Wednesday, October 7, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Rage3D) 08/10/2015

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AMD streaming Star Wars Battlefront on Twitch
Star Wars: Battlefront is one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year, and AMD jumps on the bandwagon with both feet; they will be streaming it in their Twitch channel starting 2pm CT. For those of you who join the stream, AMD will be giving away a MSI R9 390X, Sapphire Tri-X R9 390X and...

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Microsoft Launches The Surface Book, A Convertible Laptop Done Right
Now this is even more compelling.

Microsoft unveiled its first laptop. Called the Surface Book (https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/devices/surface-book), it doesn’t look like a Surface at all. It has a 13.5-inch display, a trackpad made of glass, a backlit keyboard and a machined magnesium...

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Microsoft Announces The Surface Pro 4
Too bad I can't seem to convince work to get me one of these...

The device is the thinnest Surface yet, according to Microsoft. The company expanded the Surface Pro’s screen to 12.3 inches from 12 inches. The device is the same size, but with less bezel. More screen and less wasted...

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Intel to begin shipping Skylake CPUs with SGX enabled
Welp, I guess those early adopters like me either got shafted or saved with not having SGX extensions enabled.

Intel's Software Guard Extensions (https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/09/26/protecting-application-secrets-with-intel-sgx) (SGX) is a CPU instruction set that allows applications...

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Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL showcase mobile Windows 10
More device goodness to be had.

Microsoft took the wraps off its Windows 10 flagship phones this morning: the Lumia 950 and 950 XL. These Lumias pack 5.2" and 5.7" screens with six- and eight-core Qualcomm processors, along with equally high-end cameras. The phones run Windows 10 with Continuum...

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Android 6.0 Marshmallow rolls out to Nexus devices starting today
Let the updating commence, if you haven't already done so.

You don't have to wait for Google to begin shipping devices with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, like the Nexus 5X and 6P, to get that gooey OS upgrade goodness. Just as the company promised last week, Android 6.0 Marshmallow has started rolling...

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