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Thursday, May 5, 2016

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 06/05/2016

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VAGO – A Travel Compressor That Makes Space
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In this week’s ‘Crowdfunding Campaign Of The Week’ we feature a nifty travel gadget, VAGO. VAGO is a travel tool smaller than the size of your palm that frees up space in your luggage, via compression – making the pain of packing when travelling a little more bearable. Space taken up by clothes, bags or...

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Huawei G9 Lite and MediaPad M2 7.0 announced
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Huawei has announced a new smartphone and tablet for the Chinese market today, the G9 Lite and the MediaPad M2. The G9 Lite is basically the P9 Lite for China, with specs that include a 5.2-inch Full HD display, Huawei’s Kirin 950 processor clocked at 2.0GHz, and a 13-megapixel rear camera. There’s also an 8-megapixel...

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Turtle Beach rolls out Elite Pro gaming headset
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Turtle Beach has announced its Elite Pro gaming headset. While the market is flooded with offerings from the likes of Razer, Steelseries, Logitech, and others, Turtle Beach is looking to differentiate its headset by offering what it calls Aerofit Ear Cushions, which sees the earpads infused with a cooling gel. There are other tweaks that make the headset more...

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AMD Radeon R3 Series entry-level SSDs announced
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AMD has rolled out a series of SSDs aimed at the entry-level segment. The drives are branded as the Radeon R3 Series, and are available on Amazon. The drives are available in configurations of 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB, and offer TLC NAND flash memory along with Silicon Motion SM2256KX controllers on a SATA 6 Gb/s...

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Intel’s unannounced six-core Core i7-6850K benchmarked
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Intel’s Core i7-6850K has made its way to a reviewer at Overclock.net ahead of its official debut. The CPU is designed for the LGA2011v3 socket, and is based on the 14nm Haswell-E silicon, featuring six cores clocked at 3.60GHz, HyperThreading with up to 12 logical CPUs, and 15 MB of L3 cache. The i7-6850K is pin-compatible with current LGA2011v3 boards, but its fiberglass...

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Marshmallow captures 7.5 percent of the Android market
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Google has released the latest distribution numbers for the Android platform, and the latest iteration of the OS has seen a major jump in share over the last month. Android 6.0 Marshmallow now runs on 7.5 percent of Android devices worldwide, up from 4.6 percent 30 days ago. It’s not surprising to see this increase,...

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Possible Samsung Galaxy A4 in the works
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Samsung’s Galaxy A lineup of premium mid-range smartphones has come a long way, with multiple devices having made their way to the market since the series was originally launched. Now, Samsung seems to be working on yet another Galaxy A smartphone – a device that could possibly be the Galaxy A4 has surfaced online on...

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Hitman Episode Two update plays havoc with DirectX 12 support
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Hitman Episode Two picked up an update (v1.1.2) over the weekend, but all’s not well as the patch plays havoc with DirectX 12 support. The folks at PC Gamer found out that the latest patch resulted in unusually long loading times for the game: Launching the DX12 version of Hitman no longer worked. The spinning disk appears when you click...

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AMD Radeon R9 480 rumored to be as fast as the Radeon R9 390X
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According to benchmark figures listed on the GFXBench database, the upcoming Radeon R9 480 graphics card could deliver performance very similar to the Radeon R9 390X. We cannot be entirely sure though, as we only get to see the OpenGL benchmarks on GFXBench. Still, it is definitely a positive sign and raises out expectations from...

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Nvidia rolls out 365.10 Game Ready drivers
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Nvidia has rolled out the 365.10 Game Ready drivers, providing performance tweaks for games such as Battleborn, Forza Motorsport 6: APEX Beta, Overwatch Beta, and Paragon Beta. Several Oculus Rift games have also been optimized. Here’s the breakdown of what’s new in 365.10: Improved performance for Vulkan 3D API. Adding or updating the 3DV profile in Battleborn...

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HTC 10 pre-orders to start shipping in the US this week
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The HTC 10 was announced quite a bit later than Samsung’s and LG’s Android flagships for the year. Naturally, the handset will be going on sale considerably late as well, but for those that have pre-ordered HTC’s latest hero device, the wait will come to an end this week. This has been confirmed by HTC’s Senior...

