XFX Double Dissipation R9 280X Video Card Review
Today we examine the XFX Double Dissipation R9 280X video card, comparing it to a fiercely priced custom GeForce GTX 770. Sporting new aesthetics this video card has the appearance of a truly professional looking video card. We'll find out if the overclock and Double Dissipation GHOST2 thermal technology justify its price.
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Microsoft Office for iPad Tipped to Launch Before July
If you are one of the millions who own and work with an iPad and looking forward to the day you can finally get Microsoft Office up and running on it, looks like that day will be coming much sooner that expected.
Pricing for the app is yet to be revealed, although Microsoft may release it for free and then require and Office 365 subscription to edit the documents that can save to OneDrive.
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Call of Duty: Ghosts Getting Another Wave of Microtransactions
Infinity Ward is pushing out more customization packs to help you individualize your weaponry and your character, for a small fee of course.
Activision revealed that its digital channels, which includes these kinds of in-game purchases, are growing. The company expects these kinds of DLC packs to produce significant revenue going forward.
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Google Acquires SlickLogin
A brand new Israeli startup called SlickLogin has been acquired by Google. SlickLogin produces an alternative to the standard password protocol, utilizing sound waves to verify logins.
As a user, you'd go to whatever SlickLogin-enabled site you'd like to log in to. Tap the login button, hold your phone up close to the laptop, and you're in.
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Five of the Best Weirdest Games
I'm starting to become a little concerned for those guys over at Stuff.tv, sitting around all day picking out the best of the best, worst of the worst and in this case the weirdest of the weird games.
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Amazon's Drone Delivery Idea Might Actually Work
Jeff Bezos' vision to use drones to deliver packages super fast to consumers met with a bit of skepticism......all right, a lot of skepticism, but some government officials in Dubai think Bezos' plan might just fit their needs nicely.
A drone can carry a passport or drivers' license across a neighborhood much more easily than that bowling ball you bought from Amazon.
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The Priceline of Pot: WikiLeaf
Alright all of you "medicinal marijuana" prescriptees, a new website has been created to get you the best comparison prices on your prescriptions in the states that legalized the sale of medicinal marijuana.
According to Nelson, the WikiLeaf model is simply taking the cannabis market to its inevitable, consumer-driven conclusion, albeit a little sooner than expected.
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PSA: Titanfall Beta Now Open to All Xbox One Owners
For all of those of you that jumped through all the hoops to obtain a closed invitation to Titanfall Beta recently, the Beta is now open to all Xbox One owners and possibly PC gamers as well, possibly as early as today. Now don't you feel all warm and fuzzy for going to all of that trouble?
The expansion of the previously limited beta seems to have been a spontaneous decision to put Titanfall's server infrastructure through the toughest test possible before the game's March 11 release.
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Apple Exploring Cars, Medical Devices to Reignite Growth
Apple is looking to expand its horizons in a big way in the near future to shake off the past successes and create a new path for the Mega-Corp. This much is no secret in financial circles, but what isn't known is exactly what is Apple actually planning to do. What Apple may be planning is a foray into the electric car business, possibly looking to buy Elon Musk's Tesla Motors Inc.
"I know this is radical and potentially 'transformative' but this would radically alter Apple's growth profile," Ahmad wrote. "In Elon Musk, you could strike up a partnership and obtain a new iconic partner to lead Apple's innovation drive."
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New Shoe Detects Land Mines, Warns Through a Wristband
Now here's a product well worth mentioning. A company in Colombia has created a detection system that can be used universally to locate landmines through a specially designed system in shoes. Now all over the world, average people can help in the location of long lost minefields that can be deactivated once located.
There are thought to be some 110 million active land mines around the world, showing how important this shoe could end up being.
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Square Enix Releases a Revealing New Final Fantasy XV Trailer
Square Enix released a Japanese version of the new trailer for Final Fantasy XV, the action speaks for itself, but a working knowledge of the Japanese language would definitely be a plus here to get the full story.
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Battlefield 4: Second Assault Coming Tuesday
DICE and Electronic Arts jointly announce the release date for Battlefield 4: Second Assault. The initial release on Tuesday will be reserved for premium members on PS 4, PS 3, Xbox 360 and PC. All non-premium players will have to wait until March 4th for the release.
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Google, VMware Team Up to Bring Windows to Chromebooks
You take a Google Chromebook, stir in a generous portion of VMware's Horizon, mix in a little Internet connection and voilà, instant Windows Desktop at a fraction of the cost.
"Google Chromebooks can save businesses about $5,000 per computer when compared to traditional PCs."
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Halo 5 Won't Launch in 2014
We posted the rumor a while back, but now you hear it straight from the Master Chief's own mouth….. well, at least from the voice actor who plays the Master Chief from the Halo franchise: don't expect to see anything from Halo 5 until 2015.
There had been some hope that Halo 5 would launch this year, but if the voice behind Master Chief is to be believed, that might not be happening.
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The Chinese Lunar Rover Is Alive and Well
Several days ago China announced the premature 'death' of their Lunar rover named Yutu. To their surprise, Yutu turned itself back on and is awake awaiting instructions from China's Mission Control.
Before the cold of the lunar night rolled in, Yutu signed off with an extremely creepy anthropomorphized message that sounded more like the rover was forcing us to sign off rather than signing off itself: "Goodnight, Earth. Goodnight, humanity."
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