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New Sniper Elite 3 Trailer Highlights Competitive and Co-operative Multiplayer
Whether you're a long time fan of the Sniper Elite series or you were one of the 2.2 million people who grabbed Sniper Elite V2 when it was free on Wednesday, there's a lot to be excited about in Sniper Elite 3. While it looks like the single-player campaign will provide the freedom and emergent gameplay fans have been yearning for, the multiplayer should certainly not be overlooked. Rebellion has released a new Multiplayer Trailer that shows off just some of what we can expect from its plethora of multiplayer modes. Sniper Elite 3 includes five unique modes of competitive multiplayer for up to twelve players, along with two-player online co-op support for the entire campaign and two dedicated co-op modes, Overwatch and Survival.
Source: Press Release
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What Happens when Pushing Light Past its Speed
One of the more famous consequences of the Theories of Relativity is that the speed of light is a universal constant and impossible to exceed. While the former has been proven many times over, the latter has some loopholes to it. NIST researchers decided to test the loopholes by pushing part of a light wave past the fastest speed possible.
To say that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light is actually not a completely accurate interpretation of physics. The real limit is on how fast information can move, and as it turns out there are certain properties of light waves that do not carry information. Researchers discovered two years ago that it is possible to exploit that and nudge the leading edge of a light pulse ahead of the wave, causing it to arrive nanoseconds earlier. As it does not contain information in a traditional sense, this does not violate any physical laws, but what about quantum mechanical information? This is the question the NIST researchers decided to investigate and they did so by entangling two photons, and only nudging one of them. Because the photons are entangled, their states are strongly correlated and measuring one will reveal information about the other.
When the researchers measured the photons they found that the entanglement weakened as the nudging increased the amount of noise present, which means that even quantum information obeys the speed limit. This work should prove very useful as researchers develop the systems to transfer information within the systems of quantum computers.
Source: NIST
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Kingston Digital Launches M.2 SATA SSDs
For those times when you need small storage drives, Kingston Digital has released its new M.2 2280 SATA SSD. At only 22 mm x 80 mm, this tiny drive is perfect for small and thin devices, like ultrabooks, embedded systems, and motherboards, like those based on Intel's recently released Z97 chipset. The drives include multiple features to ensure longevity including TRIM support, wear leveling, and advanced garbage collection, as well as firmware-based solutions to protect data integrity from sudden power loss. For improved power management and battery life, the drives also use SATA DevSleep.
The 120 GB version of these standalone drives is available now with the 240 GB and 480 GB versions coming later in Q3. All of them have a three-year warranty and a life expectancy of one million hours MTBF.
Source: Kingston Technology
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The EA SPORTS IGNITE Engine Adds PC Support; Featured in FIFA 15
Electronic Arts announced its proprietary IGNITE engine in May of last year and has used it to power the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, NBA Live 14, and the upcoming EA Sports UFC. The engine features a slew of technologies to improve EA's sports games, including the Human Intelligence framework, the True Player Motion framework, and the Living Worlds framework. All the technologies are designed to bring sports video games to life. Today, EA SPORTS announced that the IGNITE engine will be powering FIFA 15 on PC, marking the first time the engine will be used outside the aforementioned new-gen consoles.
FIFA 15 will be officially revealed during EA's E3 Press Conference on June 9. Check out the link below for the PC system requirements.
Source: Official Site
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Fractal Design Unveils its New Kelvin Series Water Cooling System
Earlier in the week, Fractal Design announced a new addition to its Core family of cases, the x3 Series. Today, the Swedish company announced a new expandable all-in-one water cooling system, the Kelvin Series. The Kelvin Series system comes in three flavors depending on your needs: T12 (120mm radiator), S24 (240mm radiator), and S36 (360mm radiator). The system comes with both a CPU block and radiator made from pure copper, which should result in some great cooling performance. What sets the Kelvin series apart from many all-in-one solutions is that it not only contains a dedicated fill port, but also allows for easy expansion with the ability to add any additional parts to the loop just as you would with a custom water cooling solution. All the parts have fully standard G 1/4" thread fittings, so users should have no issues finding compatible parts. All modern CPU sockets are supported.
The Kelvin T12 has an MSRP of US$99.99 / €74.99 / £89.99, the Kelvin S24 has an MSRP of US$119.99 / €85.99 / £104.99, and the Kelvin S36 has an MSRP of US$139.99 / €99.99 / £119.99.
Source: Press Release
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Kingston HyperX Announces Several New Products at Computex
Kingston is showing off the latest additions to the high performance HyperX line of products at Computex in Taipei this week. HyperX Impact is a new line of SO-DIMM memory modules that operate at frequencies ranging from 1600MHz to 2400MHz at voltages starting at 1.35V. The Impact memory will be available in single stick kits of 4GB or 8GB and dual channel kits of 8GB and 16GB. The FURY SSD is powered by an LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller and offers read and write speeds up to 500MB/s. The FURY will be available in capacities of 120GB and 240GB. Kingston also showed off an upcoming white version of the HyperX Cloud headset and the HyperX Skyn, a hard mouse pad that is very thin and uses adhesive to stick to your desk.
Source: Press Release
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Pre-Order Detailed and E3 2014 Trailer Released
CD Projekt RED has released pre-order details for its next game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the highly anticipated finale to the Witcher franchise. We also finally know when The Witcher 3 will arrive: February 24, 2015. By pre-ordering the game from GOG.com, you will receive the digital comic book The Witcher: House of Glass immediately; an extended soundtrack for the game with four exclusive tracks available today; a high quality digital artbook; additional artworks; wallpapers; avatars; closed beta access to The Witcher Adventure Game for two people; and a copy of Dungeon & Dragons Neverwinter Nights to hold you over. All of that is exclusive to GOG.com pre-orders. The non-exclusive bonus items include bonus videos about the game (available today) and a world map.
