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Corsair Introduces the Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 Flash Drive and Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive
If you are in need of storage, Corsair has a couple new solutions that may be perfect for you. One of them is the Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 flash drive, and the other is the Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive. The Flash Voyager GTX comes in 128 and 256GB capacities, with read speeds of 450MB/s and write speeds of 350MB/s, which effectively gives you a portable solid state drive. That speed and capacity aren't the only SSD-like elements, as each Flash Voyager GTX boasts USB Attached SCSI and S.M.A.R.T. monitoring to ensure error-free transfers of files. It also has TRIM support to help keep degradation away during long and heavy usage.
Flash drives are one thing, but for those needing a lot more storage, that's where the Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive comes into play. This palm-sized, wireless hard drive features a 1TB capacity that can work with Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS devices. Wirelessly connectivity is covered by 802.11b/g/n at ranges up to 90 feet, but it can also be plugged in via USB 3.0. You can even use the Voyager Air 2 as a WiFi hotspot. Corsair includes each Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive with its new Voyager Air 2.0 software, which allows for easier media browsing, Dropbox and Google Drive cloud sync, and Airplay streaming for Apple TV. Users can browse their TV shows by name, season, or episode; and music by artist, album, genre, or song title. Each drive can also be connected wirelessly to home networks and stream to DLNA-enabled devices like smart TVs, Blu-ray players, and game consoles.
The Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 flash drive launches this July, with the 128GB priced at $119.99 and the 256GB at $199.99. Corsair's Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive arrives this month and will set you back $179.99.
Source: Press Releases
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Corsair Announces the HXi Power Supply Series
Corsair is a name associated with a wide variety of computer hardware, from memory to cooling and cases. It's also a big name in power supplies, and earlier today announced the newest member in its power supply line: the HXi Series. These power supplies are the next evolution of the HX Series, and feature 80 PLUS Platinum certification, which means its efficiency is 92% or greater. The HXi Series also include fully modular cables, Japanese electrolytic capacitors, a nearly-silent 140mm fluid dynamic bearing fan, and integration with Corsair Link software monitoring. Users can monitor their power usage, efficiency, and temperature, and can also select single or multi-rail mode while in the desktop.
The Corsair HXi Series comes in 750, 850, and 1000 watt models, with availability slated for this August. The 750W model is priced at $169.99, the 850W at $189.99, and the 1000W at $229.99. All come with a seven-year warranty and Corsair's great tech support.
Source: Press Release
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be quiet! Unveils its First Case at Computex, Coming This September
German company be quiet! has been manufacturing power supplies and cooling solutions for years, but now it is ready to venture into the realm of cases. At Computex this week, be quiet! is lifting the veil on its first case, and if I can speak subjectively for a moment, it looks damn sweet.
The case supports ATX, µATX, and mini ITX motherboards. While dimensions were not provided, it seems fairly large, featuring three 5.25" bays and seven 3.5" bays, with support for two SSDs behind the motherboard and another two inside the hard drive tray. It comes with pre-installed with two 140mm Pure Wings 2 fans in the front and one 120mm Pure Wings 2 fan in the back, with the option of two more 120/140mm at top, one 120/140mm on the bottom, and one 120mm on the side panel. All air intakes have filters. If you're into water cooling, be quiet! certainly has you covered, with room for a 120/140mm radiator in the front, a 120mm at the back, and a 120/140mm or 240/280mm at the top. The case has room for a CPU cooler up to 170mm tall, PSU up to 290mm long, and a GPU up to 290mm with all the hard drive cages installed or 400mm without one of the cages. Lastly, I/O is provided at the top in the form of two USB 3.0, two USB 2.0, and mic and headphone.
The 0.7mm SECC steel case will be launching in September with an MSRP of US$129 (€119) and will only be available in black, but with the choice of three colors for the inserts and accents: orange (shown), silver, and black.
In addition to the case, be quiet! announced that its Straight Power family of PSUs will finally be making its way to North America with the new Straight Power 10, also launching in September. The SP10 line will feature the new SilentWings 3 for ultra quiet operation and come in 400W, 500W, 600W, and 700W for a fixed cable variation, and 500W, 600W, 700W, and 800W for a modular variation.
If that wasn't enough, be quiet! also announced a new entry-level CPU cooler called Pure Rock. The Pure Rock features four 6mm heatpipes and comes equipped with a 120mm Pure Wings 2 PWM fan with 26db(A) at full load and 130W TDP. Priced at a mere US$34.90 (€29.90), I'm really curious to see how it holds up once one of our reviewers gets a hold of it.
Source: Press Release
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Patriot Offering New Wireless Charging Products
The FUEL iON line of products is the latest innovation from Patriot in the wireless charging market. FUEL iON has improved upon the wireless charging concept by increasing charging speed to match that of corded charging. Patriot has provided options for the iPhone 5 and 5s as well s the Samsung Galaxy S4 in the form of a protective carrying case that interacts with a magnetic power transfer pad. The case is secured to the charging pad and allows for full access to buttons and ports while providing flexibility in phone orientation. A car charger attaches to a windshield or smooth dash surface for charging on the go. Product Manager Mike Chang said, "FUEL iON succeeds where induction charging falls short. With an ecosystem that meets every lifestyle while perfectly blending performance and affordability, FUEL iON truly is wireless charging reinvented."
Source: Press Release
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NetherRealm Studios Bringing Mortal Kombat X to PC and Consoles in 2015
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has officially announced the next entry in the critically acclaimed fighting series Mortal Kombat, unsurprisingly entitled Mortal Kombat X. NetherRealm Studios is once again performing the development duties following the success of Mortal Kombat (9) in 2011 and last year's Injustice: Gods Among Us.
