Posted on June 4, 2015 10:40 AM by Rob Williams
With Apple expected to unveil its Apple Music streaming service at WWDC next week, we’d imagine that other service providers are holding their breath. That’d be especially true for Jay-Z backed TIDAL, a service that hasn’t quite had the start he and his business partners hoped for. So, in advance of the…..
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Posted on June 4, 2015 9:30 AM by Rob Williams
It was only a matter of time. At Computex, ASUS unveiled a brand-new smartphone that targets those who can’t get enough of shooting themselves in the face. Err – taking photos of themselves. It’s called the ZenFone Selfie, so ASUS leaves little to the imagination when it comes to this smartphone. The…..
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Posted on June 3, 2015 3:15 PM by Rob Williams
Logitech’s latest portable mouse both looks good and is seriously flexible (not literally). Called the MX Anywhere 2, this mouse is an effective shrinking down of the full-sized MX Master Wireless Mouse, released earlier this year. With its Darkfield laser sensor, the mouse will work on a variety of surfaces, including glass…..
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Posted on June 3, 2015 1:45 PM by Rob Williams
It might not be the most attractive flash drive out there, but Kingston’s DataTraveler microDuo 3C sure is flexible. Plus, it solves a problem. I think most would agree that USB Type-C is good – it shrinks the connector down, and lets us plug it in either right-side up or upside-down, resulting…..
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Posted on June 3, 2015 12:45 PM by J.D. Kane
Fractal Design has had much to show at Computex so far. Not only are there new PC chassis making their formal bows in Taipei, there is also a revamp to the lineup of Kelvin series of AIO coolers as well. Let’s tackle the new chassis first. In the lead-off spot is the…..
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Posted on June 3, 2015 12:00 PM by Rob Williams
GOG has just kicked off its annual DRM-free Summer Sale with most of its catalog affected. As before, there will be new game deals launched every 12 hours, and to save even more money, there are bundles to take advantage of. What makes this particular sale a bit different is that you’ll…..
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Posted on June 3, 2015 10:40 AM by Rob Williams
You’ve got to hand it to Bethesda. It knew that as soon as it dropped a hint about there being a new Fallout game, the collective Internet was going to go nuts. It was kind enough, then, to not keep people waiting too long. Following its major tease yesterday, Bethesda has today announced…..
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Posted on June 3, 2015 10:15 AM by Rob Williams
In February, SPEC updated its SPECviewperf 12 benchmark to add support for virtualized environments, and it appears that the demand for such metrics is huge, as it’s followed-up with a SPECwpc update that adds support for the same thing. The latest version is 1.2, and as with SPECviewperf, results from the previous…..
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Posted on June 3, 2015 9:30 AM by Rob Williams
Intel fed us a bunch of information yesterday on what the upcoming Thunderbolt 3 standard will deliver, and in our post, I mentioned that storage is an example of one thing that could benefit from our ever-faster connections. It’s interesting, then, that the folks at QNAP unveiled a perfect example of what I’m talking…..
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Posted on June 2, 2015 6:15 PM by Robert Tanner
For better or worse (for our wallets at least), Steam’s Summer Sale is nearly upon us. This year’s mystery summer sale cards are already out (though not fully revealed), making the rumored June 11th date sounding highly likely. So what better time is there for Valve to announce a new refund policy?…..
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Posted on June 2, 2015 5:30 PM by Rob Williams
Over the years, we’ve seen many vendors try to make the sleekest, sexiest, and most stylish products possible. I am not sure any have been as fervent about it as ASUS, though, and now, its admiration for artistic design continues with its latest all-in-one PC, called Zen AiO. I hate to take…..
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Posted on June 2, 2015 4:45 PM by Rob Williams
I don’t get excited about a new keyboard all too often, but when I do, I want that particular model right now. Last year, I felt that way about Func’s KB-460, and thanks to Computex, I now feel that way about Corsair’s STRAFE. Similar to the aforementioned KB-460, Corsair’s STRAFE keeps things…..
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Posted on June 2, 2015 2:40 PM by Rob Williams
In the quick look we at had at Intel’s first Broadwell-based desktop chips earlier, I mentioned that its successor, Skylake, would be introducing Thunderbolt 3 support. Considering the fact that Skylake could launch this fall, Intel decided to give us the details on what Thunderbolt 3 is all about well in advance…..
