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Raspberry Pi 3 Announced – Brings Faster CPU And Wireless Connectivity
Today is not just a birthday for the Raspberry Pi Foundation; it also marks the release of a new Raspberry Pi: version 3. With it comes not only a faster CPU, but also integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. On a special day four years ago, the very first Raspberry Pi was brought to market, with a…..
Microsoft’s HoloLens Development Edition Now Available For Preorder
It’s proven to be quite a day for alternate reality technologies. Earlier, we talked about HTC’s Vive becoming available for preorder, and with that taking care of VR, Microsoft takes care of AR (augmented reality) by opening up preorders for its HoloLens developer edition. Last fall, we learned that this particular HoloLens…..
HTC Opens Preorders For Its Vive VR Kit; First Units Ship In Early April
It’s happening! HTC has just opened up preorders for its highly anticipated Vive VR kit. As revealed last week, Vive will cost $799 USD (+$30 shipping), which is $200 more than Oculus’ Rift. That’s a sizable difference; however, the general consensus from those who’ve used both is that Vive deserves its price…..
NVIDIA Releases The First Official Version Of Its Iray Server Distributed Rendering Software
Following a lengthy beta period, NVIDIA has just released the first official version of its Iray Server software. As the name implies, Iray Server is the server portion of NVIDIA’s overall Iray solution; the other piece of the puzzle is an Iray rendering plugin that can be installed for Autodesk’s 3ds Max…..
Can Your PC Run VR? Steam’s Benchmarking Tool Can Tell You
With the launch of HTC’s Vive and Oculus’ Rift happening within the next month, there’s no better time than right now to make sure your PC is up to par for such a workload – if you’re planning to pick one of those two solutions up, of course. To help gamers figure…..
NVIDIA Brings Android 6.0 ‘Marshmallow’ To SHIELD TV, Introduces Initial Vulkan Support
NVIDIA has long claimed that its SHIELD TV is the best streamer on the market, and to help make sure that nothing changes, it’s just rolled-out a new update for the device that adds a number of improvements and feature updates, including an upgrade to Android 6.0 ‘Marshmallow’. Marshmallow in itself brings…..
Lian Li Announces PC-7N: Affordable Quality Mid-Tower Chassis
Over the past few years, it seems like the industry is trending more and more to smaller cases. With mITX and mATX motherboard becoming more and more popular, PC builders haven’t needed the additional real estate offered by a full size chassis. However, sometimes your build calls for nice mid tower. For…..
Vertagear Advances In Design, Space And Comfort With New P-Line Gaming Chair
There are many gaming chairs out there, but there are few that can handle the bulky, ever-aging (and expanding) gamers out there. Sometimes those requirements are met on scale but not on weight or both at the same time. Now, I’ve never been a small guy. I’m 6 foot tall with a large…..
AMD & NVIDIA Release First Vulkan GPU Drivers, Others Vouch Support For The Technology
AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group will soon release a beta version of its GPU drivers that will have the Khronos Group’s Vulkan API enabled. This will help spearhead the deployment and begin broad testing of the much lauded new graphics API. With the release of the 1.0 Vulkan Specification, now is a good…..
Tesla’s Latest Electric Vehicle Is The $35,000 Model 3; Pre-orders Begin March 31
Here’s something. Those of you pining for a Tesla of your own: your wait might just have gotten a lot shorter. With the Model S and announced but not-yet-released Model X being out of the price range of many, Elon Musk and team have been working towards a more affordable solution for…..
Amazon Releases Game Engine ‘Lumberyard’, Allows Content Creation For PC, Console, Mobile & VR
There’s a new game engine in town and its developer might surprise you. Amazon Web Services, the monolithic cloud-computing platform, has announced its own game engine, called Lumberyard, and is offering it for free to PC and console developers, and soon, mobile and VR developers. Based on Crytek’s popular CryEngine, Lumberyard is free to download in beta (with…..
EVGA Beats The VR Rush With GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR Edition
If you’re planning to snatch up a VR headset as soon as they become publicly available, but have yet to build a PC around it, you might want to consider adding EVGA’s new GeForce GTX 980 Ti “VR Edition” to your checklist, as it sports a couple of features that could make…..
Logitech Launches G810 Orion Spectrum Gaming Keyboard, Featuring Company’s Own Romer-G Switches
As the mechanical keyboard revolution rages, Logitech has added a new RGB gaming keyboard to its stable of gaming products. With the G810 Orion Spectrum, Logitech looks to separate itself from the crowd by using its own exclusive Romer-G mechanical switches. These switches promise 25 percent faster actuation than a standard gaming keyboard.…..
