International Women's Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- AnandTech: OCZ's CEO outlines post-acquisition
plans for TLC and native PCIe SSDs
- Mac Rumors: Apple to reportedly stop production
of 13" non-Retina MacBook Pro later this year
- Ars Technica: AMD touts new low-cost
desktop chipset, calls Intel's a "dead-end"
- NotebookReview Forum: New details about Nvidia's Maxwell
- Ars Technica on Windows 8.1 Update 1: More interface
concessions that still won't make people happy
- N4G: DirectX 12 coming to Xbox One
- PlayStation Official Magazine - UK: Reports suggest
Watch Dogs runs at 1080p on PS4, 960p on Xbox One
- Ars Technica: Samsung's KitKat update seems
to remove benchmark-boosting "shenanigans"
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Friday night topic: Light bulbs? Yep, light bulbs
If it's possible to geek out over something and I come into contact with that thing, well, stuff happens.
Several years ago, compact fluorescent light bulbs had gotten to the place where they were an intriguing option for replacing traditional incandescent bulbs, and I kinda went overboard on them. I ...
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Newest Thermaltake Urban case has dual doors
Mid-tower cases aren't breaking much new ground these days, especially outside the aesthetics department. Thermaltake's newly announced Urban T81 might just be an exception to that trend, though. It has not one, but two doors on its left side: one for the main system components and a second door for the storage bays. Thermaltake claims the design was "inspired by automotive 'suicide doors,'" which is probably not the wording I'd use in a press release, but... well, see for yourself:
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Deal of the week: Discounted Windows and cheap storage
Our deals posts are often dominated by storage discounts, and this week's edition is no exception. There are loads of SSD bargains right now. Before we get into them, we'll start with something completely different.
As always, we'll conclude with a selection of deals for Gerbils north of the border. NCIX's Ships Ahoy Sale Event has a mind-boggling number of discounted items, including the following: Corsair's Vengeance Pro DDR3-1866 2x4GB ...
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Friday Shortbread
The Pick 6
- Neowin: You can download Windows 8.1
Update 1 right now with a simple registry tweak
- Windows 8.1 Update 1 (Final) now available on NGOHQ.com
- Ars Technica: First OS X 10.9.3 beta improves support for 4K displays
- CPU World: Intel launches Xeon E5-4600 v2 CPUs
- LinuxBSDOS.com's Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 201403 review
- The NPD Group: Music file sharing declined significantly in 2012
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MSI gaming barebones has Mini-ITX mobo, external overclocking button
MSI has developed an interesting Mini-ITX rig for gamers. The Nightblade barebones box comes with a variant of MSI's Z87I Gaming motherboard, a 600W PSU with 80 Plus gold certification, and a custom steel chassis that measures 16.6" x 10.9" x 6.9". The total system volume is only 16 liters, and the whole thing weighs just 17.2 lbs. It looks pretty good, too.
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Fan-made Morrowind remake looks amazing
I have fond memories of Morrowind, the pre-prequel to Skyrim, but it looks a little dated these days—just as any 12-year-old game would. As Rock, Paper, Shotgun reports, a team of modders has taken it upon themselves to remake the game in the Skyrim engine. The mod is still a work in progress, but it already looks stunning.
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Thursday Night Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- VG24/7: DRAM manufacturers to pay $310 million to PC, console owners
- WinBeta: Could Windows 8.1 Update 1 be called "Windows Feature Pack"?
- Microsoft advance notification service for the March 2014 security bulletin release
- Neowin: Microsoft briefly stopped Windows
development in February 2002 to focus on security
- Network World: Major security flaw threatens Linux users
- Daring Fireball: iOS 7.1 and the iTunes Festival at SXSW
- Mozilla Research: Introducing the 'mozjpeg' Project
- IGN: OnLive reemerges with CloudLift service, Steam integration
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Razer unveils homebrewed mechanical keyboard switches
At CES earlier this year, we heard whispers about the expiry of patents on Cherry's famous MX mechanical key switches—and about about the possibility of third-party derivatives hitting the market. There must have been some truth to it all. Earlier today, Razer announced its first homebrewed mechanical switches, and they look suspiciously like custom Cherry derivatives.
