Monday, August 31, 2015

IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 01/09/2015

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Konami developers didn't take holidays to get MGS V on PC earlier
It looks like the only reason we're about to enjoy Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on the PC in two days is because the staff of Konami didn't take their summer vacation.
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Konami developers skipped their holidays to meet the deadline, which is in just a couple of...

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Mortal Kombat X cancelled for the Xbox 360 and PS3
If you have a previous generation console, you won't be playing Mortal Kombat X. Warner Bros. has cancelled development of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Mortal Kombat X, saying that both versions would not meet the quality "expected of a Mortal Kombat game".
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Grand Theft Auto V 'ENBSeries' 4K screenshots will blow you away
The ENBSeries from modder 'Ryuken' has never looked better, with Ryuken sharing some beautiful 4K screenshots from the mod for Grand Theft Auto V. While they will look good on your monitor through these pictures, they'll look even better when run in native 4K from within the game itself.
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Just two of Intel's new Skylake CPUs are unlocked for overclocking
Intel is about to drop the rest of its Skylake processors into the market, after the release of the Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K just recently. There will be eight more processors released, but the rest of them will not be unlocked models for overclocking.
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Minecraft creator has 'never felt more isolated' with his $2.5 billion
What would you do with $2.5 billion? I know I would do countless things like buy all of my friends and family houses and put enough money in their accounts that they would never have to worry about money ever again. But what about the man who sold Mojang? The...

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Julian Assange urged Edward Snowden to pick Russia over Latin America
Julian Assange knows a little something about trying to avoid extradition, and urged former NSA contractor Edward Snowden to select Russia over Latin America. Not only was reaching Latin America a difficult journey, but Snowden's personal safety would have been at risk, Assange noted.
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Assange urged Snowden to disregard "negative...

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Cyclist has a rather amusing encounter with a Google self-driving car
It looks like Google's autonomous vehicle is still learning every time it hits the open road, and a cyclist at a stop sign helped give it another learning opportunity. The cyclist was doing a track stand at the stop sign, and since the car arrived first, the autonomous vehicle had...

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Corsair announces new Bulldog that will ship in time for Christmas
Corsair announced the production version of its Bulldog DIY 4K gaming PC, with the first prototype shown off during Computex. The barebones system is designed to be a full PC that can be used in the living room, and leaves plenty of options for consumers to build a system as...

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FBI demanded Scandinavian countries extradite Snowden if he visited
Before former NSA contractor Edward Snowden fled to Russia, the FBI demanded the immediate arrest - and extradition - of Snowden if he went to any Scandinavian nations. Snowden applied for asylum in Norway, but once FBI officials heard he would try to head to a Scandinavian country, they began...

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NASA begins year-long Mars isolation experiment on Earth
The NASA-funded Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) experiment has started on Earth, designed to simulate a Mars mission.
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The six participants, three men and three women, are scientists - and will be in tight quarters, living inside a 36-foot-wide dome that is 20-feet high. The project began on...

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Ashley Madison CEO stepping down after devastating data breach
Avid Life Media announced that CEO Noel Biderman has stepped down, following the company's embarrassing public data breach.
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Senior management will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the company, until a permanent replacement can be identified. It's going to be a confusing time for Avid Life Media, after a "criminal...

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Final Fantasy 15 almost had VR support
Final Fantasy 15 has seen lots of transitions during its storied development, including an experimental phase centered around immersive VR experiences.
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Instead of forcing gamers to strap on an Oculus Rift for hours on end, Square Enix toyed with the idea of using VR for certain sections of the game...

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VR will slowly trickle to mainstream market, says Oculus founder
With its near-limitless potential, virtual reality remains one of the most exciting new tech innovations in recent memory--but Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey concedes that the transition to VR will be a very slow-going process.
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Accessibility remains one of VR's principal hurdles, as higher-end hardware is required to generate the...

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Samsung offers iPhone users $200 if they switch to a new Galaxy phone
Samsung's marketing team is coming up with some good ideas to grab iPhone users, offering consumers a test drive of their latest and greatest Galaxy smartphones for just $1. Now, the South Korean giant has upped the ante.
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CryEngine 3 used for interior rendering demo, and it looks amazing
'Synce' has used CryEngine 3 for a super impressive interior technology demo that uses Crytek's new Global Illumination technology known as SVOTI (Sparse Voxel Octree Total Illumination). The results are amazing, as you can see below.
Synce notes that the demo was created to showcase the capabilities of SVOTI,...

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Adam Elements iKlips iOS Lightning / USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review
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Apple Lightning enabled flash drives really seem to be catching on as of late, with vendors such as SanDisk and Strontium among other releasing solutions. Adding to the growing list of iOS solutions is the latest from Adam Elements, the iKlips. The iKlips is touted as the world's quickest Apple...

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Until Dawn Sony PlayStation 4 Review
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It's fair to say that Heavy Rain was promoted by Sony as the next big thing in video games. A game that was hyped for most of the PS3 system life, which in the end turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. It was not a bad game...

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CYBERTRONPC ANNOUNCES SMALL FORM FACTOR SYSTEM WITH AMD R9 NANO GRAPHICS CARD
CybertronPC, one of the largest PC system integrators in the US, serving PC gaming, home, business and server solutions, will have availability of a small form factor PC custom built with the revolutionary new AMD R9 Nano video card upon AMD launch.
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AMD R9 NANO video cards pack the technology...

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