IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 25/04/2016

AMD Radeon Pro Duo official specs arrived, 1.5x performance of Titan X
AMD is days away from pushing its Radeon Pro Duo into the wild, its first dual-GPU video card since the infamous Radeon R9 295X2. The press slides are now out - even before I received them (thanks, AMD...) and now we know the official specs - even though we kinda...

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300TB of data from the Large Hadron Collider released by CERN
The researchers at CERN have just released an insane 300TB of data from the Large Hadron Collider, with the data itself from 2011.

A physicist who works on the Compact Muon Solenoid detector, Kati Lassila-Perini explains: "Once we've exhausted our exploration of the data, we see no reason not to...
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The new DOOM is a 'slow generic console multiplayer shooter clone'
We have been all over DOOM news for the last few months, with our recent stories like the PC version of DOOM being neglected, and the game having the 'trademark id Tech texture streaming issues' on consoles. I don't know how Bethesda and id Software let this happen, but all...

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AMD's Project Quantum might return with Zen CPU, Vega GPU with HBM2
Project Quantum is one of the coolest things AMD has ever shown off, but it was never delivered to market. Project Quantum and an insane amount of power inside of its small, and super-unique chassis - but used an Intel CPU at the time, alongside the dual Fiji GPU when...

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Oculus PC bundles shipping faster than early Rift pre-orders
While early Oculus Rift adopters wait in uncertain limbo for shipping confirmations, retailers have ample supplies of Oculus Rift PC bundles and have started to ship orders.

Even if you bought an Oculus Rift just minutes after pre-orders went live, everyday consumers can actually get a Rift before you. Since...
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Persona 5 release date listed for July 8 across PS4 and PC
Persona 5 will see a simultaneous release in July according to the official Persona Channel website.

According to listings on the Persona Channel, Persona 5 will launch on July 8, 2016 across PlayStation 4 and PC. A quick Google translate of the Japanese text revealed the news ahead of the...
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Borderlands 3 confirmed, gets new writer and art director
At a PAX East panel, Gearbox Software confirmed it will begin development on Borderlands 3 once Battleborn and all its accompanying DLC packs are completely finished.

"It's no secret, obviously there's going to be another Borderlands," Gearbox's Randy Pitchford said during the panel. "We don't even know if we're going...
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These new Witcher 3: Blood and Wine screens are absolutely enchanting
CD Projekt RED drops a new batch of Witcher 3: Blood and Wine screenshots, showing even more of Toussiant's enchanting world.

Blood and Wine isn't only the last DLC pack for The Witcher 3, but it also concludes the story of Geralt of Rivia. In order to send off the...
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Steam to start accepting bitcoin as valid payment option
According to a leaked post on Steam's official developer forums, Valve will start accepting Bitcoin crytocurrency as a valid payment option for purchases on the digital storefront.

"We are excited to announce that Steam is going to start accepting payments via bitcoin," Valve wrote on the leaked forum post. "We're...
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AMD stock rises 52%, biggest gainer and most active stock on NASDAQ
AMD has had a great week, topping it off with a huge 52% rise in stock to $3.99. This is the highest gain in a single day since AMD stock was listed, all the way back in 1979.

For the day, AMD was the biggest gainer and the most active...
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MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G details leaked
The first retail GeForce GTX 1080 video card is here, according to the leaked photos on the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G.

VideoCardz has done some detective work, comparing the new GTX 1080 GAMING 8G against MSI's older GTX 980 GAMING 4G - where the site reports that it's...
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Blizzard 'failed horrifically' with mysterious Project Titan MMO
After seven years of development, Blizzard cancelled its ambitious Project Titan MMO in 2014. Now Blizzard dev Jeff Kaplan sheds some light on why Titan collapsed, and how the "devastating failure" inspired the team to create Overwatch.

"You had a really amazing group that was working on Titan. They were...
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AMD to 'regain GPU share in 2016' from NVIDIA with its Polaris cards
The last time we reported on the GPU market share, NVIDIA dominated with 82% of the dGPU market in November 2015.

