Tesla Hits First Profitable Quarter Ever
Holy cow! Tesla posted a profit for the first time in a decade! Better get a weather update from hell, it might be snowing down there.
The company sold 4,900 vehicles during the three month period, raking in $562 million in revenue, which is up a whopping 83% from last quarter's $306 million. After it was all said and done, Tesla profited $11 million, which is barely pocket change, but it marks the first time in the company's ten-year history that they've finished in the black.
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Accident Would Shut Down Google's Driverless Car Experiment
Holy cow, this article is packed full of awesome quotes like "experts say people won't tolerate machines killing humans." Oh yeah, the article says running over babies would be bad too
"There's been all this public outcry about [drones], but the Google car has slipped in under the radar," Missy Cummings, a former fighter pilot turned MIT drone researcher said Tuesday. "You're more likely to be run over by the Google car far before a [drone] would ever fall on your head."
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Toshiba: Microsoft Confused Consumers With Windows 8 and RT
Regardless what your feelings are on Windows 8 in general, I think most of us can agree Windows RT was a mistake and the company should have just stuck with the Surface Pro at a lower price point.
While he was speaking from his "personal view" that Microsoft "confused the market with a couple of different flavours" of the operating system, his words will still bounce back on Toshiba as the company he works for. As for the pricing, it "didn't make sense," he told the publication, as the price of laptops were significantly higher than the typical $399-$599 price range.
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[H]ardware Round-Up II
Cooling: Cooler Master Eisberg 240L Prestige @ Guru3D
Memory/ Storage: OCZ Vector 256GB @ CDRLabs
Seagate 600 SSD 480GB @ SSD Review
Seagate Desktop HDD.15 4TB HDD @ Techgage
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB HDD @ MadShrimps
VisionTek Data Fusion PCI-Express 240GB @ PureOverclock
Power Supply: Enermax TriAthlor 550W PSU @ PC Perspective
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Microsoft Names Insider Amy Hood As CFO
A big round of applause for Amy Hood, Microsoft's first female CFO. No pressure or anything but....don't screw up!
Hood, 41, the first woman to hold the CFO post at Microsoft, takes over from Peter Klein, who announced his departure in April. She takes up the job immediately, while Klein will remain at the company through the end of June.
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Silverstone Redline Series RL04
The Silverstone Redline Series RL04 mid-tower case is on the test bench at eTeknix today. Overall they seemed pretty impressed with the RL04, here's a quote from the review:
The RL04 is a rock solid entry to the budget friendly end of the market, so much so that I'm amazed that it costs as little as it does. Silverstone have gone the extra mile here to cram in as many features as possible for as little money as they can and normally you would expect there to be some big sacrifices in build quality to ensure you get everything within a certain price range, however that really isn't the case.
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AMD Announces Memory Series Designed with Gamers in Mind
AMD today launched the AMD Radeon™ RG2133 Gamer Series Memory and Radeon™ RAMDisk 4.1. AMD Radeon RG2133 Gamer Series Memory is the only memory on the market that offers both XMP and AMP memory profiles in one package, enabling ultimate ease in overclocking on both platforms1,2. AMD Radeon RG2133 Gamer Series Memory will ship with a free AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk 64GB, which features enhanced load-and-save functionality. When paired with an AMD A10 Series APU, AMD Radeon RG2133 Gamer Series Memory will improve frames-per-second (FPS) by up to 22 percent3. Gamer Series Memory is part of AMD's Unified Gaming Strategy initiative that places AMD technology at the heart of digital gaming and plays a critical role that enables top performance, an outstanding experience and maximum value for PC gamers everywhere.
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Student Suspended For Insulting His School In Tweet
Raise your hand if you knew you could be suspended for the rest of the year for insulting your school on Twitter.
The senior class president at Heights High School has been suspended for the rest of the school year and barred from most graduation activities for posting a tweet that school officials say insulted athletes at the school.
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Windows Blue Public Preview By The End Of June
According to BetaNews, the Windows Blue public preview will be out by the end of June.
"While some consumers appreciate the new form factors and touch capabilities of Windows 8, the radical changes to the UI, removal of the familiar Start button, and the costs associated with touch have made PCs a less attractive alternative to dedicated tablets and other competitive devices", he says. "Microsoft will have to make some very tough decisions moving forward if it wants to help reinvigorate the PC market".
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New GTA V Screenshots
In case you haven't seen them yet, Rockstar has released a bunch of new screenshots today. Here's a few for those of you too lazy to click the link:
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ECS Z77H2-A2X Black Edition Motherboard
For those of you interested, there is a review of the ECS Z77H2-A2X Black Edition motherboard posted at PCStats today.
Today PCSTATS has a real treat for you - the ECS Z77H2-A2X Black Edition Golden motherboard! Every metallic surface on this board is gold plated so it's got quite the 'bling' factor going for it. Electronics manufacturers also tell us that "gold" is a prized aesthetic in many Eastern markets, just like "German Engineering" is an intangible yet sought out quality in the West.
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Gaming [H]eadlines
32 New GTA:5 Screenshots @ Shacknews
EA's Battlefield Domain Spree @ Blue's News
Gears of War: Judgment Review @ Kotaku
Rovio Introduces Rovio Accounts @ Joystiq
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Our Timid National Broadband Plan Isn't Working
Was there ever any question the National Broadband Plan is seriously broken? By now you would think there would be a system of checks and balances in place to make sure the money is spent where it is supposed to and promises are delivered on.
