Wednesday 31 December 2014

11 hilarious, brutally devious ways game developers punish pirates

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11 hilarious, brutally devious ways game developers punish pirates

12.31.2014 6:56 AM

The Sims 4's encroaching pixelization is the latest in a long line of hilarious anti-piracy efforts.

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Samsung announces Ativ One 7 Curved, its first desktop PC, with yes, a curved screen

12.30.2014 12:15 PM

The Ativ One 7 Curved and its special display will start at $1,299. The company also announced several laptops on Tuesday.

 

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The best Android apps of 2014

12.31.2014 4:00 AM

Your phone just isn't complete if you haven't tried out these apps yet.

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The year in tech: 2014's 13 biggest fails, flops, and faux pas

12.31.2014 3:30 AM

For these companies, it was just the worst of times.

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Samsung's Milk VR app brings the virtual reality promise ever closer with full-motion video

12.30.2014 11:52 AM

“This. I want to see more of this,” Hayden Dingman wrote, after seeing a full-motion video VR demo earlier this year. Well, now it's here, for Gear VR users anyway--one tantalizing step closer to real-life experience.

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The greatest tech wins and epic comebacks of 2014

12.31.2014 3:00 AM

From gigantic smartphones to virtual reality, here are the products, companies and ideas that emerged victorious in the tech world this year.

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New tool lets Chromebooks run Linux in a desktop window

12.31.2014 7:48 AM

So much for the old 'Chromebook are useless offline' meme.

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Cue the outrage: How our favorite social networks failed us in 2014

12.31.2014 3:05 AM

From Facebook's psychological experiments to Foursquare's check-in drama, social media made us furious this year.

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LG reveals the first ultrawide gaming display with AMD FreeSync support

12.31.2014 8:52 AM

An ultrawide field of view AND no image stuttering or screen tearing. Yep, this display was made with gamers in mind.

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Space simulators and worlds at war: The state of MMO PC games in 2014

12.31.2014 8:56 AM

2014 saw the release of four major MMOs, an MMO alpha, and a ton of expansions for legacy games. Now what were you saying about MMOs being a dead genre?

Tuesday 30 December 2014

Notebook Reviews

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Sony gegen Apple – Welches Edel-Notebook ist das Bessere?

Posted: 30 Dec 2014 08:58 AM PST

BILD.de hat das neue MacBook Pro gegen das Sony Vaio S antreten lassen. Leistung, Akkulaufzeit, Style-Faktor: Welches Gerät macht das Rennen?

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HP 15-P073TX Notebook review – powered by Intel Core i7

Posted: 30 Dec 2014 08:58 AM PST

The HP 15-P073TX Notebook sports a 15.6 inch screen and is running Windows 8.1 with 8GB RAM, 1TB storage and powered by Intel core i7 processor. for more vis…

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Lenovo L412 14.0″ Notebook

Posted: 30 Dec 2014 04:04 AM PST

Lenovo ThinkPad L412 Notebook PC, Stop wasting time, money and IT resources on sluggish, aging PCs. More than just competitively priced, the highly stable, reliable, ergonomic Lenovo ThinkPad L412 Notebook PC helps you do more in less time while keeping costs low.

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Microsoft's reported 'Spartan' browser will be lighter, more flexible than Internet Explorer

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Microsoft's reported 'Spartan' browser will be lighter, more flexible than Internet Explorer

12.29.2014 12:14 PM

'Spartan could spell the future of Microsoft's browser technology: fewer compatibility issues, more multi-platform friendliness. It will reportedly launch alongside Internet Explorer as part of Windows 10.

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Kim Dotcom's Mega to launch anti-spying call and chat service 'soon'

12.29.2014 10:07 PM

The new service, apparently named MegaChat, will be browser-based.

 

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AMD hopes to squeeze Carrizo into more laptops with a plug-and-play board design

12.30.2014 6:15 AM

AMD's barely present in the laptop market right now, but the company plans to change that with a new chip and components strategy

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The top 10 memes, viral videos, and online goings-on that defined 2014

12.30.2014 3:00 AM

What was it for youâ€Â"Kitten Jam? The Ice Bucket Challenge? Relive some of the hottest happenings on the Internet from the past year.

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Nvidia GRID hands-on: Smooth-streaming PC games (under ideal conditions)

12.30.2014 3:30 AM

After years of prognostications about cloud gaming that have never quite panned out, GRID is an exciting proposition.

