AMD is getting ready to launch in January two Kaveri Accelerated Processing Units, that, by some reports, should boost both CPU and GPU performance by up to 20% - 30% compared to A10-6000 series APUs. Model numbers and specifications of new Kaveri processors emerged last week, and the A10-7700K and A10-7850K chips are now available for pre-order in US. Based on the pre-order prices, the processors are $12 - $34 more expensive than boxed A10-6800K products. What's more, unheard of before A4-6320 and A6-6420K dual-core APUs are also available for pre-order.

MSI is showing photo's of an upcoming card called the MSI GTX 780 Lightning Lite Edition. The LE model comes with 889/941 MHz Base/Boost GPU clocks compared to the regular GTX 780 Lightning at 980/1033 MHz. Tthe 780 is making use of the GK110-300-A2 GPU which is packed with 2,304 cores, 192 TMUs and 48 ROPs.

On the mighty interwebs nothing is safe really, photo's emerged of a Radeon R9 290X from Gigabyte that is cooled with their popular WindForce X3 cooler. The product carries SKU code GV-R929XOC-4GD and has been equipped with the dual-slot WindForce 3X 450W cooler.

Samsung Electronics today unveiled a new, compact storage solution, the 840 EVO mSATA solid state drive. Pictured below, this SSD makes use of 128 gigabit (Gb) 1x-nm NAND flash memory, it has a Samsung controller with TurboWrite technology, and is capable of 98,000 random read and 90,000 random write IOPS, as well as sequential read/write speeds of up to 540/520 MB/s. 

Intel's 15-core server chip code-named Ivytown will be targeted at high-end servers. According to information provided, the processor will be based on Intels Haswell Predecessor – Ivybridge and will be called the “Xeon E7 Ivytown”. Intel confirmed that it will release a 15-core server chip code-named Ivytown, which will be based on the Ivy Bridge architecture. Intel until now had topped off at 12 cores with the Xeon E5 v2 chips that shipped in the third quarter of this year.

CM Storm aims to offer the best available mechanical hardware by integrating CHERRY MX switches. These provide the QuickFire Rapid with the ability to respond to, and recover from, furious button presses with almost zero lag. Vastly improve your possible gaming actions per minute by utilizing a QuickFire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard in FPS, MMO, RTS, and other games. CHERRY MX Green switch will be available based on region.

Organizations can now achieve a higher level of storage performance with Intel RAID RS3 controllers, powered by LSI Technology. They are specifically designed to meet the demands of I/O-intensive applications, cloud datacenters and virtualized server environments. Businesses that use Intel RAID RS3 controllers as the basis for their storage infrastructure can achieve more than 1 million IOPs in JBOD mode. With 12 Gb/s SAS-3 technology, it can accelerate business-critical applications in enterprise, Web and cloud datacenters.

MSI proudly announces its latest AIO PCs, the AE222(G) & AE201, featuring a 21.5" and 19.5'' display with Intel Haswell i3/i5 CPU. They both have the classic and elegant appearance of the general family look of MSI's AIO AE Series. However, the internal hardware is upgraded dramatically. 

It has emerged that the FBI has the ability to activate any computer’s in-built camera without triggering the light that lets users know the camera is on. According to the Washington Post, the agency has had the ability to covertly monitor computer’s cameras for years. Speaking to the newspaper, Marcus Thomas, the former assistant director of the FBI’s Operational Technology Division confirmed that the agency has the ability.

The cessation of Windows 7 sales is right now a mere formality for Microsoft. Seeing how long it took Microsoft to actually get serious about shutting down XP, Windows 7 may outlive us all. Windows 7 as it seems will be available in retail for another extra year.

A nice spot from the colleagues at TPU, they noticed that MSI is teasing a transparent version of their TwinFrozr Cooling Solution. The cooler is to be used on their Radeon R9 290 series graphics cards and should provide these puppies the cooling they actually need. If you base an idea of the reference PCB then it is going to be a fairly a long and tall TwinFrozr IV design - all see-through acrylic shroud covering the aluminum fin-stack heatsink.

Epic's Tim Elek and Zak Parrish talk about implementing advanced VFX such as realistic water effects, lit translucency, GPU particle simulation and collision and more in the Unreal Engine 4 Infiltrator real-time demonstration. 

Havok, a leading provider of game development technology, announced today that its Havok Physics is powering a number of next-gen Ubisoft titles, including Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag. Making use of Havok Physics, the Ubisoft Montreal development team was able to bring an unprecedented level of immersion to the massive world of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag. 

Check out this mouse you can control with your mouth that was designed by an engineer at Valve:

How to use ONE camera to capture the 360 effect like in the Matrix!

On the ROG website ASUS is showing some photo's of the upcoming Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II. Though initially everybody planned 290X custom board in December, there seems to have been some kind of delay. As such you can expect the cards in the January timeframe during the CES 2014 timeframe.

MSI Computer Corp, leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, takes gaming into new heights with the industry's first 3K gaming notebook. Available in time for the holidays, the GT60 2OD-261US displays at a 2880x1620 resolution for sharper, brighter and crisper graphics resulting in an unmatched visual experience.