Thursday, May 31, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 31/05/2012





Moody indie game has you play as a two-year-old
I'm a sucker for survival horror games, especially moody ones that trade monsters for atmosphere. While perusing Rock, Paper, Shotgun last night, I came across this little teaser trailer... and now, I've got another game on my wish list:
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Samsung, Google unwrap new Chrome OS laptop, nettop
Next-generation Chromebooks are here. Earlier today, Google and Samsung announced the new-and-improved Series 5 Chromebook, which features a revamped version of Chrome OS and purportedly three times the hardware horsepower of its predecessor.
The two companies have also unveiled the ...
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Silverstone's Temjin TJ08-E Evolution enclosure
Over the years, our tendency has been to review mid- and full-tower enclosures bursting at their riveted seams with fans and features. The occasional small-form-factor case has caught our attention, but other dimensionally challenged boxes have largely gone unnoticed. The winds of change are blowing, however, and today we have something on tap that should be of interest to the less-is-more crowd: a Micro ATX case from Silverstone.
Every night, after I've finished counting 01100100 sheep in binary and nodded off to sleep, the perfect enclosure that materializes in my dreams tends to be a large mid-tower that also cooks a mean slab of bacon. Even during an off night, when my dream ...
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5'' LG display has IPS tech and 1080p resolution
Forget 720p smartphone displays. LG has developed a 5" screen that serves up 1920x1080 pixels. Do the math, and that's 440 pixels per inch—a substantial leap over the 326 ppi offered by the iPhone 4's Retina display. The screen is based on an AH-IPS panel that LG says offers precise color reproduction and wide viewing angles. In its press release, which has been posted by Engadget, the company claims the display is "ideal for use in outdoor settings. Brighter light transmission is mentioned specifically, along with lower power consumption, suggesting LG has done more than simply crank the backlight brightness.
Although 5" screens seem a little large for smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy Note already sports a slightly larger 5.3" display. I'm seeing an increasing number of Galaxy Notes in the hands of ...
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Dual-Tahiti Radeon HD 7970 X2 pictured
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 690 is the first dual-GPU card of the new generation. It won't be the last, though. AMD is reportedly working on its own dually, this time with a pair of the very same Tahiti graphics chips that power the Radeon HD 7970. According to Donanim Haber, the appropriately named Radeon HD 7970 X2 will debut at Computex next week.
The Turkish site nabbed some pictures of PowerColor's spin on the X2. The card looks like a beast, with three fans perched ...
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The TR Podcast 112: By Kepler's beard, it's Trinity!

The Tech Report Podcast Date: May 29, 2012


Time: 1:32:04



Hosted by Jordan Drake



Co-Hosts: Scott Wasson, Geoff Gasior, Jason Fox, and Cyril Kowaliski



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Our favorite Mac blogger, Jason Fox, joins us to share an incredible story about beards and advertising. We preface the story-telling with a panel review of The Avengers , which turns out to be a universal favorite (though not all of us have seen it yet). After the film review, Jason tells us about @leeclowsbeard, a project he's been ...
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