Galaxy MDT GeForce GT 520 Review: 
Valve launches Steam Mobile 
Graphics card overclocking:
Ubuntu 12.04 to replace
HP's webOS to be fullySpotify has 3 million paid subscribers, 20% of active user base
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EU Parliament member quits ACTA, calling it a masquerade
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In an unprecedented move, the French MEP Kader Arif has quit his position of scrutinizing the upcoming Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) for the European Parliament, calling the passage through...
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Valve launches Steam Mobile for iOS and Android devices
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Galaxy MDT GeForce GT 520: Quad-Display Budget Card
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Multi-monitor technology was originally designed for productivity and it's still the driving force behind such technology today. Graphic designers, video editors, stock traders and other professionals greatly benefit from several screens, but they don't necessarily demand the raw GPU power high-end gamers do.
Hoping to address those needs, Galaxy has begun offering Nvidia's cards with enhanced multi-display support. Today we are going to test an affordable MDT X4 card based on the low-end GeForce GT 520.
Crytek teases Warface, upcoming free-to-play military shooter
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Paradox: DRM is a waste of money, only pleases investors
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DRM has been a major point of contention between publishers and gamers in recent years. The former argues that restrictions are needed to prevent piracy, while the latter says that's a load of baloney because DRM-laced software lands on filesharing sites anyway...
Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere after source code leak
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Intel buys RealNetworks patents and video codec software for $120 million
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Motorola targets iPhone 4S and iCloud in new lawsuit, probably with Google's blessing
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AT&T records $6.7 billion loss despite record smartphone sales
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Scientists successfully cloak three-dimensional object in free space
- Scientists at the University of Texas in Austin have successfully “cloaked” a three-dimensional object in free space for the first time. Unfortunately they were only able to do so for waves in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, meaning…
Google: "Hundreds" of schools use Chromebooks
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Nintendo eyeing first annual loss in 30 years, reveals Wii U release date
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HP's webOS to be fully open-sourced by September
- HP is moving ahead with its plans to open-source webOS and has provided a few details on how the process will develop. According to the company, the mobile operating system will be given to the open source community under an…
Ubuntu 12.04 to replace traditional menus with new HUD
- Ubuntu is set to replace the traditional menu system with a head-up display (HUD), enabling users to type or speak commands in its upcoming April 2012 long term support (LTS) release of the popular Linux distribution. Rather than using the…
Windows 8: Microsoft shows off "sensor fusion" support
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Graphics Card Overclocking: Is It Really Worth It?
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You go out to buy a new graphics card, set a budget, and it'd seem that for another $30-60 you can always go with the next step up that performs a little better. Or, you could save those extra dollars, go for the budget model and overclock it and basically match the next step up's performance.
With that in mind, we have hand-picked three graphics cards that represent select price ranges to see just how much extra value can be obtained through overclocking. For the $100+ range we have the Radeon HD 6750, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti has been used to represent the $200+ market. Then at the top of the food chain we have the Radeon HD 6970 going for $300 and up.
AVG: QR code-based malware attacks to rise in 2012
- A new report from AVG suggests you should think twice before using your handset to scan unknown Quick Response (QR) codes. The Global Community Powered Threat Report for the fourth quarter of 2011 found an increase in mobile-related malware, with…
Adobe is bundling Shockwave Player with Norton's security software
- It's recently come to our attention that the installer for Adobe Shockwave Player is coming bundled with an optional installation of Norton Security Scan. The bundle was pointed out by Martin Brinkmann from gHacks and confimed by our Editor in Chief,…
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