G.SKILL Unveils Ripjaws 4 Series DDR4 Memory Kits
G.SKILL, the leading high performance memory designer and manufacturer, has officially revealed its Ripjaws 4 series DDR4 memory kits which come in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. The latest memory kits from G.SKILL offer speeds ranging from 2133MHz to 3200MHz, with kits above 2400MHz featuring support for Intel XMP 2.0, allowing for automatic and trouble-free tuning. According to G.SKILL, the Ripjaws 4 series DDR4 memory kits provide the best-in-class performance, compatibility, and stability with a wide range of X99 motherboards. Voltage is also impressive with the Ripjaws 4 series memory kits, as kits under 2800MHz feature an impressive voltage rating of 1.2v while kits running at 3000MHz and 3200MHz feature a voltage rating of 1.35v. In order to keep these memory kits cool, G.SKILL has outfitted them with an all-new designed heatspreader that is available in black, blue, and red. Compatibility with most CPU heatsinks is maintained, despite the new design, as the Ripjaws 4 still have a module height of 40mm.
Source: Press Release
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Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead Characters Join the Fray in Super Time Force Ultra
Capybara Games has revealed that three characters from some well known Valve games will be joining the roster in Super Time Force Ultra when it arrives on Steam in three days.
Super Time Force Ultra will be available on Steam August 25 for $14.99. The link below has some animated gifs for each character, or if you're quick, you can head on over to Capy's Twitch channel, where the game is being live-streamed as of the time of this writing.Light’em up! Pyro from Team Fortress 2 dials the heat to 11, then rewinds and dials it to 12. Destroy evil robots with the flare gun, or roast them good with the patented Pyro flame thrower.
She’s got two pistols and an endless supply of propane tanks. Zoey from Left 4 Dead has taken a break from slaying zombies to hop through time with the Super Time Force! Blast baddies with twin handguns, or lob an explosive propane tank their way for maximum ‘splodiness.
When he’s not jumping from planes without a chute, wrastling gators, or beating up hippies, Team Fortress 2′s Saxton Hale tags along as the Super Time Force’s resident brawler/business man. Saxton uses his massive muscles, bare knuckles and self-confidence to smash Blounbot’s into a metal pulp. Then he rewinds and does it again.
Source: Official Site
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Quantum Rotation Observed in Helium Nanodroplets
Take a material to an extreme, and you can expect to see some weird things happen. One example is superconductivity, and another is superfluidity, in which a liquid will flow with zero viscosity. Helium, when cooled enough, can become a superfluid, and researchers at Berkeley Lab and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have recently answered a question about how nanodroplets of helium behave.
Superfluidity is the result of the atoms in the liquid coupling together to act as though they are a single particle. This removal of viscosity can lead to some interest behaviors, such as the liquid climbing up walls. For superfluid helium, we have known for decades that rotating it will cause quantum vortices to form, regularly spaced throughout the liquid. Whether this behavior also occurs in an isolated nanoscale droplet has been an open question for some time now, and if they are present, that would mean the entire droplet acts like a single quantum object, instead of a mixture of particles.
To create the nanodroplets, helium is passed through a nozzle that has been cooled to below 10 K, and shot into a vacuum chamber at almost 200 m/s. To image the droplets before they had a chance to vanish, the researchers had to use SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source to create very short pulses of high energy X-rays. Xenon atoms were also added to the helium, to make the vortices visible, and indeed they were. In fact the vortices behaved like those in larger samples of superfluid helium, though the nanodroplets were also clocked spinning 100,000 times faster than any previous rotating superfluid helium sample. Despite that high speed though, the droplets did not deform, like normal liquid drops would. Potentially, studying these drops could lead to a better understanding of superfluidity, thanks to how isolated the property is.
