TR's 12 days of giveaways, day six: OCZ's Vector 180 480GB SSD
Yesterday was the fifth of TR's 12 days of Christmas giveaways, and entrants were vying for a flashy bundle generously provided by Corsair. That bundle comprised a Strafe Silent RGB keyboard, a Scimitar RGB gaming mouse, a Void RGB headset, and an MM300 Extended mouse mat. The winner of yesterday's bundle is Christopher Casale. Congratulations, Christopher—your desk will soon be visible from space. Thanks again to Corsair for helping us brighten our readers' holiday season.
For today's giveaway, we're offering up another one of OCZ's Vector 180 480GB SSDs . I don't know anyone who couldn't use more high-speed ...
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Turn your phone into a Jedi weapon with Lightsaber Escape
Warning: what you are about to read might completely ruin your productivity for the day. If you're like me, it's hard to stay focused this close to Christmas anyway, and with the new Star Wars movie out today, I'm more than ready to channel my inner Jedi.
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Deals of the week: a TR-exclusive deal on an 850 EVO 1TB and more
Happy Friday, gerbils. Our deals post was delayed a bit today by some technical difficulties with Newegg. The retailer appears to have sorted out its issues, so we're back to smooth sailing. Enjoy these pre-Christmas deals, some of which would make great last-minute gifts for the PC enthusiast.
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MSI unveils two workstation motherboards for Skylake Xeons
It’s always such a hassle when Santa puts a workstation processor in my Christmas stocking without leaving an appropriate motherboard under the tree. MSI is here to help. The company has announced two motherboards built around the C236 chipset, designed specifically for Intel’s Xeon E3-1200 v5 product family.
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Go big and fast with G.Skill's Trident Z 3200 MT/s 64GB DDR4 kit
"Bigger and better" seems to be G.Skill's motto. Not content with releasing DIMMs clocked at an insane 4133 MT/s, the company is now working on pairing speed and capacity in the same kit. Behold the TridentZ DDR4 3200 MT/s 64GB kit, comprising four 16GB modules.
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Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.12 comes WHQL-certified
AMD has given us a little gift ahead of the holidays next week. Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 15.12 is out now, and this WHQL-certified driver fixes quite a few issues for Radeon owners. The company claims to have resolved flickering issues in Star Wars Battlefront, performance issues with Crossfire setups in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, and perhaps most importantly, unexpected fan speed behavior for users who had a manual fan profile configured in Overdrive.
If that all sounds a bit familiar, it's because AMD already released a Crimson Edition beta, 15.11, that provided these fixes for those who needed them right away. Still unresolved in this update are a number of issues with Just Cause 3 , flickering on ...
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TR's 12 days of giveaways, day five: a sack of goodies from Corsair
On our fourth day of giveaways, the fine folks at EVGA gave us an X99 FTW motherboard to give away to one lucky gerbil. Jake Parker, you're taking home that sweet board. Check your email soon for a message from our business guy, Adam Eiberger, for more information on how to claim your prize. Congratulations, Jake, and thanks again to EVGA for making that giveaway possible.
Those of us that grew up in cold climates have likely received advice from a parent to "dress in layers" or maybe "bundle up" before heading out into the winter weather. ...
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Netflix's new encoding scheme lets every title shine
Netflix gave us an in-depth look at its progress on a new per-title approach to compression and encoding on its tech blog earlier this week. This development is big news for any Netflix watcher who wants to maximize their viewership experience on a bandwidth-constrained connection, and it also offers perks to those looking for the ultimate experience on a high-bandwidth Internet pipe.
In 2010, Netflix rolled out the H.264 compression scheme across its content library, using a set of bitrate-resolution pairs it refers to as a bitrate ladder. To build this ladder, Netflix engineers settled on ten such pairs, ranging from 235 kbps and ...
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Tencent buys up League of Legends developer Riot Games
Riot Games, the studio behind the wildly popular League of Legends MOBA, has been purchased by Chinese Internet services company Tencent. Tencent had already held a majority stake in Riot Games after a 2011 investment. Riot says the buyout will allow it to offer cash-based incentives to its employees rather than equity shares.
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Apple taps new execs for hardware, software, and operations
Apple is making some big changes to its executive suite today. In an intriguing move, Apple appointed Johny Srouji as its senior vice president of hardware technologies. Srouji joined Apple in 2008 to lead development of the A4 SoC, and the company says he later worked to build teams responsible for "custom silicon and hardware technologies including batteries, application processors, storage controllers, sensors silicon, display silicon and other chipsets across Apple’s entire product line."
Srouji's new role underscores the importance of custom chips and other hardware in setting apart many of Apple's products, and his ...
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NEC's EA305WMi and EA275WMi monitors are a media pro's dream
NEC is a name known in the monitor arena for quality displays, and its MultiSync family keeps growing. The company has released two new models aimed at color-critical work, the 30" EA305WMi and the 27" EA275WMi.
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak lifts off on January 20
Instead of sailing through the stars, giant spaceships will soon be landmarks of a vast desert world in in Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. Previously known as Homeworld: Shipbreakers (and before that, Hardware: Shipbreakers), this prequel for the Homeworld series is being developed by Blackbird Interactive, and it'll be published by Gearbox Software. Gearbox released this trailer along with its announcement, and it's so beautiful:
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Nvidia's latest GeForce Experience beta makes it easier to share
Many games are nothing if not a social experience, and Nvidia’s latest beta update for its Geforce Experience platform could make it easier to socialize with improvements to its streaming and screenshot capture tools. Gamers who like to brag about their exploits may want to take a look at these improvements before Nvidia rolls them into its general-release software.
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TR's 12 days of giveaways, day four: EVGA's X99 FTW mobo
Welcome to day four of TR's 12 days of Christmas giveaways. Before we show off today's prize, some congratulations are in order. The winner of yesterday's Monoprice bundle is Conor Hughes. Conor, check your email soon for a message from our business guy, Adam Eiberger, for more information on how to claim your prize.
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