Tuesday, June 23, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 6/24/2015





Nvidia, AMD update drivers in the shadow of the big black Bat
Batman: Arkham Knight is out tomorrow, and fans of the Dark Knight might want to update their graphics drivers ahead of time. Nvidia and AMD have each issued driver updates specifically related to the new game.
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Report: convertibles could make up 12% of mobile PCs sold in 2015
Market research firm Gartner has a report and some predictions on the growth of the hybrid PC segment (more commonly known as convertible or detachable PCs). The firm expects that hybrids will make up 12% of the overall mobile PC market in 2015, with sales of of 21.5 million units.
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Slightly Mad Studios announces Project Cars 2
Project Cars is a favorite among TR editors, and the game has apparently achieved enough success to warrant a sequel already. Developer Slightly Mad Studios is kicking off a new crowd-sourced development and funding campaign for Project Cars 2 today through its World of Mass Development platform.
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Third-generation Moto G prototype specs, pics leak
Motorola Mobility's Moto G has long offered decent specs in an Android smartphone for a couple hundred bucks or less, but recent phones like Asus' ZenFone 2 are muscling into that value-oriented space with more RAM, pixels, and storage on board for similar prices. It wouldn't be terribly surprising, then, if a newly leaked third-gen Moto G prototype ended up being genuine.
The eagle-eyed folks over at nowhereelse.fr caught pictures of this new handset floating around Chinese social media, and they claim to have some specs to go with those shots. The new phone appears to have a five-inch 720p display, 13MP rear and 5MP front cameras, along ...
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Samsung's FreeSync 4K displays are eminently affordable
Samsung has started shipping their newest FreeSync-infused 4K displays, the 23.6" U24E590D and the 28" U28E590D. The former goes for an impressively low $399.99, while the latter will set you back $599.99.
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What are your Windows 10 upgrade plans?
Windows 10 arrives about a month from now, and many of you have no doubt seen the little "reserve your copy of Windows 10" icon in your taskbars. Of course, Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for the first year after its release for owners of Windows 7 or 8.1, and there's no need to "reserve" a copy to be eligible, but it feels just a little bit more special to be on a PR email list on a server in Redmond. Or something.
Still, this close to the release of a new version of Windows, it's probably a good idea to start thinking about your upgrade plans if you haven't already. Are you installing the new OS, warts and all, on ...
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Biostar whips up a Braswell mini-ITX board of its own
The march of Intel Braswell-powered mini-ITX mobos continues. Today's spin on the formula comes from Biostar, whose N3150NH mobo features a Celeron N3150 quad-core CPU for a suggested price of only $69.
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