Does everybody remember Razer Project Christine ? It looks like the project has been canned. In an interview with Polygon, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan revealed that his company is seeing lackluster response from OEMs. Tan believes Christine has gamer support but notes they need support from at least three to five OEMs to make this work.

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That is correct, Oculus VR has been acquired by Facebook for a whopping $2 billion ! The news is spreading over the web like a hot fire as we speak, and potential end-users are not particular happy. We've been following Oculus since the beginning and this is the first time I've felt like it could completely fail as nobody really trusts Facebook. Anyway, check the snippet after the break.

Today, Blizzard has released its first expansion to the Diablo 3 series, Reaper of Souls. The franchise returns this year with a new entry into the series introducing some new features and a new class, the Crusader. The game also increases the player's level cap to 70 and introduces players to a new Adventure Mode. 

You can now Download AIDA64 version 4.30, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 3.20 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises. 

Razer in partnership with Wargaming, the leading free-to-play MMO developer and publisher, today announced a new line-up of gaming peripherals for World of Tanks, featuring a customized Razer DeathAdder mouse and a World of Tanks Razer Goliathus mouse mat. 

Oh in the minths to come, you can expect many announcements on DDR4 alright. SMART Modular Technologies, Inc., a leading independent designer, manufacturer and supplier of value added subsystems including memory modules, flash memory cards and other solid state storage products, has been actively involved in developing and standardizing DDR4 module technology and today announced the first products in its DDR4 DRAM module portfolio. 

MSI Computer Corp, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, announces the immediate availability of the ultra-slim, yet powerful GS60 Ghost and GS70 Stealth gaming notebooks. Now available in 17-inch and 15-inch models, the GS Series offers gamers unmatched gaming power in incredibly thin and light gaming notebooks.

The last Das Keyboard actually alunched in 2009, so it was ready for an upgrade. The new Das Keyboard 4 features mechanical switches but it now has a brushed aluminium top panel, a pair of USB 3.0 ports, a dedicated sleep button, an oversized volume button and some optimizations to reduce vibration. You can get the Das Keyboard 4 with or without key labels, the Cherry MX Blue version costs $169 while the Cherry MX Brown variant costs $173. 

NVIDIA announced that it plans to integrate a high-speed interconnect, called NVIDIA NVLink, into its future GPUs, enabling GPUs and CPUs to share data five to 12 times faster than they can today. This will eliminate a longstanding bottleneck and help pave the way for a new generation of exascale supercomputers that are 50-100 times faster than today's most powerful systems.

Over at the GTC in the USA Jen Hsun Huang (CEO of NVIDIA) has unveiled a new addition to the Titan line-up, the GeForce GTX TITAN Z. That graphics card comes with 12 GB of graphics memory. It is a dual-GPU solution, so that would be 2x 6GB. The Shader processor count doubles up as well at a cool 5,760 CUDA cores.

During a keynote speech at our annual GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, Calif., NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang updated our public GPU roadmap with the announcement of Pascal, the GPU family that will follow this year’s Maxwell GPUs. 

Corsair today announced the immediate availability of the Obsidian Series 450D performance mid-tower PC case. The 450D matches the iconic, brushed aluminum design of the Obsidian series with an increased focus on high-airflow, ensuring your system not only looks great, but runs cool.

Palit brings more glory to the JetStream series with the GeForce GTX 780 lineup, the 6GB OC version of Palit GeForce GTX780 JetStream. It can tweak the GTX780 performance and gives you truly game-changing performance that will transform the way you experience all your favorite titles-now and future at the ultra high-resolution setting

This week we again review a matrix card, this round the ASUS Radeon R9-290X Matrix gets benchmarked, tested and a proper review. the graphics card received an all custom 14-phase digital VRM based PCB, a luxurious cooler, some James Bond style gadgets for the hardcore overclockers and next to that, the product has been factory overclocked towards a nice 1050 MHz on the GPU core. Interesting stuffz we say !

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In this review we will benchmark and test the ASUS Radeon R9-290X Matrix Platinum edition. This Radeon R9-290X has been overhauled from A to Z. Yeah, the GPU might have remained in-tact, however the graphics card received an all custom 14-phase digital VRM based PCB, a luxurious cooler, some James Bond style gadgets for the hardcore overclockers and next to that, the product has been factory overclocked towards a nice 1050 MHz on the GPU core. Interesting stuffz we say !

Some new information on the upcoming Haswell refresh anmd haswell-E is inbound. Newly leaked info shows more info on the Haswell Refresh and X99 Chipset called “Wellsburg” . The information also has more information about the launch date of Intel’s new “Devil’s Canyon” line of processors. Here's a small overview.

D-Link today announced that the new Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender (DAP-1520) is now shipping. Designed to easily eliminate Wi-Fi dead zones. The compact Range Extender provides wireless speeds of up to 750Mbps, perfect for seamless web browsing and high bandwidth Internet activities like HD video streaming and online gaming.