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Posted on June 2, 2015 1:30 PM by Rob Williams
Intel has just released ten brand-new processors based on its fifth-generation Core architecture, called Broadwell. Five of those join previous models on mobile, while the other five are brand-new for the desktop. Broadwell is the “tick” part of Intel’s tick/tock cadence, which means it’s an effective slimming down of its predecessor; Haswell…..
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Posted on June 2, 2015 10:00 AM by Jamie Fletcher
With a launch date set for July 29th, users of Windows 7 and 8.1 are entitled to a free upgrade to Windows 10, but retail pricing for new copies have been unknown. Today, Microsoft not only announced pricing for retail copies, but also what features may be removed as part of the…..
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Posted on June 1, 2015 2:00 PM by Rob Williams
Whether it’s CES or Computex, it feels like an inevitability that we’ll see Corsair release a new chassis. The ongoing Computex event has proven to be no exception, but there’s a twist: this is an entire barebones PC, called Bulldog. In the shot above, we can see all of the components that…..
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Posted on June 1, 2015 9:15 AM by Rob Williams
Taiwan’s Computex 2015 event has just kicked off, and NVIDIA has wasted no time in getting a handful of announcements out the door. We covered the biggest one last night, in the form of a GTX 980 Ti review, but also notable are updates that are hitting NVIDIA’s G-SYNC. To start, it…..
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Posted on June 1, 2015 8:00 AM by Rob Williams
Taking advantage of the GTX 980 Ti’s release, EVGA has rolled out a major update to its Precision monitoring and overclocking software. At the forefront, the software has gained DirectX 12 support, which means that its OSD feature will work just fine with DX12 content. We’re clearly lacking such content right now,…..
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Posted on May 29, 2015 2:48 PM by Rob Williams
At CES this past January, QNAP surprised us by unveiling a NAS series powered by AMD processors. That sound strange to even say, but the reality is that AMD has largely been overlooked when it comes to NAS, even though it has compelling processors for the purpose. In a way, it was…..
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Posted on May 29, 2015 2:04 PM by Rob Williams
When EVGA released its Hybrid AIO liquid cooler for the GeForce GTX 980 this past March, I admit that I was a little baffled at the fact that there wasn’t also a version for the monstrous GTX TITAN X. After all, that card has 50% more cores than the GTX 980 and triple…..
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Posted on May 28, 2015 5:41 PM by Rob Williams
At its ongoing I/O conference, Google took the veil off of the next version of Android, called M. The company’s focus with this release isn’t so much about being revolutionary as it is about refinement. Lollipop involved an overhaul on the OS, so edges will be smoothed out with M. That doesn’t…..
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Posted on May 28, 2015 4:47 PM by Rob Williams
When NVIDIA announced its SHIELD back in March, we were promised a late May release. As it happens, that’s exactly what we’re being given. The release comes at a coincidental time, too. Google’s I/O conference just kicked off today, so what better time than now to release one of the (or the)…..
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Posted on May 28, 2015 12:51 PM by Rob Williams
AMD’s just-released A10-7870K is part of a Kaveri refresh that has an interesting focus: eSports. Well, to be more accurate, eSports on a budget. This $137 model APU is clocked a bit higher than the previous top-end model, with a max turbo of 4.1GHz, and stock speed of 3.9GHz. That’s not really…..
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Posted on May 26, 2015 5:34 PM by Rob Williams
The name of Windows 10’s game is “interoperability”. Whether you’re on your desktop or smartphone, Microsoft wants you to have access to what matters. That of course implies one thing: you’ll need a Windows Phone. That’s all fine and good, but the market has proven that most Windows desktop users don’t care…..
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Posted on May 26, 2015 1:09 PM by Rob Williams
Logitech has just beefed-up some of its Harmony products by releasing a new update that introduces home automation functionality. The affected products include the Harmony Ultimate, Harmony Smart Control, and the Harmony Smart Keyboard. Adding home automation to the mix greatly increases the overall flexibility of these Harmony products and helps make…..
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