IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 12/06/2014

Let's Do Some Math: AMD Radeon R9 295X2 2x4GB Review
Today we're talking about AMD's new graphics card with two Hawaii XT GPUs and a liquid cooling system

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 09/06/2014

Intel Core i7-4790K "Devil's Canyon" Shows Significant Potential: Overclocked to 5.5GHz on Air, to 6.3GHz with LN2
Intel Launches Devil's Canyon Microprocessors, Holds Overclocking Contest

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SanDisk Unveils Industry's First Consumer SSDs with Ten-Year Warranty
SanDisk Extreme Pro Sports Up to 960GB Capacities, Extreme Performance, Unprecedented Warranty

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 02/06/2014

Noctua NH-D15 versus Phanteks PH-TC14PЕ: Great Combat
Austrian Noctua fans were a long waiting of update to flagship NH-D14 cooler. Finally the successor has arrived. Does the new Noctua NH-D15 fully answer to expectations?

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Intel Contracts Rockchip to Develop Quad-Core SoFIA Mobile Chip
Intel Enters into Strategic Agreement with Rockchip

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 27/05/2014

IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 19/05/2014

ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC Graphics Card Review
We have reviewed one of the original GeForce GTX 780 Ti and compared it with other graphics cards of this class and competitors. Also we have tested performance dependence of the video memory overclocking.

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Intel to Release Its First 4GHz Microprocessor in Coming Weeks
Intel's New Core i7-4790K "Devil's Canyon" to Be Clocked at 4GHz

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 17/04/2014

MSI Z87-G45 GAMING LGA 1150 Mainboard Review: Let's Game!
This model uses a full set of Intel Z87 features. Besides, it provides additional set of MSI brand technologies. Theoretically it looks good, but lets take a look on practical work. How will it operate during nominal mode and overclocking?

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Corsair Obsidian 250D and SilverStone Sugo SG05-450 Cases Review: Mini-ITX for Gamers
Today we take a look on two of mini-ITX cases which easily can be used to build performance gaming system. The first, Corsair Obsidian 250D has fully compatible with the usual "desktop" components and offers wide opportunities for expansion. The second, SilverStone Sugo SG05 has a smaller size but it still has sufficient functionality.

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 16/04/2014

Microsoft Vows to Release Xbox 360 Emulator for Xbox One
Microsoft Xbox One May Gain Compatibility with Xbox 360 Games

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 14/04/2014

ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II Review: Cooler, Quieter, Faster
ASUS made the first original Radeon R9 290 videocard which eliminates all disadvantages of reference design. But people always want something more.

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 14/04/2014

ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II Review: Cooler, Quieter, Faster
ASUS made the first original Radeon R9 290 videocard which eliminates all disadvantages of reference design. But people always want something more.

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 31/03/2014

What is the best memory for Haswell? From DDR3-1333 to DDR3-2933: performance scaling test
The development of the new processor microarchitectures goes on and frequencies of contemporary types of DDR3 SDRAM grow as well. Is there any sense in using high-speed memory with modern Haswell processors? To answer this question, we have analyzed DDR3 frequency and timings influence on LGA 1150 platform performance.

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Facebook to Acquire Virtual Reality Pioneer, Oculus VR
Facebook Considers Virtual Reality as Next-Gen Social Platform

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Intel Acquires Maker of Wearable Computing Devices
Basis Science Becomes Fully-Owned Subsidiary of Intel

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Global UHD TV Shipments Total 1.6 Million Units in 2013 - Analysts
China Ahead of the Whole World with 4K TV Adoption

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Crytek to Adopt AMD Mantle Mantle API for CryEngine
Leading Game Developer Adopts AMD Mantle

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 28/03/2014

Microsoft Unleashes DirectX 12: One API for PCs, Mobile Gadgets and Xbox One
Microsoft Promises Increased Performance, New Features with DirectX 12

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Nokia Now Expects to Close Deal with Microsoft in Q2
Sale of Nokia's Division to Close Next Month

