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Nvidia Rumored to Release GeForce GTX 780 Graphics Card on May 23

Posted 05/03/2013 at 10:49am | by Paul Lilly

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The GPU wars are heating up.

Analysts can talk all they want about the demise of desktops and the rise of tablets, we're not buying it. And you know what? Neither are discrete graphics card makers. If they were, Nvidia wouldn't be getting to release a GeForce GTX 780 video card, which if the latest web chatter is true, will be launching in just a few weeks. After that, Nvidia has another GTX 700 Series card to unleash.

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Friday Giveaway: Grab One of Five Fenrir God Unlock Codes for the Smite Beta

Posted 05/03/2013 at 9:20am | by Paul Lilly

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We only have a limited number of codes for Fenrir, but Smite itself is free.

If you're looking for a new game to sink your teeth into this weekend, Hi-Rez Studios would be delighted if you checked out Smite, a third-person multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title currently in open beta. Brand new to the Smite world this morning is Fenrir, The Unbound, a Norse god with high single target damage and high mobility. He isn't free, though we do have a small number of codes, courtesy of the developers, to give away on a first come, first serve basis. Hit the jump to claim yours.

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Microsoft Reportedly Prepping a Smaller, Cheaper Surface Tablet

Posted 05/03/2013 at 8:29am | by Paul Lilly

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Second generation Surface rumors are heating up.

Multiple sources are saying that Microsoft is currently working on another Surface tablet, one that will likely be smaller in size than the current models, and less expensive as well. If the rumors are true, then it means Microsoft received the memo that $500 tablets without an Apple logo are a tough sell. which is the same memo Google's hardware partners received long ago in reference to Android.

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Enermax Posts List of PSUs Compatible with Haswell Processors

Posted 05/02/2013 at 11:42am | by Paul Lilly

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Not all power supplies will support Haswell's zero load design, Enermax says.

Intel's Haswell refresh is coming, and when it does, it will deliver better performance, much improved integrated graphics, and superior power efficiency that, according to Enermax, only a handful of power supplies are able to take advantage of. Enermax is referring to the new C6 and C7 states that are able to reduce CPU power consumption to a mere 0.05A. Some Ivy Bridge chips draw up to ten times more in a minimum power state.

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Column: The Dangers of Deep Packet Inspection

Posted 05/02/2013 at 10:51am | by Quinn Norton

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A case of Big Brother watching?

Over the years, there’s been talk on and off about a technology called Deep Packet Inspection, but apart from sounding like the title of sysadmin-themed porn, why should you care?

Technically, DPI is what happens when an ISP looks past the headers, or metadata, of the packets that carry information all around the Internet and into the content. On its own, looking doesn’t hamper the Internet, but only that packet header is required by the machines that need to pump the cats through the series of tubes.

Note: This column originally appeared in the February 2013 issue of the magazine.

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Intel's Iris Technology Will Get You Excited About Integrated Graphics

Posted 05/02/2013 at 9:50am | by Paul Lilly

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Select Haswell parts will feature Intel's supercharged Iris graphics.

Nobody brags about integrated graphics, and that's because there's not much there worthy of boast. That's fine, but if manufactures insist on pushing thin and light platforms on the masses and shrinking the desktop, then is it too much to ask for an integrated graphics solution that either (A) doesn't suck, or (B) is better than just serviceable? Intel doesn't think so, and its Iris graphics might be just what the market needs.

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Internet Explorer is Killing Chrome in Browser Wars, But Also Losing - Huh?

Posted 05/02/2013 at 9:14am | by Paul Lilly

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Conflicting data makes it difficult to gauge the browser landscape.

Depending on which data collection service you trust the most, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is either wiping the floor with Google's Chrome browser, or getting spanked by the relative newcomer. Starting with the former, NetMarketShare has IE way out in the lead with a 55.81 percent share of the desktop browser market, virtually unchanged from last month and up a little more than a percentage point from a year ago.

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YouTube Now Serving Up 6 Billion Hours of Video Each Month

Posted 05/02/2013 at 8:40am | by Paul Lilly

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It would take many, many lifetimes to watch all of YouTube's content.

Three ex-PayPal employees created YouTube just over eight years ago, but do you think any of them could have predicted just how popular the video sharing site would become? Perhaps, though it would have been hard to conceive of a service streaming out 6 billion hours of content each and every month, which is how much YouTube is currently piping through the Internet.

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Column: Post-PC Era Won't Stifle PCs

Posted 05/01/2013 at 5:01pm | by Tom Halfhill

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"Post-PC era" objections

Supposedly, the wild popularity of smartphones, tablets, e-readers, smart TVs, and hand-held videogames has brought us the “post-PC era.” To hear some folks talk, PCs are not only in decline, but are almost as doomed as dinosaurs. For proof, they point to slipping PC sales and to troubled PC vendors like Hewlett-Packard.

Note: This column originally appeared in the February 2013 issue of the magazine.

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War on Korean Peninsula Could Have "Catastrophic" Consequences to Electronics Market

Posted 05/01/2013 at 11:47am | by Paul Lilly

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Korea is a major supplier of electronics parts.

Analysts at IHS iSuppli spent some time pondering what would happen if current tensions in Korea escalate to the point of a war on the Korean peninsula, and what they determined is that it could theoretically cripple the global electronics business. South Korea is a major cog in the electronics supply chain, as it accounts for half of the world's DRAM output, two-thirds of NAND flash manufacturing, and 70 percent of the world's tablet display.

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