During AMD's Q4 2015 earnings call, company CEO Lisa Su said: "We have clear opportunities to regain GPU share in 2016 based on the performance per watt of our...
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iPhone 8 reportedly using by 7nm processor, includes wireless charging
While the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are the current flagship smartphones from Apple, we're months away from the purported iPhone 7 - and years away from the iPhone 8. That however, doesn't stop the rumor mill from spinning out rumors on the iPhone 8.

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Horizon: Zero Dawn reportedly delayed into 2017
Upcoming PS4-exclusive RPG Horizon: Zero Dawn may be delayed into 2017 if an industry insider can be believed.

It's practically a tradition in the games industry today for high-profile titles to get delayed, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Guerrilla Games' post-apocalyptic RPG Horizon: Zero Dawn may...
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EpicGear DeFiant Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

Introduction, Specifications, and Pricing

EpicGear has been around for a while now, and sadly, in that time, we have no seen all that much as far as products go. Checking back into their folder on the NAS, we found that review sampling has come down to two products. The first...
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Dark Souls III PC Review

When Namco Bandai was originally pitched on this series by From Software, you have to wonder what that meeting was like. They wanted to build a game that was incredibly challenging, many players would get so frustrated they would not finish and at every turn, the player would seem like...
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QNAP launches 4-bay TBS-453A M.2 SSD NASbook
QNAP Systems, Inc. released the world's first M.2 SSD-based NAS - the TBS-453A NASbook. Featuring a quad-core Intel processor and using M.2 SSDs for storage, the TBS-453A not only provides full NAS functionalities with RAID protection in an ultra-compact size, but can also act as a physical network switch and...

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BIOSTAR announces the Hi-Fi B150S5 motherboard
BIOSTAR proudly introduces its latest Hi-Fi series motherboard intended for gaming and multimedia enthusiasts. With a balance of features and performance, the BIOSTAR Hi-Fi B150S5 offers those looking for a foundation for their next movie and gaming system to get the most of out their experience.

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Microsoft reports $20 billion in revenue for Q3 of FY2016
Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016:

• Revenue was $20.5 billion GAAP, and $22.1 billion non-GAAP
• Operating income was $5.3 billion GAAP, and $6.8 billion non-GAAP
• Net income was $3.8 billion GAAP, and $5.0 billion non-GAAP
• Earnings per share was $0.47 GAAP,...
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  AMD reports 2016 First Quarter results
  AMD today announced revenue for the first quarter of 2016 of $832 million, operating loss of $68 million, and net loss of $109 million, or $0.14 per share. Non-GAAP operating loss was $55 million and non-GAAP net loss was $96 million, or $0.12 per share.
  
  
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  Razer Turret living room gaming mouse and lapboard hit stores, enables high-performance wireless PC gaming from the couch
  Razer, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced the much-anticipated release of the Razer Turret, a mouse and integrated keyboard and mouse surface that together deliver the power of desktop-grade gaming peripherals into the laps of gamers. The combo was originally unveiled as a prototype...
  
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  Corsair announces three keyboards with Cherry MX speed switches
  Corsair, a leader in high-performance gaming hardware, today announced the newest entries to its celebrated line-up of mechanical keyboards, the K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE, K65 RGB RAPIDFIRE and K70 RAPIDFIRE. The first keyboards in the world to feature the all-new Cherry MX Speed switch, the Corsair RAPIDFIRE family's linear mechanical key...
  
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  HWBOT partners with TAITRA and CyberMedia to promote overclocking at Computex 2016
  HWBOT, an organization regulating international Overclocking competitions and rankings is delighted to announce its partnership with TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and CyberMedia as the HWBOT World Tour 2016 attends COMPUTEX 2016.
  
  
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  Acer readies Skylake-powered Chromebook 14 for work
  Acer today debuts its new Chromebook 14 for Work, the industry's first Chromebook with 6th Generation Intel Core processors, available with a durable design to meet the demanding needs of enterprise, government, small business and institutional users. The Acer Chromebook 14 for Work is powered by a 6th Generation Intel...
  
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  Acer Unveils the Aspire S 13 Ultra-Thin Notebook
  Today Acer announced the latest addition to its ultra-slim S series notebooks, the Aspire S 13, a perfectly engineered thin and powerful Windows 10 notebook for design-conscious users. The angular, sleek chassis houses the best-value-priced laptops on the market today, packed with features for work and play.
  
