Here goes nothing
We're doing some long-scheduled work on our web servers this afternoon. You may notice a brief interruption in service as everything catches flame and melts down, sending thick, black smoke pouring through the data center and triggering a Halon release.
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Weekend Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- ZDNet: Top gov't spyware company hacked, Gamma's FinFisher leaked
- CPU World has details of Intel Atom Z3500 processors
- Videocardz: AMD Radeon R9 285 with Tonga GPU pictured
- CPU World: AMD announces FirePro 9050 and 9150 server graphics cards
- WCCFtech: New Nvidia Quadro series lineup arriving August 12
- SuperSite for Windows: Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1
enables mini-tablet support and other new capabilities
- TechRadar: iPhone 6 leaked photos in retail box
- GamingBolt: Valve games coming to Xbox One, may use dedicated servers
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Friday night topic: Virtualizing your stuff
The rise of virtualization has transformed the landscape in IT in the past ten years. Sounds a little stiff and boring, maybe, but the ability to fire up a system inside of a software-based box can be incredibly useful—and not just for servers.
My first run-ins with virtualization came way before that term was in use. I used to run Mac emulators on my Atari ST and Amiga 3000 computers back in the day, so ...
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Tegra K1-powered Nexus 9 might be for real
The next Nexus tablet really could be Nvidia-powered. Today, both SlashGear and ExtremeTech are reporting on fresh rumors about the Nexus 9, which they say will be made by HTC with a 64-bit Tegra K1 chip inside.
We first heard about the device under its code name, Volantis, back in June. At the time, word ...
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Nvidia posts healthy revenue, earnings growth
Things are still looking up for Nvidia. The company has posted results for its fiscal second quarter, showing double-digit growth in both revenue and net income compared to the same quarter last year. Revenue went up 13% to $1.103 billion, and net income rose 33% to $128 million. Here are the full numbers. (As always remember that Nvidia's fiscal year is ahead of the calendar year.)
According to CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, the results can be attributed to "strong gains" in ...
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Deal of the week: A 1080p IPS monitor for $125, plus graphics, storage, and PSUs
This week's deals come in pairs. Sort of. I have to do something different every once in a while.
Those are the most interesting deals that popped on my radar this ...
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Gigabyte teases high-end gaming board for Haswell-E
Gigabyte is the latest motherboard maker to tease an upcoming product based on Intel's X99 chipset. The X99 Gaming G1 WiFi appeared on Gigabyte's Tech Daily blog and Facebook page this morning. Here's what it looks like:
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Friday Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- PCWorld: Nvidia reports strong quarter as Tegra sales grow 200%
- RT: Snowden granted 3-yr residence permit in Russia - lawyer
- DigiTimes Research: Top-5 vendors, top-3 ODMs
see sequential drops in July notebook shipments
- Softpedia: DDR4 NVDIMM from AgigA, a
memory module with no chance of amnesia
- Hexus.net: World's smallest GPU is launched for wearables and IoT devices
- Repair business toolkit: Extending the life of phones,
tablets, and laptops - Microsoft Green Blog
- Microsoft security bulletin advance notification for August 2014
- Dota 2 running in Source Engine 2.0 Alpha - with tutorial (video)
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Battlefield 4 is free for a week on Origin
EA wants you to play Battlefield games. It really wants you to play Battlefield games. After this spring's BF3 promotion, the company is now offering free access to BF4 to Origin users:Game Time for Battlefield 4 is the entire experience, available to play for one entire week. Go ahead, use your 168 hours of Game Time to complete the single-player campaign. Then jump into multiplayer and join your friends in 64-player warfare until the sun comes up… again and again and again. Your ...
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Microsoft to stop supporting older IE releases
Hear that? That's the sound of web developers everywhere rejoicing. Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it will soon support only the latest available version of Internet Explorer for each currently supported Windows release.
As of January 12, 2016, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 users will have to run IE9, Windows Server 2012 (pre-R2) ...
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Rumor: Windows Threshold to kill charms bar; public beta due this fall
I gotta tell you, Windows Threshold is sounding better and better. The latest report from WinBeta suggests the upcoming Windows release will do away with the charms bar on desktop systems.
"No longer will Charms be accessible by navigating to either the top or bottom right of your screen," WinBeta explains. Charms functionality will remain for
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Asus' ROG Crossblade Ranger mobo gives Kaveri the premium treatment
Looking for a new motherboard to pair with AMD's latest Kaveri APUs? Asus' ROG Crossblade Ranger might be just the ticket. This is the first FM2+ motherboard to be part of Asus' high-end Republic of Gamers family. That seems a little weird given Kaveri's relatively low-rent status, but the Crossblade is set to sell for $159.99, so it's fairly affordable for an ostensibly premium product.
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28'' Philips 4K monitor is way cheaper than expected
Remember that 28" Philips 4K monitor we told you about in January? You know, the one with 10-bit color and a $1200 price tag? Well, you can now buy one on Amazon for half that price—and with free shipping to boot. Philips issued a whole press release and everything.
Turns out that release may have gone out a little late. According to Camel Camel Camel's archives, the monitor has been selling for $599.99 since June 15 ...
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Thursday Shortbread
- CPU World: AMD announces FX-8300 and Athlon II X4 860K CPUs
- WCCFtech: MSI X99S Gaming 9 AC high-performance motherboard unveiled
- ZDNet: AMD readies Radeon line of SSDs
- Fudzilla: AMD FirePro S9150 is the most powerful server GPU for HPC
- Phone Arena: 7" Asus tablet with quad-core
Intel Moorefield processor visits the FCC
- comScore reports June 2014 U.S. smartphone subscriber market share
- IEBlog: Internet Explorer begins blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls
- IGN - Shadow Realms : You've Been Chosen Impact teaser
- Reuters: U.S. Homeland Security contractor reports computer breach
- Reuters: Samsung Electronics, Apple call end to patent wars outside U.S.
- Fudzilla: Desktop Braswell is dual or quad 14nm
- TechRepublic: Is the cloudbook the future of Linux?
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