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More Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) specifications revealed
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The Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) was spotted on an online benchmark earlier this week, and the upcoming budget phone from the Korean company has now popped up in another benchmarking tool, which has given us more information on what specs it will carry. A notable difference in the device tested on AnTuTu and on the...

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Meizu Pro 6 with 3GB RAM spotted on benchmark
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The Meizu Pro 6 has already gone official, but unlike most smartphones from China these days, the Pro 6 was only announced in a single variant as far as the RAM was concerned. However, it seems Meizu did work on a slightly lower-spec version of the phone, as a model with 3GB of RAM has...

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HTC announces the Desire 830
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HTC’s Desire series have gotten yet another entry, with the Desire 830 now official. The Desire 830 doesn’t offer many surprises compared to previous Desire phones launched this year, with a 5.5-inch Full HD display on the front, and an octa-core MediaTek processor chugging under the hood. The Desire 830 comes with a 13-megapixel rear...

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ZTE Axon 2 listed by retailer with a $599 price tag
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We recently saw the ZTE Axon 2 getting certification from China’s telecom authority TENAA, with the device sporting a Snapdragon 820 processor and the latest version of the Android operating system. Now, the Axon 2 has been listed online by retailer OppoMart. The listing reveals the phone’s spec sheet and also its price tag. At $599,...

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HTC’s smartwatch announcement delayed to June
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HTC has been surprisingly quiet in the smartwatch game, having confirmed that it is working on a smartwatch back in 2014 without making any official announcement yet. The last rumor about the company’s first smartwatch said that it could be launched alongside the HTC 10. That didn’t happen, and prolific leakster evleaks is now saying...

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 “Pascal” cards to go official this week
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The highly anticipated successors to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 could be announced on May 6th. NVIDIA has started sending “mysterious” looking boxes to a few reviewers with an ‘Orderof10’ puzzle. A website is now live as well, where people are being asked to solve the puzzle. The countdown on the website...

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AMD officially teases its upcoming “Polaris” GPU architecture
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AMD now has a dedicated website up for its upcoming Polaris architecture. While there are no specific details available on the page yet, you do have the option of signing up to be notified when the first Polaris based cards go on sale. The upcoming high-end notebook GPUs from AMD will be based on Polaris...

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ASRock unveils the entry-level H110M-HDVP motherboard
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ASRock has introduced a new entry-level socket LGA1151 motherboard, the H110M-HDVP. The micr-ATX board draws power using a combination of 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connectors. For the CPU, the board offers a 3+1 phase VRM, not surprising on an entry-level offering. It comes with two DDR4 DIMM slots, with support for up to 32GB...

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Sapphire launches the Radeon R9 390 TOXIC graphics card
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Sapphire has come out with a new Radeon R9 390 card, the air-cooled Radeon R9 390 TOXIC. The graphics card is meant exclusively for select Asian markets such as China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It features an attractive looking VaporX vapor-chamber cooling solution and comes factory-overclocked. In fact, it is the highest clocked Radeon R9...

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IT News Head Lines (I4U News) 06/05/2016

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Leopards have Lost Nearly 75% of their Territory, Study Finds

Leopards are big cats known for their agility and ability to adapt into various environments. It has been widely assumed that the animal is abundant in the wild. But the most detailed global analysis...


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Michael Fassbender Playing a Serial Killer in Entering Hades

Broad Green Pictures, Storyscape Entertainment and Fassbender’s DMC Film are currently planning on producing Entering Hades. This is the first project announced by Broad Green Pictures and Storyscape...


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Apple's new patent "Intelligent Stylus" with Touch ID Fingerprint sensor

On Tuesday a new Apple patent was granted whose hardware closely resembled that of the Apple pencil that is available for use with the iPad Pro. What is different is that there are also extra sensors...


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Fans Ask Disney to Give Elsa A Girlfriend in Frozen Sequel

Disney princesses are typically based on the fairy tales that we have all grown up listening to. Disney has made sure that every Disney gets her happy ever after and ride off with their Prince to...


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Kristen Stewart is Making Directorial Debut with Refinery29

Kristen Stewart has been talking about going into direction for quite a while as his parents have always worked behind the camera rather than in front of it. She has already had her direction credits...