  
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  Tesoro Launches Low-profile Switch GRAM Spectrum Mechanical Keyboard
  Tesoro Technology, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-tech gaming peripherals, today has announced the launch of the GRAM Spectrum mechanical keyboard. Engineered to equip gamers with an elite weapon in gameplay, the Gram Spectrum utilizes cutting-edge Tesoro AGILE mechanical switches. The low-profile switches offer short travel distance yet retain...
  
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IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 22/04/2016

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 External USB 7.1 Sound Card Review

Introduction

As the summary states, I've often been asked by friends, family, readers, and strangers as to if a sound cards make a substantial or decent difference in your gaming and day to day computer usage. To find out a little bit more about these products for myself and others,...

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AMD releases CodeXL 2.0 as open source through GPUOpen
CodeXL is now part of the GPUOpen initiative. You can find all of CodeXL's source code (barring a few parts that are IP-confidential) on the CodeXL GitHub project. Version 2.0 is also available in pre-built binary form, like previous versions. We believe that by adopting the open-source model and sharing...

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Lian Li announces the DK-04 Desk-type case
Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd, today announces the DK-04 computer desk chassis: the first-ever standing computer desk. This chassis offers hardcore enthusiasts design improvements, better drive mounting, extensive water cooling support, and, most importantly: it stands.

Standing desks aren't just fashionable, they're proven to be beneficial and healthy in multiple ways....

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Chenbro announces 4U high-density storage server chassis
Enterprises are losing an average of $2,500 to $5,600 per minute when their data centers and networks go down, according to recent research reports, from Gartner and Veeam - and the high cost of hardware failures is rising, as the world's insatiable demand for data forces companies to pack more...

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Crucial announces new, high-density DDR4 server memory
Crucial, a leading global brand of memory and storage upgrades, today announced the availability of two new offerings in its server memory product portfolio: 32 GB DDR4 VLP RDIMMs and 64 GB DDR4 LRDIMMs. With speeds of 2400 MT/s and engineered to enable higher densities by implementing a dual stack...

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LaCie goes big with Thunderbolt 3 debut
Today at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, LaCie, the premium brand from Seagate Technology plc, announced the LaCie 12big Thunderbolt 3, a professional 12-bay desktop RAID storage unit. With up to 96TB of capacity, the breakthrough performance of Thunderbolt 3 and RAID 5/6, the LaCie 12big helps video professionals...

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HP Unveils the Z1 G3 Workstation All-in-One
HP Inc. today announced a bold evolution and a series of updates to the world's first workstation all-in-one - the new HP Z1 G3 Workstation - combining the simplicity of an All-in-One design with performance typically found in traditional tower workstations.

Built for demanding users, the third generation HP Z1...

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Razer Introduces the ManO'War Wireless Gaming Headsei
Razer, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced the release of its new wireless gaming headset for PC, the Razer ManO'War. This latest addition to Razer's audio line offers high-fidelity, gaming-grade audio engineered with multiple wireless antennas, frequency channel scanning for locating the clearest channel...

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GIGABYTE's Thunderbolt 3 Certified Line-up Expands with 4 New BRIX Systems
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and video cards, is pleased to announce the launch of four new models joining the company's extensive list of Intel Thunderbolt 3 certified devices: the BRIX GB-BSi5T-6200, GB-BSi5HT-6200, GB-BSi7T-6500 and GB-BSi7HT-6500.

Featuring the latest Intel 6th generation Core processors, and now...

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IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 07/03/2016

AMD's ultra-thin gaming notebooks should be powered by Thunderbolt 3
AMD has already teased that it will "spice things up" at the Game Developers Conference next week, but what has me excited is the promise of next-gen, ultra-thin gaming notebooks.

During an AMA on Reddit, AMD's Robert Hallock said: "Ultra-thin notebooks are awesome to carry, but nobody in their right...
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CD Projekt Red confirms 'most of The Witcher sales are for the PC'
The Witcher series of games have been widely successful on both the PC and various consoles over the years, but during a recent interview with CD Projekt Red (the developer behind The Witcher series), we've found out that the PC is the lead platform when it comes to sales.

