Wednesday, December 23, 2015

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 24/12/2015

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Samsung to manufacture AMD’s next-gen chips on its 14nm LPP node
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Korean publication ETNews is reporting Samsung Electronics has bagged the contract for manufacturing AMD’s next-gen “Zen” CPUs and “Arctic Islands” GPUs. Samsung Electronics’ System LSI Foundry Business Department will reportedly start mass producing AMD’s next-gen “Greenland” GPUs from the second quarter of 2016, which come under the “Arctic Islands” family. Along with Samsung, Global Foundry...

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Creative Sound BlasterX G5 71 HDA portable sound card goes on sale
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Creative has announced that its new Sound BlasterX G5 71 HDA portable audio sound card with built-in headphone amp is now available for purchase in the United States. The Sound BlasterX G5 is a 7.1 HD audio external sound card and comes with a SB-Axx1 multi-core chip for hardware accelerated SBX Pro Studio enhanced audio...

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VR Devs Rejoice: Oculus Rift On Track For Q1 2016 Release
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  VR developers are ecstatic after Oculus announced their latest hardware SDK to those with apps shipping in Q1 2016. One Redditor states, “It’s a feeling I haven’t had in years. I’m legitimately excited beyond belief that this is actually all happening and so soon!” -matsix Previously concerned developers and enthusiasts alike worried the Rift...

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WhatsApp to get video calling on iOS soon
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The popular messaging app will also make it easier to switch between chats. WhatsApp’s entry into the voice calling market was unsurprising, as after taking over the messaging scene around the world, getting into voice calls was a natural step. Now, the Facebook-owned chat service is gearing up to introduce video calling to its iOS client....

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Lenovo K4 Note will include 3GB of RAM, could debut next month at CES
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After teasing the upcoming K4 Note recently, Lenovo India today revealed one key feature of the upcoming phablet. A new teaser image published by Lenovo India’s official Twitter handle all but confirms that the K4 Note will be equipped with 3GB of RAM. It is being speculated that Lenovo will debut the K4 Note at...

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LeTV Max Pro could include an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner and iris recognition
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The rumored LeTV Max Pro will be quite a beast in terms of specs. The Max Pro will be LeTV’s next flagship smartphone and according to previous rumors, the smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon 820 quad-core 64-bit SoC. New info coming out of China today suggests the smartphone could also come with...

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BlackBerry could launch a mid-range Android phone next year
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen revealed the company’s plans in an interview. BlackBerry finally caved in and launched a smartphone running Android, the BlackBerry Priv, this year, and there were rumors that it is already working on a second Android phone codenamed Vienna. Now, company CEO John Chen has said in an interview with Bloomberg that it could launch...

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Alleged Moto X 4th Gen spy shot reveals a heat pipe inside
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Yet another alleged leaked photo of the next-gen Moto X has surfaced on the web. This time the spy shot gives us a look at the insides of the device. As can be seen quite clearly in the photo, the device seems to have a heat pipe inside to better dissipate the heat from the...

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Aerocool 80Plus Gold certified XPredator modular PSU models launched
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Aerocool Advanced Technologies today introduced new Xpredator 80 Plus Gold certified power supply models with high efficiency. The new models are targeted at gamers and enthusiasts and will be available in various models ranging from 550 Watts going up to 1000 Watts. Like previous Xpredator series models, the new models also offer an aggressive design...

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LG G Pad II 8.3 LTE officially announced in South Korea
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The G Pad II 8.3 LTE features mid-range specs similar to other tablets in the G Pad lineup.  LG has made the G Pad II 8.3 LTE official in its home country, a couple of months after launching the 8-inch G Pad II. The G Pad II 8.3 LTE features mid-range specs like previous G...

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NVIDIA GeForce 361.43 WHQL drivers now available for download
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NVIDIA has released new GeForce 361.43 WHQL drivers for Windows 10 64-bit operating system. Even though NVIDIA is referring to the latest driver as a “Game Ready” release, it doesn’t actually include optimization for a new game release. Instead, the driver includes latest GameWorks VR tweaks, bug fixes, and optimizations to improve your VR gaming...

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Apple slashes iPhone 6s and 6s Plus prices in India
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After a disappointing start in the Indian market, Apple has finally decided that it needs to be more aggressive with the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus pricing in the country. The iPhone 6s 16GB was launched for Rs.62000 in October but is now available from most major online retailers for a much lower Rs.48,499 ($732)....

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Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow update
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The update comes at the promised time.  Nvidia launched the Shield Tablet K1 a little over a month ago with a promise to update it to Android 6.0 before the end of the year. Today the GPU maker is fulfilling its promise and has started rolling out Marshmallow to the tablet over the air. The...

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Gionee M5 Enjoy official, packs a 5,000 mAh battery
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The M5 Enjoy is yet another battery champion from the Chinese manufacturer.  Gionee today made the M5 Plus, a sequel to the Marathon M5, official, and it has also outed another device in the M5 series. Where the M5 Plus has a larger display than the Marathon M5, the new M5 Enjoy is more or less...

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Samsung Galaxy S7 to launch in March, claims China Mobile
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The largest Chinese carrier, China Mobile has revealed the Samsung Galaxy S7 will be launched in the month of March next year. The info comes from a leaked picture showing off an alleged roadmap of the carrier for next year. Samsung’s next flagship the Galaxy S7 has been listed to be launching in March 2016....

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LG’s Nuclun 2 chipset might power the LG V10 successor next year
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According to Weibo leakster “i Ice Universe”, LG has decided to not use its upcoming Nuclun 2 chipset on the flagship G5 next year. The leakster claims the Nuclun 2 SoC will be more powerful than Huawei’s new Kirin 950 SoC but it reportedly falls short of LG’s expectations for the G5. Instead, LG seems...

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Google Nexus 6 now available for just $250 in the US
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The Motorola made Nexus 6 is now available for a very attractive price of just $250 in the US from Amazon. Amazon is currently selling the 32GB version for $249.99 and the 64GB version for $299.99. Prices for both the variants are $100 lower than what Motorola is offering on its official store. That does...

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Futuremark 3DMark 2016 beta released, VRMark preview included too
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Futuremark has released the 3DMark 2016 beta for the holidays, allowing users to preview some of the new features that will be added to 3DMark in 2016 and also try out the VRMark 3D VR benchmark for VR headsets. VRMark preview includes one of the benchmark’s four test environments –“Fire Strike”. Of course, you will...

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Best Buy begins selling the Google Nexus 6P for $500
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Major US retailer Best Buy has started selling the Huawei made Google Nexus 6P. The flagship phablet had so far been sold exclusively through the Google Store in the country. Its smaller sibling the Nexus 5X was also sold exclusively through Google Store but quite a few other retailers started offering the smartphone soon after...

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Huawei P9 specs rumored, dual-camera set up tipped once again
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Fresh rumors out of China have shed more light on the rumored specs of Huawei’s upcoming P9, expected to release in March next year. According to the latest rumors, the smartphone will feature a 5.2-inch sized AMOLED display. The resolution hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it is expected to offer the standard 1440 x 2560...

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