"Mortal Kombat X combines cinematic presentation with all new gameplay to deliver the most brutal Kombat experience ever, offering a new fully-connected experience that launches players into a persistent online contest where every fight matters in a global battle for supremacy. For the first time, Mortal Kombat X gives players the ability to choose from multiple variations of each character impacting both strategy and fighting style. Players step into an original story showcasing some of the game’s most prolific characters including Scorpion and Sub-Zero, while introducing new challengers that represent the forces of good and evil and tie the tale together."
Source: Press Release
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Papago! Announces New Dashcams
Papago! has announced that it will be showing off the two newest additions to the GoSafe line of dashcams at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan from June 3-7. The GoSafe 200 clips on the back of your rear view mirror and features a hide-away 2" LCD screen for viewing. The camera records video at 1080p with a 140 degree viewing angle. The GoSafe 260 replaces the rear view mirror entirely and records in 1080p while giving the user the ability to zoom in or out for snapping photos. A 2.7" LCD screen gives the driver a clear picture of what is currently being recorded. The two cameras will be available for purchase starting June 6.
Source: Press Release
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Spotify Makes Downloading Playlists Easier
Although users of Spotify have long been able to download their songs for offline use, the process required to do so was mundane and time consuming to say the least. Spotify has taken note however, and has released a new feature within its Android and iOS application to reduce the time and effort it takes to downloads songs for offline playback. Spotify Premium subscribers can find within the "Songs" tab a toggle labeled "Available Offline," which allows tracks within "Your Music" to be instantly downloaded to the device. Users will face a per device offline download limit of 3,333 songs that can be stored for a maximum of 30 days.
Source: Engadget
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ARM Continues Pushing the Size Limits of Processors
As wearable technology continues to advance at an alarming rate, ARM is looking to push the limits of its processors in terms of size. More specifically, ARM is pursuing the development of processors that are so small in wearable devices that they are actually unnoticed due to their size, becoming virtually invisible. ARM processors are already used in some fitness technology, smartwatches, and other wearable devices, but the company is looking to make drastic reductions in the amount of power used by its processors going forward. As an overall goal, ARM is attempting to reduce the power consumption of processors within wearable technology to just nanowatts. By using smaller and more efficient processors in wearable technology, batteries can continue to be reduced in size which would also reduce the total weight of the device. Noel Hurley, the deputy general manager for CPUs at ARM, compared the ARM-based Freescale KL03 microcontroller used in thermostats and bulbs to where the company wants to go in terms of its smaller processor design for wearable technology.
Source: TechHive
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Quantum Dots Found to Blink
Have you ever been annoyed by a fluorescent light flickering on and off? I know I have and, when possible will try to fix the problem. Researchers at NIST and the Naval Research Laboratory have recently discovered that another kind of light source can blink on and off, but unlike ceiling lights, these quantum dot light sources could have a major impact on future technologies.
Quantum dots are specialized semiconductor crystals we are able to produce with whatever optical properties we desire. For this reason, many would like to integrate them into computer chips as photon sources, for use in and between quantum computers. Unfortunately the quantum dots that looked to be the best fit for these applications may not be suitable after all. For the dots to work, they must produce high quality, single photons reliably. The NIST researchers have found that indium arsenide and gallium arsenide quantum dots will blink on and off, over timescales of tens of nanoseconds to hundreds of milliseconds. This effectively cuts the efficiency of the dots from the requisite 100% to 50%-80%.
The reason this serious issue had never been noticed before was because the quantum dots were typically examined after being fabricated but before the surrounding devices were installed. Apparently the process of adding the materials creates defects, but the researchers hope to find ways to minimize them and the blinking in the future, to make them useable as originally hoped.
Source: NIST
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Crytek and Deep Silver Joining Forces to Bring Homefront: The Revolution to PC, PS4, and XBO in 2015
After having already started development on the sequel as far back as 2011, Crytek purchased the Homefront IP in January of last year for over $500,000 during the THQ auction. Today, Crytek officially unveiled the sequel, Homefront: The Revolution, announcing that it will be co-published with Deep Silver and coming to PC (Windows, Mac, and Linux), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2015.
Homefront: The Revolution will be a free-roam first-person shooter set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Catastrophic events have brought the United States to its knees and enabled the Korean People's Army forces to impose a brutal military occupation. Trapped in this American nightmare, Philadelphia has become a police state, where surveillance drones and armored patrols keep her once-proud citizens at heel, crushing any dissent with totalitarian force." The game will feature a "sprawling open-world city" with unscripted firefights, the ability to recruit revolutionaries, and a crafting system to create "improvised homebrew weapons." In addition, the game will feature online co-op for up to four players, allowing you to form your own resistance cell with a few friends.
Crytek will unveil the first gameplay demo next week at E3.
Source: Press Release
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Self-Assembling Printed Robots with Heat
It would be really cool if one day you could use a 3D printer to build a robot in your house, to complete whatever task you have for it. To help reach that goal, researchers have been working out how to actually construct a robot that way, as some robots may not be something you can just print directly. Researchers at MIT though have recently written two papers that could help bring that future to the present with self-assembling components.
One of the papers describes a system capable of analyzing a 3D shape in a CAD file and creating the 2D patterns that, if made into plastic, could recreate the 3D shape through self-folding when heated. Having an automated approach for creating these 2D patterns is amazing, as it would greatly simplify the work needed to design self-assembling robots, as only the end-shape would have to be designed, or asked for by a consumer.
Of course the body of a robot is not much more than a toy without the electronic components needed for it to act, which is what the second paper explored. Specifically it describes how components like resistors, inductors, capacitors, sensors, and actuators could be built of self-folding materials that had been laser cut. Instead of using a computer to design the patterns, the researchers did the designing by handing, to ensure the necessary shape and electrical properties were achieved.
Source: MIT
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