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Samsung tips its hand ahead of CES, announces new wireless speakers and sound bars

12.29.2014 6:52 PM

In addition to wider sound bars, we’ll see a pair of new table-top speakers.

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LG 55EC9300 curved OLED HDTV review: Stunning image quality, but no 4K

12.30.2014 3:00 AM

Despite the absence of 4K support, I found no trouble with this curve.

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How to install Microsoft fonts in Linux office suites

12.30.2014 7:30 AM

If you open a Microsoft Office document in LibreOffice or OpenOffice, you’ll need Microsoft’s fonts installed on your Linux system to see the documents as they were intended to look.

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Elite: Dangerous impressions: Finding home in the vast emptiness of space

12.30.2014 9:00 AM

Here I am, sitting in a tin can... in a mind bogglingly large space sim.

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2014 in review: The year in Android

12.30.2014 4:00 AM

2014 was a heck of a year for the Android operating system. From the release of Lollipop to executive shakeups, we recount some of the year's biggest stories.

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CSC pays $190M to settle 4-year-old accounting fraud case with SEC

12.30.2014 5:35 AM

CSC will restate its results for 2010 through 2012, and has promised not to violate US antifraud, reporting and accounting laws in future

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Think that software library is safe to use? Not so fast!

12.30.2014 9:45 AM

Flaws in third-party software libraries often find their way into products, a problem that will occupy developers and sysadmins next year

Monday 29 December 2014

Notebook Reviews

Notebook Reviews


Sager Notebook

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:00 PM PST

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Asus VivoBook Q200E TouchScreen Notebook Review

Posted: 28 Dec 2014 07:58 PM PST

Like&Sub, Sorry About The Audio At The End BUY IT HERE WHILE IT IS 100 DOLLARS OFF- http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+11.6%26%2334%3B+Touch-Screen+Laptop+-+…

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'The Interview' makes it big on YouTube, becomes one of the Web's top videos

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'The Interview' makes it big on YouTube, becomes one of the Web's top videos

12.28.2014 2:33 PM

Seth Rogen and James Franco's latest film becomes a hit on legal streaming sitesâ€Â"and torrent sites as well.

Tor, TrueCrypt, Tails topped the NSA's 'most wanted' in 2012, per newly revealed Snowden leaks

12.29.2014 8:05 AM

Germany's Der Spiegel published the new cache, which also shows the NSA struggled to fit all its surveillance data into Excel spreadsheets.

 

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'The Interview' is on iTunes now, whoopee

12.28.2014 12:06 PM

The Sony movie that's dominated headlines just became available on Apple's digital storefront.

Keyboard Roundup Part 2 2014

Mechanical keyboard roundup: How RGB lighting, software and keys can make a slab o'buttons something special

12.29.2014 3:30 AM

Five mechanical keyboards, three of which are RGB-enabled, and only one uses Cherry MX switches. It's been quite a weird year for mechanical keyboards.

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AVADirect i7 X99 gaming system review: Fast with a classy chassis

12.29.2014 3:00 AM

AVADirect’s i7 X99 gaming system is relatively restrained in appearance, but is nicely put together and games better than most.

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Google's Gmail appears to have been blocked by China at IP level

12.28.2014 8:50 PM

Dyn Research said Gmail was being blocked at the IP level when served from Hong Kong

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The best Android Wear apps of 2014

12.29.2014 4:00 AM

Google's wearable platform is off to a great start with apps like these.

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Take precautions when using public Wi-Fi networks

12.29.2014 7:41 AM

When you take your laptop to a library or café, you take a risk. But if you know what you're doing, you can minimize that risk.

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'The Interview' already Sony Pictures' top online film ever

12.28.2014 5:50 PM

Since its Internet release, the controversial comedy has generated $15M in sales and rentals

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Turn your house into a smart home â€Â" on a budget

12.29.2014 8:00 AM

A fully functioning smart home isn't science fiction. From Nest to NAS, these are the tools that bring it within reach.

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Logitech G910 Orion Spark mechanical keyboard review: Beautiful lighting, bad switches

12.29.2014 1:30 AM

Logitech's G910 Orion Spark has the best lighting of any current RGB keyboard, but its Romer-G switches leave a lot to be desired.

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Ubi review: This voice-controlled computer is too obtuse for the modern smart home

12.29.2014 3:00 AM

Only the most patient of tinkerers will want to talk to Ubi.

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