Thursday, September 26, 2013

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 9/27/2013

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AMD unveils ‘Hawaii’ line of Radeon R7, R9 series of graphics cards
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AMD’s GCN-powered R7 and R9 series of Radeon GPUs promise to be the the first step in homogenizing console and PC gaming. AMD unveiled a quintuple of new video cards in its R7 and R9 series at a high profile press event in Honolulu. This “Hawaii Islands” line of cards is powered by the second-generation [...]
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Valve announces Steam Machine, a living room hardware in beta
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Following the SteamOS announcement on Monday, Valve unveils the Steam Machine, the second out of three planned announcements by Valve in the move to expand its Steam digital game distribution. Although the Steam Machine has been announced Valve, it is still technically a product under development. This year, Valve will be shipping 300 Steam Machine [...]
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Watch the livestream of AMD’s Hawaii GPU unveil here
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AMD is unveiling a new card codenamed “Hawaii” in Honolulu today as well as some other products. VR-Zone is on location and will covering the big reveal. AMD has switched the livestream to livestream.com. It should begin at 4:00 PM Eastern Time, 1:00 PM West Coast Time, or 4:00 AM China Standard Time. Watch the [...]
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Dell discontinues XPS 10 tablet, leaves Microsoft stranded on Windows RT island
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Following a painful, brutal first year, the tables appeared to be finally turning for Microsoft’s experimental Windows RT platform, courtesy of a new, considerably upgraded Surface RT and the unexpected keeping of the old 10.6-inch tab in the company’s product line-up for a $350 price point. But ultimately, it seems to be one step forward, [...]
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Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 (Z87) Motherboard Review
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Gigabyte has been producing G1-Killer branded motherboards for every platform since X58, targeted at gamers and power users. Is the feature-packed Sniper 5 worth the considerable premium over regular Z87 motherboards? In a nutshell, yes and no, depending on your specific requirements. One thing that immediately stands out when you look at the board is the [...]
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MediaTek octa-core MT6592 revealed, set for November launch
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MediaTek has long been rumored to be working on an octa-core SoC, and the first leaked images of a tablet motherboard suggests that the Taiwanese semiconductor designer is close to unveiling it. The MT6592 will not be the “first” octa-core ARM SoC, as Samsung’s Exynos 5410 gets that distinction. However, MediaTek claims that its octa-core [...]
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Verizon teases new Motorola tablet in YouTube advert
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DroidLanding, the folks who handle promotion of all Droid devices for Verizon, have launched a new teaser video that indicates that a new Motorola tablet is going to be launched soon. The video doesn’t divulge any information regarding the tablet itself, but the size of the tablet indicates that it will be a 10-inch variant. [...]
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Nokia to launch six products at October 22nd event, including two new Lumias
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Nokia might be gearing up for one of its biggest launch events in a long while, as rumors suggest the Finn’s October 22nd event will host the launch of six new devices, including at least two new Lumias.  Up until now, the upcoming event, dubbed Innovation Reinvented, was expected to be specifically for the Lumia [...]
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Samsung launches gold edition of the Galaxy S4
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Samsung UAE tweeted an image of the gold edition of the Galaxy S4 that will soon be available for sale in the oil-rich region. Apple’s champagne-colored iPhone 5S made its debut two weeks ago, and if analyst estimates are correct, is outselling every other color variant three to one. The champagne-colored iPhone 5S is selling [...]
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Alcatel strikes unexpected T-Mobile partnership, brings One Touch Fierce and Evolve on the network
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Despite making great strides of late in Asia and Europe and even a few waves in America with dirt-cheap yet feature-packed unlocked smartphones, not many expected Alcatel to get noticed by the major carriers stateside. But you can color me surprised (or downright wrong), as T-Mobile has earlier today announced it will be carrying two [...]
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Move over, S: Samsung reportedly working on super-premium ‘Project F’ smartphones
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Samsung may seem like it has the entire mobile tech world at its feet, with essentially every bit and piece of the smartphone landscape dominated by at least one Galaxy family member, but apparently the sky’s the limit for the Koreans’ ambitions. Or not even the sky. According to reports emerging from the Korean media, [...]
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Meanwhile in Japan, portable toilets
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Portable potties may look convenient, but after the toddler stage, we never really got to feel comfortable using it. Well, Toto may just have the perfect substitute to these clumsy comfort tools: a whole, but completely portable toilet unit. Japanese toilet manufacturer Toto Ltd. has developed a new kind of toilet that is perfectly moveable. [...]
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Faith in humanity lost: Internet hoax convinces iUsers iOS 7 makes iPhones waterproof
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Albert Einstein once said the difference between genius and stupidity is genius has its limits. And while I don’t want to offend anyone, the latest Internet hoax originating from 4chan (where else?) proves that stupendously. The part about limitless stupidity, of course. But first, a little background. As I’m sure most of you know (though [...]
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Amazon unveils Kindle Fire HDX tablets with Snapdragon 800 under the hood
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Amazon is refreshing its tablet lineup with the Kindle Fire HDX. Coming in both 7 and 8.9-inch varieties, the new Kindle is all poised to give the iPad serious competition thanks to top-of-the-line specs and insanely low prices. The Kindle Fire HDX tablets look deceptively simple, but are packing some serious hardware under the hood. [...]
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