Friday night topic: your best tech purchases
We've recently explored the question of our worst tech purchases, and what a dreadful collection of stories were told. There is another side to the sadness, though. Sometimes, a good product hits the market, moves the needle substantially in ways that matter (like price, performance, and features), and prompts lots of folks to make purchases. In rare occasions, such watershed products end up having unusual longevity, since they've set a standard for the market that isn't really surpassed for years to come. If you're lucky and smart, sometimes you can buy one of these fortuitous products and enjoy it for years to come, with no need to upgrade.
Those, my friends, are the good tech purchases. Hopefully, we've ...
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GOG.com summer sale offers big discounts on old games
Fancy a trip down memory lane? The folks at Good Old Games have begun a summer sale with steep discounts on old and not-so-old titles. The GOG.com team promises a "constant stream" of games, with daily and hourly deals, some up to 90% off.
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Deal of the week: Graphics cards, a mid-tower, and SSDs
It's time for another weekly deals post. Here's a selection of discounted hardware we spotted this morning:
That's all for this week. As always, feel free to ...
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Samsung refreshes Galaxy Tabs with improved displays
Samsung has refreshed its Galaxy Tab line of Android tablets with the Galaxy Tab S. Along with some mostly incremental improvements, the new tablet features a big upgrade that owners will see every day: a higher-resolution screen.
The company has bestowed a 2560x1600 Super AMOLED display upon the Tab S, with the same resolution appearing on both the 8.4" and ...
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AMD shuffles corporate deck to target PCs, ''high-growth markets''
AMD is reorganizing its corporate structure in a bid to better serve both traditional PCs and "adjacent high-growth markets." Starting July 1, the firm will split its efforts between two divisions that consolidate previously separate entities. Dr. Lisa Su, AMD's current GM of Global Business Units, will oversee the transition in her new role as Chief Operating Officer.
The PC market will be served by the new Computing and Graphics Business Group, which consolidates "client, consumer graphics and professional graphics businesses, as well as their related product engineering and sales functions." The Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom Business Group covers exactly what you'd expect: servers, embedded systems, and semi-custom silicon. ...
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Strong business PC growth makes Intel raise Q2 forecast
It looks like Intel's having a good quarter. The chipmaker raised its revenue forecast yesterday, bumping projections for both the ongoing quarter and the full calendar year.Intel now expects its second-quarter revenue to fall between $13.4 billion and $14 billion, up from the previous range of $12.5-13.5 billion. The company has also ...
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Friday the 13th Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- Reuters: Intel raises outlook on stronger PC demand and AMD
promotes exec, combines units, seeks new markets for chips
- Pocket-lint: Nokia and SK Telecoms succeed
in sending 5GB over LTE in 11 seconds
- Android Police's exclusive: Quantum Paper and
Google's upcoming effort to make consistent UI simple
- Engadget: Console OS will let you run Android on a Windows PC or tablet
- ZDNet: CentOS 7 is on its way
- The Chromium Blog: See what your apps & extensions have been up to
- Xbox chief: 'You have to win with the gamers first'
- John Carmack will not attend QuakeCon this year
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There's still time to enter our Z97 mobo giveaway
Oh, so yeah, we have another giveaway in progress. This time, we've got three Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE motherboards (e-tail value: $114.99) to give to three lucky readers.These boards are all Broadwell-ready, and they're each decked out with dual PCIe x16 slots (both hanging off the CPU), ...
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BitFenix shows off giant Atlas case
BitFenix is hopping aboard the oversized case bandwagon with its new Atlas uber-enclosure, which it previewed at Computex 2014.
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Noctua previews fuzzy fan tech, new heatpipes
Long popular with quiet-PC builders and enthusiasts, Noctua previewed some interesting new technologies at Computex 2014 last week. First up was a velvet-like flock coating that can be applied to fan blades or frames in order to reduce noise:
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Time to import those old games to digital services?
We were recording the podcast last night, and the guys were talking about their affection for the original Mirror's Edge in the wake of the recent E3 video about the next installment. That game is one of many that I started and, despite my best intentions, never found time to finish. I thought to myself, "Hey, I should install that and play through it."
That thought was quickly followed by a jarring realization. Although it's an EA game, Mirror's Edge wasn't associated with my Origin account, and I didn't own it ...
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Slim bezels surround 24'' Eizo gaming monitor
Japanese display manufacturer Eizo has rolled out a new 24" monitor designed for gamers. The Fortis FS2434 doesn't support variable refresh rates or 4K display resolutions. However, it does have extremely thin bezels ideal for triple-screen setups. The border around the display is just 0.2" (6 mm) thick, which should create a more seamless picture on multi-screen configs.
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HP rethinks computer architectures with ''The Machine''
HP is working on a new kind of computer architecture that could revolutionize how servers and eventually even PCs are built. It's called "The Machine," and it draws upon a couple of cutting-edge technologies that have been in development for years. One of them is non-volatile memory based on memristors, which promises wicked-fast performance and extremely high storage densities. The other is silicon photonics, which uses light to transmit signals instead of electrical current.
Businessweek has the scoop on the project, although the details are pretty scarce. As far as I can tell, The Machine ...
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Report: Monoprice to charge $550-600 for 28'' 4K monitor
There's a price war raging in the 4K monitor market, and it's only heating up as time goes on. The latest shot was fired by Monoprice, which is cooking up a 4K monitor that may sell for as little as $550.
According to CNet News , the display will have a 28" panel size, a 3840x2160 resolution, a brushed-aluminum front bezel, and a trio of ...
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