High Tech - News, Reviews and Tests
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In Pictures: Five Mainstream Gaming Cases, PreviewedMay 20, 2012 - in Picture Story
We put out feelers for mainstream gaming cases priced between $80 and $120 and were surprised to receive 15 submissions. Today we cover the first five, giving you a virtual tour of each enclosure's features before our in-depth review later this week.
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Intel To Support Cheap Ultrabooks With Low-Cost CeleronsMay 20, 2012 - in News
Intel may be reacting to criticism that its processors are simply too expensive to support the lower price tags of Ultrabooks.
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Qualcomm Hires Former AMD CTO DemersMay 20, 2012 - in News
Eric Demers, who lost his job as chief technology officer at AMD in February of this year, is joining Qualcomm.
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Elder Scrolls Online Story "100% Solo," Says FirorMay 19, 2012 - in News
The Elder Scrolls Online will be designed to make each player the hero of the overall story.
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UK Police Adopt New System to Extract Data from PhonesMay 19, 2012 - in News
Police in London have adopted a new system that will allow them to quickly extract data from suspects' phones.
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Valve and Blizzard Come to Agreement Over DotA TrademarkMay 19, 2012 - in News
Valve and Blizzard have decided to let cooler heads prevail and have come to an amicable agreement...
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This PC-On-A-Stick Costs $74 USDMay 18, 2012 - in News
Looking for a USB-shaped PC? One has already hit the market while a beefier, more costly offering is on the way.
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Deals May 18: Dell 'Ivy Bridge' Core i5 Desktop $499May 18, 2012 - in News
Get your best deals on computers and gadgets.
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Diablo 3 Auction House Re-Dated; Dev Questions DRMMay 18, 2012 - in News
Diablo 3's auction house is expected to launch by the end of the month.
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Report: Samsung Gets 9 Million Pre-orders for Galaxy SIIIMay 18, 2012 - in News
Anonymous source talks Galaxy S III pre-orders.
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Scientists Made a Virus That Can Charge Your BatteriesMay 18, 2012 - in News
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found a way to exploit the harmless kind of organisms that usually make you sick to charge your gadgets.
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Nvidia Responds to GeForce 600 Series V-Sync Stuttering IssueMay 18, 2012 - in News
Nvidia provides an official response to the reported v-sync stuttering issue with its GeForce GTX 600 Series
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Japanese Galaxy S III to Pack 2GB of RAM, Dual-core CPUMay 18, 2012 - in News
How much RAM does your smartphone have?
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This SSD Will Self-Destruct When NeededMay 18, 2012 - in News
RunCore has released an SSD that features two ways of destroying data, one of which is nuking the drive itself with the press of a button!
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Samsung Moves Up DRAM Roadmap To Calm Apple RumorsMay 18, 2012 - in News
A report that Elpida may have scored a major DRAM deal with Apple that would negatively impact Samsung has apparently forced the Korean chip company to accelerate its DRAM roadmap.
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UK 4G to Interfere with 2 Million TVs in TotalMay 18, 2012 - in News
The UK's fancy new 4G will come at a price.
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Diablo 3 Auction House Delayed, Says BlizzardMay 18, 2012 - in News
Blizzard won't be ready to launch the real-money auction house on May 22.
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HP May Cut 8-10% of Workforce Starting Next WeekMay 18, 2012 - in News
HP is reportedly cutting a chunk of its workforce in order to reinvest.
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Supermicro Highlights its Latest X9 SuperServers at GTC 2012May 17, 2012 - in News
During GTC 2012, Supermicro showcased its latest graphics processing unit (GPU) enabled X9 server and workstation solutions.
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Behold: Here Are The First Unreal Engine 4 ScreensMay 17, 2012 - in News
Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 will redefine gaming, says Wired.
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Nvidia Debuts GK110-based 7.1 Billion Transistor Super GPUMay 17, 2012 - in News
Nvidia's taken the covers off of what it calls the "most complex" commercial chip on the planet.
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Deals May 17: 27'' Planar 2ms 1080p LCD Monitor $209 FSMay 17, 2012 - in News
Time to get a bigger movie and game experience from your desk.
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Mozilla Preps Firefox HomeTab Interface for June 5 ReleaseMay 17, 2012 - in News
Firefox is finally set to receive its new HomeTab on June 5. It is the first major new UI change since the release of Firefox 4 in early 2011.
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Microsoft Proposes Personal Honeypots to Fend Off HackersMay 17, 2012 - in News
Since attackers in a network cannot always be identified immediately and hacking methods tend to evolve faster than security features do, Microsoft proposes to trap intruders even in personal networks in honeypots.
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GE Announces Kepler Graphics Card for Military and AviationMay 17, 2012 - in News
GE builds graphics cards? Apparently so!
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Game Breaking Bug Already Spotted in Diablo 3May 17, 2012 - in News
Diablo 3's launch has been a tale of server outages and player woe...
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More Details About IKEA's Uppleva TV EmergeMay 17, 2012 - in News
Video apps and web browsing via Opera.
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Gaming On A Netbook? 13 Great Titles Playable At 720pMay 16, 2012 - in Picture Story
We wanted to know if our AMD C-50 equipped netbook can be more than a word processor and movie player. So, we tried a bunch of games we thought might run smoothly at 720p. The resulting list is also a worthy resource for any gamer with older PC hardware.
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Diablo 3 User Scores Tank Over Connection WoesMay 16, 2012 - in News
Diablo 3's Metacritic user score has tanked thanks to the game's launch problems.
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Chrome 19 Released, Will Sync Your Browser TabsMay 16, 2012 - in News
Google has released generation 19 of its Chrome browser with one major feature addition.