Month: September 2013
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Oculus Rift Not Needed for EVE Valkyrie
Hilmar Petersson, CEO of CCP announced that people were playing without Oculus Rift since there was a limited number going around at the development studio. When asked if the game could launch with both VR and non-VR versions he replied: “It could be a game like that, absolutely.” Being a…
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Watch Dogs to Run at 30 FPS on Next Gen Consoles
Ubisoft Montreal’s Creative Director Jonathon Morin revealed that Watch Dogs would not run at 60 frames per second on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 next-generation consoles, but instead will only be running at 30 frames per second. “Right now the frame-rate we’re focusing on [is] a steady 30[fps],” Morin said. “There’s…
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Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Available for HTC One Handsets
Great news for HTC One users as the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean updated has started to be available for OTA download. It is reported also that the HTC One will run smoother and faster with the new 4.3 OS than the Samsung competitor, the Galaxy S4. The update started to…
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Overclock Your Brain With the Foc.us Gaming Headset
Feeling tired and a bit sluggish? Or simply looking to boost your productivity? Well the future has a lot to offer. tDCS has been about for over 100 years but recently started floating around on the radar after Sally Adee wrote an article on tDCS for New Scientist, Apparently DARPA…
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AOC G2460PQU 24″ 144Hz WLED Gaming Monitor Giveaway
We've teamed up with monitor manufacturer AOC to give one lucky eTeknix reader the chance to win a G2460PQU 24" WLED Gaming Monitor.
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3D Printers Heading To The International Space Station In 2014
3D printing as we have seen by now is quickly becoming the next best thing since the dot-matrix printer and over the last year or so things have been going from strength to strength for the technology as its gone from concept to a high street reality. Not surprisingly, it…
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In Win GT1 Mid Tower Chassis Review
Introduction In Win are setting an incredible pace for unique chassis designs recently, but while last week saw us taking a look at the glass and aluminium wonder that is the Tou, this week sees us looking at something a lot more practical and consumer friendly. I am of course…
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Google Looking To Take On ex-Blackberry Engineers
Blackberry as we have recently seen are not in the strongest of financial positions at the moment and with news that they have made a loss of nearly $1B from unsold Z10 handsets, the future is not looking to great for their engineers. Not all hope is lost for these…
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Sharp’s First Windows 8 Tablet Has 10.1 Inch 2560 x 1600 Display
Engadget reports of Sharp unveiling its newest Windows 8 tablet at the CEATEC show in Japan. This new tablet from Sharp plays to their unique skills in developing high resolution panels and the “Mebius Pad”, as it is named, features an impressive 2560 x 1600 display. The Mebius Pad is…
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Nokia Tablet “RX-114” Approved by the FCC and Heading for AT&T and Verizon
Until now there were rumors circulating about a new Nokia tablet said to be running Windows 8.1 RT in the works. This rumor became official when the device was approved by the FCC and will become available, according to Nokia’s tweets, on the 22nd of October. The Nokia team did a…
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BlackBerry Lose Nearly $1 Billion From Unsold Z10 Inventory Write-Down
When BlackBerry released the Z10 handset back at the end of January this year they hoped the smartphone would sell really well and turn the company’s fortunes around somewhat. However, in a rather unfortunate turn of events the BlackBerry Z10 has actually made things worse, rather than making things better.…
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Pricing and Launch Date Revealed For the Gionee Elife E6
The monolithic 5-inch handset is expected to launch on the 3rd of October, at a launch event held in New Delhi, India. Any pre-orders for the device will begin at that date and the shipping is expected to start on October 11. Gionee has a monolithic design focus on the…
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Leaks Reveal Radeon R9 290X Potential Launch Date
DonanimHaber, a Turkish technology publication, has always been pretty accurate in the past with the leaks it reveals about unreleased products. Recently they’ve revealed details about the potential launch date of the AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics cards. According to them the Press NDA date (Non-Disclosure Agreement) for the Radeon…
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NASA Reveal Images Of A New Island That Emerged After Pakistan Earthquake
NASA have released a few images showing an Island that newly formed off the coast of Pakistan on September 24th. The island formed after a devastating earthquake struck mainland Pakistan causing over 500 fatalities, RT reports. However, one of the consequences of that quake was this new island which formed 380…
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AOL News Reading app Hits the Google Play Store
AOL just released a news reading app on the Google Play store which is available for both smartphones and tablets. Unlike other news apps, the new AOL app uses the Flipboard interface, giving you the ability to scroll through top news broken down by category. Sections like Entertainment, Food, Health,…
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