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 27/03/2014

PowerVR Wizard: Imagination Reveals World's First Ray-Tracing GPU IP for Mobile Devices
Imagination Technologies Brings Ray-Tracing, Hybrid Rendering Modes to Smartphones and Tablets

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 19/03/2014

Asus Gryphon Z87 LGA 1150 Mainboard Review: High Reliability in MicroATX
The board doesn't looks like any other MicroATX mainboard. But in spite of non-typical interior Gryphon Z87 works as most ASUS products. It's real ASUS mainboard with usual for this manufacturer set of features and peculiarities.

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 16/03/2014

PC Shipments to Fall by 6% in 2014 and Decline Through 2018 - Analysts
Tough Times Ahead for the PC Market

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OCZ Reveals Z-Drive 4500 PCIe SSDs with Up to 3.2TB Capacity
OCZ Introduces All-New PCI Express Enterprise SSDs

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AMD Unleashes AM1 Platform: Socketed "Kabini" Comes to Desktops
AMD Introduces FS1b Socket for Desktop Computers

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Sales of Sony PlayStation 4 Surpass Six Million Units
Adoption of Sony's PS4 Continues to Increase

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 12/03/2014

Samsung 840 EVO Solid State Drive Review: Evolution by Samsung
Despite the current price war Samsung developers work on performance of their SSDs in addition to value. And Samsung 840 EVO is the result of such work. This SSD is one of the greatest technologically advanced drive for consumer market today.

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 10/03/2014

Raijintek Nemesis Cooler Review: Is It a New Supercooler?
The new cooler from Raijintek seems to have everything it takes to be one of the best: a huge dual-section heatsink, two 140 mm fans, thick heat pipes, and a reliable multi-platform retention mechanism...

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Taiwanese Panel Manufacturers Have Aggressive Plans for 4K Panels - Analysts
Panels from Innolux and AUO May Account for More Than Half of All 4K Shipments in 2014

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Google Android Now Commands 62% of Tablet Maket
Worldwide Tablet Sales Grew 68% in 2013

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Samsung Unleashes Tizen-Based Gear 2 Smartwatches
Samsung Introduces Gear 2 Wearable Gadgets

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Apple Rolls Out CarPlay: A Smart and Safe Way to Integrated iPhone into a Car
Apple Expands iPhone to Cars, Other Vehicles

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 05/03/2014

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 780 Ti AMP! Edition Review
We have started a series of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti reviews. As you know, It is the fastest gaming videocard of today. And firstly we have tested GeForce GTX 780 Ti built by Zotac

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Mozilla, Spreadtrum Launch $25 Firefox OS-Based Smartphone Initiative
Firefox OS-Powered Smartphones Could Cost $25

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Nokia Introduces Its First Android-Based Smartphones: Nokia X
Nokia Addresses Emerging Markets with Windows Phone-Like Android Implementation

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Review: Meet the Maxwell
Maxwell is the new GPU architecture from NVIDIA which will arrive in a lot of graphics cards this year. Let's talk about the first model based on this architecture.

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Analysts: with New CEO Microsoft Will Change, But Not Overnight
Microsoft's New CEO - What's Next for Microsoft?

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AMD's New Program May Provide Additional Free Graphics Cards
AMD Embraces Gamers with AMD Rewards Program

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Dell to Integrate Wireless Charging Tech into Notebooks, Tablets, Smartphones
Dell Joins A4WP Group, Set to Integrate Rezence Wireless Charging

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 25/02/2014

Microsoft Announces Media Remote for Xbox One
Microsoft Xbox One Gets a Remote

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Nvidia Reveals First Graphics Cards Based on Maxwell Architecture
Nvidia Introduces GeForce GTX 750-Series Graphics Cards, GM107 GPU

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Intel Launches New-Generation Xeon E7 v2 Processor for High-End Enterprise Servers
Intel Releases Xeon E7 v2 "Ivy Town" Processors with Up to Fifteen Cores

