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New Dragon Age: Inquisition Trailer Showcases The Inquisitor & Followers
After a little break to reveal the PC requirements and an Official Trailer for Dragon Age: Inquisition, Electronic Arts and BioWare are back with another entry in the "Gameplay Features" video series. Entitled "The Inquisitor & Followers", I'm sure you can imagine what it discusses. As "The Hero of Thedas", you can make your Inquisitor into a deadly warrior, stealthy rogue, or powerful mage, each one with unique and deadly specializations as you progress. Along your travels, you'll get to recruit nine potential followers, three of which are highlighted in the video: The Iron Bull, a powerful warrior who relishes close-quarters combat; Sera, a chaotic elven archer who can dish out deadly ranged attacks; and Dorian, a gifted mage who uses arcane magic to protect the party.
Source: BioWare
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New Toy Soldiers: War Chest Video Discusses Waves and Boss Fights
Ubisoft is back with the fourth "Focus" video for Toy Soldiers: War Chest, this time covering the game's Wave System. While largely similar to previous Toy Soldiers games, some battles culminate in boss fights. In addition, community manager Jason "Paradise" Kuntz confirmed that there will be both online and split-screen co-op.
Source: Ubisoft
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Edge Wireless Gaming Mouse Released by Satechi
Satechi, a company headquartered in San Diego that focuses on camera, computer, smartphone, and tablet accessories, has just released the Edge Wireless Gaming Mouse. This latest product from Satechi is tailored to hardcore gamers, as it features an optical sensor, a 98-foot wireless range, up to 4000 DPI, up to 500Hz polling rate, 20G of acceleration, seven buttons, four different LED colors, and a grooved grip for maximum comfort. While the Edge Wireless Gaming Mouse does run on two AA batteries, an energy efficient chip is built-in that puts the mouse into a sleep mode after five minutes of inactivity, allowing the mouse to be used for up to 36 months without the batteries needing changed. The mouse also includes a dedicated gaming mode and video control mode, which change the behavior of the seven buttons located on the mouse that enable users to interact with games and media more efficiently.
The Edge Wireless Gaming Mouse comes with a one-year warranty and is currently available for $19.99 from Satechi and Amazon.com.
Source: techPowerUp
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Cooler Master Announces Nepton Liquid Coolers
Cooler Master has announced a pair of additions to the Nepton line of all-in-one liquid coolers. The new 120mm and 240mm models join the previously released 140mm and 280mm models and have been enhanced with the addition of the new Silencio FP 120 fans. The new Silencio fans boast high air pressure, low noise output, and low power consumption. The use of 120mm and 240mm radiators should also help the radiators fit into more cases. The all-in-one design is rounded out by a pump capable of moving 120 liters of liquid per hour.
Source: Press Release
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be quiet! Announces Entry Level CPU Cooler
The Pure Rock is the latest CPU cooler offering from German company be quiet! and it is compatible with all current Intel and AMD sockets. The cooler has four 6mm heat pipes to help dissipate heat through the numerous fins. The included fan spins at 1500 RPM and has a lifetime greater than 80,000 hours. The cooler has dimensions of 155 x 121 x 87.5mm and should fit into a variety of cases. The Pure Rock is available immediately at an MSRP of €32.90.
Source: Press Release
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Controlling Crystal Structures with Additive Manufacturing Process
Many believe that there will be a new renaissance of sorts in the near future, thanks to 3D printing. Additive manufacturing in general opens up some interesting doors at it allows for the precise construction of objects, with potentially little waste. Now researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to control the crystal structure of a material using an additive manufacturing system.
To achieve this control, the researchers had to precisely manage the electron beam from an ARCAM electron beam melting system. This system works by fusing layers of metal powder together using an electron beam. In this case, it was a nickel-based part they were creating.
Many properties of a material are influenced by its microstructure, so this work could have some very powerful implications. Microelectronics to jet engine components could all have their characteristics tailored to achieve the performance desired.
Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Novel Laser Tractor Beam Designed
Though perhaps not as lauded as some science fiction technologies, tractor beams are still somewhat common in the genre. They are also among the sci-fi technologies that can or do exist, in one form or another. Researchers at the Australian National University have recently developed a laser tractor beam that operates on a different principle than most, allowing it to actually reverse its effects.
Normally a laser-based tractor beam uses the momentum of photons to move the particles they target. This design however uses the laser beam to selectively heat the target particle. That heat then causes air molecules to warm and move away from the surface, forcing the particle to recoil. By moving the hotspot on the particle, the researchers are able to change how the particle moves, potentially having to reverse direction.