You can place your pre-order today and save 10% from the $59.99 price at GOG.com. If you already have either of the two previous Witcher games with GOG, the pre-order will be 15% off, and having both games will bring it down to 20% off. Have copies of the games but not on GOG.com? Follow the link on the pre-order page to redeem your free backup copy(ies).
Also released today was the E3 2014 trailer The Sword of Destiny for The Witcher 3.
Source: GOG.com Pre-Order Page and The Witcher.com
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Kingston Digital Announces the MobileLite Wireless G2
Kingston Digital, the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Corporation, has just announced the MobileLite Wireless G2, which is the second generation of the company's MobileLite Wireless. The device provides users with easy additional storage for their mobile devices by allowing them to wirelessly transfer files such as movies, music, and photos to a supported flash card or USB drive. Photos and videos can even be sent directly to various social media platforms without the need to connect the MobileLite Wireless G2 to a personal computer. Since the device contains a 4640 mAh battery, it serves as a backup power source to mobile phones and is generally able to charge most smartphones twice. According to Andrew Ewing, the flash memory business manager at Kingston, the device can sustain itself for 13 hours of continuous use. Additionally, the Kingston Digital MobileLite Wireless G2 supports a connection from a 3G wireless Internet dongle and contains a direct Ethernet connection port, allowing the device to serve as a portable router or a network attached storage drive.
The MobileLite Wireless G2 will be available later this month and will come with a two year warranty with free technical support.
Source: Press Release
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Dead Rising 3 Coming to Steam This Summer with Upgraded Graphics
Let's be honest, Dead Rising 3 coming to PC was inevitable. Despite the Xbox One exclusivity at launch, I repeatedly said there was no way it wouldn't eventually come to PC, and finally, more than half a year later, that is coming to fruition. After the Steam Database entry leaked yesterday before being pulled, Capcom officially announced today that Dead Rising 3 will be coming to PC worldwide via Steam this Summer, with Europe also getting a retail version.
While the Steam page has not been launched yet as of the time of this writing (UPDATE: Steam page now available), here are the system requirements word-for-word from the press release:
Minimum System Requirements:Source: Press Release
OS: Windows 7 64-bit edition, Windows 8 64-bit edition
Processor: Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz (or Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz) / AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.00 GHz or higher
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Hard Drive: 30 GB free
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570 / AMD Radeon 7870 or higher
DirectX: Version 11
Controller: Keyboard (international and standard), Mouse (up to 4 buttons), Xbox 360 PC compatible controller or compatible gamepad
Connection: Broadband internet connection and Steam account required
Recommended System Requirements:
OS: Windows 7 64-bit edition, Windows 8 64-bit edition
Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Hard Drive: 30 GB free
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 670 2GB / AMD Radeon 7970 2GB
DirectX: Version 11.1 or greater
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Xbox One Controller Now Officially Supported on PC
While Microsoft confirmed PC compatibility for the Xbox One controller in the past, the company is finally making good on its promise with brand new PC drivers. The drivers will be included as part of a Windows update in the near future, but those that want to get a head start can already download them on MajorNelson.com in both x64 and x86 flavors (see link below). "Simply download the drivers, connect your Xbox One controller to your computer through a micro USB cable [and] the new PC drivers will enable the Xbox One controller to be used with any game that featured gamepad support for the Xbox 360 controller."
Source: Major Nelson via IGN
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Bringing the Wub Wub on October 14
In advance of E3, Gearbox Software and 2K Australia have announced that Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel will be launching on October 14, 2014, in North America and on October 17, 2014, worldwide. While it may not be the new-gen Borderlands 3 everyone wanted, it's still more Borderlands, which is never a bad thing. In fact, today's new "Moon Dance Trailer" perfectly illustrates why Borderlands is one of modern gaming's greatest franchises.
Source: Official Site
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Protecting Semiconductors for Artificial Photosynthesis
For far longer than humans have existed, plants and many microbes have been using photosynthesis to convert the energy of sunlight into something more useful. We would like to do the same and create systems that release hydrogen and oxygen from water, for use as fuel. Achieving this has proven very difficult, and one reason why has to do with semiconductors corroding in water, but researchers at Caltech have found a coating that may solve that problem.
Two semiconductors used fairly often for their light absorbing properties are silicon and gallium arsenide. These properties would make them ideal for artificial photosynthesis systems, except that they will both corrode in water, and ultimately become useless. For some time researchers have been looking for ways to protect them, and now the Caltech researchers have turned to leaky titanium dioxide (TiO2). Leaky oxides were first developed in the 1990s for potential use in computer chips, but they leaked too much charge to be useful. That leaking is exactly what the researchers are going for though. The researchers found that they could put a thin layer of TiO2 onto the semiconductors, without disrupting the light coming in or the electrons going out, while still blocking the water.
This is definitely promising research but is also very early research. The leaky TiO2 layer has not been tested enough to determine how it will behave over long periods of time. The relatively short-term tests though have demonstrated the material's great potential for this application though, by setting some new records in the field.
Source: California Institute of Technology
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Dying Light's E3 2014 Gameplay Trailer is All About Murder
WB Games and Techland has released an E3 2014 Gameplay Trailer for upcoming first-person survival horror game Dying Light, and it's brutal. As the trailer states, "in the right circumstances, anyone is a murderer"; in this instance, the circumstance is a mysterious epidemic.
Source: Press Release
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