Monday, February 29, 2016

IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 29/02/2016

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Around 1/3 of Mobile World Congress attendees used Airbnb
Airbnb has become a central source of professionals and everyday people getting accommodation, jumping out of the usual hotel bookings. With Mobile World Congress taking place last week, Airbnb was a popular choice for attendees with around 1/3 of MWC attendees using Airbnb accommodation.
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Mike Curtis, VP of Engineering with...

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Xbox boss says MS 'have plans to improve' PC gaming in the future
With the Windows Store-based games not supporting multi-GPUs in games, with Rise of the Tomb Raider being the most recent example, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has come out trying to douse the flames.
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Andre Miller (@BigMouthGamer on Twitter) asked Xbox boss Phil Spencer on Twitter: "Are you guys taking steps...
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AMD's upcoming Bristol Ridge APU should be faster than an Xbox One

One of the fastest APUs from the Bristol Ridge family will be just as fast as the Xbox One, according to a new rumor from Bitsnchips.
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AMD's new Bristol Ridge family will feature a powerful APU that will be quite powerful, easily taking on the consoles in providing a 1080p...
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Street Fighter V receives custom SLI fix, with up to 98% scaling

Games launching with crappy multi-GPU scaling have become a new thing, with Street Fighter V launching with SLI and Crossfire support being KO'd.
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Well, thanks to some users tinkering around with the NVIDIA Inspector Tool, you can find the game profile for "Street Fighter V" and do some changes to...
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Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony will be at E3 2016, along with many more

The ESA has just published the full list of E3 2016 exhibitors, giving us a nice prelude to what the show has to offer in June.
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All of the biggest publishers, developers, and console-makers will be at this year's E3. The Big Three--Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo--will take the stage in...
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The Division 'definitely won't have microtransactions', says Ubisoft

After Phoenix Credits were spotted in a recent Division video from Arekkz, gamers were alarmed that the shooter would be laden with microtransactions. Ubisoft affirms that this isn't the case, and The Division won't have any paid currency options to buy in-game items.
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Here's how The Division's full game differs from the beta

Ubisoft's anticipated MMOFPS The Division is almost here, and gamers are avidly looking for any scraps of info ahead of the game's release. As it turns out, the beta tests were small morsels compared to the hearty meal of the full game, and the final release will hold some pretty...

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Nintendo NX and a new Zelda game launching this year, new rumor says

Some new evidence has surfaced that points towards the release of Nintendo's NX and even the next Legend of Zelda game sometime by the end of this year. A user on NeoGAF that goes by the username Trevelyan9999 spoke about having heard from someone reliable who's close to the information...

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Lord Gaben fires host, production company handling DOTA 2 competition

Gabe Newell has fired the production company and host of the $3 million DOTA 2 Shanghai Major competition, with host James "2G" Harding taking to Twitter announcing he'd been dismissed of his hosting duties, and that it was "Valve's decision".
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The reason? There were several major technical issues, and questions...
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Superhot dev teases 'secretive work on a bunch of grand VR plans'

Now that SUPERHOT is out, with many fans of the game asking for support for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Well, an update has been posted to the Kickstarter page of SUPERHOT.
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The update teases: "...We are constantly working on the Xbox One version of Superhot and doing secretive...
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The first look at AMD's Radeon R9 Fury X2, the dual-GPU with HBM

We've been waiting for AMD to show off its Radeon R9 Fury X2 in the flesh, and now we seem to have seen the first real photo of AMD's dual-GPU based on the Fiji architecture, powered by HBM.
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NVIDIA rumored to unveil Titan X successor in April, launch in June

I've already reported that NVIDIA would unveil its new Pascal-based Titan X successor at its GPU Technology Conference in early April, but we should expect a "surprise" Pascal demo at GTC according to the new rumors.
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NVIDIA co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will be kicking off his usual opening keynote...
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Valve is hosting VR adaptive scaling session at GDC next month

The Game Developers Conference kicks off on March 14, with Valve announcing it will be hosting a programming session called "Advanced VR Rendering Performance". In this session, Valve will talk about maintaining 90FPS in VR applications, without resorting to reprojection techniques.
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The session teases: "Reliably hitting 90 fps in VR...
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Samsung wins $120 million Apple patent dispute case following appeal

Apple and Samsung have been battling it out over mobile technology patents for years now, with Apple winning more often than not. Today marks a victory for Samsung, who recently appealed a ruling that would've seen it pay $120 million for infringing on Apple's quick links (the functionality that allows...

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Gmail 'Snooze' functionality gets an overhaul

Google has given its Gmail Snooze functionality a makeover and some appreciable new features today. If you aren't familiar with Snooze, it lets you tell Gmail to resend email notifications later, much like the snooze button on alarm clocks of old.
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"Later this week" and "this weekend" snooze times have...
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Steve Jobs (2015) Cinema Movie Review

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Steve Jobs (2015)

Hollywood is never content to let a good idea go, with a weird love of doing things in twos - see Deep Impact and Armageddon, Antz and A Bug's Life, and Jobs and Steve Jobs. But while the previous biopic on the life of Apple founder Steve...
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