Gigabyte Essence gives ultra-compact Mini-ITX some flair
Generally, ultra-compact Mini-ITX enclosures are designed to be neither seen nor heard. Not so with Gigabyte's Essence. Links International has the scoop on this diminutive case, which spices up the ultra-compact Mini-ITX look with some much-needed visual flair.
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BitTorrent wants to Bleep your instant messages
Want to send messages over the Internet without the NSA listening in on your conversations? The folks behind BitTorrent think they've come up with a solution: a distributed, encrypted messaging system called Bleep. Unlike traditional messaging apps, Bleep relies on a decentralized network of peers. There's no central server to store messages, metadata, or contact information. Even searching for other users is handled through the peer-to-peer swarm.
Bleep is based on the BitTorrent Chat experiment revealed last year . It uses an encrypted ...
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Dock turns mini Win8.1 tablets into desktop systems
Intel's Bay Trail SoC has enabled some seriously small Windows 8.1 devices. The Dell Venue 8 Pro and Lenovo Miix 2, for example, squeeze quad-core versions of the chip into slim 8" tablets that weigh less than a pound. They're pretty cheap, too, but their touchscreen interfaces aren't ideal for traditional desktop applications. Wouldn't it be great if you could attach a keyboard, mouse, and monitor and use them like normal PCs?
The folks at Plugable evidently thought so, because they've ...
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Hey, guys. Last week was a pretty good one around here. We had a new podcast from Jordan, Geoff's first impressions of the Shield Tablet, Mr. Kampman's Brix Gaming review, Cyril's PSU deathmatch, and an AMD APU review from yours truly—followed by an engaging Friday night topic.
Personally, I'd like for every week around here to look ...
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HP ships bizarro 14'' Android laptop
Remember that 14", Android-based HP laptop we wrote about back in April? Well, it's real. And as PC World reports, HP is now shipping it.
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No Man's Sky to hit PS4 first, PC later
Well, here's another game we'll have to wait for. Quoting the next issue of Edge Magazine, IGN reports that No Man's Sky will see a PC release—but only after a stint as a PlayStation 4 exclusive.
It's not clear how long the PS4 exclusivity will last; IGN simply calls the game a "timed exclusive on Sony's latest console." Sean Murray, the game's Managing Director, also told IGN, "We've always had ...
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Monday Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- Bits 'n Chips: AMD's Toronto APU will have a dual-
IMC supporting DDR3 and DDR4 (in Italian)
- WCCFtech: Nvidia getting ready for a GeForce "Grand Finale"
on Gamescom 2014—GTX 880 G1 Gaming Series revealed
- Ars Technica's op-ed: Tablets really are the
new PCs: nobody needs to buy them anymore
- Ars Technica: Formerly Nexus-only Google Now
Launcher out for all Android 4.1+ devices
- XBMC is getting a new name—introducing Kodi 14
- Linux 3.16
- Computerworld: Windows 8's uptake falls again, now slower than dud Vista
- The Telegraph: Playing video games for
up to an hour a day 'is good for children'
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