Saturday, October 20, 2012

IT News Head Lines (HardOCP) 21/10/2012

GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 Socket FM2 Motherboard Our evaluation of the GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 is now online for your viewing pleasure. If you are planning on spending your hard earned cash on a socket FM2 motherboard, make sure you read this first. GIGABYTE's F2A85X-UP4 brings AMD's "Trinity" APU to the desktop arena with a new chipset and a solid feature set at a nice price. But is that enough to make it compelling for enthusiasts? Comments Read More ...
Xigmatek Prime SD1484 CPU Cooler The crew at ProClockers have the Xigmatek Prime SD1484 cooler in house today for a little review action. We liked what we saw from the Xigmatek Prime. The cooler looks great and performed just as well. If you are in the market for something to replace the stocker than comes with your processor I would not hesitate to recommended the Prime as that replacement. Comments Read More ...
Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 Mid-Tower Case The gang at eTeknix says the Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 not only keeps noise to a minimum but the cooling capabilities are "incredible." Here's a quote from the review: It's overall cooling capabilities are simple incredible, something that is often neglected in a chassis which has a focus on silent operation. Thanks to its modular storage bays, multiple fan and radiator mounts, there is no reason why this chassis wouldn't be able to house any high specification gaming rig. Comments Read More ...
Microsoft Employees Raise $1B for Communities Around the World Microsoft Corp. today commemorated its 30th Employee Giving Campaign and announced that U.S. employees raised $1 billion in cash since 1983 for approximately 31,000 nonprofits and community organizations around the world. CEO Steve Ballmer announced the milestone during a special town hall event at the Microsoft Redmond campus, which included Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire. Comments Read More ...
Thermalright Macho 120 Heatpipe HSF The crew at ocaholic seem impressed with the Thermalright Macho 120 heatpipe HSF. In fact, they said the cooler has an "excellent" price to performance ratio. With the Macho 120, Thermalright has a cooler in its portfolio which features specially aligned heatpipes as well as a fan with 120 millimeter diameter. Furthermore this cooler comes with a very attractive price tag, which makes it interesting for customers who don't want to spend too much on a cooler but who still want to get decent performance. Comments Read More ...
Netflix Caught Using "Pirated" Subtitles in Finland Wait...you can actually pirate subtitles? This week Netflix launched its popular on demand video streaming service in Finland, but not without controversy. To cater to the local audience, on some of its programming the company displayed "unauthorized" fansubs. Unlike regular subtitles, fansubs are created without permission from content owners and often used alongside pirated content. Netflix apologized for the use of the unauthorized subtitles and has promised to take them offline. Comments Read More ...
CM Storm Stryker Case Need a full-tower case with a big ol' handle in the top? Well, you're in luck because the guys at techREACTION have a review of the CM Storm Stryker posted today. Built to be amongst the most agile full-towers, Stryker includes a strong travel-ready carrying handle. CM Storm Stryker has a stylish glossy black and white paint job on the case. Cooler Master included a big windowed side panel, full dust filter coverage, a fan controller, an external SSD drive hot-swap dock and two uniquely designed modular hard drive cages. Comments Read More ...
Official Halo 4 Launch Trailer For those of you anxiously awaiting the next installment in the Halo series, the official Halo 4 "Scanned" trailer is now live. Comments Read More ...
Kids Suspended Because Teacher Had Topless Pic On School iPad Yes, you read that right, students that were using a teacher's school issued iPad, get suspended for stumbling across nudies pics of teacher. At least two Indiana middle school students were suspended after they accidentally saw a topless photo of their teacher on a classroom iPad. Joshua Troutt, 13, said the naughty pic popped up when he and friends were playing a game on the school-issued device, which they say was synched to his female teacher's iPhone. Comments Read More ...
Asus P8Z77 WS Motherboard In the market for a new motherboard? Overclockers Club has a review of the Asus P8Z77 WS motherboard posted today that is definitely worth checking out. Here's a quote from the full review: First and foremost we know that when motherboards have the same parts installed that they are going to deliver results within a specific performance envelope. That being said the ASUS P8Z77 motherboard I have tested delivered excellent results when compared to another Z77 chipset motherboard in terms of just raw performance. Once you peel away the performance layers you have to look at the build process and the feature set used for the P8Z77 WS. Comments Read More ...
iPhone Uber-Hacker Comex Is Out At Apple The most "brilliant hacker ever" loses internship at Apple because he forgot to reply to an e-mail. Not feeling so brilliant now are you? "So… no point in delaying," he wrote. "As of last week, after about a year, I'm no longer associated with Apple." "As for why?" he added in another tweet. "Because I forgot to reply to an email." Comments Read More ...
GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 Socket FM2 Motherboard Review GIGABYTE's F2A85X-UP4 brings AMD's "Trinity" APU to the desktop arena with a new chipset and a solid feature set at a nice price. But is that enough to make it compelling for enthusiasts? Read More ...
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