The high point of the plan has to be grants helping rural communities and Native American territories get wired, though even this has been tarnished by the kind of corporate greed, political corruption and oversight issues we saw in West Virginia. In short, most of the plan was a bit of a show pony designed to make us feel good, with even the few quality portions of the plan being implemented poorly.
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DOJ: We Don't Need Warrants For E-Mail, Facebook Chats
The Department of Justice says it doesn't need no stinking warrants to search your e-mail, Twitter messages or Facebook chats. Umm, didn't the IRS just claim the same thing last month?
The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI believe they don't need a search warrant to review Americans' e-mails, Facebook chats, Twitter direct messages, and other private files, internal documents reveal. Government documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union and provided to CNET show a split over electronic privacy rights within the Obama administration, with Justice Department prosecutors and investigators privately insisting they're not legally required to obtain search warrants for e-mail.
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[H] Reader Mod Project of the Day
You guys are definitely going to want to keep your eye on this cool case mod by forum member "PcJunkie209." While this project isn't finished just yet, from the look of it so far, this is definitely one to watch.
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Radeon HD 7990 versus GeForce GTX TITAN Review
We follow-up with a look at how the $999 GeForce GTX TITAN compares to the new $999 AMD Radeon HD 7990 video card. What makes this is unique is that the GeForce GTX TITAN is a single-GPU running three displays in NV Surround compared to the same priced dual-GPU CrossFire on a card Radeon HD 7990 in Eyefinity.
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Corsair Neutron Series 256GB SSD Refresh Review
Corsair keeps pace with continuing innovation in the NAND market by switching from 25nm IMFT NAND to the rarely seen 22nm SK Hynix NAND. This NAND provides a lower price point and extra capacity. Today we take a look to see if the Neutron Series performance remains and how this new SSD build stacks up to the competition.
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ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SSD Review Redux
Our original review of the ADATA XPG SX900 ended on a sour note. Unreleased critical firmware revisions and unexpected power consumption figures led us to question ADATA's customer support. Today we take another look with a fresh sample and a new firmware revision that ADATA has made available to its customers.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Overclocking Review
We follow-up with a full evaluation of overclocking the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN. We will find out how fan speed and temperature affect the clock speed, then we will take it to the extreme with voltage tweaking to see how fast we can get our TITAN and the performance increase as a result.
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AMD Radeon HD 7990 Video Card Review
Today marks the launch of AMD's Radeon HD 7990. The Radeon HD 7990 is a dual-GPU video card that has its two GPUs down on a single PCB that uses CrossFire to operate the two Radeon HD 7970 GPUs. We will test this video card in the latest games, comparing it to GeForce GTX 680 SLI and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition CrossFire.
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Enermax Triathlor 650W Power Supply Review
Today we bring you an "athletic" power supply from Enermax that weighs in at 650 watts. The new Triathlor series sports plenty of features that enthusiasts will like including Silent Cooling, Flexible Cable Management, is marketed as being Rock Stable at All Loads. Enermax ads that, "The Triathlor FC is not a blinky poser."
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 3-Way SLI Review
We follow-up with a full evaluation of GeForce GTX TITAN 3-way SLI in today's latest games. We will compare GTX TITAN 3-way SLI to GTX 680 3-way SLI and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3-way CrossFire in a triple-display setup at 5760x1200. Find out what it takes to run Crysis 3 maxed out across three displays.
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BioShock Infinite Video Card Performance and IQ Review
BioShock Infinite is here, delivering a colorful and dynamic world with the help of a customized Unreal Engine 3. BioShock Infinite has an improved PC gaming experience, we will test this game's performance among 8 video card configurations, and look at image quality of this immersive and colorful new game.
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Corsair Obsidian Series 900D Super Tower Case Review
Corsair is finally pulling back the review embargo sheets on its new "Super Tower" 900D PC case. Details and pictures have been leaking out for months, but now we finally get to see if all the hype is justified. If you are wondering what a "super tower" is, well let's just say there will be a lot of desks that the 900D will not fit under.
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ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II Video Card Review
ASUS has refreshed its AMD Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II video card with DirectCU and DIGI+ VRM with Super Alloy Power, poised to give you a robust video card with an improved overclocking experience. We will see whether this new revision brings new value to the Radeon HD 7850 GPU and we will compare it to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.
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Seagate Hybrid Laptop Thin SSHD 500GB Review
Seagate has introduced the next generation of Solid State Hybrid Drives, commonly referred to as "SSHD." These drives use a small amount of MLC NAND to accelerate the performance of a 5400 RPM spinning disk. Today we test the mobile version against other available SSD caching solutions.
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Gigabyte Z77X-UD4H LGA 1155 Motherboard Review
It's been awhile since we've looked at a motherboard from Gigabyte. We haven't forgotten Gigabyte and decided to take the Z77X-UD4H for a little test drive. The Z77X-UD4H is a sub-$170 motherboard with a great look and a solid feature list for the price point that has the computer hardware enthusiast in mind.
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Seasonic X-Series: X-850 Power Supply Review
Seasonic is a long time favorite of HardOCP editors as you will find a Seasonic PSU in many builds we have done over the years. Today Seasonic pushes its X-Series forward just a bit more building its first gold efficiency rated fully modular enthusiast power supply. But will it blend?
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OCZ Vertex 3.20 20nm 240GB SSD Review
OCZ releases the Vertex 3.20 240GB SSD as part of the continued restructuring of its product lines. With 20nm NAND and a LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller the Vertex 3.20 SSD is geared for budget conscious buyers, and today we test it with the other top value-oriented SSDs.
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