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Nvidia Has Not Signed a Single Kepler IP Licensing Deal
Nvidia's Licensing Business Cannot Take Off

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Gigaphoton to Supply Laser for Experimental 450mm Manufacturing Equipment
G450C to Get ArF Immersion Lithography Scanners in 2014

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Toshiba Aims High-Performance, Reliability with HG6 Solid-State Drives
Toshiba Introduces New-Generation SSDs with 19nm NAND Flash Memory

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Nvidia Unleashes GeForce GTX Titan Black Edition
Nvidia Releases New Ultimate Graphics Board

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Sales of Sony PlayStation 3 Surpass 5.3 Million Units Worldwide
Shipments of Sony PS4 Exceed Expectations

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Nokia Unleashes Treasure Tags: Small Devices Help to Find Lost Items
Nokia's Treasure Tags to Alert When Your Valuables Become Separated

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IBM Develops 200Gb/s - 400Gb/s Low-Power Interconnection Technology
IBM Designs Next-Gen Technology That Will Advance Internet Speed

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Over Half of Game Developers Working on New Titles for PCs, Mobile Devices
Only 4% of Game Developers Plan to Make Titles for Nintendo Wii U

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Microsoft Ponders Windows for Ultra-Small Devices
Windows for Wearables? "Possible," Says Microsoft

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Sony: PlayStation 3 Can Live For Another Three to Four Years
Sony Wants PS3 to Repeat Success of the PlayStation 2

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Nvidia's Shield Game Consoles Fail to Gain Popularity - Company
Nvidia: Sales of Shield Game Consoles Remain on Low Levels

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Microsoft: Over 200 Million Windows 8 Licenses Sold
Adoption Rate of Windows 8 Trails That of Windows 7

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OCZ Vector 150 and OCZ Vertex 460 Review: New SSDs from Toshiba's OCZ Storage Solutions
As OCZ had acquired by Toshiba Corporation, their consumer SSD lineup have remade by using a Toshiba's 19-nm flash memory. That is why Vector 150 and Vertex 460 were introduced. But have the new products gotten any better with new MLC NAND inside?

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Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Review: Special for Overclockers
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC motherboard is targeted for open testbeds and overclocking experiments. That is why it has a bunch of special and very interesting distinctive features. But this mainboard is not optimal for ordinary desktops and in this review we tell you why.

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AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB Review
We have tested younger model of Hawaii XT graphics card. What is performance drop compared to Radeon R9 290X? Can Radeon R9 290 be a powerful rival against Nvidia's GPUs? Check out our extensive review.

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AMD Radeon R9 290X Review
Finally we can tell about Radeon R9 290X performance. The top AMD graphics card is competing now with very powerful rivals: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 and GeForce GTX 780 Ti.

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Haswell and LGA 1150 Platform: Right Operation and Overclocking
This guide is targeted to clear and simplify optimal settings searching when you to be faced with Haswell processors and LGA 1150 mainboards from different manufacturers. We will tell about optimal BIOS configuration for CPU nominal and overclocked modes.

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Intel Core i3-4340, Core i3-4330 and Core i3-4130 Review
A lot of CPUs for LGA 1150 platform are available now. You can buy not only quad-core Core i7 and Core i5 but also less expensive dual-core Core i3-4340, Core i3-4330 or Core i3-4130. In our next review we have tested these models based on contemporary Intel Haswell microarchitecture.

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Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition, Core i7-4930K and Core i7-4820K Review: The LGA 2011 Refresh
Intel had refreshed their long-life LGA 2011 platform and had released new 22-nm Ivy Bridge-E processors instead of old Sandy Bridge-E. But we have doubt about the new CPUs can breathe new life into old high-priced enthusiast platform. Read our review!