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Watch Dogs rescheduled for May 27
Watch Dogs was one of the most anticipated games of 2013. Then, in October, it was delayed until spring 2014. Ubisoft said more time was required to polish and tune the title. The developer's work is almost complete, though. The new "story trailer" reveals that Watch Dogs has been rescheduled for a May 27 release.
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Cooler Master's QuickFire Stealth mechanical keyboard reviewed
Mechanical
keyboards come in all kinds of flavors these days. Just about every PC
peripheral maker has one in its arsenal, and most offer multiple
variants. Some are loaded with extras, while others offer a more basic
approach. There are also numerous switch options, each one with
noticeably different characteristics.
Despite this variety, most mechanical keyboards are slight variations on the same theme. The majority of them mirror the standard, 104-key U.S. layout that's been around since the early days of Windows. There's a numpad on the right and lettering on the tops of the keys. That's great, but it's also a little bit boring, which is why the Cooler Master QuickFire Stealth caught my eye. This compact contender ditches the numpad in favor of a tenkeyless design with space-saving and ergonomic benefits. It also trades traditional lettering for a uniquely stealthy approach.
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Radeon R7 265 becomes available at $149, promptly sells out
AMD announced the Radeon R7 265 in mid-February and said it should hit store shelves at the end of that month. Given the current supply crunch for Radeons caused by the cryptocurrency mining rush, we had to wonder whether the R7 265—which is basically the same thing as the Radeon HD 7850—would truly be available at its suggested list price of $149.
The answer is beginning to unfold. After several days more waiting than originally projected, ...
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It's official: DirectX 12 to be unveiled at GDC
There wasn't much doubt that some sort of major update to DirectX was coming after those GDC session abstracts were posted, but now it's official. Microsoft has posted a splash page for DirectX 12 on its MSDN blogs site, and it has created a Twitter account for DX12, as well. The splash page looks like so:
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Asus' desktop Kabini boards come in micro and mini flavors
On Tuesday, AMD formally revealed that its low-power Kabini APU is heading to the desktop in socketed form. We actually got our first glimpse of desktop Kabini boards at CES earlier this year. Now that the platform is official, additional motherboards are coming out of the woodwork. The latest are Asus' AM1M-A and AM1I-A, which deploy Kabini's FS1b socket on microATX and Mini-ITX boards, respectively.
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Despite this variety, most mechanical keyboards are slight variations on the same theme. The majority of them mirror the standard, 104-key U.S. layout that's been around since the early days of Windows. There's a numpad on the right and lettering on the tops of the keys. That's great, but it's also a little bit boring, which is why the Cooler Master QuickFire Stealth caught my eye. This compact contender ditches the numpad in favor of a tenkeyless design with space-saving and ergonomic benefits. It also trades traditional lettering for a uniquely stealthy approach.
Read more...
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Radeon R7 265 becomes available at $149, promptly sells out
AMD announced the Radeon R7 265 in mid-February and said it should hit store shelves at the end of that month. Given the current supply crunch for Radeons caused by the cryptocurrency mining rush, we had to wonder whether the R7 265—which is basically the same thing as the Radeon HD 7850—would truly be available at its suggested list price of $149.
The answer is beginning to unfold. After several days more waiting than originally projected, ...
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It's official: DirectX 12 to be unveiled at GDC
There wasn't much doubt that some sort of major update to DirectX was coming after those GDC session abstracts were posted, but now it's official. Microsoft has posted a splash page for DirectX 12 on its MSDN blogs site, and it has created a Twitter account for DX12, as well. The splash page looks like so:
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Asus' desktop Kabini boards come in micro and mini flavors
On Tuesday, AMD formally revealed that its low-power Kabini APU is heading to the desktop in socketed form. We actually got our first glimpse of desktop Kabini boards at CES earlier this year. Now that the platform is official, additional motherboards are coming out of the woodwork. The latest are Asus' AM1M-A and AM1I-A, which deploy Kabini's FS1b socket on microATX and Mini-ITX boards, respectively.
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