Wednesday, April 9, 2014

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 10/04/2014

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AMD Radeon R9 295X2 review
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$1,500 buys plenty of compute power and massive performance increases over single-core cards. AMD has officially released its dual core Radeon R9 295X2, much earlier than expected. Originally AMD was expected to launch the card either at Computex, or as the showpiece of a spring tech day. However as the launch date drew closer there [...]
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Formula E racers get a power boost from social media interaction
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Formula car racing is about to get a bit more interactive this year as the all-electric Formula E lets fans give an extra boost to their favorite teams through social media interaction. The FIA Formula One’s 2014 season rule changes made a drastic shift from 2.4-liter V8 engines to turbocharged 1.6 liter V6 hybrid engines. [...]
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Unity creates official mascot, and she is available in 3D
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Unity Technologies Japan introduces Unity-chan, its upcoming cute little mascot character, and her entire 3D data is completely free to download. Unity may not be a household name in tech, but this 3D game engine is the one responsible for many of the 3D apps and games that we enjoy today. Soon, however, it might [...]
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HTC M8 Ace ousted in leak
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The HTC M8 Ace will likely be a phablet-sized version of the One (M8). Serial leakster @evleaks revealed a new HTC handset that will be called the HTC M8 Ace. An earlier tweet from @evleaks suggested that the M8 Ace would be a phablet-sized version of the M8. Other than the blurry render and the [...]
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Demanding PC requirements for ‘Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor’ revealed, 64-bit and DX11 a must
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The Steam page for the upcoming Lord of the Rings RPG reveals a demanding list of PC requirements for the game, including 64-bit and DX11-only support.
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Microsoft offers free access to ‘Game of Thrones’ season premiere on Xbox LIVE
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From now until April 14, Microsoft gives Xbox owners access to the latest Game of Thrones episode on Xbox LIVE free of charge.
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Noctua releases super-quiet NH-D15
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The NH-D14 is one of the best CPU coolers money can buy, and with the NH-D15, Noctua is looking to achieve a similar result. The Noctua NH-D14 is considered to be one of the best CPU coolers available today. With over 350 international awards, it is also the most successful heatsinks in the market. The [...]
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Twitter announces new Facebook-like web profiles
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 Facebook copies Twitter; Twitter copies Facebook back.  The new Twitter web profiles look uncannily familiar for a reason: they look a lot like Facebook Timelines. Display pictures have gotten smaller, and cover photos cover the full width of the viewport – at least from the official screenshot posted by David Bellona, designer at Twitter. Here’s [...]
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NASA goes open source
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NASA says it will publicly releases code for many of the systems the space organization has used through the years making your DIY satellite now closer than ever. NASA recently revealed that it plans to release more than 1,000 codes from many of the systems used for their various space programs and missions. Starting April [...]
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Nvidia Shield updated to KitKat, gains Remote GameStream, improved key mapping, and more
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The April update for Nvidia’s handheld game console brings an upgraded operating system, better controller-mapping software, and other substantial features. Nvidia is pushing out a major update to its Shield console in tandem with a $50 price cut that will bring down the cost of the device to $199 for the rest of April. The biggest [...]
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iPhone 5S vs Galaxy S5 in biometrics test
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Are you curious about how fingerprint sensors on both Apple and Samsung flagship smartphones stack up against each other? There’s much interest in how these sensors actually perform, and if one is really better than the other in capturing the crucial fingerprint image. Apple might have been the first with fingerprint sensors in smartphones, but [...]
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iPhone baseband chip design might soon be done in-house
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Rumor has it that Apple is considering creating a new research and development team which will be tasked with designing baseband chips for future iPhones. For those who don’t know, the baseband chip is a crucial component in any smartphone as it controls all of the radio functions. Without it, no communication features would work. Apple [...]
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Today is the last day of support for Windows XP
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April 8 will be the last Patch Tuesday for the 12-and-a-half-year-old OS, but many institutional customers have negotiated for extended support. The day that Microsoft first warned about in 2007 has finally arrived: it’s the last Patch Tuesday for Windows XP. Microsoft’s stoic operating system was first introduced to the world in August 2001 — [...]
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Adobe releases Lightroom for iPad
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Users will require a subscription to both Adobe’s Creative Cloud and Lightroom 5 in order to use this app just to edit photos on the fly. Adobe’s Lightroom is now available for the iPad. The app has been built on a powerful synchronization architecture that is designed specifically for photos. It enables efficient management and [...]
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