Month: July 2015
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EVGA Reveals Its X99 Micro2 Motherboard
The X99 Micro2 motherboard by EVGA represents the successor of the EVGA X99 Micro, and it comes with a series of performance-related improvements complemented by a better layout and a new BIOS. Clearly aimed at gamers and enthusiasts, the X99 Micro2 offers complete overclocking support thanks to EVGA’s new GUI…
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Twitter Hope To Increase Users With Their New Homepage
Twitter has been cooking up a new homepage for its social media platform and it is now ready to launch. The social media platform plans to roll out their new homepage today, but what is the ultimate goal here? From the looks of it, Twitter plans to get more people…
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Sharkoon Released QuickPort XT Units With Cloning and Card Reader
Sharkoon announced two new docking station for storage and they each have their little extra function. The two new Sharkoon docking stations are the QuickPort XT Duo Clone and the QuickPort XT HC. Both will add a hot-swappable hard disk dock ability and connect through USB 3.0. The Sharkoon QuickPort XT…
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Some of Nvidia’s Shield Tablets Are Being Recalled
Nvidia’s Shield Tablet is definitely one of the most powerful Android-based tablets out there, at least as far as the 8-inch niche is concerned. However, it seems that even though the company went to great lengths to create a design that would facilitate optimum heat dissipation during gaming sessions, the…
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It Might Be Time to Delete Your Mega Account
Controversial German web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, founder of defunct file sharing site Megaupload, and its sister cloud-sharing service Mega, has warned that Mega has been forced out of his control via a hostile takeover and into the hands of the New Zealand government, via a Chinese businessman wanted for fraud.…
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Want To Live In A Modern Windmill?
Remember that old TV series “Around The Twist” with the family that lived in the lighthouse? How long did people spend talking with their friends and family about living in a lighthouse or windmill? Well, people in the Netherlands might be closer to the dream than everyone else thanks to a…
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Has VIA Sold a Portion of its Company Assets to Intel?
VIA Technologies has announced part of the company will be sold under a new branch entitled, VIA Telecom. The deal is estimated to be worth $100 million and has already been completed with an undisclosed buyer. VIA used to be the world”s largest manufacturer of motherboard chipsets and produces other…
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Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Will Shed Some Light on the Series’ Storyline
Those of you who played the entire Assassin’s Creed series so far might be baffled and confused on where the story is headed. I am a huge Assassin’s Creed fan myself and since Black Flag, everything seems to have turned into fragments and totally different stories around the world, whereas…
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US Wont Regulate Hacking Software – For Now
We all know about hackers. They’ve been in the news a lot in the last few years, from the Xbox and Sony Christmas Day hacks to the large databases of customer details being hacked on a nearly monthly basis. One hack was actually targeted on a hacking group, the Hacking…
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Google Glass Might Face Heavy Competition in the Enterprise Market
We haven’t heard much about Google’s Glass Project in a while, but not because it is dying, but more that it is now focusing on the enterprise side of things. Everyone went nuts when Google cancelled the Explorer program earlier this year, thinking that it was the end of Google…
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You Can Install Windows 10 to a Raspberry Pi
Microsoft has launched Windows 10 now and everyone is talking about it. A lot of people have already upgraded while just as many wait for their downloads to finish. There are of course also those who don’t want to upgrade or aren’t eligible for the free upgrade and then there…
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Windows 10 Hits 14 Million Upgrades in Just 24 Hours
Many Windows users look like they’re jumping right onto the Windows 10 bandwagon right away. According to Microsoft, more than 14 million devices have upgraded to and are using Windows 10. Given that many users on Windows 7 and 8/8.1 that are eligible for upgrading but have not yet gotten…
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New Android Vulnerability That Kills Devices Discovered
Following the discovery of the Stagefright vulnerability, another potentially dangerous Android hack has been found. The bug, uncovered by Trend Micro, can leave an Android device effectively dead, killing the screen and all communication functions, including calls, and can be found in Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) up to the current…
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Noctua NH-U9S U-Type Tower CPU Cooler Review
Introduction Noctua is one of the most recognisable cooling brands around and for those who don’t recognise the name, you will most likely recognise the colours. Noctua are famous for two things, extremely high-quality products and that beige/brown colour scheme; love it or hate it, you can always pick a…
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Japan Fires the World’s Most Powerful Laser
Japanese scientists have developed and fired the world’s most powerful laser, capable of producing a whopping 2-petawatt (2 quadrillion watt) pulse, thanks to an integrated device called the Laser for Fast Ignition Experiment (LFEX). Though the beam can only be sustained for a trillionth of a second, it has the…
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