Month: August 2018
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Netgear’s Orbi Voice is a WiFi Mesh Device and Smart Speaker
All-in-one Solution for the Modern Connected Home Netgear has combined their network expertise with Harman Kardon‘s audio experience and Amazon‘s voice assistant capabilities. The result is thew new Orbi Voice, a smart speaker that doubles as a WiFi Mesh Satellite and has a built-in Amazon Alexa support. So not only…
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ASUS Revamps ZenBook Lineup with NanoEdge Display
As Little Border as Possible ASUS was present at IFA 2018 to announce their revamped ZenBook notebook lineup. These new models in particular boast what is an impressive 95-percent screen-to-body ratio. ASUS calls this “NanoEdge” display and it gives the screen “a near borderless viewing experience”. In fact, ASUS claims…
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Lenovo’s Yoga Chromebook 2-in-1 Comes with 15″ 4K Display
Premium, Powerful and Affordable Chromebook Lenovo announced their first premium Chrome OS product at IFA 2018. This is the new Yoga Chromebook, crafted in an aluminium enclosure with Intel 8th Gen CPU inside. The Intel Core i5-8250U with integrated HD Graphics 620 is quite powerful by Chrombook standards. It also…
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MSI Announces the Prestige P65 Creator Laptop for Artists
An Elegant MSI Stealth GS65 MSI showed off their new Prestige P65 Creator laptop at IFA 2018. This is notebook essentially has the same body as their slim Stealth GS65 gaming laptop. Except that it has a more muted, mature look to it. Gone is the loud RGB LED lighting…
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Sharkoon Launches the Night Shark ATX Mid-Tower Case
Available in RGB and Lite Version Sharkoon is celebrating their 15-year anniversary with the launch of the Night Shark ATX mid-tower case. This case comes with a front and left tempered-glass panel, providing a view of the hardware inside. The company tends to release products within affordable range of most…
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Lenovo Unveils New Legion Gaming Desktop PC Lineup
Powered by NVIDIA RTX Lenovo took the time to announce their new Legion Gaming PC lineup at IFA 2018. This includes the new Legion T730 tower and C730 cube desktops. Both will be available in Europe starting October and provides the latest graphics technology via NVIDIA RTX. What Can Gamers…
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MSI B450M Mortar Micro-ATX Ryzen Motherboard Review
B450M Mortar We haven’t seen many B450 motherboards in for review since they launched, so today is a good day. I have in my hands, the B450M Mortar from MSI. We loved their B350 version which joined us with the previous Ryzen launches, and they should be a nice upgrade…
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Now Available in Stores
Now Available in Stores After a short wait following the NDA lift, AMD‘s new Threadripper 2950X HEDT processor is finally available in retail stores. This processor provides 16-cores and 32-threads of processing power. Which, according to AMD, delivers up to 41 percent more multi-threaded performance than an Intel Core i9-7900X.…
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Intel Clarifies Hardware Mitigations for Meltdown and Spectre
New CPUs, Same Security Problems Intel recently launched their Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake mobile CPU lineup. While these have plenty of features on-board, what is not clear is whether they have the promised hardware fixes for Meltdown and Spectre. So Anandtech reached out to Intel directly and have them…
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LG Shows Off 88-inch 8K OLED TV and 173-inch MicroLED TV
LG vs Samsung Display War Heats Up Samsung may have unveiled their massive 85-inch 8K QLED at IFA 2018, but LG has an answer ready. They have their own larger 88-inch 8K OLED TV in their booth as well. That is not all. LG also prepared a massive 173-inch Micro…
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Lenovo Launches Dual-Screen Yoga Book C930 2-in-1
No Physical Keyboards, Only Screens Probably the most unique laptop at IFA 2018 is Lenovo‘s New Yoga Book C930. This 2-in-1 notebook is unlike other convertibles since it ditches a physical keyboard entirely. Instead, users get dual screens. The main display is a 10.8 inch 2560 x 1600 resolution screen,…
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Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Is Free With Humble Bundle!
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Is Free With Humble Bundle! It’s the weekend! What better time could it be than to get a free game to play! Well, thanks to the Humble Bundle, they are offering, for a limited time, you the opportunity to grab a copy of Warhammer 40,000 Space…
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PewDiePie Set To Be Knocked Off YouTube Top Spot!
PewDiePie Set To Be Beaten For YouTube Subscribers! Love him or hate him, for many years now PewDiePie has been top of the tree in terms of YouTube subscribers. Today, his figures are absolutely ridiculous (and I suspect a little over-inflated from the reality) but he is without a doubt…
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Crucial’s New 480GB BX500 SATA SSD Only Costs $90 USD
480GB for Less Than 20 Cents-Per-GB Crucial is launching their new BX500 entry-level solid-state drive. Unlike other budget SSD offerings, the BX500 aggressively targets a much lower price point, offering a 480GB version for $90 USD. It is also available in 120GB and 240GB versions, priced at only $30 and…
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Valve Sign Tim Kitzrow (NBA Jam) For Dota 2 Voice Pack
Valve Sign Tim Kitzrow (NBA Jam) For Dota 2 Voice Pack Earlier this week Valve owner (and overlord) Gabe Newell released a rather amusing video of himself doing a commentator pack for Dota 2. It was pretty terrible. It was meant to be. If you missed it you can check…
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