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TSMC loses orders to UMC, Chinese manufacturers

For many years Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been gaining market share by grabbing orders from smaller rivals. However, in the recent quarters companies like United Microelectronics Corp. managed to increase their yields and started to snatch orders from TSMC. While the latter will retain its positions, the situation seems …

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LG Electronics begins to promote 8K UHD resolution

4K ultra-high-definition video resolutions have not yet become popular on the market mainly due to the lack of content, high prices of displays and TVs as well as insufficient performance of mainstream graphics adapters. However, LG Electronics, a major maker of consumer electronics and a leading manufacturer of displays, has …

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Intel to unveil 14nm Celeron and Pentium chips with 4W – 6W TDP

Intel Corp. this week plans to announce a new family of inexpensive Celeron and Pentium central processing units made using 14nm fabrication process. Previously known as code-named “Braswell” microprocessors, the new chips significantly increase performance in multimedia applications compared to previous-generation “Bay Trail” system-on-chips. The new SoCs will be used …

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Destiny gameplay designer moves to Bethesda

Destiny has been out for a while now. It has sold enough copies and has enough regular players to be considered a success and a new expansion is expected to release very soon. However, Bungie’s senior gameplay designer for the game has just left for Bethesda. Josh Hamrick, senior gameplay …

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Microsoft announces Surface 3 tablet

Microsoft has announced the Surface 3 tablet, which it claims to be the thinnest, lightest and most cost-effective model to date. The new tablet apparently takes all of the good bits from the Surface Pro 3, which launched last year, and puts them in a cheaper package. The Surface 3 …

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Apple is hiring a bunch of battery experts for iOS

It appears that Apple is looking to bolster battery life on its iOS devices, according to some new job listings. The company is currently seeking battery engineers along with software power systems experts to work on iOS specifically. The job listings were originally spotted by AppleInsider, official job titles include …

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HTC One M9 Plus images leak

The HTC One M9 Plus is expected to launch next week on the 8th of April, we have had out first look at the possible spec sheet and now we have a better look at the device thanks to some leaked product renders. The images come from Upleaks. As we …

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Nintendo pulls down fan-made Mario 64 level

The internet was pleasantly surprised last week when a fan-made, HD remake of Mario 64's first level was made available online for people to play in their browser. Thanks to the power of the Unity engine, we could all be whisked back to the mid-90s, where Nintendo was ruling the roost …

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Asustek teases ultra-fast GeForce GTX 980 graphics card

Asustek Computer is preparing to launch a yet another factory overclocked GeForce GTX 980-based graphics card. The new graphics adapter promises to become one of the most powerful products based on Nvidia Corp.’s GM204 graphics processing unit. The unknown 20th anniversary gold edition GeForce GTX 980 graphics card fro, Asus …

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Trade partnership TTIP looms over general election

With the general election just over a month away, politicians and their parties have spun up the rhetoric machines and begun knocking on doors around the country, hoping to win over their constituents. But while the likes of Ed Miliband and David Cameron slug it out in the press and …

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Steam is now publishing movies too

While once solely home to some of the latest and greatest games in the world, Valve's Steam platform has expanded far beyond that in recent years. Along with various forms of software, Valve has also begun selling and distributing documentary films too. And now it's extending that form of entertainment …

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Seagate denies intention to re-introduce 5.25-inch HDDs

Seagate Technology has clarified its position regarding bringing 5.25” form-factor hard disk drive to the market. Apparently, the company does not have any plans to reintroduce hard disk drives in the outdated form-factors. “Seagate has absolutely no plans to pursue a 5.25” drive, and does not (and has not) promoted …

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Demand for Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X is unexpectedly high

Even though Nvidia Corp.’s latest high-end graphics card costs more than its predecessors in Europe, demand for the graphics adapter is surprisingly high. According to a German retailer, customers are getting more GeForce GTX Titan X graphics cards than previous-generation products of the same class. “The demand exceeds the available …

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Dragon Age DLC hits PlayStation in May

Just a few days ago, Bioware surprised us all with new single player content for Dragon Age Inquisition, the DLC known as ‘Jaws of Hakkon’ is now available for the Xbox One and PC but PlayStation and Xbox 360 owners will get their chance to play it in May, it …

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New leak points towards Snapdragon 815 specs

Qualcomm’s next flagship smartphone chip, the Snapdragon 815, is on the way according to new leaks. The Snapdragon 815 will reportedly be an eight core chip with four Cortex-A72 processor cores and four Cortex-A53 processor cores. This information all comes from GizmoChina, which has had a string of leaks recently. …

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Apple now accepts old Android devices for trade-in

Apple is now accepting old Android devices in its stores, in exchange for credit towards an iPhone purchase. The new trade-in program starts today, aside from Android devices; Apple also accepts BlackBerry devices and Windows Phones. The trade-in scheme rolls out in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France and Italy, …

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Halo 5 Guardians now has a release date

Microsoft's big Xbox One exclusive, Halo 5 Guardians, now has a release date, which was revealed in two new live action trailers. Each trailer goes on the idea that Master Chief is now a traitor and the UNSC's Spartan Locke has been given the task of tracking him down. Halo …

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Spotify comes to the PS4 and PS3 today

PlayStation Music Unlimited is officially dead and has now been taken over by Spotify on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Over the last six months, Sony has been working with Spotify to build its debut console app. The console app will be available to free Spotify users as well …

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