Month: July 2013
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MSI Reveal GS70 Gaming Series Notebook
MSI have just announced a new 17 inch gaming notebook. The MSI GS70 is a 2.65kg notebook with a full HD 17.3 inch HD display. MSI have equipped the usual trademark SteelSeries keyboard with fully programmable backlights and have opted for a 2.1 channel speaker system. MSI’s Matrix Display is…
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AMD Debuts New Low Power 6W G-Series APU
AMD have just announced some brand new APU additions to their G-Series of SOCs. AMD’s new GX-210JA APU features a wattage of just 6W with an average power consumption of 3W. With such a low TDP AMD expects to be able to power a variety of fanless and passive systems for…
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Red Harbinger Releases The Cross Desk
After a very long wait and much anticipation I have been waiting for Red Harbinger to give news on its Cross desk being released and today my friends is the day. The Red Harbinger desk really is a system builders fantasy and for an extremely short time they are taking…
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“Become The Galaxy” In Arcane Logic’s Hadron’s Forge For PC
Start-up games developer Arcane Logic has announced the development of their PC launch-title Hadron’s Forge. Blending real-world actual science with an immersive procedurally generated sandbox environment featuring mining, building, and almost endless space exploration, Hadron’s Forge offers to gamers a chapter-based single-player adventure and multiplayer experience in which participants have the…
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Core i7 Ivy Bridge-E Pricing Is Revealed, Slightly Cheaper Than Expected
If you are interested in getting a Ivy Bridge-E CPU when they come out later this year, expected September, then you may be pleased to know pricing details have surfaced from VR-Zone. The first “entry” model, the Core i7 4820K, comes with a price tag of $310 USD which makes…
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Intel Core i7 4771 Gets Tested
Intel is planning on releasing a brand new Haswell CPU called the Core i7 4771. This will be a locked multiplier Core i7 Haswell processor with identical clock speeds and design to the Core i7 4770K. That means a 3.5GHz base clock and 3.9GHz turbo clock across four cores and…
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Whistleblower Bradley Manning Found Not Guilty Of Aiding The Enemy
Private Bradley Manning, the whistleblower behind the biggest military leak in American history, has been acquitted of the charge “aiding the enemy”. This was the most serious offence he had been charged with and had he been found guilty he would of been jailed for life without any chance of…
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Comic Strip Of Classic Snes Game “PLOK” Released
First seen in the classic SNES platform game Plok!, the eponymous hero has been relaunched by creators The Pickford Bros as a regular comic strip. Starting today, and published exclusively on the Zee-3 website, Plok The Exploding Man will follow the adventures of Plok as he wakes up after 20…
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Microsoft Has 4.5% Tablet Market Share For Q2 2013
Strategy Analytics reports that Microsoft has managed to attain only 4.5% of the tablet market for the period Q2 (April-June) of 2013. This means Windows still trails significantly behind both Android and iOS in the tablet market. Apparently consumers have stated that a lack of applications for Windows RT is…
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Supply Of Displays Out-paces Demand, Prices Expected To Fall
According to the latest figures published by the market analysts iSuppli the demand for large LCD/LED-LCD/IPS displays will be too low to meet demand causing widespread price drops. In terms of figures the period July through September will reportedly see supply exceed demand by approximately 15.9%. This comes after unexpectedly…
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Gigabyte Preparing GTX 780 SOC Graphics Card
Gigabyte’s GTX 680 Super OverClock certainly was an interesting graphics card although whether the decision to employ five 40mm fans was a sensible one is a hot topic of debate. Gigabyte is now apparently preparing a successor to the GTX 680 SOC for Nvidia’s new GTX 780 GPU. Gigabyte’s GTX…
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Attitude One Tunguska 7.1 USB Gaming Headset Review
Today we take a look at a brand that is somewhat new to us here at eTeknix. While yes we have heard of Attitude One, we’ve even seen their products at various trade shows and online, but we’ve never had the chance to get hands on with their products and…
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How To Save Some Money: Different Light Bulbs
Is it important to be energy efficient? Of course it is, but usually it isn’t worth it. How many light fixtures do you have in your home? I have a grand total of… Fourteen, many of which use more than one bulb. If I were to replace every single bulb in…
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NSA May Have Backdoors Built Into Intel And AMD Processors
In an interesting story covered by the Australian Financial Review it is revealed that experts think the NSA has hardware level backdoors built into Intel and AMD processors. Steve Blank, recognised as one of Silicon Valleys leading experts, says that he would be extremely surprised if the American NSA does not…
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The Humble Deep Silver Bundle – Six Great Games
The Humble Bundle has given us yet another giant bundle to consider purchasing. Bringing us six games worth over $190, in which you will get six games and 1 giant pack of DLC. Though this Bundle will likely cost you a bit more, you will get an epic savings. This…
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