IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (FutureLooks) 30/06/2014

Diamond Multimedia is Giving Away World’s Fastest Graphics Card for a Facebook Like

Do you want to own the current, single most powerful, graphics card available today? If you said no, then you should go to the doctor because something is very wrong with you. If you said yes, then Diamond Multimedia wants to give you that chance by winning a Diamond Radeon R9 295X2 graphics card with just a “like”. There are no special hoops, no complicated rules, no loopholes. At least none that we can see. And the process is very simple.
Just go to the Diamond Multimedia’s Facebook page, like the page, and provide your e-mail address to enter. …
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AMD to Relaunch the FX-9590 with AIO Cooler

The “king of the mountain” for AMD’s FX Series processors is the FX-9590 Vishera based chip. This is mainly due to AMD virtually threw TDP out the window. What does this mean for end users like you and me? It means we get a CPU clocked at a blistering 4.7 GHz (5.0 GHz turbo) factory default. All you have to do is find the right cooling solution to keep the beast in check. AMD is planning to go back and help with that with a new AIO liquid cooling solution.
The FX-9590 currently is sold in a “chip only” fashion …
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GIGABYTE Offer $1000 in Cash Prizes Over Cat Fight

We normally do not condone animal fighting, but we are going to make an exception this time, because the animal is Catzilla and not real. What is real is GIGABYTE giving away $1000 in cash ($500 for winners in each category), so it’s time to get over to HWBOT.ORG if you are not already a member.
Open to all members of HWBOT.ORG, the competition gets you to enter your best scores on the new Catzilla 720p custom skinned benchmarking software. There are a few rules to keep in mind though. First it has to be on a GIGABYTE 9 Series …
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Russian Government Says ‘Nyet’ to Intel and AMD. Will Make Own CPUs With ARM and Linux.

Life has gone rather pear shaped in Russia these days. In reaction to their dispute with Ukraine, many countries including the US have imposed sanctions against the nation. The Russians in turn have reacted with the usual zeal you would expect from a country whose president rides bears and models for paparazzi. He has openly threatened to “disrupt” GPS navigation until the sanctions are lifted. This has all lead to Russia having to look for internal solutions to technology problems that it used to be able to solve externally. Need a computer? Live in Russia? Well you might just …
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SSD Prices Are About to Plummet, Get Out Your Credit Cards

Have you been thinking about upgrading your system to include an SSD or three? You just might need to pull the trigger soon, because it sounds like SSD prices are about to get a heck of a lot more competitive. Are you ready for a deal you can’t refuse?
The word that’s making it’s way around the Internet is that the major makers of solid state drives are about to enter an “aggressive price war,” effectively pushing SSD prices below their current 50 cents per gigabyte benchmark. This comes by way of Digitimes. According to “industry sources,” the suppliers …
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

IT News Head Lines (FutureLooks) 30/06/2014

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