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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will soon have multi-GPU support
The Coalition and Microsoft have found themselves in a pretty insane position right now, launching Gears of War: Ultimate Edition onto the Windows Store. Windows Store-based games do not feature multi-GPU support, so with it being a DX12-powered game - those high-end GPUs in SLI or Crossfire are wasted on...

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HTC will soon offer Vive-optimizing VR gaming PCs
If you pre-ordered the HTC Vive but don't yet have a fast enough gaming PC to handle VR, you might want to keep an eye out for Vive-optimized gaming PCs that are on their way.

According to the VP of Planning and Product Management for HTC Vive, Dan O'Brien: "We'll...
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Free Up Space On Your iOS Devices with the iKlips Flash Drive

Running out of space on your iPhone? You don't need to spend hundreds on a new phone with more storage or delete those treasured photos of your cat-just get the iKlips iOS Flash Drive, now starting at $65 at TweakTown Deals. Get the free iKlips iOS app for your iPhone,...
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Capcom to start punishing rage quitters on a weekly basis
Capcom is as tired of rage-quitters as you are, and they're going to implement some keen punishment for those that take advantage of the ability to quit mid-match in Street Fighter V.

The problem is that the system is far too lenient for those that wish to simply quit as...
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Keanu Reeves is Neo in real life, while training for John Wick sequel
Keanu Reeves is currently training for John Wick: Chapter Two, where a new video has emerged of him "shedding" - or training with guns - with Taran Tactical.

Taran Tactical Innovations took to Facebook, explaining: "Well ladies and gents, everyone loves a little shredding. Make sure you guys check...
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Netflix members viewed 42.5 billion hours of TV in 2015 alone
We all know how powerful Netflix is, but what kind of impression is it leaving against the traditional TV market? Well, Netflix is really cutting into traditional TV ratings, and that's both a good, and bad thing.

In 2015 alone, Netflix accounted for around 50% of the 3% decline in...
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NVIDIA rumored to have Pascal-based gaming notebooks at Computex 2016
NVIDIA is reportedly preparing a big gaming notebook push for Computex 2016, which kicks off in June in Taipei. According to SweClockers, NVIDIA will be launching their new Pascal-based mobile GPU at the show, with a big focus on portable Pascal-powered gaming notebooks.

Computex 2016 starts on May 31, and...
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The new ASUS GeForce GTX 950 requires no PCIe power connector
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 950 was already a pretty damn efficient video card, but with a more efficient GTX 950 rumored to be in the works, ASUS seems to be the first AIB partner with a super-efficient GTX 950.

ASUS has introduced a new GTX 950, which features the same GM206...
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He-Man should have his own RPG, he needs a comeback in gaming
He-Man is likely one of the most iconic action heroes of our time. Not just historically, but even currently. The most powerful man in the universe has survived extinction since 1976, appealing to the imagination of multiple generations by being both generic and providing a true sense of wonder. That's...

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Latest Windows 10 preview has lots of love for Cortana
Windows 10 Build 14279 has been released today to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring.

If you're a big Cortana user, this one should make you very happy: Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil) or French (Canada) languages are now supported, as are quick reminders. To set a quick reminder, say something...
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Amazon's Fire OS 5 dropped local encryption
Amazon's Fire OS 5 came out in September, but only now is it being discovered that the operating system no longer supports local encryption (which makes data accessible only with a passcode or key). Concerns have arisen as a result, given Amazon just filed a brief supporting Apple's defense of...

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Remedy confirms Alan Wake: The Return isn't a sequel
When Remedy Games trademarked "Alan Wake: The Return", the gaming world flipped out--it looked like we'd finally get the Alan Wake sequel we've been waiting on for ages. Sadly, Remedy has stepped in to squash the hype.

Alan Wake: The Return isn't a sequel, it's just a spoof serial TV...
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Akamai has big plans for curbing gamers frustrations in the future
It's no secret that there's a general, and seemingly persistent, level of saltiness in the air when it comes to gaming. Positivity exists, but it's not as prevalent as it should, or could be. Akamai has your back, and they're working towards finding a solution to your problems, making gaming...