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HTC Desire 830 Goes Official with BoomSound

The plastic made HTC Desire 830 was just announced for the Taiwanese market which has replaced the Desire 820 for the middle range phones.It is great news for all audio lovers as BoomSound shall be...


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BAIC Launches Arcfox-7 Electric Supercar at Beijing Motor Show

Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation has unveiled a new electric supercar at the Beijing motor show. BAIC named this electric car Arcfox-7. Arcfox-7 is the top model of BAIC's electric car...


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Apple iPhone 7 new rumors suggest the presence of the headphone jack

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Fisker Karma Returning as the Karma Revero

Fisker Automotive had stopped making its plug-in hybrid supercar "Fisker Karma" in 2012. But now it is reported that Fisker Karma is returning later this year. The automaker is now named Karma...


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Climate Change Will Make Middle East and Northern Africa Uninhabitable

The mean temperatures will shoot up in parts of the Middle East and Africa as this century progresses. Human beings will find it hard to inhabit these regions by the middle of the 21st century.Since...


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Innovators in Wearable Technologies Can Bag $300,000 in Prizes in New Competition

Wearables like fitness trackers and smart watches have entered the mass market. There is though still a lot of room for innovation in this field. For the 8th time German based Wearable Technologies...


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The Scrooser Electric Scooter Hits the Market

The Scrooser an electric scooter, which provides a completely new driving experience with its fat tires and its unique frame geometry. The electric motor is installed in the rear wheel and is powered...


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The Biggest Loser Loses on Maintaining Miraculous Weight Loss

It’s hopeful, motivational and not permanent.Biggest Loser might help people with obesity to lose weight rapidly and get more in shape with great incentives especially the weight loss that the...


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Medical Error is the Third Leading Cause of Death in US

Among the long list of medical bloopers and blunders that cause death among patients are fatal surgeries, misdiagnoses and being prescribed the wrong drugs. So much so that medical mismanagement has...


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Australia to Eradicate Carp with Herpes Virus

Australia’s federal budget will cover a $15 million plan to erase signs of excess carp populations. These fish are a form of wildlife that has gotten out of control and decimation of their...


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Rare Mercury Transit will Occur in Front of the Sun on May 9

This coming Monday, the planet Mercury will make a rare transit in front of sun. It will glide between the earth and the sun. Such an event occurs about a dozen or more times per century.The event...


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iPhone 7 Adopts Fan-out Wafer Level Packaging Instead of PCB

Rumors that Apple is adopting the new Fan-out Wafer Level Packaging (FoWLP) instead of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) since a year. A new report out of South Korea says that Apple just made the final...


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Oceans are Running Out of Oxygen

Scientists have given an ultimatum that unless necessary precautions are taken, the oceans of the global village will lose their supplies of dissolved oxygen thanks to climate change. Most of these...


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Planet Nine May Not Exist at All Say Scientists

Questioning the existence of Planet Nine that was discovered earlier this year, new research by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has found that most of the...


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Drug That Reverses Genetic Changes behind Alzheimer's

A drug which is already being used to treat a neurological disorder is capable of reversing key genetic changes associated with Alzheimer's disease, says a study.Aging takes its toll on the brain,...


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Why Labradors are Prone to Obesity? Study Explains

Scientists have confirmed what many dog owners have long suspected. The Labrador retrievers, one of the most popular dogs in US and UK, are actually more obsessed about food than other breeds and as...


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A New Study Could Beat Jet Lag and Sleep Disorders

The body’s internal clock can now be viewed with clarity and precision. The connecting links inside the suprachiasmatic nucleus or SCN have finally been caught in the form of a scan.This region of...


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Vernee Apollo Lite MediaTek X20 Smartphone Sports Samsung S5K3P3 16MP Camera

Vernee announced that the Apollo Lite would be joining its flagship Vernee Apollo smartphone last month. The Vernee Apollo Lite will run on the MediaTek Helio X20 10-core CPU, but offer...


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Wine and Coffee are Good for Your Health

There are those teetotalers who do not even go near a glass of red wine. And believe it or not but many people also forgo any tea or coffee. They seem to think that the caffeine fix will leave them...


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People Wore "Not Becky" Pins to the Met Gala 2016

While there were a lot of fashion statements made last night at the Met Gala, one stood out above the rest - and it was just a pin. While everyone has a mile long list of who "Becky" could be in...


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