Tuesday, December 30, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 12/31/2014





Today's featured Steam discounts include Wolfenstein: The New Order
A fresh batch of deals has been added to the 2014 Steam Holiday Sale. Here are the featured deals for the next two days:
Bruno vouches for Wolfenstein , which also has loads of positive Metacritic reviews . Scott recommended   BattleBlock Theater when it was selling for $3.74, so that ...
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Monday Shortbread
Eight is Enough
  1. Digital Trends: Multiferroic memory could slash

    RAM power consumption—a decade from now
  2. Gizmodo: Hackers say they can copy your fingerprint from just a photograph
  3. WCCFtech: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 will launch at the $200

    price point - rocks the Maxwell GM206 and 128-bit bus?
  4. WCCFtech: AMD's 28nm GPUs are based on

    GlobalFoundries' 28 SHP node - alleges Italian report
  5. WCCFtech: AMD Strato XT GPU benchmarks

    surface - Radeon Mobility R9 M300 series leaks out
  6. Softpedia: Ultra-Wide AMD FreeSync monitors to be launched by LG
  7. The Verge: Samsung set to discontinue Galaxy Alpha in favor of cheaper phones
  8. SamMobile: Samsung Galaxy Grand Max and Galaxy A7 leaked,

    will be released in South Korea along with Galaxy A5
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This is what Quake looks like on an oscilloscope
Quake has been ported to a wide variety of platforms, but none quite like this one. Programmer Pekka Väänänen managed to get the game running on an analog oscilloscope. Check it out:
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Don't miss these gems in the Steam Holiday Sale
Here's hoping you guys had an excellent Christmas holiday and weekend. I had a great Christmas followed by a not-so-great trip to visit the in-laws' place, where I spent the majority of the time in bed suffering from a stomach bug. Ugh.
I'm mostly recovered now, though, and I have a few suggestions for you in the Steam Holiday Sale. The ...
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Iiyama to offer FreeSync upgrade for existing 4K monitor
Update: Well, so much for that. Steve Kilroy, Iiyama's senior account manager for the UK, hasn't heard of the FreeSync upgrade. The Overclockers UK listing is in error, he says.
The first FreeSync monitors aren't due until early 2015 , but one has already worked its way online—sort of. Overclockers UK is selling a 28" ...
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Report: Sony prepping jumbo tablet with 4K-class display
Rumor has it that Apple is prepping a 12.9" iPad for next year. Details on the device are scarce, but a story at DigiTimes suggests that it won't be the only super-sized slate to debut in 2015. Sony is reportedly prepping a 12.9-incher of its own for the first half of next year.
According to "sources from the related supply chain," the Sony tablet will have a 3840x2400 display with 11% more pixels than typical 4K panels. The resulting 16:10 aspect ratio is slightly ...
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