Saturday, May 5, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Legit Reviews) 05/05/2012

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Another Picture of the Galaxy Single Slot GTX 670 Surfaces
A new picture of the upcoming Galaxy single slot GTX 670 graphics card has surfaced on the blog of a Galaxy product manager. However, the manager didn't confirm if...


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AFOX 'HD 7850' Prototype Has Only 768 Shaders - Upcoming HD 7830?
Tom's Hardware Germany has received a very odd prototype HD 7850 from AFOX and it's not the fact that it's a single slot card, either. When they viewed the...


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Sidewinder Announces HEATKILLER GPU-X GTX 680 Hole Edition
Out May 7, Sidewinder is releasing a waterblock to fit the new NVIDIA GTX 680 graphics card. Called the HEATKILLER GPU-X GTX 680 Hole Edition, Sidewinder claim it has...


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Valve Adds New Steam Feature: Remote Game Downloads
Valve has announced the arrival of a beta patch for Steam which will allow users to manage and install their games remotely from any browser or mobile device. So if there is...


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Seven Patches From Microsoft Coming Next Week
Next week, Microsoft will be releasing 7 patches as part of its monthly release cycle, often cheekily called "Patch Tuesday" by many people. There's not many details...


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Bethesda Softworks Announces The Elder Scrolls Online
Bethesda Softworks has announced today that ZeniMax Online Studios is working on The Elder Scrolls Online. The MMORPG will be the first game in the Elder Scrolls series that...


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PC Gaming Hardware Market to Hit $23.6 Billion in 2012
The recession is winding down and the Enthusiast and Performance class PC gamers (those who spend over $1000 on equipment) have spoken...with their wallets according to Jon...


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CyberpowerPC Plants NVIDIAs GTX 690 Dual GPU Graphics Card in PCs
Cyberpower today announced the integration of NVIDIAs flagship GeForce GTX 690 graphics card into its line of enthusiast desktop gaming PCs. Powered by two Kepler GPUs, the...


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EVGA Announces the EVGA GeForce GTX 690
The GeForce GTX 690 is NVIDIA's fastest graphics card ever. It combines the groundbreaking new GeForce architecture with raw dual-GPU power to provide truly game-changing...


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Samsung Introduces the GALAXY S III Smartphone
Samsung announced today the third generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S III. Designed for humans and inspired by nature, the GALAXY S III is a smartphone that recognizes your...


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Corsair Announces Cooling Fans - Airflow & Static Pressure Models Available
Corsair today announced the new Air Series line of PC cooling fans. Unlike most other PC fans in the market, Corsair Air Series fans are offered in airflow and static...


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Target To Stop Selling Amazon Kindles
Target announced this week that they are phasing out Amazon.com's e-reader Kindle from its stores and websites. Target says the decision to halt the Kindle sales came...


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Crippled Conficker Worm, Still a Significant Threat and Should be Eradicated
The nasty Conficker worm that appeared a few years ago has now been crippled and is far less effective at controlling bots than it was before security researchers drove a...


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Intel Extends Enterprise-Grade CPUs With New Xeons and Pentiums
During this quarter, Intel will launch two new entrants in the Xeon E5 CPU families. The Xeon E5-4600 series will support quad processor servers on socket R (LGA2011), while...


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TSMC Pulling Out All the Stops to Win Chip Orders From Apple
Demand for TSMC's 28nm chip manufacturing capability is running very high, with the company only being able to meet about 70% of that demand. Due to this and the fact...


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Imation Announces Agreement with McAfee on Encrypted USB Devices
McAfee is transitioning its Encrypted USB device business to Imation, a McAfee partner and the McAfee Encrypted USB devices OEM manufacturer and supplier. Imation will sell...


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Dell Unveils High Performance XPS 8500 Desktop PC
Dell today announced that the XPS 8500 desktop PC is now available with Intels 3rd generation quad-core processors and the latest discrete graphics for professionals who...


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Motorola Abuses FRAND, Wins Permanent Patent Injunction Against Microsoft
When patents are granted to companies, they are obliged to licence them under FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) rules to anyone that wants to use them. However,...


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Fans Will Be Able To Watch All Olympic Events Live Online!
NBC executives decided to shift from their longtime philosophy and make every event available as it happens, convinced that the plan will build interest in the Olympics and...


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Microsoft Said To Be Releasing a $99 Xbox 360 w/ $15-a-month Subscription
The Verge is reporting that Microsoft will soon offer its Xbox 360 with 4GB of storage and the Kinect for $99, provided purchasers sign up for a two-year Xbox Live...


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4GB Video Card Review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4GB Video Card Review

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 dual-GPU graphics card uses two GK104 Kepler cores and has a total of 3,072 NVIDIA CUDA cores! With a base clock speed 915 MHz and a "typical" Boost clock of up to 1019 MHz, we are pretty sure this card will be faster than anything we have every tested! Read on to see how it performs and overclocks in our review on this monster!


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