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Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 shown to run comparatively cool

16 February 2015, 13:19

Bad thermal reputation may be unjust, but does the 810 SoC overdo thermal throttling?

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LG Watch Urbane to rival Apple Watch, with stylish all-metal body

16 February 2015, 12:05

Meanwhile LG's G4 will swerve Samsung Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9 with April launch date.

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Nvidia GTX 960M, GTX 950M and GT 940M GPUs to launch soon

16 February 2015, 11:35

Some laptops from the likes of ASUS and ACER are already lined up to use these mobile GPUs.

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Microsoft to be present "in full force" at GDC 2015

16 February 2015, 10:05

Will share new tools and roadmaps for Windows 10 games developers.

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Just Cause 3 to hit PC, PS4 and Xbox One by Holiday 2015

16 February 2015, 09:05

First official video game trailer called Firestarter appears on YouTube.

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Microsoft expected to buy Surface Pro 3 pen maker N-trig

13 February 2015, 11:19

Bringing the pen tech in-house will cost about $200 million say Israeli media sources.

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A Facebook 'Legacy Contact' can manage your digital afterlife

13 February 2015, 10:20

A designated person will be able to handle your posthumous profile page.

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Nvidia's latest driver disables GTX 900M series GPU overclocks

13 February 2015, 09:04

Some users are irritated by the update. Nvidia says overclockability was a bug.

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Samsung plans to invest $3.6 billion in OLED display production

12 February 2015, 15:04

Developing its OLED production line to offset slumping smartphone sales.

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ARM demonstrates Seamless Computing (video)

12 February 2015, 12:05

Will your smartphone power your desktop PC experience one day? ARM thinks it will.

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ASUS to put more focus on 2-in-1 devices this year

12 February 2015, 11:04

Sees good potential for growth following the success of the Transformer Book T100.

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Microsoft Windows with Bing to be restricted to smaller laptops

12 February 2015, 10:04

This rumoured move will allow only laptops with 14-inch or less screens to use the discount OS.

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Nvidia schedules Made to Game event for 3rd March, at GDC

12 February 2015, 09:05

And the firm has just released a new set of quarterly results showing record revenue.

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Bethesda is hosting its first ever E3 Showcase this June

11 February 2015, 13:05

What will the Fallout, Doom and Skyrim publisher have to reveal?

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Atari reboots Asteroids as a sandbox survival PC game

11 February 2015, 12:05

The re-imaged 1979 space rock blaster will launch on Steam Early Access in March .

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Gain 2GB Google Drive storage by reviewing security settings

11 February 2015, 11:09

And the Google I/O 2015 conference for developers is announced.

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Nvidia talks up first person monster shooter game Evolve

11 February 2015, 10:05

And has a day-one game ready drivers available for you.

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Apple rumoured to be working on car to rival Tesla electric vehicles

11 February 2015, 09:20

The two firms have been poaching each other's automotive engineers.

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Razer-backed Open Source VR announces 13 new partners

10 February 2015, 16:05

OSVR open standard for VR devices and software is now supported by 38 member firms.

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VESA embedded DisplayPort Standard 1.4a heralds 8K laptops

10 February 2015, 12:36

Updated eDP interface will start appearing in AiO PCs, laptops and mobile devices by 2016.

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Valve Steam Inventory Service opens for third party developers

10 February 2015, 11:34

The beta Steamworks SDK update will allow developers to implement tradable items.

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Mislabelled AMD APUs are being sold on Amazon UK say reports

10 February 2015, 10:35

Dodgy traders are swapping the heatspreaders between cheap/expensive chips.

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Microsoft to hold MWC press conference on 2nd March

10 February 2015, 09:35

And we hear that not all Windows 10 features will come to its lower spec smartphones.

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Sniper Elite Zombie Army Trilogy announced for PC, PS4, Xbox One

9 February 2015, 16:05

Rebellion says trilogy of games, including an all new episode, will arrive on 6th March.

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ARM acquires Dutch IoT security software firm Offspark

9 February 2015, 13:20

The British chip designer buys the Dutch firm as it expands its mbed platform.

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Corning's 'Project Phire' scratch-resistant glass takes on sapphire

9 February 2015, 11:35

The new material will offer both extreme impact damage and scratch resistance.

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AMD Radeon 300 series graphics cards rumour roundup

9 February 2015, 10:35

The AMD rumour machine consensus in a handy 'cut out and keep' tabulated form.

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Microsoft trademarks 'Windows 365' name

9 February 2015, 09:20

Trademark could mean Windows subscriptions are coming in the not too distant future.

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Nvidia reportedly working on Tegra X1 powered Shield tablet

6 February 2015, 12:50

Shield gaming tablet successor is rumoured to be announced at GTC 2015 next month.

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Assassin's Creed: Rogue to be first PC game with eye tracking

6 February 2015, 11:50

PC specs and release date confirmed. You can get a free AC title if you pre-order via Uplay.

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Cougar Spike, micro-ATX gaming PC chassis, launched in the UK

6 February 2015, 11:20

Despite its mini-tower size it can still accept graphics cards up to 330mm long.

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AMD adding "finishing touches" to the Radeon 300 series

6 February 2015, 10:05

Says it "can't wait" to reveal the new graphics cards.

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Toshiba launches Encrypted USB Flash Drive with built-in keypad

5 February 2015, 14:50

But its 'military grade' AES 256-bit encryption and (IP)57 certification comes at a price.

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