Here's an early look at AMD's dual-GPU Fiji card
At the PC Gaming Show this evening, AMD CEO Lisa Su took to the stage to show off the Radeon R9 Nano graphics card revealed earlier today. She also cracked open an intimidating-looking aluminum case that turned out to contain a prototype for the as-yet-unnamed dual-GPU Fiji uber-card. Have a look:
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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is coming to the PC
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition isn't just for Xbox One owners anymore. The Coalition studio boss Rod Fergusson confirmed that the remastered version of the Xbox 360 classic will be available to PC gamers at the PC Gaming Show this evening.
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Just Cause 3 gets another explosive trailer, arrives December 1
Square Enix revealed the release date for Just Cause 3 at E3 today, alongside a trailer with enough explosions to make Michael Bay turn green with envy. Watch it below:
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Updated: Preinstalled SwiftKey app can own some Samsung phones
Mobile security company NowSecure has reported a vulnerability in the SwiftKey keyboard app preinstalled on some Samsung phones, which could allow an attacker to perform privileged remote code execution. That roughly translates to "anything goes," and NowSecure claims that over 600 million devices may be impacted.
The bug affects the Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, and S6 handset lines. Only US carrier versions are listed, but it's possible that versions around the world are similarly affected. ...
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Tuesday's Steam deals won't let go of your wallet
It's that time of the day again. The latest round of games in the Steam Monster Summer Sale is up, and we've picked out the best of the bunch for you—assuming your credit card isn't maxed out yet. Here goes:
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AMD's Fiji GPU rides in on four Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards
AMD has fired off a high-end Radeon salvo today in the form of four new graphics cards, all under the R9 Fury umbrella. AMD CEO Lisa Su introduced the new Fury, Fury X, Fury Nano, and a yet-unnamed dual-GPU card at E3 today. All of these cards are powered by the new Fiji GPU, and they're backed up with AMD's HBM memory tech.
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OSVR updates its VR dev kit, announces Android support
The OSVR coalition has announced a new version of its VR hardware, the Hacker Dev Kit. Version 1.2 of the headset features support for infrared head position tracking over a 360-degree range, by way of what looks like an external IR camera and a new faceplate. The coalition is also releasing an Android distribution of its VR software to facilitate mobile VR development for the platform.
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New Razer Mamba gets 16,000 DPI sensor, adjustable click force
Razer has announced an upgraded version of the Mamba gaming mouse, with a couple new features. One of the improvements is a nifty mechanism that allows users to adjust the actuation force of the main buttons. The Mamba also features a new 16,000 DPI laser sensor. Razer claims it can track movement as fine as 1 DPI, and its lift-off distance is a mere 0.1 mm. The scroll wheel now has left and right tilt buttons, as well.
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Live blog from AMD's 'New era of PC gaming' event
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Some Samsung SSDs may suffer from a buggy TRIM implementation
A new bug may be present in the firmware of some Samsung SSDs. An engineer from search provider Algolia has written up a blog post detailing his team's saga of troubleshooting data corruption in some of their servers. Ultimately, Algolia narrowed down the problem to an apparent bug in the TRIM implementation used in Samsung drives.
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LastPass breach exposes hashed master passwords
Another day and another breach, this time of the password database LastPass. The service announced that its systems have been compromised on its official blog yesterday. The unknown attackers have made off with server per-user salts and authentication hashes. In plainer terms, the encrypted master passwords of an unknown number of LastPass users have been exposed, and the password databases secured with those master keys are potentially at risk.
As a result of this breach, LastPass will be prompting its customers to update their master passwords. It'll also require users logging in from ...
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Tuesday Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- WCCFtech: AMD Radeon 300 series already on sale in retail stores
- VideoCardz: Sapphire shows off Radeon
300 series, confirms Radeon R9 Fury X
- WCCFtech: Gigabyte, XFX, Asus Radeon 300 series leaked and pictured
- AnandTech has JMicron SSD controller roadmap
- The Verge: Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One
- GameSpot: $150 Xbox One "Elite" controller revealed at E3
- VR-Zone: Hidden keyboard in iOS 9 points to a larger iPad model
- VR-Zone: Apple Watch 2 allegedly arriving
next year, LG tipped to be sole display supplier
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