Thursday, February 7, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 08/02/2013


OCZ bundles Far Cry 3 with Vector SSDs It's game bundle season—again. On the heels of AMD, which kicked off its Never Settle Reloaded promotion this weekend, OCZ has started offering free copies of Far Cry 3 with some of its Vector solid-state drives. Details of the OCZ offer, along with the entry form, can be found here on the company's website . Only 256GB and 512GB Vector drives are eligible, and customers may only redeem a maximum ... Read more... Read More ...
Zotac's Z77-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX motherboard reviewed Can you believe more than a decade has passed since Via introduced the Mini-ITX motherboard form factor? Man, I'm getting old. Contemporary Mini-ITX boards bear little resemblance to the first examples, though. They may share the same 6.7" x 6.7" footprint, but the similarities end there. Via created the Mini-ITX form factor to show off its own low-power processors, which were soldered on and really too slow ... Read more... Read More ...
ThinkPad Helix postponed, will now ship in March Remember the ThinkPad Helix? We told you about it just before the Consumer Electronics Show. At the time, Lenovo said the system would hit stores in the middle of this month. Well, bad news: it's been delayed. CNet News reports that Lenovo's new schedule calls for the ThinkPad Helix to ship in "early March." Apparently, the PC maker isn't ... Read more... Read More ...
Big retailers sign up to sell Ouya game console Remember that Kickstarted Ouya game console? The $100 device features Nvidia's Tegra 3 processor, Google's Android OS, a custom controller with dual analog sticks, and the promise of loads of indie games. Over 63,000 people backed the console on the crowdfunding site, and those folks will get hardware starting in March. Don't worry if you missed out, though. Ouya has inked distribution deals with big-time retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Gamestop. Those vendors will start shipping the console in June, according to the Wall Street Journal, and Amazon has a pre-order page already. ... Read more... Read More ...
Latest Catalyst beta addresses Crysis 3, Far Cry 3 AMD's driver team definitely isn't slacking off—they've just rolled out their third Catalyst 13.2 beta graphics driver in eight days. Radeon owners can grab the Catalyst 13.2 beta update right here on AMD's knowledge base site. They can look forward to performance improvements for both Crysis 3 and Far Cry 3. Here's the official list of "feature highlights:" That 40% Crysis 3 CrossFire boost apparently comes in addition to the MSAA gains from previous Catalyst 13.2 betas. You might recall beta 4 raised performance by ... Read more... Read More ...
L.A. Noire blooper reel highlights superb facial animation Games are resembling movies more and more these days. The graphics are becoming more lifelike, and so are the animation systems governing the characters. I guess it was only a matter of time before we saw a genuine blooper reel from a blockbuster release. A video filled with flubbed lines from L.A. Noire is making the rounds at gaming sites, and it's pretty entertaining. Warning: the dialog includes a few choice words that aren't safe for work. ... Read more... Read More ...
Wednesday Shortbread The Pick 6
  1. Quartz: hp board is studying whether to break up the company
  2. Reuters: Apple to lose iPhone trademark in Brazil: source
  3. GlobalFoundries: 14nm-XM process tech two times more power-efficient than 28nm
  4. Reuters: Microsoft Surface Pro gets tough early reviews
  5. WCCFtech: AMD to launch Richland APUs on 19th March— Piledriver FX CPU refresh expected in June 2013
  6. techPowerUp!: AMD working on a real GPU dynamic overclocking technology
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