Tuesday, July 22, 2014

IT News Head Lines (FutureLooks) 23/07/2014

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Republic of Gamers Hosting Overclocking Showdown
Republic of Gamers Hosting Overclocking Showdown

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The summer of overclocking continues this year with another brand exclusive contest. ASUS is calling their troops to arms with the Republic of Gamers Showdown Online Overclocking Competition. If you are not already a member and think you have the overclocking chops, now is the time to join.
This year’s Republic of Gamers competition will be fought in three different arenas between July 15th to August 15th. These arenas are Maximum CPU frequency, SuperPi 32M, and 3DMark Sky Diver. Win a round and get your choice of any ROG Maximus VII series motherboard or ROG Matrix R9 290X graphics card. …
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Intel Says Companies Should Update Their Outdated PCs
Intel Says Companies Should Update Their Outdated PCs

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Over the course of the last few years, we have watched the PC market shipment numbers drop every quarter. This is mostly due to the large number of mobile device sales taking the place of desktop PC sales. Many stores minimized the desktop offerings in favor of more stylish mobile items like tablets. Well, Intel analysis says this is coming to an end and they expect that now 12% shipping margin to rise by almost 5% this year.
Why are they so optimistic? Well, it is not because consumers are suddenly buying up all the desktops. Intel expects companies to …
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EA States They are Totally Not Spying on You
EA States They are Totally Not Spying on You

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Recently some posts have appeared on Reddit claiming that screenshots show Origin collects information well beyond its EULA. These claims are being disputed by EA, as they have done in the past when it came to what information Origin can collect. EA also went as far as to state once again that Origin does not have access to private files or browser files.
We have seen the screenshot, which you can access on the Reddit page, but we don’t see the connection. We just can’t see a company as large as EA going beyond their EULA to collect personal …
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SteelSeries Jumping in with Special Edition Dota 2 Rival Gaming Mouse
SteelSeries Jumping in with Special Edition Dota 2 Rival Gaming Mouse

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Remember The International? How could you forget, what with it’s $10,000,000 prize pool and all? This year’s premier Dota 2 tournament is wrapping up, and to mark the occasion SteelSeries decided to announce a special edition of their Rival Gaming Mouse.
This Dota 2 Edition of the award-winning Rival optical gaming mouse will feature the same tools and capabilities found in the standard Rival, wrapping it in a custom red and grey colour scheme. The mouse with also feature exclusive Dota 2 themed illumination modes that can shift according to player preference. But wait, there’s much more.
The SteelSeries Rival …
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PDXLAN 22: Futurelooks Visits In-Win, Rosewill, Puget Systems, Thermaltake, and NVIDIA
PDXLAN 22: Futurelooks Visits In-Win, Rosewill, Puget Systems, Thermaltake, and NVIDIA

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Just this weekend, I stopped by PDXLAN 22 to see some of the tech industry’s best DIY companies. The list included In Win Development, masters of the art of enclosure designs; NVIDIA, who brought graphics cards and Shields for 24 lucky table team winners; Puget Systems, quite possibly the most skilled systems builder on the West Coast; ADATA, an enthusiast SSD and memory manufacturer; Rosewill, a DIY user-friendly component manufacturer; Thermaltake, who is a friend to the gamer; and Caselabs, a custom case manufacturer.

Puget Systems

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Puget provided PC repair services, displayed an acrylic housed Intel NUC, and gave attendees …
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