Source: Berkeley Lab
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Google Acquires Gecko
Google has confirmed that it has acquired Gecko, a startup located in Los Gatos, California, that helps design products for clients including Dell, Hewlett Packard, Herman Miller, and even Fitbit. Gecko, which specializes in the art of product design, will join Google's X lab, which takes on the challenge of developing and maintaining innovative technology such as Google Glass and driverless automobiles. Jacques Gagne, Gecko’s president and owner, stated that "We are very excited and honored to join Google(x) and work on a variety of cutting edge projects."
No terms surrounding the acquisition were disclosed by either Gecko or Google.
Source: Bloomberg and Gecko
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Meet the Voice Behind Assassin's Creed Unity Protagonist Arno Dorian
Ubisoft has released a new Assassin's Creed Unity video entitled "Under the Hood with Arno's Actor", featuring Dan Jeanotte, the voice actor behind protagonist Arno Dorian. While not quite as exhilarating as the 11-minute uncut gameplay video published last week, it's still worth the watch for anyone looking forward to the game, as Dan provides some insight about Arno's background and what it was like to voice and mo-cap the assassin.
Source: Ubisoft
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Twitter Places First for Company Culture and Values
Glassdoor, the world's most transparent career community that allows people find jobs and companies to recruit top talent, has just released its latest ranking for company culture and values. The list, titled as "Top 25 Companies for Culture and Values," places Twitter at the top of its rankings, ahead of other companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple. Twitter employees helped take the company to the top of Glassdoor's list by complimenting overall teamwork, rooftop meetings, friendliness between employees, and open dialog with executives. According to Glassdoor, company culture is actually one of the top five items that potential employees look at when seeking a new job, making Twitter’s latest ranking all the more important.
Source: CNET
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Improved Semi-Artificial Leaf Developed
With how much energy comes to Earth as Sunlight, it is not surprising that we are working on ways to capture and harness it for our own uses. While some means for doing this do exist, we are still searching for better methods, such replicating Nature's photosynthesis, which is a rather efficient process. Researchers at Ruhr-University Bochum have recently succeeded in creating a semi-artificial leaf that could help bring about cheap and flexible solar cells in the future.
Semi-artificial leafs that use photosystem 1 (PS1) for absorbing light, instead of a semiconductor, have been worked on before, but PS1 has a special complicating factor. It possesses both hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains, which makes it difficult to keep immobile on electrodes. To solve the problem, the researchers created a hydrogel matric, which can have its own hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties shifted by adjusting pH levels.
The resulting semi-artificial leaf outperformed other semi-artificial bio-photoelectrodes, but also bested Nature with an electron transfer rate ten times greater. Though modern, semiconductor photovoltaics are still superior, that may change in the future, and for now the bio-photovoltaics may find use in micro-scale medical devices.
Source: EurekAlert!
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CyberPowerPC Unleashes the RAVEN X6 Gaming Notebook
CyberPowerPC, a global manufacturer of custom gaming PCs, gaming laptops, and performance workstations, has just released the RAVEN X6. This latest gaming notebook from CyberPowerPC is both stylish and powerful, as it crams in plenty of up-to-date technology. Hardware wise, the RAVEN X6 includes a 15.6-inch Full HD IPS panel display, an Intel Core i7-4710HQ processor, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 4GB graphics card, 8GB of DDR3 memory, and a 1TB 7200RPM hard drive. Other features also present on the RAVEN X6 are an HD webcam, dual digital microphones, and a backlit keyboard. Ports for connecting additional peripherals and devices are plentiful as well, with two USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, and a 4-in-1 media card reader all present.
The RAVEN X6 is available immediately for purchase from the CyberPowerPC website for $1199, with customization options available.
Source: Press Release
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ID-COOLING Launches T60-SFX Mini Gaming Case
ID-COOLING, which specializes in CPU coolers, VGA coolers, built-in cooling products for cases, computer case fans, server cooling products, and more, has officially released the T60-SFX mini gaming case. The new case by ID-COOLING features a compact design made from aluminum, allowing it to be moved around and placed quite easily. Despite its size, the T60-SFX is able to accommodate an SFX power supply, a mini-ITX motherboard, a tower CPU cooler with a height no greater than 124mm, and a dual-slot VGA card no longer than 260mm. The case can also fit one 3.5-inch hard drive as well as two 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives.
