Thursday, December 31, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 01/01/2016





Asus goes all-out with its ROG Maximus VIII Formula motherboard
Holy mother of heatsinks and SATA ports, we thank you for this motherboard we're about to cover. Asus has unleashed another Republic of Gamers motherboard it's calling the Maximus VIII Formula. This Z170 board is built for DDR4 memory and Skylake CPUs, but it also has enough cowbell to get Walken to groove and then some.
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Oculus will bundle Lucky's Tale with every Rift headset
Gamers willing to pre-order the Oculus Rift are already getting a copy of EVE: Valkyrie, but Oculus is now bundling a free title for those who want to wait for the VR headset's release, too. The compnay announced today that Playful Studios’ Lucky’s Tale will come with every Oculus Rift sold. Lucky’s Tale is a cheerful, colorful platformer where players have to guide a bouncy fox to collect stars and jump on the heads of bad guys. Here’s a gameplay trailer:
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Show off your graphics card with iBuypower's Revolt 2 case
Today's graphics cards are often worth showing off, but our cases usually hide them from view. iBuypower’s new Revolt 2 case brings your video card out from the shadows and makes it the showpiece of your rig.
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Google's next Android release will use Oracle's OpenJDK APIs
According to VentureBeat, Google is replacing its homegrown implementation of Java APIs in Android with Oracle's open-source OpenJDK.  Google's Narayan Kamath let the cat out of the bag by making some interesting additions to the Android source code tree, under the label "Initial import of OpenJdk files." Google itself then confirmed the move to VentureBeat with the following statement:
"In our upcoming release of Android, we plan to move Android’s Java language libraries to an OpenJDK-based approach, creating a common code base for developers to build apps and services. ...
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Transcend positions SuperMLC flash as an SLC alternative
Transcend might not be the most common name in the consumer SSD arena, but the Taiwanese company has an extensive portfolio of flash storage products nonetheless. The company is expanding that portfolio today with an interesting technology it's calling "SuperMLC" NAND.
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