As this design uses only a single laser, it is somewhat versatile and could find some interesting applications. These include capturing particles, including pollution, from the air or retrieving other particles for sampling purposes.
Source: Australian National University
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Google Play Music Application Updated by Google
Google has updated its Google Play Music application for Android and iOS, which now has over 30 million songs to choose from. The newly updated application features a refined “Listen Now†page that allows users to easily discover new music. The latest version also features Songza integration, a streaming service that Google acquired earlier this year. Users can select music based on the time of day, their mood, or specific activity, with songs being sourced from stations that were compiled from music experts at Google. Google’s material design is present within the updated Google Play Music application too, which showcases bigger images, bolder colors, and slicker transitions, all of which make Android Lollipop more refined and polished.
Source: Official Android Blog
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Thermaltake Releases Core V31 Chassis
Thermaltake, a leader in computer chassis, thermal solutions, and power supply units, has officially released a new mid-tower case, the Core V31. The Core V31 falls right in line with the other Core Series offerings from Thermaltake, such as the Core V1, Core V51, and Core V71, as it includes premium components and a wealth of features. Some of these features include a perforated top and bottom panel with magnetic dust filters, advanced cable management options, superior cooling performance with liquid cooling support, and 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch tool-free drive bays with a fully customizable concept. The Core V31 is compatible with ATX, Micro ATX, Mini-ITX motherboards and is also Tt LCS Certified, an exclusive certification from Thermaltake that ensures that chassis have been tested to be extremely compatible with extreme liquid cooling configurations.
Source: Press Release
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Dish Loses 7 Channels Due to Turner Broadcasting Dispute
Due to a contract dispute with Turner Broadcasting, which licenses various channels for distribution to subscription services, Dish Network customers have lost access to seven channels. Dish customers can no longer access Boomerang, Cartoon Network, CNN, CNN en Espanol, Headline News, truTV, and Turner Classic Movies. MSNBC content replaced CNN and Headline News programming, while Turner Class Movies programming was replaced by FXM Retro.
Dish Senior Vice President of Programming, Warren Schlichting, noted that the company has offered an enticing deal to Turner Broadcasting that would successfully renew its agreement with the content provider. Turner Broadcasting countered, however, stating that it has attempted for months to come to an agreement that it deems fair for both parties, and that Dish is continuing to operate in a disruptive manner. Time will tell if both companies will be able to reach an agreement in the near future, which will result in the renewal of the contract that controls the seven aforementioned channels.
Source: CNET
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Internet Usage Mapped Over the Course of a Day
For many of us, the Internet is likely always available, except during an outage. To better understand the Internet and recognize outages, researchers at the University of Southern California tracked Internet usage across the planet for two months. From this data, they created a map that shows the Internet sleeping, as it were.
To collect the data, the research pinged 3.7 million IP address blocks, which would be around 950 million individual addresses, every 11 minutes for two months. This allowed them to establish a baseline for Internet usage and then track its use through the day. In the most developed areas, such as the United States and Europe, usage appeared constant as the routers we use to connect are always on. In less developed and wealthy nations however, usage will fluctuate.
The plan for this research is to help scientists and policymakers understand the normal operation of the Internet. With this information, normal downtimes may not be misidentified as outages and be able to predict how networking policies can influence network usage.
Source: University of Southern California
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Samsung Announces Industry's First 8Gb DDR4 Memory
Samsung has revealed that it is now mass producing the industry's first, and most-advanced, 8Gb DDR4 memory, with a 32GB module for enterprise environments. The new memory and module, which are targeted at enterprise servers, are being manufactured based on Samsung's 20nm process. Jeeho Baek, the Vice President of Memory Marketing at Samsung Electronics, noted that "Our new 20nm 8Gb DDR4 DRAM more than meets the high performance, high density and energy efficiency needs that are driving the proliferation of next-generation enterprise servers." Thanks to the 8Gb DDR4 memory and the application of 3D through silicon via (TSV) technology, server modules up to 128GB will be possible to produce in the near future.
Source: Reuters
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Jade Raymond Leaves Ubisoft
Jade Raymond, who worked at Ubisoft the last 10 years as a producer, has officially left the video game developer and publisher. Raymond helped to produce stellar video game titles such as Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs, and Splinter Cell, and also opened the Ubisoft Toronto studio and served as its managing director since 2009. "I've spent 10 extraordinary years at Ubisoft, and I am proud to have been part of many of the best teams in the industry making truly remarkable games," Raymond said within the Ubisoft press release surrounding her departure from the company.
The announcement of Raymond leaving Ubisoft is likely due to the 30 FPS stance that the company has taken lately, in which it believes that games should be capped at 30 FPS to look more cinematic.
Source: Press Release
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