343 Industries has gone ahead and shared some stats gathered from January's Halo 5 multiplayer beta and has also provided an update on the future of The Master Chief Collection, which still needs some stability updates and fixes for multiplayer. First up, during the Halo 5 beta, there were more …
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MSI: We will not block overclocking capabilities of our notebooks
MicroStar International does not plan to block overclocking of Nvidia GeForce GTX 900M-series graphics processing units inside its laptops for gamers. The company, which produces one of the finest high-end notebooks, however, warns overclockers about possible overheating and warranty issues because of overclocking. “MSI is not planning any changes to …
Read More »Galaxy S6 Edge leak fully reveals new design
Things started off slow but the Samsung Galaxy S6 leaks are now coming in full force. Earlier this week we got out first look at the S6 flagship right next to the Galaxy S6 Edge but these images weren't taken from particularly great angles. However, some better images have now …
Read More »TalkTalk warning customers that data may be compromised
TalkTalk is currently warning its customers that its servers were breached recently and user data may have been compromised. According to the UK ISP, cyber thieves may have been able to get their hands on account numbers and personal information, such as names and date of birth. Now with these …
Read More »Nvidia now limits overclocking of GeForce GTX 900M with vBIOS
Although Nvidia Corp. recently said that its future drivers for GeForce GTX 900M-series graphics adapters for mobile computers will re-enable overclocking support for the notebook GPUs, there are reports that the company continues to block overclocking, but this time using a vBIOS setting. A BIOS mod enthusiast from TechInferno.com forum …
Read More »Apple seeking hardware and software engineers to build VR gear
Virtual reality has been a part of sci-fi movies and books for decades, but in the recent years the technology started moving towards commercial market and this year we are going to see actual VR gear in stores. Initially, virtual reality technology will be used solely for gaming, but Facebook …
Read More »Kingston HyperX Cloud II gaming headset
Surround sound has been the oft-under-appreciated holy grail of home theatre and gaming set ups for well over a decade. Traditionally this was something you could only achieve with speakers, but today, headsets are more than up to the task. However, splashing out on a fully realised 7.1 headset with that many …
Read More »Samsung unveils ‘SSD’ for smartphones with up to 600MB/s bandwidth
Samsung Electronics this week said that it had started to mass produce a family of NAND flash memory devices for mobile applications that are compliant with the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 standard. The new chips will be used for smartphones and tablets and will enable SSD-class performance on mobile …
Read More »AMD not interested in Chromebooks – Mark Papermaster
Chromebooks, personal computers powered by Google Chrome operating system, have become relatively popular among students in the U.S. because of their low price. At least in theory, such PCs should make a perfect match with inexpensive microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices. Unfortunately, AMD is not interested in Chromebooks. And there …
Read More »27% of SSD owners experienced malfunction of SSDs – study
Kroll Ontrack, a leading provider of data recovery services, revealed this week that while there are a lot of people who already take advantage of solid-state drives, many of them also have experienced failures of such drives and data loss. Apparently, the amount of people, who suffered an SSD malfunction …
Read More »Patch data hints at Hearthstone’s next big expansion
Hearthstone could soon have a new adventure mode taking place at Blackrock Mountain, according to some data mined from the most recent game patch. This would be Hearthstone's third expansion overall and second adventure mode, following on from The Curse of Naxx last year. Being an adventure mode, it will …
Read More »Lenovo will no longer ship PCs with bloatware following Superfish backlash
Lenovo has had a bit of a situation on its hands recently after customers began complaining about Superfish bloatware coming pre-installed on their PCs. The backlash seems to have gotten through to the company though as it has now realized that people don't tend to like third-party bloatware and as a …
Read More »Apparently Motorola is finally going to let you customize the Moto 360
Motorola is apparently finally going to let potential customers customize the Moto 360 smartwatch, something that has been rumored ever since the device was originally unveiled. The Moto 360 has been added to the Moto Maker, Motorola's own customization suite that debuted with the original Moto X smartphone. According to …
Read More »Twitch Plays is now taking on Halo
Twitch Plays is a pretty interesting idea, a game is set up and streamed, then the chat gets to control the entire game. Twitch viewers helped beat several Pokemon games and now Twitch Plays is taking on something a little more challenging, Halo Combat Evolved. Bungie's classic shooter is the …
Read More »Sony accidentally deleted its list of Anniversary PS4 winners
Sony in Japan has accidentally deleted its list of all 123 winners of the company's PlayStation 4 Anniversary Edition giveaway, meaning that those originally picked will miss out and the whole competition will be restarted. Sony offered its “deepest apologies” for the mix up. Sony was not able to reverse …
