Sunday, April 26, 2015

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 4/27/2015

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Intel Skylake-S desktop CPU lineup details leaked
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A new leak from the website benchlife.info sheds light on the upcoming Skylake-S processor family. The leak details 10 SKUs that will be part of the Intel Skylake-S processor lineup, expected to launch before the end of the year. The 10 Skylake-S processors that have been revealed in the latest leak are the Core i7-6700K,...

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6th Gen Apple iPod Touch rumored to launch this year
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Apple hasn’t introduced a new iPod Touch model since almost two years now. The iPod Touch 5th Gen runs on outdated hardware and doesn’t include many of the features that the new iPhones come with. This could change soon as a new report from AppleInsider claims Apple could launch a 6th Gen iPod Touch model...

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HTC Butterfly 3 spec sheet leaked courtesy CompuBench
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Rumors about the HTC Butterfly 3 smartphone have been doing the rounds since late last year. Recently we heard the device is set to launch in the second half of the year and now the specifications of the device have been confirmed thanks to CompuBench. According to the CompuBench benchmark listing, the HTC Benchmark will...

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3D printing upgrades to “4D” with new material
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Additive manufacturing will add another dimension to 3D printing. Researchers at the University of Wollongong are developing 3D-printed materials that can change its structure post-production. The plan is to have printed products that can react with external stimuli like heat and water, allowing them to possess additional features or forms. According to researchers, they are...

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Acer XR341CKA is the world’s first curved monitor with NVIDIA G-Sync
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Acer today introduced the world’s first curved monitor with NVIDIA G-Sync technology. The XR341CKA is a 34-inch UltraWide monitor with a 21:9 aspect ratio and QHD 3440 x 1440 resolution. The main highlights of the new monitor from Acer are a zero-frame design with an aluminum base, ambient lighting options, DTS Sound, and two integrated...

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Japan powers city with floating solar farms installed on water reserviors
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Japan completes installation of two huge floating solar power plants. The two installations feature a total of 11,256 Kyocera modules, and are reportedly capable of powering 920 homes in Kato City. According to Kyocera and Century Tokyo Leasing, the floating solar modules provide much more than solar energy. They help reduce evaporation and algae growth...

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ARM: Cortex-A72 to offer Intel Core M (Broadwell) level performance
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Earlier this year, ARM had announced the new Cortex-A72 core. It claimed the Cortex-A72 is the most powerful mobile SoC yet and delivers unprecedented levels of performance. The company has today shared more details on the Cortex-A72 core and claimed that Cortex-A72 will deliver performance more or less equivalent to Broadwell Intel Core M CPUs....

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‘Luxury’ LG Watch Urbane costs $365 in Korea, should go for $350 stateside
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The last piece of the glitziest Android Wear device puzzle is about to fall into place, completing its near-perfect portrait of Apple Watch killer. Given the webOS-based LTE-capable Watch Urbane variant with 1 GB RAM looks doomed off the bat due to extravagant market value, LG’s only shot at successfully refreshing the G Watch R...

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4 GB RAM + 4,000 mAh battery = Sub-$300 Lenovo K80 Lollipop smartphone
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Watch out, Asus and Xiaomi, as this unexpectedly affordable high-end trooper goes straight for your Zenfone 2 and Mi Note Pro’s jugulars. What in the world could you need 4 gigs of random-access memory inside a 5.5-inch handheld for? There are full-fledged computer users who probably never access as much RAM during their routine desktop...

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Acer launches the Lollipop-powered Iconia One 8 and Iconia Tab 10 tablets
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Both tablets are powered by Intel processors and run Android 5.0 Lollipop.  Acer has launched two new Android tablets in its Iconia lineup. Dubbed the Iconia One 8 and Iconia Tab 10, these tablets were announced at Acer’s press conference in New York (where the company also launched a couple of Chromebooks and Windows 8.1...

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Sony Xperia T2 Ultra and Xperia C3 get Lollipop
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Sony is finally paying attention to non-Xperia Z smartphones.  It’s raining lollipops in the Android ecosystem. Following Samsung, which started updating two devices to Lollipop earlier this week, Sony has followed suit with the Android 5.0 update for two of its mid-range smartphones. These devices are the Xperia T2 Ultra and Xperia C3, which are...

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Acer unveils low-cost Chromebook 15, multiple Windows 8.1 convertibles
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The world’s largest Chrome OS laptop to date increases its mainstream appeal with a $200 starting price, whereas new Aspire R11 and Switch 10 hybrids range from $250 to $400. Acer sure had a lot to showcase during a recent New York City press event, and the three additions to the Liquid Leap wearable roster...

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It’s official: Samsung’s next-gen Gear watch will be circular
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In offering a sneak peek of (half) a watch face for the rumored Gear A, Samsung spilled the proverbial beans, although most certainly with intent. Well, what do you know! Once in a while, the Android kings “borrow” marketing ideas and tactics from their domestic arch-rivals instead of so often the other way around. Of...

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Samsung hits the double, brings Android 5.0 Lollipop to Galaxy Tab S 8.4
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Exactly one month on the heels of the 10.5-inch variant’s hotly anticipated software promotion. They may still not be able to challenge Apple’s mighty iPads in mainstream tablet popularity, but for what it’s worth, they’re not giving up the fight either. Not to focus squarely on high-end Galaxy S or Note smartphone installments, and not...

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ESPN2 to air Heroes of the Storm Grand Finals in the US
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Most of our readers will be familiar with the phenomenal growing popularity of eSports. It seems traditional sports broadcasters may be seeing this potential as well. On Sunday, the Grand Finals of the collegiate tournament for Heroes of the Storm will air on ESPN2 at 6:30 P.M. Pacific time. This broadcast is another indicator that...

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