mietzner
From time to time a game comes along that looks good, but you just want it to look better. That game this time around is No Man’s Sky and with the newly released 372.53 drivers from NVIDIA, you can push it even further with Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) and SLI. For those…..
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Posted on August 16, 2016 8:28 AM by Rob Williams
Logitech’s G Pro Gaming Mouse might have a simple name, and it might look simple, but it’s far from being a bland product. The company targets this mouse at the eSports crowd and says that it includes the best features from its popular G100s and G303 mice. It’s also been developed with…..
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Posted on August 15, 2016 9:09 AM by Rob Williams
A brand-new project on Google’s Git website has surfaced, and for a number of different reasons, it’s extremely notable. First, it’s an operating system, called Fuchsia. Second, it’s not based on Linux, as Google’s other OS, Android, is. This is going to be interesting. Inside the project’s main readme file is a…..
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Posted on August 15, 2016 8:34 AM by Rob Williams
In advance of the fifth anniversary of his role as CEO at Apple, Tim Cook gave The Washington Post a huge interview where he talks about a slew of different topics – from his job being a ‘lonely’ one to the importance of augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) going forward.…..
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Posted on August 9, 2016 8:30 AM by Jamie Fletcher
Memory and storage are key components in any modern computer, be it a desktop, laptop, or your humble mobile phone. Packing ever higher densities into some very cramped real-estate, Micron is releasing its new wave of 3D NAND flash chips, with technology co-developed with Intel, to squeeze in as much as 32GB…..
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Posted on August 9, 2016 8:15 AM by Rob Williams
As with every year, this past weekend’s Defcon event had its fair share of interesting revelations – but none quite holds a candle to this one. Check Point Software Technologies revealed that hundreds of millions of Android devices are susceptible to one of four vulnerabilities that could lead to privilege escalation. The…..
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Posted on August 8, 2016 2:29 PM by Robert Tanner
Fresh off its announcement of producing the densest 64-layer NAND yet, Toshiba takes it one step further with what can only be described as a “micro M.2 SSD” family. At the recent 2016 Flash memory Summit, Toshiba announced the new BG series of SSDs, which will utilize 3D TLC BiCS flash. What…..
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Posted on August 5, 2016 11:16 AM by Rob Williams
Bethesda has just released its first gameplay trailer for the upcoming Quake Champions, and wow, does it look amazing. As one YouTube commenter put it, it’s best to look at this one with cautious optimism, because we all know how these things can go. But still, based on what’s seen here, this…..
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Posted on August 5, 2016 10:39 AM by Rob Williams
At this point in time, it’s almost expected that any large corporation that produces software would have a bug bounty program. Google has one, and so does Microsoft. Even Mozilla has one. Who hasn’t? Apple. That changes today, and as if it wants to prove that it’s serious about it, the company…..
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Posted on August 4, 2016 12:00 PM by Rob Williams
Considering the fact that it’s 2016, it might be easy to assume that most people out there understand the basics of PC security, such as: don’t pick up a random flash drive and plug it in. That has been an established issue, but it hasn’t been that common in the real-world. Google…..
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Posted on August 4, 2016 10:45 AM by Rob Williams
Would you pay more for increased privacy? What if it includes information that you probably never knew was recorded or being sold in the first place? Enter Comcast. Hot on the heels of an entire state suing Comcast for its deceptive practices, we learn of the company’s goal of persuading the FCC to allow…..
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Posted on August 4, 2016 9:52 AM by Rob Williams
It appears that OnePlus’ latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 3, is selling a little too well in select countries. “Too well” isn’t a bad thing, of course, but when it results in inventory depletion, it’s not great for those who’ve been holding out for one. On its official forums, OnePlus co-founder Carl…..
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Posted on August 3, 2016 3:38 PM by Rob Williams
Well, this was unexpected. In mid-June, Intel’s Basis received complaints of its Peak watch overheating, at which time the company immediately asked owners to stop wearing it until an updated firmware was released. Fast-forward to today, and the company admits that it couldn’t fix the issue. And, as it appears, Basis as…..
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Posted on August 3, 2016 1:30 PM by Rob Williams
I might not use Backblaze’s cloud storage service, but I sure do love the company’s transparency when it comes to hard drive reliability. I’ve reported on the company a couple of times before, and always look forward to its latest reports to see which vendor’s doing well, and which vendor’s not. This…..
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Posted on August 3, 2016 12:30 PM by Rob Williams
If you’ve been miffed at the lack of stability in Mozilla’s Firefox browser, the most important thing you could do in the next few minutes is update. Well, that, and hope that you’re one of the lucky few who get to take advantage of the browser’s new multi-process architecture, called Electrolysis. The Electrolysis project…..
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Posted on August 3, 2016 11:30 AM by Rob Williams
Yes: this is real. China has just performed its first official test of a ‘straddling bus’ that rides on rails on the side of the road and doesn’t impede the flow of normal traffic. If it sounds too bizarre to be true, this image should help clear things up: The test run…..
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