Tuesday, September 7, 2010

IT News HeadLines (bit-tech.net) 06/09/2010

bit-tech.net

VIA plans quad-core chip
Rumour has it that the littlest x86 licensee, Via, will be producing a quad-core chip in 2011.
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Samsung preps wireless USB chips
Samsung has unveiled a new chipset which offers 480MB/sec wireless USB.
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Most Broken Game: The First Hour
Survival in open world adventure games like Boiling Point can be a tricky and even somewhat distasteful business. I remember being put off by having to acquire my first suit of basic armour off a still-warm corpse in Oblivion, for example. Some might argue that walking a mile in another man’s shoes is a way to empathy and understanding, but I’d wager they didn’t envisage killing the owner of said shoes and stealing all his belongings as a prefix to that meaningful walk.

In Boiling Point you don’t need to steal clothes, but you still end up doing your fair share of scavenging. New players start facing the world of Realia with just a basic pistol and a knife – and to give you an idea of how useless those weapons are I’ll explain that your pistol only carries five bullets. It may look like an awesomely powerful Desert Eagle, but you’ll find you need to reload at least once even if you’re shooting at an unarmed Old Granny.

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Cooler Master HAF 912: First Look
Cooler Master's latest addition to the HAF series is a little smaller but still has lots of features.
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