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BitFenix Expands Prodigy Case Color Options

Posted 05/08/2013 at 10:46am | by Paul Lilly

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A colorful mini-ITX case line.

Maybe you already saw that BitFenix offers a mini-ITX case family (Prodigy) and thought to yourself, "Self, if only the darn thing came in green or blue, I'd totally be sold!" If that sounds at all familiar, then (A) you may want to construct an aluminum foil deflector beanie to prevent BitFenix from continuing to read your mind, or (B) think up other ideas you'd like to see BitFenix implement, the company is listening.

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Maxthon Adds LAN Transfer Option to Multi-Platform Cloud Browser

Posted 05/08/2013 at 9:52am | by Paul Lilly

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Transfer files easily between desktop and mobile devices.

Like underwear, changing your browser every once in awhile can give you a fresh feeling. If you're at that point where you're ready to try something different, Maxthon's Cloud Browser is an option worth investigating. We bring it up because Maxthon let us know it just added a LAN transfer feature that allows users to transfer files of any size from their browser directly to any device on their network.

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Zotac Slings an Intel Core i5 Processor Into Pint Sized Zbox

Posted 05/08/2013 at 9:22am | by Paul Lilly

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Small form factor (SFF) computing meets up with Ivy Bridge.

When you stop and think about it, the amount of power in some of today's mini PC systems is pretty amazing. Enter Zotac, a company that lives and breathes small form factor (SFF) systems under its Zbox line, which today it infused with an Intel Core i5 3470T processor. It's a respectable desktop part built around Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture with two processing cores clocked at 2.9GHz (3.6GHz via Turbo), 3MB of cache, and a rated max TDP of 35W -- plenty powerful enough for general purpose computing.

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AMD Launches DDR3-2133 Memory Kit, Takes Aim at Gamers

Posted 05/08/2013 at 8:59am | by Paul Lilly

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New RAM from AMD doesn't shun Intel users.

AMD on Wednesday announced its new Radeon RG2133 Gamer Series Memory and Radeon RAMDisk 4.1 software. According to AMD, it's RG2133 kit is the only memory on the entire planet that offers both XMP and AMP memory profiles in the same package, so no matter which platform you're rolling with -- Intel or AMD -- you can still benefit from AMD's pre-configured overclocking settings.

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NZXT 'Silently' Launches H630 Ultra-Tower Chassis

Posted 05/08/2013 at 7:02am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Silence, in this case, is not golden but matte black or glossy white

PC chassis maker NZXT on Tuesday announced the release of a new case called the H630. The new H, as the El Monte-based company likes to call it, has been designed to smother the acoustic signature of the beast within.

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Purported Pictures of Nvidia GTX 780 and GTX 770 Emerge

Posted 05/07/2013 at 9:52pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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The 700-series graphics cards share the same cooling solution

The rumored Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 and GTX 770 graphics cards, which were said to be arriving in late May as of last week, have allegedly had their pictures leaked to the Web. The said pictures were posted on a Chinese forum on Monday.

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Windows 8 Sales Reach 100 Million Licenses, Should Microsoft Reverse Course?

Posted 05/07/2013 at 10:52am | by Paul Lilly

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Steve Ballmer and company have some big decisions to make.

It was bit odd that Microsoft chose not to disclose in its most recent financial report exactly how many Windows 8 licenses it sold, though we now know the number is north of 100 million. Tami Reller, Microsoft's Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer, revealed the figure in a Q&A session that was posted on Microsoft's Windows blog, adding that the figure takes into account Windows 8 licenses that ship on new tablet and traditional PCs, as well as upgrades to the touch-friendly OS.

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TiVo Desktop Software Stops Being Free Next Month

Posted 05/07/2013 at 9:36am | by Paul Lilly

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TiVo's Desktop platform is about to switch to a paid pricing model.

Ruh roh Shaggy, time is quickly running out to grab the free version of TiVo's Desktop software for PC. Starting June 5, 2013, the free version will no longer be available to download, so if you want to listen to music and view photos on your TV, or transfer shows from your TiVo DVR to your PC -- all of which the free Desktop software allows -- you'll have to download the software before the deadline. Even then you could still end up having to pay a subscription, depending on your operating system.

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Crysis Not Averted: MSI's GX70 Gaming Laptop Can Handle Crysis 3

Posted 05/07/2013 at 8:09am | by Paul Lilly

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Yes, it can run Crysis 3.

Ultrabooks and tablets are fine for what they're intended to do, but if you want to play a game like Crysis 3 at a high resolution, good luck trying to so on Integrated graphics. Gaming notebooks, while bulky, flex significantly more pixel pushing power, and that's especially true of MSI's new GX70 laptop, a system the company claims is "officially recommended for Crysis 3." MSI's marketing spin aside, this thing wields a pretty powerful Radeon HD 8970M GPU.

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Sony Launches Line of Affordable Vaio Fit Laptops Starting at $549

Posted 05/07/2013 at 7:41am | by Paul Lilly

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When's the last time you saw "Vaio" and "affordable" in the same sentence?

Sony's Vaio line doesn't have a reputation for being friendly to budgets, but that's about to change with the introduction of new Vaio Fit laptops and Ultrabooks. Pricing starts at $549, which isn't exactly netbook territory but is a far cry from being expensive for a notebook. For that kind of dough, Sony will sell you a Fit E 14E model, which is a 14-inch laptop that's thin, light, and made of aluminum.

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