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HP re-enters the tablet race with $170 Android-powered Slate 7
- HP re-entered the tablet race over the weekend with the announcement of the Slate 7. The company’s first tablet since the short-lived TouchPad will run Google’s Android operating system and sell for just $169.99.
Triple Monitor Gaming on a Budget: SLI vs. Crossfire vs. Single High-end GPU
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Considering next-gen cards are still months away, we didn't expect to bring any more GPU reviews until the second quarter of 2013. However, we realized there was a gap in our current-gen coverage: triple-monitor gaming. In fact, it's been almost two years since we last stress tested games at resolutions of up to 7680x1600.
We're going to mix things up a little this time. Instead of using each camp's ultra-pricey dual-GPU card (or the new $999 Titan), we're going to see how more affordable Crossfire and SLI setups handle triple-monitor gaming compared to today's single-GPU flagships.
Google Glass to arrive by the end of the year for less than $1,500
- Google’s augmented reality visor will reportedly be available to the general public to purchase before the end of this year. What’s more, the headset will debut for less than the $1,500 that developers and lucky contest winners are currently being…
Asus' Windows 8 Transformer Book now available for pre-order
- Asus’ Transformer Book is now available for pre-order through MacMall nearly nine months after it was first shown to consumers at Computex 2012. The Windows 8 hybrid will set you back $1,479.99 and should be available by mid-March, according to…
AMD Turbo Dock balances your tablet's performance and battery life
- AMD recently announced a new innovation for tablets and hybrid PCs that will be shown off at Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona. It’s called AMD Turbo Dock and in a nutshell, it allows the system to adjust performance…
Canon's MREAL headset combines virtual reality with the real-world
- Canon today announced their Mixed Reality headset, or MREAL, will be available for purchase starting March 1. The device, which has reportedly been in development for years, takes real-world objects and pairs them with virtual reality components to give the…
Snapdragon 800 devices to feature Quick Charge 2.0, Voice Activation
- Qualcomm detailed its upcoming Snapdragon 800 processor at CES last month but apparently it left a couple of key features under wraps. Now, with Mobile World Congress around the corner, the company is ready to share a little more with…
myIDkey biometric password manager seeks Kickstarter funding
- A company called Arkami, Inc. has taken to Kickstarter with hopes of funding their secure Bluetooth / USB storage drive designed to help users keep track of the growing number of accounts and passwords associated with personal information online.
OCZ Vertex 3 update adds 20nm NAND, lowers I/O performance?
- OCZ's Vertex 3 SSD line-up is about to receive a minor hardware update, a company press release indicates. It appears OCZ's upcoming Vertex 3.20 drives are essentially the same as their predecessors, but will feature a NAND (memory) die-shrink from…
JPR: GPU shipments down in Q4 2012 for AMD, Intel and Nvidia
- Jon Peddie Research has released its latest report on the graphics market, announcing that combined discrete and integrated GPU shipments in Q4 2012 dropped 8.2% sequentially and 11.5% on a year-to-year basis. The underwhelming results were largely blamed on the…
Nvidia announces Tegra 4i with built-in LTE, Phoenix reference smartphone design
- Nvidia is stepping up its game in the smartphone market with the introduction of its first system on chip (SoC) with an integrated 4G LTE radio, the Tegra 4i. The latter joins the upcoming Tegra 4 chip for tablets and…
Nvidia GeForce Titan: supercomputer GPU power for the 1%
- Cray's XK7 Titan supercomputer is powered by no less than 18,000 Nvidia Tesla K20x GPUs, which Nvidia is proud to say highly contributes to make the Titan the world's fastest supercomputer. Today, the company is presenting a revised version of the graphics…
Neowin: Nokia Lumia 820 review
- The launch of Windows Phone 8 saw the announcement of a new generation of handsets, consigning a fairly lacklustre set of earlier devices to the past, with the news that those phones would not be upgradable to the newest version…
Micron touts industry's smallest 128Gb NAND flash chip
- Micron Technology has announced what it claims is the industry's densest 128Gbit NAND flash memory device. With die area of only 146 square millimeters, the chip is made using a 20nm fabrication process and is based on triple-level-cell flash technology.
Crowdfunded NCase M1 Mini-ITX enthusiast chassis inches toward reality
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Although there are some solid small form factor cases available, none of them are perfect -- at least not if you're Wahaha360 and Necere from HardOCP's forum. Disappointed by popular enclosures such as the SilverStone SG05, the guys teamed up last year to design their...
Thermaltake launches Tron-inspired Chaser A31 enthusiast mid-tower
- Thermaltake has updated its Chaser series with a new Tron-inspired mid-tower aimed at gamers and enthusiasts. Said to exude an "e-sports appearance," the Chaser A31's aesthetics have been greatly tamed over the Chaser MK-1's hyper-aggressive looks by using smoother surfaces…
High-res touchscreen Google Chromebook surfaces in leaked video
- There’s no shortage of Google Chromebooks in the wild at this point as big names like Acer, HP, Lenovo and Samsung all offer a slightly different take on the platform. That base platform, however, may soon be getting some beefy…
Raspberry Pi camera module pictured, will retail for $25
- The Raspberry Pi Foundation has revealed the upcoming camera module designed to further bolster the tiny computer’s capabilities. Photos of the final hardware have surfaced on the company’s website with the promise that it’ll be available in the near future…
HDD revenue to fall 11.8% in 2013, WD may bump Seagate for top spot
- Industry analyst IHS iSuppli expects revenue generated by sales of mechanical hard drives to slip by 11.8 percent during 2013. HDD sales in 2012 grossed a healthy $37.1 billion during 2012, but a speculative 11.8 percent drop could whittle that…
Android-based gaming console Ouya hitting retail in June, preorders start today
- Ouya, the Android-based gaming console that raised over $8.5 million from more than 63,000 backers on Kickstarter, is now officially available for pre-order to anyone who missed out on the campaign and will be available at a wide range of…
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