Read More »We will be seeing more of the Apple watch on March 9th
We will finally be seeing more of the Apple Watch next month on the 9th of March. Apple initially announced its wearable lineup back in September alongside the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, since Apple has been spending extra time perfecting the device. The company sent out invites …
Read More »LG and Huawei rumoured to be making Nexus devices this year
It looks like Google could be planning to release two Nexus devices this year, coming from LG and Chinese phone maker, Huawei, according to new sources. Manufacturing will be outsourced to the two companies, one will be in charge of the smartphone while the other will likely take on the …
Read More »Open Rights Group calls on members to combat GCHQ
The Open Rights Group is a big proponent of, above all else, open rights. That means it champions the rights of individuals online, including freedoms of expression, freedoms of speech, information and privacy. With all of the Edward Snowden revelations and similar in the past couple of years, it's had …
Read More »Pornhub ‘Wankband’ will power your phone with, erm…
Update: It's been pointed out that it was in-fact Youporn, not Pornhub that sponsored the Esports team. Thanks guys. Not content with sponsoring its own Esports team, Pornhub is branching out from its pornographic roots into the realm of wearables, by making a device that can charge your smartphone. Creatively called …
Read More »Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK Black Edition Motherboard Review
Longevity and reliability are particularly important purchasing decisions for a component such as a motherboard. Quite simply, your system's motherboard failing can be considered not too far off a personal disaster. Gigabyte aims to put those reliability concerns at ease with the 168 hour, server-level validation process used on its …
Read More »Win an i5 and GTX 960 equipped PC with Chillblast
Over the past few months we've taken a look at a few different Chillblast PCs, including the Fusion Ares and Raptor systems and they've come across very well indeed. One Fusion system we haven't had a chance to get our hands on though is the Mantis, but perhaps one of …
Read More »Paypal kills MEGA’s account under US Senate pressure
The MEGA filelocker site was never designed to please US regulators. In-fact, if anything it was designed as a real middle finger to the establishment, after its predecessor, MegaUpload, was torn down in early 2012 and its founder, Kim Dotcom arrested in a raid on his New Zealand home. With …
Read More »We Happy Few is Clockwork Orange meets a 60’s 1984
Compulsion Games has quite a unique philosophy: it wants to develop games that don't involve hitting monsters with big sticks. That's an admirable goal, but if you don't manage to fit in to its latest game, We Happy Few, you can expect to get hit with a real kick and …
Read More »Thermaltake Core V51 Chassis Review
The key feature of the Thermaltake Core V51 is its substantial size. It stands 540mm high and 560mm deep, which means it can support an EATX motherboard with eight expansion slots. You'll get a better idea about the size of Core V51 when you hear it accommodates a graphics card …
Read More »EVGA GeForce GTX 980 hits 2.30GHz, sets new records
Nvidia Corp.’s code-named GM204 graphics processing unit has once again managed to set a new frequency record for graphics processing units. A well-known overclocker has succeeded in pushing the frequency of the GPU to 2.30GHz clock-rate, but could not eventually replicate the record because of high humidity. Steponz, a leading …
Read More »Apple to host Apple Watch-related event in early March
Apple has started to send out invitations to its event allegedly related to Apple Watch. The conference with the press and various market analysts will take place in early March, several weeks ahead of commercial release of the product. It is expected that Apple will finally unveil all technical details …
Read More »Intel to reclassify Atom processors to better reflect their positioning
Intel Corp. not only plans to unveil its new Atom processors code-named “Braswell” later this year, but also to introduce a new classification for its chips aimed at ultra-portable devices. The new naming scheme will help the world’s largest chipmaker to better position its Atom processors and will likely help …
Read More »FCC declares Title II utility status for the Internet
Net Neutrality has won as the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted in favor of reclassifying the Internet as a Title II public utility, preserving Net Neutrality. More than four million people wrote in to the FCC to try and persuade them to preserve Net Neutrality and even President …
Read More »Destiny leak shows The Reef as a new social area
It looks like Destiny is going to get a new social area in the upcoming House of Wolves expansion DLC, if these newly leaked screenshots are anything to go by. We know that the Reef was once a playable area at one point in development and previous rumors have hinted …
Read More »Apparently Google isn’t actually making any profit from YouTube
It seems that Google isn't actually making any money off of its online video service, YouTube, despite billions of users every month. Financial reports last year reported that YouTube generated $4 billion in revenue last year but the company did not contribute to overall earnings. YouTube failed to count towards …
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