Wow, somebody peeked at MSI's Gaming series alright, they even took the naming. ASUS is releasing the B85-Pro Gamer Motherboard. The B85-Pro Gamer seems to have received some touches from the ROG series as it comes with mildly similar black and red theme.

Yeah, you heard that right. Titanium, a new standard that I didn't even know of. Corsair powerhouse 1500 Watt AX1500i is now qualified for 80 Plus Titanium efficiency rating which obviously is better than 80 Plus Platinum. It offers 91.23% efficiency at 10% load, 92.63% efficiency at 20% load, 94.04% efficiency at 50% load, and 91.34% efficiency at 100% load, staying above 90% at all test scenarios.

SP/Silicon Power, the world's leading provider of memory storage solutions announces the Slim series 7mm 2.5" SSD for the new generation of ultra slim notebook. Built in a slim and stylish enclosure, the new SSD unleashes the full potential of the 6Gbps SATA III interface to further expand computing experiences and mobility.

The 28nm process is actually the last node of Moore's Law according to EE Times. The site argues that we can continue to make smaller transistors and pack more of them into the same size die, but can't continue to reduce the cost with current technology. Therefore, EE Times claims 28nm will be the most cost-efficient process node for many years to come.

Transcend chairman Peter Shu predicts sales of SSDs will continue to boom this year thanks to declining NAND flash memory prices. After falling 30 percent in 2013, pricing of SSDs is expected to decline another 20 to 30 percent this year. Prices of SSDs are expected to decline another 20-30% in 2014 after falling 30% in the previous year, Shu observed, adding that demand for 256GB SSDs will surge if their average price falls to below US$100.

While Part 1 was easy to comprehend, Part 2 does contain some technical details. However, most of it is well explained and the gist can be understood. For those readers that are unware, the Folding@Home Project studies protein folding to uncover the mysteries of protein folding and fight diseases. If you want to help combat cancer, the common enemy of humanity, join the Guru3D F@H Team, our Team Number is 69411.

Team Group, the global leading brand of memory storage launched on a brand new mSATA MP1 with only 1/8 size of general 2.5" SSD, which can meet JEDEC mSATA size specification. Focused on the lightest and thinnest volume and outstanding performance, it becomes perfect collocation of Notebook, Ultrabook, Tablet PC and NUC, etc.

Black snow, and the color is white ? Heh, Tt eSPORTS, the leading expert in professional eSports gaming peripherals is releasing the new BLACK Snow Edition laser gaming mouse. The BLACK Snow Edition updates come via feedback from the community. Tt eSPORTS noticed a demand for a new Avago laser engine of up to 5700 DPI, glossy white surface coating , as well as more memory for storing profiles.

If we can believe the slides of course. Over at GDC Nvidia has been discussing the upcoming DX12 API and the DX11 state in terms of gaming. At the event NVIDIA has been showing several slides with benchmarks that show how the company has improved efficiency of their graphics cards in several DirectX 11 titles and still aiming to deliver more improvements through driver updates. 

CRYORIG, new comer in the PC cooling solutions market is currently testing the new C line of ITX orientated top flow coolers.  Beginning with the C1, CRYORIG looks to provide the same award winning technologies and innovation for ITX and Micro ATX based systems.  

HighPoint Technologies, a pioneering force in the storage industry for the past 19 years, has begun shipping their revolutionary Thunderbolt 2 Hardware RAID adapter, the RocketStor 6328, to their global distribution and retail partners. The RocketStor 6328 no-holds barred approach to storage connectivity turns convention on its head; delivering unprecedented levels of performance, flexibility and Plug-and-play usability into a tiny, self-contained enclosure! The built-in hardware RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD configurations and delivers the uncompromised performance and superior data protection demanded by professional 4K media applications.

Very interesting, a photo of a screenshot on a monitor of an AMD FX 670K Quad Core Processor surfaced on the web. Apparantly is is a CPU that is being distributed in PCs from HP. The AMD FX-670K is found int heir Pavilion 500-266ea desktops.Basically this FX CPU is a "Richland" APU with its integrated GPU disabled. 

The Windows XP end-of-support date is less than three weeks away, Microsoft has yet another deal trying to woo users off the ancient 12-year-old operating system. The company is offering $100 off new Windows 8 PCs in its Microsoft Stores to anyone who can present their existing Windows XP device to a store associate. There are a few catches though.

Amazing story this one, In 2007, Gemma Sheridan and 2 friends set out on a voyage that was to take them from their home town of Liverpool, across the Atlantic to the Panama Canal and then onwards to Hawaii. However, after passing through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific, things started to take a turn for the worse. There was a huge storm that took out the boats electronics and washed her 2 friends overboard and seriously damaged her boat. 

The Folding@Home Project studies protein folding to uncover the mysteries of protein folding and fight diseases. Most of the time, the published papers are dense with technical information for the general public. However, you can now read about the recent work F@H has done in this brief overview aimed for the general public in this post. If you want to help combat cancer, the common enemy of humanity, join the Guru3D F@H Team, our Team Number is 69411.