The T60-SFX by ID-COOLING carries an MSRP of $79.99.
Source: Press Release
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Droughts in Western US Affecting Geography
The droughts that have been hitting the western US in recent years are having more of an effect than probably most people would expect. Beyond the water restrictions and some dying plant life, geological data suggests the droughts have caused the entire west coast to wise a little, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
Across the country there are networks of highly precise GPS stations, and those along the west coast have seen an apparent uplift in recent years. More specifically the uplift has coincided with the droughts the states in the area have been suffering. Analysis of the data indicates that some of California's mountains have risen 15 mm (over half an inch) with an average of 4 mm across the west.
Crunching the numbers reveals that approximately 240 gigatons of water, or 62 trillion gallons, would have to be missing to explain the vertical shift. This opens up a new use for GPS networks as a potential means to measure water stocks across the world.
Source: University of California, San Diego
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Paradox Bringing Single-player RTS Ancient Space to PC with an All-star Cast
Publisher Paradox Interactive is best known for its strategy games and today it has announced a new addition to its roster, Ancient Space. Ancient Space is a single-player, story-driven, real-time strategy game from developer CreativeForge Games, which "puts the player in command of a fleet conducting a scientific mission on the edge of the known universe, charting what lies beyond in 'The Black Zone'." CreativeForge promises a compelling story where your decisions will matter and impact the story. The game will feature thirteen ship types, multiple officers too choose from each with their own special abilities, and of course upgrades for both humans and ships.
Ancient Space is planned to arrive exclusively for PC (Windows and Mac) via Steam this Fall.
Source: Press Release and Official Site
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Sharkoon Releases Mini-ITX PC Case
Sharkoon has announced that its latest case, the CA-I Mini-ITX, is immediately available. The case has dimensions of 213 x 225 x 259 mm, but uses a compartmental design to help maximize the amount of components that can fit inside. It is able to accommodate full size ATX power supplies, graphics cards up to 20.7 cm in length, and CPU coolers up to 10.5 cm in height. A 120 mm fan is installed in the top of the case with the option to install an additional 60 mm fan in the back. A single 3.5" and 2.5" drive can be installed, or a pair of 2.5" drives can be installed.
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Tesoro Announces Excalibur Mechanical Keyboard
Tesoro has announced its latest gaming accessory, the Excalibur LED backlit mechanical keyboard. Users are given the option to choose from USB 6 N-Key Rollover or N-Key Rollover to allow for full anti-ghosting. The keyboard uses a 1000Hz polling rate and a game mode switch function to ensure that accidental key presses don't take you out of your game. The Excalibur is equipped with 512kB of onboard memory for storing five macro profiles that accommodate 300 macro keys each. There are four levels of LED backlighting with five levels of on-key LED illumination. The Excalibur will be available in mid September at an MSRP of $89.
Source: Press Release
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Windows 9 "Technology Preview" to Launch Publicly Late September?
Last month, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed plans to unify Windows across all its platforms: Windows for PCs and tablets, Windows Phone, and Xbox One. That time may come sooner than anticipated. According to The Verge, Microsoft plans to unveil the next major version of Windows, codename "Threshold", at a preview event on September 30, with ZDNet reporting that multiple sources confirm a "technology preview" will be made available to the public in late September or early October.
Threshold, or Windows 9 if you prefer, will supposedly improve Windows' usability on non-touch devices, along with a slew of new features: "a new 'mini' Start Menu; windowed Metro-Style applications that can run on the Desktop; virtual desktops; and the elimination of the Charms bar that debuted as part of Windows 8. Cortana integration with Windows Threshold is looking like it could make it into the OS, as well." General consensus seems to indicate that Microsoft nails it every other major consumer iteration (Win98 good, WinME bad, WinXP good, Vista bad, Win7 good, Win8 bad); so based on that, Windows 9 should be superb!
Source: The Verge and ZDNet via PC Gamer
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