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Intel Formally Discontinues its 11th-Gen Raptor Lake Processor Series
Intel launched their 11th-gen Rocket Lake processor platform in March 2021 and overall, while not a resounding success, it did prove to be relatively popular with consumers. Albeit, given the continued retention of the heavily ageing 14nm node design, this did, once again, see another (somewhat infamous at the time)…
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Nvidia May Have (Somewhat Unsurprisingly) Quietly Ended 2060 Production!
With the Nvidia 30XX series shortly set to be supplanted by their new 40XX graphics card models, I think most would’ve likely presumed that production on the 20XX series had long been finished by this stage. And, in many instances, you’d be right. – With that being said though, Nvidia…
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EVGA Officially Quits Both Nvidia & the Graphics Card Market!
It takes a fairly shocking piece of news to drag me back to my desk this late in the evening (particularly when Aston Villa are playing), but no, this is not a clickbait title. EVGA has officially announced that it is cutting all ties with Nvidia, and more so, they…
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Has Nvidia Quietly Discontinued Production of the 3080?
With the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 series of graphics cards expected to be launched this September (starting with the 4090 it seems), it’s clearly not entirely shocking that, sooner or later, Nvidia would begin to phase out production of their current-gen models in order to help boost manufacturing, stock, and…
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Internet Explorer Has Officially Died! – A Brief Obituary!
Initially released back in 1995, Internet Explorer was, for many people, their first gateway into the online world. – This was, of course, back in the day where having a browser wasn’t a particularly common thing. If you didn’t have an internet connection, after all, you clearly didn’t need a…
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Intel Officially Discontinues its 300-Series Motherboard
With Intel officially announcing the discontinuation of its 9th-generation processors towards the latter part of 2020, it always felt like the writing was on the wall for its respective LGA1151 motherboard models. – Well, following a report via Videocardz, it is now official. Following the publication of a discontinuation notice,…
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Microsoft Discontinues the Xbox One X & Xbox One S Digital
With the release of the Xbox Series X expected around November this year, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft would start ending production of its current-gen systems. With most expecting that to happen around early 2021, however, in a report via The Verge, Microsoft has confirmed that…
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Intel Confirms 8th-Gen Coffee Lake CPUs are in ‘End of Life’
All good things must, sooner or later, come to an end and it seems for the Intel 8th-generation ‘Coffee Lake’ platform that time is now. In a report via TechPowerUp, Intel has officially issued a statement confirming that the CPU line-up has officially entered its ‘end of life’ phase and,…
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BBC iPlayer To be Discontinued For Non UK Residents
Since 2011, BBC has offered subscriptions to an international version of its iPlayer streaming service. The iPlayer Global service from BBC was being offered in 16 countries (including Canada). Although it never made its way to US and stopped all the expansion in 2013, just 2 years after the launch.…
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Bye Bye Plasma TV Technology
In 2005, Sony and Toshiba announced their departure from the plasma business, followed by Hitachi and Pioneer in 2008. Now South Korean companies Samsung and LG Electronics have announced their abandonment of the once-popular panel option. Samsung and LG have recently cancelled their investment plans into plasma panels into Taiwan’s…
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Nvidia Discontinues Cards and Cuts Prices in The Wake of GTX980 Launch
In the highly unlikely event that you should have missed it up until now, Nvidia just launched their brand new GeForce GTX 980 and 970 graphics cards during their GAME24 event. These new cards are so powerful that they’ll render the old cards completely obsolete. This is further aided by the fact…
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Apple’s iPod Classic is No More
But wait, there’s more! As we’re all busy “running around like a headless chicken” over Apples announced release of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 plus, iWatch and Apple Pay – a very special and original Apple innovation has slipped into the shadows. When searching for a MP3 player for myself in…
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Nexus 4 No Longer Available On Google Play
With the arrival of the Google Nexus 5 yesterday, it appears that the Nexus 4 handset has disappeared from the Google Play store. Having cut the price down to $199 for the basic model with the arrival date getting closer for the Google Nexus 5, the time has come and…
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