Friday night topic: The end of zoos?
I'm kind of a zoology buff in my spare time, by which I mean I really enjoy watching nature documentaries and learning about animals of various kinds. I am not, however, the sort of person who advocates stringently for things like animal rights or refuses to eat meat—far from it.
That said, I've had a bit of a change of heart recently when it comes to one subject: the zoos where we keep animals in captivity for viewing. Zoos just don't seem like a good idea to me anymore in an age where we have ready access to hundreds of amazing, high-definition nature documentaries showing wild animals in their native habitats. Since I have kids, I've visited a couple of highly regarded ...
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Real World Tech analyzes Knights Landing rumors
Intel has revealed relatively few details about Knights Landing, the next-gen processor set to join the Xeon Phi family. This massively parallel chip is designed for high-performance computing applications, and it's set to be manufactured on a 14-nm process. Knights Landing will feature on-package memory and support 512-bit AVX instructions. It's also slated to be available as both a standalone processor and on a PCI Express card.
That's about all we know for sure. However, there are plenty of rumors and leaked slides circulating around the web. Real World Tech's David ...
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Deal of the week: Exotic memory, discounted storage, and a gaming mouse
Holiday sales are winding down, and the selection of hardware deals is a little thin as a result. We've still managed to find some nice discounts on a small collection of PC components, though.
North of the border, NCIX's Boxing Week Sale Event continues to roll, though the many of the most appealing items are now out of stock. There are still a few nice deals to be had, including Kingston's SSDNow V300 240GB SSD for $160 and ...
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Attack disrupts access to Steam and Origin game services
Online distribution systems have made video games much more convenient to purchase. However, they also create an external target for malicious folks to attack. Overnight, EA's Origin and Valve's Steam services appear to have come under fire. As Kotaku reports, a handful of Twitter users claim to have hammered the gaming services with separate denial-of-service attacks. The site says that connectivity to both services was spotty last night, and several commenters echo those sentiments.
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CPU upgrade boosts Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 tablet
Microsoft's Surface 2 Pro tablet has gotten a little bit faster. The 10.6" Windows 8.1 slate debuted with a Core i5-4200U processor, but the units shipping now have the faster i5-4300U. The change was confirmed by The Verge, who quote a Microsoft spokesperson as saying that the company "routinely makes small changes to internal components over the lifetime of a product, based on numerous factors including supply chain partnerships, availability, and value for our customers."
The tablet's $899 starting price remains unchanged, so consumers are getting a nice little upgrade for free. Or ...
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A first look at Nvidia's G-Sync display tech
We got our first look at G-Sync a couple of months ago at an Nvidia press event in Montreal, and we came away impressed with the handful of demos being shown there. Now, we've had the chance to spend some quality time with early G-Sync hardware within the comfy confines of Damage Labs, and we have much more to say about the technology. Read on to see what we think.
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Steam sale concludes with encore blockbuster discounts
Steam's holiday sale is wrapping up. The discount bonanza comes to a close with a selection of the most popular deals from the past two weeks, and there are plenty of quality titles to be had for very little money. Here's the full rundown.
And breathe. Of course, the encore deals aren't the only discounted games on Steam today. The Steam Database has a complete list of 353 ...
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Leaked manual teases Asus' stylus-equipped 8'' Win8 tablet
Asus appears poised to release an 8" tablet running Windows 8.1. Laptoping spotted the manual for the VivoTab Note 8 on Asus' website (PDF), and the document details an 8" slate with front and rear camers, an integrated stylus, a Micro USB 2.0 port, a microSD slot, and the usual Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.
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Report: Winamp could be saved by Radionomy deal
Just before Christmas, we learned that Winamp might get a second wind. Now, TechCruch is reporting that the media player software and associated Shoudcast services will be sold to online radio company Radionomy. Some of Winamp's servers have already been transferred to Radionomy, according to the site, and the deal is expected to be finalized by Friday.
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Thursday Shortbread
7 Up
- Reuters: AllThingsD editors launch "Re/code"
venture with NBCUniversal backing
- TechCrunch: AOL sells Winamp and Shoutcast
music services to online radio aggregator Radionomy
- DigiTimes Research: Notebook shipments suffer over 10% drop in December
- DigiTimes: DRAM supply to remain tight through 1Q14, says AData
chairman and MSI narrows motherboard shipment gap with ASRock
- Steam's hardware & software survey: December 2013
- LinuxGizmos: New Geeksphone to run Android and Firefox OS on x86
- Removed from GOG's catalog: Fallout 1,2 & Tactics
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