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Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 Review: Very Powerful Gaming Motherboard from G1-Killer Series
The motherboard is based on Intel Z87 but powered with a lot of additional controllers. Some features of Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 are typical for high-end platforms and some are unique. The board has many advantages and a very few disadvantages.

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ASUS Z87-Deluxe Motherboard Review: High-class platform for LGA 1150
Asus Z87-Deluxe is good and balanced model for powerful LGA 1150 system. It has additional SATA 6 Gb/s and USB 3.0 controllers, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and Bluetooth support dual Gigabit Ethernet, two CPU fan headers and two POST-codes indicators. However we had seen some problems with it.

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MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK 2 GB Review
We had tested one of the most interesting GeForce 760 graphics card from MSI. The card has exciting hardware and a very good performance which looks like a GeForce GTX 770.

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Intel DZ87KLT-75K Review: LGA1150 Mainboard Leader from Intel
This is a very well-made mainboard model with classic feature set. The functionality includes: additional USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gbps ports, IEEE 1394 (FireWire) and Thunderbolt ports, two network adapters, wireless technologies, AMD CrossFire and Nvidia SLI, as well as a special connector for mSATA and mini-PCIe cards.

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MSI Z87-G43 Review: Micro-Star's motherboards were changed
They feature absolutely new power scheme, layout and circuit board as well as a lot of software and hardware improvements. Moreover, instead the terrible Click BIOS II, contemporary MSI's motherboards had received the brand new Click BIOS 4. We have a closer look at all of these features by reviewing mainstream Intel Z87-based motherboard by MSI.

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Review of Seagate Hard Disk Drives for Network Attached Storage Devices
We would like to talk about a series of hard drives from Seagate targeted for use in network attached storage devices. We will review 2, 3 and 4 TB products with SATA 6 Gbps interface support.

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Good and Better: GeForce GTX 770 Graphics Cards Roundup
Following the three GeForce GRX 780 graphics cards, we are ready to introduce to you the GTX 770 based products from EVGA, Inno3D and MSI.

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 20/02/2014

Tizen Association Gets Fifteen New Members
Intel's and Samsung's Platform Gain Industrial Support

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IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 17/02/2014

Consumers Spent $15.39 Billion on Video Games in the U.S. in 2013 - NPD
Spending on Video Games Continues to Increase

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Intel Describes Next-Gen Xeon E7 "Ivy Town": 15 Cores, New Topology, New Levels of Performance
Intel Reveals Xeon E7-8800v2 Specs Ahead of Launch

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Innodisk to Sell Memory Modules with Conformal Coatings
Innodisk to Offer DRAM Modules for Extreme Systems

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SanDisk Introduces "World's Fastest" SD Card with SSD Performance
SanDisk's New SD Offer 250MB/s Write Speeds

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MediaTek Unleashes SoC with Eight Cores, Latest PowerVR Graphics, 4K Video and 4G/LTE
MediaTek Introduces Its First Application Processor with Premium Features

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ARM Introduces Cortex-A17 Core for Mainstream Mobile Devices
ARM Roll-Out Cortex-A15 Derivative for Mainstream Consumer Devices

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Shipments of Apple Mac Pro Slip Further to April
Mass Availability of Mac Pro Delayed Again

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SanDisk Introduces Dual-Interface USB Flash Drives for Mobile Devices and PCs
SanDisk Reveals USB Flash Drive with Two USB Interfaces

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WD Simplifies Hybrid Cloud Backup for Midsized IT Environments
New WD Arkeia 10.2 Network Backup Software Reclaims Orphaned Deduplication Blocks Incrementally

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Firepower Acquires PSU Assets of OCZ Technology
OCZ's PSU Assets Sold for $850 Thousands

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Sony Is Interested in Windows Phone, Windows RT Operating Systems
Sony May Use Microsoft's Mobile Operating Systems for Smartphones, Tablets

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Global Tablet PC Shipments to Reach 455 Million by 2017 - Report
Annual Shipments of Notebooks to Drop to 162 Million in Three Years

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