Anyone Can Now Use IBM's Watson to Crunch Data for Free
Have a bunch of numbers to crunch or a theory that needs proving and nowhere free to turn to? Say hello to your new best friend in the computing field; no other than that Jeopardy playing super-computer, IBM's Watson. IBM has opened up access to Watson as part of a beta program.
Users of Watson Analytics feed in their own raw data, say, in the form of a spreadsheet, which the service then crunches with its own statistical analysis to highlight associations between different variables.
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Windows 10 No 'Loss Leader' for Microsoft
For all of us who were hoping beyond all hope that Microsoft's Windows 10 will be free, looks like you can get over that notion. You may actually get the shell for free, but the component parts will surely put the price right back in Microsoft's ballpark. It's definitely a Pay me now or Pay me later situation. Microsoft will get their due one way or another.
We've got to monetize it differently, he explained. There are services involved. There are additional opportunities for us to bring additional services to the product in a creative way.
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Plan V Uses 9-Volt Batteries to Recharge Your Smartphone
If you are like the most of us who has a smartphone with all of the bells and whistles, you are constantly running out of power, usually just at the worst time. Maybe it's time for you to pick up a 'jumper cable' for your smartphone called Plan V.
Flintu also took inspiration from cars, which use jumper cables rather than a spare battery in the trunk when they're in need of some juice.
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King's Quest Trailer Goes Live
There's a new King's Quest game on the horizon and Sierra Entertainment is beginning to promo its release scheduled for the fall of 2015. Check it out.
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Saints Row Gat out of Hell: The Musical
This week, the guys over at Deep Silver USA released yet another teaser trailer for the upcoming release of Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, but this one has a bit of a twist: it's a musical. The developers have put out so many trailers, you have to wonder what's left in the total game.
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Train-Mounted Lasers Blast Tracks Clean
Laser equipped trains? That sounds like something straight from a bad sci-fi novel, but it's a fact according to a newly released report from New Scientist. Dutch railways is currently testing out the laser equipped trains to determine the effectiveness of the lasers in clearing the tracks. Fear not for the stray cows, the lasers only go for the leaves.
Dutch Railways is now conducting experiments with lasers mounted just in front of the wheels and angled down to zap away the leaves and leave the track dry, which helps with traction.
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Angry Birds Publisher Rovio Laying off 14% of Work Force
Rovio has made good on an announcement back in October that the company would be laying off a substantial number of employees. It was announced this week that Rovio would be laying off a total of 110 employees and shutting down its studio in Tampere, Finland and consolidating operations at the Espoo, Finland studio.
This company was on top of the world with Angry Birds only a few years ago, with plenty of writers in the mobile game declaring stuff like "Angry Birds is the new Super Mario." How long did that last?
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21 Video Games We Can't Wait To Play In 2015
Business insider is taking us on a peek into the future of games for 2015 with their picks for the best and most exciting games being released next year.
There are blockbusters, indie games, adventures, and even some horror games you'll need to play with the lights on. The next year in video games will have a little bit of everything.
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CBS and Dish Reach Deal
Almost miraculously after Dish Network's CBS programming went dark, CBS and Dish Network reached an accord that will ensure programming from CBS to continue in a multi-year contract.
Dish is also putting some significant restrictions on its controversial Hopper DVR, effectively disabling automatic ad skipping for the first week after a show aired on CBS. In return, CBS is dropping its lawsuit against the Hopper.
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Hanger 13 Is New 2K Studio
It seems like all we hear about lately is studios closing down or severely cutting staff. It's refreshing to get an announcement of the creation of a new studio. Take-Two Interactive is opening a new studio called Hangar 13, under the direction of LucasArts' Haden Blackmon.
Though we hail from all over the world, and our backgrounds are wildly different, one thing binds us all together – the belief that "Every Player Story is Unique."
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The PlayStation is 20 Years Old This Week
It's time again to feel old with the 20th anniversary of PlayStation this week. It's really hard to believe that 20 years has already passed since the first PlayStation was sold. Much has changed since its release, but to the serious player, not nearly enough has really changed.
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Google Is Working On an 'Undo Send' Email Feature for Inbox
It's a good bet that every one of us have at one time or another send off an email only to wish you could get it back and pretend it never happened. Google is taking this idea and running with it. The Google team forecasts the new undo send feature will be added into the next-generation Gmail.
The feature should save users a bit of embarrassment when it comes to sending an email to the wrong person, with the wrong information or something even worse.
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Amazon Fire TV Firmware Update Bricks Rooted Devices
A built-in non-reversible addition to the Amazon Fire TV firmware update has been discovered by a group of Fire TV enthusiast that once the update is installed, cannot be removed once tweaked. This discovery probably won't affect the masses who utilize automatic updates, but mostly the techies who live to get the most out of a product.
The message is clear: play within the walls of our garden or GTFO. With most users opting for automatic updates, the firmware has made the final decision for them.
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Apple Betting Big on India with Plans for 500 Stores
Apple is going after one of the largest smartphone market in the world by planning to open a total of 500 new stores in mid-to-small-sized cities and towns all over India according to reports from The Times of India. Apple already has a presence in many of the larger cities across India.
These new stores will be smaller in size and could range from 300 to 600 square feet against over 2,000-square-foot size of existing stores in bigger cities.
