Archive for September 2014

Microsoft skips Windows 9, its now Windows 10

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 190

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Microsoft has been providing an early look at the next version of Windows, the company will be calling the new OS Windows 10. Early photos and screen-shots have already appeared on the web , showing builds with a hybrid start menu combining Windows 7-era features with Windows 8 style tiles. Business customers are likely to receive early access soon, to begin testing and provide feedback.


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Sandisk Launches low power X300 SSD

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SanDisk announced the availability of the SanDisk X300 SSD. The SanDisk X300 SSD leverages the latest advancements in X3 technology to deliver a great user experience with high-performance, while utilizing robust error-correction to increase reliability and provide peace of mind for today’s CIOs. 


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ARM Cortex-A57-Based Hadoop Shown on AMD Opteron A-Series

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AMD will make the first public demonstration of Apache Hadoop running on an ARM Cortex-A57-based AMD Opteron A-Series processor. In a technical session at the JavaOne conference to be delivered this afternoon by AMD corporate fellow Leendert van Doorn, the company will show how the expanding AMD Opteron A-Series server software ecosystem now includes Hadoop.


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Roccat Tyon Action Gaming mouse released

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The Tyon is a wholly unique gaming mouse that puts every major action in the palm of the player's hand. The Tyon's X-Celerator, a two-way analog stick handles throttling, sprinting, rotating tank turrets, and more with tried and tested ease of use. "No stone was left unturned, no option left on the table." says René Korte, CEO and founder of ROCCAT Studios. "We wanted the X-Celerator to be a major shift in mouse design for FPS gaming and beyond. We put in the testing hours to ensure it would be just that."


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SteelSeries adds new Siberia Headset Family

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SteelSeries announced the all new Siberia headset family. With the introduction of these six new Siberia headsets, SteelSeries now delivers the most comprehensive suite of gaming audio solutions to fit the needs of any gamer. Each Siberia headset is built on SteelSeries world-leading standards for amazing comfort, great audio and breakthrough design.


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Cooler Master Hyper 612 revision 2

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Cooler Master announced the latest addition to the Hyper series: the Hyper 612 ver. 2. The Hyper-series is known for its very aggressive price/performance ratio which makes it one a popular cooling series.


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Guru3D Rig of the Month - September 2014

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 30

The winner of the Guru3D Rig of the Month September 2014 is announced today, and we got a woody ! Ehm, no lame puns intended as Savell, who works in trade-show support made a gorgeous desk PC, yes Desk PC not Desktop PC. So join the article and read up on Savell Martin aka N0_Klu3 and his "The Baby Grand", a very nice PC .. or desk, dang what should we call it ?

You can check out his rig right here.
 


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Guru3D Rig of the Month - September 2014

The Guru3D Rig of the Month 153 Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 30

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The winner of the Guru3D Rig of the Month September 2014 is announced today, and we got a woody ! Ehm, no lame puns intended as Savell, who works in trade-show support made a gorgeous desk PC, yes Desk PC not Desktop PC. So join the article and read up on Savell Martin aka N0_Klu3 and his "The Baby Grand", a very nice PC .. or desk, dang what should we call it ?


Download AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL Driver

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Download AMD Radeon Catalyst 14.9 WHQL (14.301.1001.0 September 15) driver. The latest version of the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, AMD Catalyst 14.9 supports Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version), Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher). We have a discussion thread open on this driver right here.

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The Evil Within: Every Last Bullet Trailer

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Bethesda Softworks has released the first in a series of three new trailers this week of The Evil Within, its upcoming survival horror game from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and Tango Gameworks. The game is due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on October 14 in North America and Europe. 


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Corsair gets backlash on new Gaming Logo

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Okay honesty, I didn't even see this one myself until you really start to really change your mind-set and look at it ? Last week Corsair gaming launched and ever since that moment apparently some end-users are a bit upset about that, the new logo looks like a tramp stamp aka tribal tattoo on the lower back of (preferably) a girl. Now if you look closely its just two pirate swords really, but sure it can also be interpreted as a tramp stamp.


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MSI KingBOX MS-9A66 Fanless Desktop

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MSI released a new industrial system, KingBOX MS-9A66. KingBOX MS-9A66 is a powerful yet fanless system featuring with its scalability, ruggedness, and versatile expansion capability. Outperforming other fanless systems with the powerful, scalable Intel 4th Gen scheme, KingBOX MS-9A66 meets demanding performance requirement while keeps the system cool with its superior heat radiation design that allows it work fanlessly and reliably. 


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AMD Shows TressFX 2.0 hair technology

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Lichdom: Battlemage will be the first game that uses TressFX 2.0, the latest iterartion AMDs hair rendering technology. TressFX 2.0 promises even better hair rendering with continuous levels of details (LODs), improved efficiency with many light sources, a new self-shadowing option and more.


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Steam's Weekly Top Sellers September 29th 2014

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Alrighty, it is time for the new update, the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

1.Life is Feudal
2.Valve Complete Pack
3.Wasteland 2
4.Middle-earth: Shadows of Mordor - Premium Edition
5.Stonghold Crusader 2
6.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
7.Middle-earth: Shadows of Mordor
8.Gauntlet
9.DayZ
10.Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

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Lenovo To Acquire IBM's x86 Server Business

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Lenovo announced today that conditions for Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's x86 server business have been satisfied and the parties anticipate they will begin closing the transaction effective on October 1, 2014. The acquisition will make Lenovo the third-largest player in the $42.1 billion global x86 server market.


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HighPoint offers Slim Thunderbolt 2 PCIe Expansion Chassis

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HighPoint Technologies has launched the newest member of its comprehensive RocketStor 6300 Thunderbolt 2 Adapter series - the RocketStor 6361A Single-PCIe slot Thunderbolt 2 Expansion Chassis. The RocketStor 6361A is a ruggedly constructed, ultra-slim PCIe Expansion solution designed for Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 capable Mac platforms, and delivers dedicated 20Gb/s bandwidth for PCIe interface cards such as Media Capture, 10Gb/s Ethernet, Fibre Channel, or external Storage/RAID controllers. 


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