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Gods of Egypt (2016) Cinema Movie Review

Gods of Egypt (2016)

The merging of Ancient Egypt and sci-fi been a genre owned almost entirely by Roland Emmerich's Stargate franchise, but now we have a new challenger, which on paper has everything going for it: A visionary director behind the lens, solid production values, and a generous budget....
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Samsung Introduces World's Largest Capacity (15.36TB) SSD for Enterprise Storage Systems
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it is now shipping the industry's largest solid state drive (SSD) - the "PM1633a," a 15.36 terabyte (TB) drive.

First revealed at the 2015 Flash Memory Summit in August, the 15.36TB SSD is based on a...
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Samsung Portable SSD T3 Now Available for Purchase
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced availability and pricing of the Samsung Portable SSD T3, a premium, palm-sized, external solid state drive (SSD) that offers multi-terabyte (TB) storage capacity. "Today's consumers and business professionals are increasingly relying on external storage, seeking faster data transfers and larger capacities. The Samsung Portable...

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QNAP Announces Budget Dual-core TS-128 and TS-228 Compact NAS
QNAP Systems Inc. today announced the release of the energy-efficient and budget-friendly dual-core Compact NAS, including the 1-bay TS-128 and 2-bay TS-228. Designed with a mini-tower form factor that takes less desktop space, they are ideal for home users to create their own personal cloud. The feature-rich TS-128/228 helps users...

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AMD GPUOpen Fuels Seismic Supercomputing Efforts for Geoscience Leader CGG
AMD today announced that CGG, a pioneering global geophysical services and equipment company, has deployed AMD FirePro S9150 server GPUs to accelerate its geoscience oil and gas research efforts, harnessing more than 1 PetaFLOPS of GPU processing power. Employing AMD's HPC GPU Computing software tools available on GPUOpen.com, CGG rapidly...

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Lian Li Hosts Facebook Giveaway for its First Ever Brushed Aluminum Keyboards
Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd is pleased to announce a giveaway event to kick-start its latest venture: the TerminAl keyboard and mouse bundle. Participants have a chance of being the first owners of Lian Li's first ever peripherals. Come participate in the giveaway!

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AMD Announces the A10-7890K and Athlon X4 880K Processors
AMD today announced new additions to its 2016 Desktop processor family, offering increasingly powerful processor options available for anyone seeking outstanding gameplay and power efficiency for their desktop PC. Setting a new APU Standard, the new AMD A10-7890K is the fastest AMD desktop APU released to date, with 1.0 TFLOPS...

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Kingston Digital Details Plans for IronKey's Future
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced that it has finalized the integration plans for IronKey. As a leader in the USB Flash drive market since 2004, Kingston will utilize its IronKey product line to deliver...

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Western Digital Expands its Hard Drives and External Storage Solutions to 8TB
Western Digital Corporation, a world leader in storage solutions, today announced the expansion of its award-winning portfolio of performance storage solutions with 8 TB capacity drives for NAS, video surveillance and desktop external applications. Increasingly centralized, rich-content, which continues to grow in popularity among enterprises, small business and consumers alike,...

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Valve-HTC VIVE Available for Pre-order
HTC and Valve today announced their 2016 CES Best of Show winning VR system is available now for pre order with first shipments targeted to begin on Tuesday, April 5th. A complete VR solution, Vive includes two wireless VR controllers, room scale movement, a full 360Ã,° of tracking, and an...

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LaCie Enhances Award-Winning 5big with Enterprise Class Hard Disks
LaCie, the premium brand from Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), announced a leap forward for its award-winning 5big Thunderbolt 2 professional 5-disk storage solution. Now featuring Seagate's industry-leading 8 TB Enterprise Class hard disks the new LaCie 5big provides more capacity totaling 40 TB, superb reliability and an extended warranty....

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IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 03/03/2016

The first screenshots of Quantum Break running on the PC is here
The PC version of Quantum Break has been in the headlines for a while now, but until now - we haven't seen what it'll look like. Well, we're here now - with our first screenshot from the PC version of Quantum Break.

Remedy Games' new title will require a high-end...

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Killer Instinct requires 4GB RAM and Windows 10, launches on March 29
Killer Instinct is coming over to the PC through Windows 10, with Microsoft confirming the news earlier today. The game will launch on March 29, and thanks to a new FAQ posted on the official website, we know that if you buy the Xbox One version of Killer Instinct, you...