MSI’s GT72S G Tobii Eye-tracking Gaming Notebook Now Available For Purchase
The day is here! The technology behind the products we have twice consecutively given a “Best of CES” award to, Tobii, is now available baked into the new MSI GT72S G Tobii gaming notebook. The ease of learning to use the Tobii eye tracking software is exponentially better than remembering the name…..
Kingston Acquires Imation’s IronKey, Bolstering Its Enterprise Flash Storage Business
In this industry, we see quite a few press releases on any given day. One that caught our eye this morning was the announcement that Kingston has acquired the USB technology and assets of IronKey from Imation. No strangers to encrypted USB flash drives, Kingston has had its own offerings for over 10 years…..
Lian Li’s PC-M25: An mATX Chassis With Lots Of Room For Storage
There are few manufacturers in the PC industry more respected than Lian Li. What it lacks in quantity is more than made up for in quality. Known for its unique designs and use of aluminum in manufacturing, Lian Li has been covered by us a handful of times. Announced this week, the…..
Toshiba Announces OCZ Trion 150 SSD, A Performance-boosting Refresh
Bringing affordability to entry-level users, Toshiba announces the refreshed OCZ Trion SSD. Providing 550MB/s read speeds, 530MB/s sequential writes, and random write I/O speeds of up to 91,000 IOPS, the Trion 150 series helps bring improved boot times and system responsiveness to the masses. Built with Toshiba’s 15nm Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND…..
Respected USB-C Reviewer Forced To Take Break After Bad Cable Kills Their Chromebook Pixel Notebook
Over the course of the last handful of months, Google software engineer Benson Leung has made it his mission to oust bad USB-C cables. To most of us, a cable might “just be a cable”, but when off-brand cables are being used, a genuine risk can be posed. From the beginning, Leung…..
Porsche’s Type 718: Boxster/Cayman Gets Upgrades
While it’s a bit daft to call a car that costs almost $60 thousand an entry-level model, the Porsche Boxster is the most “affordable” car available from Stuttgart. As such, while you do get a car that wears the famous Porsche badge, it’s a far cry from its higher-performing kin, the venerable…..
Riinging True: Thermaltake’s Latest Core X5 Chassis Features Company’s LED Riing Fans
System builders have long known the Thermaltake name. As different companies have entered and/or departed the industry, Thermaltake has remained a constant. With its longevity, we’ve come to expect some products that highlight the company’s ability to think outside of the box. Announced this week, the Core X5 and Core X5 Riing Edition (not…..
Synology Announces DiskStation DS216+ – x86 NAS On A Budget
It almost feels like “another day, another NAS” at this point, but Synology will be releasing a new 2-bay NAS in the coming week, in its highly desirable plus range – the DS216+. Network storage as a concept has grown in spec over the last few years – from dumb storage pools,…..
NVIDIA Could Release HBM2-equipped TITAN X Successor In April
2016 is shaping up to be an exciting year for graphics cards. Both AMD and NVIDIA are expected to launch cards that sport dramatically improved or overhauled architectures, with both set to utilize HBM2 memory for their higher-end parts. By this summer, even the mainstream segment could be treated to something special:…..
NVIDIA Grants GeForce Experience Users Beta Access To Tom Clancy’s The Division, Touts HBAO+ & PCSS Support
With the highly-anticipated beta of Tom Clancy’s The Division launching next weekend, NVIDIA has decided to give us some details on things we should be aware of. First and foremost, it’s recommended that a GeForce GTX 970 is owned to run the game at 1080p with good detail, while a 980 Ti…..
QNAP Adds Netflix Support To Its TAS-168 And TAS-268 NASes
Never shy to try new ideas, QNAP has announced that the QTS and Android dual-system TAS-168/268 NASes now support Netflix. The TAS-168/268 NAS is the first Android-based NAS that supports Netflix, and users can now download and install the app from Google Play. As with many of QNAPs offerings, you can simply…..
Thecus Launches New Media-centric NAS: The Dual-bay N2810
With the launch of its newest 2-bay NAS, the N2810, Thecus has added another device to its multimedia-centric portfolio. With a focus on its new NAS operating system, 7.0, the N2810 will be Thecus’ first product shipping with the updated code. Speaking to this, Thecus CEO Florence Shih recently said that, “With the…..