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ASUS Releases Zenbook UX305 Ultrabook
The ASUS Zenbook UX305, one of the most sought-after ultrabooks since its debut at the IFA show in Berlin last September, is now available to purchase. The base model Zenbook UX305, which is priced at $699, comes with a 13.3-inch display that offers a resolution of 1920 x 1080, 256GB of solid-state storage, 8GB of memory, and Intel HD Graphics 5300. An upgraded Zenbook UX305 configuration, which is currently unavailable to purchase, offers the same internal specifications but comes equipped with a QHD+ multitouch display that features a 3200 x 1800 resolution. Both models come in at under a half an inch thick and weigh approximately 2.6 pounds, making the Zenbook UX305 highly competitive in the ultrabook segment.
Source: PCWorld
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GeForce GTX 960 Mini Unveiled by ASUS
ASUS, one of the leading computer hardware and electronics companies in the world, has officially unveiled the GeForce GTX 960 Mini. This latest graphics card from ASUS features a dense heatpipe-fed toroidal aluminum fin-stack heatsink, a fan that is a hybrid between top-flow and lateral-flow blowers, and a solid brushed-aluminum back-plate. The card, which measures just 17 centimeters long, comes factory overclocked with a core clock speed of 1190MHz, a GPU boost clock of 1253MHz, and memory at 7GHz. The GeForce GTX 960 Mini from ASUS draws power from a single 6-pin PCIe power connector and comes with one dual-link DVI interface, one HDMI 2.0 port, and three DisplayPort 1.2 connectors.
Pricing and availability of the GeForce GTX 960 Mini has not yet been revealed by ASUS.
Source: TechPowerUp
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Microsoft Makes Premium OneNote Features Available for Free
While Microsoft made OneNote 2013 free for personal use last year, the software had various limitations since a premium version that contained more robust features was also offered to users. Those limitations are now a thing of the past, according to Brad Corob, the program manager for the OneNote team. Corob has revealed in a blog post that premium features that were once available only to users of paid editions of OneNote are now available for free. These premium features, which can be utilized immediately by users of the OneNote 2013 free edition, include audio search, audio and video recording, embedded files, page history, and password protected sections. Corob also emphasizes that with a free Microsoft account, users of the free edition of OneNote 2013 have no limit to the number of notes that can be created or synced with OneDrive.
Source: Office Blogs
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Ubisoft Hints At More Far Cry Games
In a move that should surprise no one, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot hinted in an earnings call that more Far Cry games were on the horizon, though he stopped short of outright confirming the next game in the series. Sales of Far Cry 4 broke the seven million copy mark, and outpaced sales of Far Cry 3. More DLC is planned for Far Cry 4 in the meantime, with the potential for something similar to Blood Dragon as well as the just released PvP mode. Guillemot summed up his feelings on the matter stating, "The Far Cry franchise is here for the long-run and is a stronger contender in the shooter genre."
Source: Gamespot
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Long Term Data Storage with DNA
Every day, information about our past is lost as people die, films fade, and objects erode away. While there are many preservations initiatives to prevent the loss of our history, a means to store this information for the long term is still needed. One possibility is to write the information into DNA, and now researchers at ETH Zurich have found a way to overcome that particular medium's issues.
One of the issues of DNA data storage is that the DNA must be protected from the environment. Samples that are hundreds of thousands of years old are retrieved from bones, so to replicate this protection, the researchers used silica microspheres some 150 nm wide. The researchers tested it against the DNA being stored in a biopolymer and on impregnated filter paper, and it showed itself to be particularly robust. It is also rather easy to retrieve the DNA using a fluoride solution.
Another issue is that errors can occur in the data, which is naturally undesirable for long-term data storage. To address this, the researchers applied a scheme similar to those used for long-range data transmission and found it enabled the data to be retrieved, error-free.
Source: ETH Zurich
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NVIDIA Removes Overclocking Support For Mobile Cards
The latest driver from NVIDIA, GeForce R347, has removed the ability to overclock some GTX 900M series mobile graphics cards. Some users took to the NVIDIA forums to express their concerns, and are unlikely to be happy with the answer they received. Manuel Guzman of NVIDIA addressed the issue stating, "Unfortunately GeForce Notebooks were not designed to support overclocking. Overclocking is by no means a trivial feature, and depends on thoughtful design of thermal, electrical, and other considerations. By overclocking a notebook, a user risks serious damage to the system that could result in non-functional systems, reduced notebook life, or many other effects." Guzman also pointed out that overclocking mobile cards wasn't supposed to be enabled and the company considered the move a bug fix rather than a feature removal.
Source: Hot Hardware
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