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AMD 16.2.1 beta driver includes Far Cry Primal Crossfire profile
AMD has followed up last week's 16.2 Crimson driver with its 16.2.1 beta driver today. It of course includes the fixes for the various system issues and a handful of bugs in Fallout 4 and Rise of the Tomb Raider as before if you missed them. The new addition is...

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New York judge rules Apple can't be forced to hack phone for drug case
A landmark decision has been reached in the ongoing data encryption war. A US magistrate judge in New York, presiding over a drug trafficking case, has ruled Apple cannot be forced to unlock an iPhone by the US government, which has been using the more than 100 year-old All Writs...

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Introducing the first combined iPhone, Android charger cable
An Australian startup has successfully Kickstarted its first product: LMcable, a 2-in-1 connector that allows you to charge an iPhone or an Android phone. Data transfer is an option, too. The idea is pretty simple: plug it in one way for a Lightning port, and turn it upside down for...

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AMD shows off the 'world's best VR solution' again, teasing R9 Fury X2
AMD is being very forward about teasing what Roy Taylor calls 'the world's best VR solution' - this time partnering with the Associated Press, and sending them a bunch of dual-GPU powered VR gaming machines.

Roy Taylor took to his personal Facebook and Twitter accounts, saying: "Thanks Wallace Santos for...
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Hound exits beta, might be best voice assistant app around
It's strangely named but that concern will likely subside after some brief use: SoundHound's Hound app has left beta and is now available to all. If you're looking for a solid voice assistant app (allowing you to search and perform various other tasks with your voice alone), this should be...

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Xbox One March preview lets you buy Xbox 360 games in the online store
The Xbox One Preview Program is getting a pretty substantial update pushed out tomorrow. This update is finally giving you the ability to buy those Xbox 360 backwards compatible games straight through the Xbox One store itself.

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Star Ocean 5 should mostly run up to 60FPS at 1080P on PlayStation 4
Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness is being developed primarily for the PlayStation 3, but that doesn't mean that the PlayStation 4 version, which is the only version that'll be available outside the US, has to suffer because of that. Some of the differences between the two versions have been...

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Forza 6 Apex has just been confirmed by Microsoft, coming in Spring
Well, not it's actually official. After the Seattle Times jumped the gun by just a few hours, Microsoft has announced that Forza Motorsport 6: Apex will be available this Spring absolutely for free.

The game will more than take advantage of the kind of power inherit in PC's. Under the...
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Far Cry Primal day one patch fixes bugs, brings better Expert Mode
It seems like it's tradition now for games to release out the gate with a day one patch. But Far Cry Primal's doesn't seem to have to fix any glaring or widespread issues, and just brings about bug fixes to make the prehistoric experience that much more harsh.

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NVIDIA's Game Ready Driver for Far Cry Primal and Gears of War is out
Just in time for the launch of Far Cry Primal and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on the PC, which launched just earlier today, NVIDIA has a Game Ready Driver ready and available to help optimize the experience.

Driver 362.00 is was released earlier this morning as well and provides...
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New Raspberry Pi 3 sports 64-bit CPU and Wi-Fi, still $35
As the Raspberry Pi celebrates four years of DIY tech marvels and eighty million sales, the creators have unleashed a brand new computer iteration with a bunch of nifty enhancements.

The new Raspberry Pi 3 is 50% faster than its predecessor, owing this boost to a number of extra features...
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Sony finally kills the PlayStation TV
After years of flagging sales, Sony has officially discontinued it's PlayStation TV micro-console in the United States and Europe.

As someone who owns a PlayStation TV, I can honestly say I'm not impressed. The device has an audaciously high retail price of $79.99, and since it only has like 700mb...
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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is another PC launch disaster for AMD
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, the remastered version of the first three of the series, has been released on the Windows Store today, but instead of being a shining example of the prowess and graphical potential of the PC and of DirectX 12, it falls well short of that for...

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TP-LINK Touch P5 Touchscreen AC1900 Wireless Router Review

Introduction

We haven't seen too many routers come through offering up a touchscreen, so when asked if TweakTown would like to take a look at the latest solution from TP-LINK, I was happy to dive right in. In fact, looking back the only other touchscreen networking solution I have seen...
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