Monday, November 17, 2014

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 11/18/2014

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Perfect Ending to AORUS VIP Gamers Tour
Blizzcon
Today marks the final day of the AORUS VIP Gamers Tour and also the last day of Blizzard’s fan annual event. Although the BlizzCon Cosplay Contest has already ended yesterday, the cosplayers are still out in full force, donning on finely crafted costumes with attention paid to the tiniest details. We’ve got Tracer, Reaper, Widowmaker,...

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JPR: Nvidia and Intel gain GPU market share at AMD’s expense
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Q3 2014 marked a total reversal in the GPU market from Q2, where AMD gained while Nvidia declined. In Q3, JPR reports that AMD’s shipments has declined sharply by 7%, while Nvidia soared by 13% compared to Q2. Intel continued to dominate overall shipments with gain of 11.6%. Of course, this is for the overall...

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Microsoft makes Skype available in web browsers
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Microsoft announced today that Skype users will soon be able to make video and voice calls from their browsers. Skype is perhaps one of the most popular video chat clients on earth, and why wouldn’t it be?  People can make calls to their friends and family for free—that’s right, free.  Negating that broadband requirement, which...

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Researchers aim to turn wearables into mini hospitals
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A small team of researchers from Sentient Science and the University of Buffalo are developing wearables especially for soldiers and high stress-related occupations. Stress-related health problems are a norm, and one of the main reasons people have to deal with them is because they don’t have an internal alert to tell them to ease off...

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Microsoft promises Windows 10 upgrades for all Lumias running WP 8
Windows 10
A big pledge, and a timely one too, assuring Lumia owners Microsoft has their backs for the long haul. The rebranded Lumia Twitter account, with no sign of Nokia’s name or logos anywhere, has dropped a major bombshell just as Google is struggling to spread the Android 5.0 Lollipop love to the entire Nexus family....

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ASROCK Fatal1ty X99X Killer Motherboard Review
Fatal1ty X99X Killer(m)
ASRock targets the Fatal1ty Killer series of motherboards at the mainstream gaming market. The X99X edition is their latest effort, supporting Intel’s latest and greatest Haswell-E CPUs. The main power supply is through Nichikon 12K Platinum capacitors. Keeping the motherboard cool is a XXL aluminium alloy heatsink. ASRock also targets internet and audio performance with...

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Prynt turns smartphone into Polaroid shoot n’ print
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A startup called Prynt is bringing back the Polaroid camera, but this time around it’ll be an add-on to a smartphone instead of a bulky standalone shoot n’ print. The current prototype of the HAXLR8R utilizes Bluetooth to transmit prints to heat-activated paper that are filled with ink.  Currently, the revamped Polaroid shoot n’ print...

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iPad sales expected to register huge drop next year
iPad Air 2 official
Apparently sales of Apple’s tablet are going to drop by up to 40 percent in Q1, 2015. Ask people about the best tablet money can buy and its likely that majority of the people will point you towards the iPad. It is true that Apple’s tablet has revolutionized the tablet industry as we know it...

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iOS 8 adoption passes 56 percent
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In other words, the latest software now powers over half of all iOS devices in the world. Even though iOS 8 was shown off earlier this year users around the world had to wait until September just to get their hands on it. That’s because iOS 8 was put through a long beta period in...

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iPad Pro production reportedly pushed further into 2015
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Rumor has it that manufacturing issues have forced iPad Pro production into Q2, 2015. It has been over a year now since the first rumor about Apple’s significantly larger iPad came online. The belief is that Apple is working on a larger iPad, with a display as large as 12.2-inches. Initially it was believed that this...

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Alibaba might play pivotal role in bringing Apple Pay to China
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Apple and Alibaba are expected to partner up for this purpose. It is only a matter of time till Apple Pay goes live in other markets around the world. Currently the new payments service has been officially launched only in the U.S. Apple has already said that plans are on the cards to bring this service...

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Sony schedules CES 2015 event, Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact rehashes incoming?
CES 2015
Sony is on track to wrapping up 2014 on a high note, after a satisfactory Xperia Z3 US dispatch, but in keeping with tradition, the Japanese mobile OEM is already looking ahead. Don’t roll your eyes, you knew this was coming. The avalanche of CES 2015 teasers and pre-announcements. Yes, that’s pre-announcements, as in the...

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Dessert is served: Android 5.0 updates for ‘some’ Moto devices, Nexus family dispatched
Android Lollipop
Lollipop goodie packs are widely rolling out now to certain unlocked versions of the second-gen Moto X and G, as well as the Nexus 5, both N7 models and the Nexus 10. It seems LG fans may have celebrated a little early, and Nexus aficionados got worked up over nothing. While G3 users are still...

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