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[H]ard|OCP Week in Reviews
Today is Friday and you know what that means! It is time once again for the [H]ard|OCP Week in Reviews! For anyone that might have missed them, we like to take a quick look back on the hardware evaluations and articles we posted earlier in the week. We kicked the week off with our evaluation of the MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4G video card, followed by our SilverStone Strider Gold 1500W PSU review. Finally, we wrapped things up with our Corsair Hydro H75 Liquid AIO CPU Cooler Update Review.
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Corsair Hydro H75 Liquid AIO CPU Cooler Update Review
Corsair has been in the liquid CPU cooling game for over 10 years now. As sealed system liquid CPU coolers have become the norm among hardware enthusiasts, the competition has gotten stiff to say the least. Another thing that has changed over the years is that many DIYers are going to smaller cases for their systems.
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SilverStone Strider Gold 1500W Power Supply Review
SilverStone is a well known name among computer hardware enthusiasts. It has a good record of building solid PSUs, some of those good, some of those great. Today it comes to us with 1500 watts of power in an extremely small footprint, sporting 100% fully modular cables, and claiming extremely good efficiency.
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MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4G Video Card Review
The MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4G video card has a factory overclock and the new Twin Frozr V cooling system. We'll push it to its highest custom overclock and pit it against the ASUS ROG R9 290X MATRIX Platinum overclocker, and determine the gaming bang for your buck. May the best card win.
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NVIDIA Multi-Frame Sampled AA Video Card Review
NVIDIA's Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA) technology is available in the latest GeForce driver release. We look at performance and image quality on the GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 and see if this is something gamers can benefit from. Only a handful of games support it right now, if yours is on the list, give it a spin.
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Corsair H60 AIO CPU Cooling System Update Review
Today we are re-reviewing an older All-in-One CPU from Corsair that is surely a stalwart in the CPU cooling industry. The H60 AIO CPU cooler is a cost effective choice for those enthusiasts looking for a good solution at a good price. The redesigned H60 has been in the market place for 2 years now, which is saying something if it is still competitive.
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Far Cry 4 Video Card Performance and IQ Preview
Far Cry 4 is here, and we take an early look at how current video cards stack up in performance, and which quality settings are graphically demanding. We will also look at some image quality comparisons and talk about the state of this game at launch. Will it measure up to Far Cry 3 in terms of graphic fidelity?
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 SLI 4K and NV Surround Review
We take 2-Way NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 SLI for a spin and compare it to R9 290X CF, R9 290 CF, GTX 780 SLI at 4K resolution as well as NV Surround on a triple-display setup. If you want to see how all these video cards compare in these different display configurations we've got just the thing. Find out what $700 SLI gets you.
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In Win D-Frame Mini - Mini-ITX Case Review
Design and utility are two totally different things. IN WIN delivers to us today a mini-ITX computer "case" that will draw the interests of many enthusiasts simply based on its design alone. But many enthusiasts are all about utility first! Does the D-Frame Mini bridge the gap from eye catching design into the realm of a great performer?
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ASUS Rampage V Extreme LGA 2011-v3 Motherboard
The Rampage V Extreme needs no introduction. It is the flagship of the ASUS Republic of Gamers aka ROG product line. If the pattern of previous Rampage motherboards holds it should be one of the best motherboards money can buy. Is the new ROG crown jewel still worthy of the crown at its $475 price point?
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Overclocked GPU Review
We take 2-Way GeForce GTX 980 SLI and overclock both video cards. While we are at it, let's also overclock Radeon R9 290X CrossFire and GeForce GTX 780 Ti SLI. Once we get these clocked to the highest rates we could reach, let's see how these all compare at 4K resolution, NV Surround, and AMD Eyefinity.
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Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Gold Power Supply Review
Thermaltake has traditionally shined when it comes to computer power supplies in excess of 1000 watts. But in the past these power supplies have often been very costly. Today we cover Thermaltake's new 1200 watt power supply that is currently selling for $139 after $30 MIR. Is it worth your hard earned dollars?
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Alien: Isolation - Video Card Performance Review
We look at performance in Alien: Isolation on several video cards, and compare specific features such as AA, SSAO, GPU-Accelerated Particles, and Contact Hardening Shadows. We will compare between NVIDIA and AMD and SLI and CrossFire and show you some screenshot comparisons to you know what to expect out of this game.
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Amazon Prime Unlimited Photo Storage
This is not our usual subject matter, at all. But surely there are a lot of HardOCP readers that are also Amazon Prime members and a lot of us like a good deal. So is Amazon Prime's new free photo storage up to what us [H]'ers would expect. When it is too good to be true is it always too good to be true?
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ASUS GTX 970 STRIX DirectCU II Video Card Review
Today we examine ASUS' take on the GeForce GTX 970 video card. We have the ASUS GTX 970 STRIX DirectCU II OC video card today, and will break down its next-gen performance against an AMD Radeon R9 290 and R9 290X. This video card features 0dB fans, and many factors that improve its chance of extreme overclocking.
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4 Weeks with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI
What do you get when you take two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 video cards, configure those for SLI, and set those at your feet for four weeks? We give our thoughts and opinions about actually using these GPUs in our own system for four weeks with focus on performance, sound profile, and heat generated by these cards.
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