Samsung Publishes Battery Enhancement Tech with Silicon
When I was in my Physics program, there was a running joke that the word “Nano” should be a red flag when reading research papers. This one has graphene and nanoparticles, but…
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Author: Scott Michaud
Warner Bros. Suspends Arkham Knight PC Sales
Over the last few days, the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight has been receiving a lot of flak. Sites like PC Gamer were unable to review the game because they…
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Hitman Will Get Free Content Updates
SquareEnix would apparently prefer to say “no DLC or microtransactions” when referring to free, post-launch, content updates. Personally, I think “free DLC” would be an acceptable...
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StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Gets Prologue in July
While StarCraft II is known for its multiplayer component, some of us are mostly interested...
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PC Gamer Lists Many E3 Games (and If We Should Care)
This has been a good E3 for the PC platform. We got our first keynote, organized by PC Gamer and AMD, which took the format in its own direction. This had basically…
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Microsoft Announces Xbox One Elite Controller for Windows 10
And, of course, Xbox One... but I can assume who is the bulk of my audience. Microsoft announced the Xbox One Elite Controller at E3, which includes support for Windows 10....
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NVIDIA VR Headset Patent Found
So I'm not quite sure what this hypothetical patent device is. According to its application, it is a head-mounted display that contains six cameras (??) and two displays, one for...
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Computex 2015: PowerColor Debuts Devil HDX Sound Card
PowerColor is best known as an add-in board (AIB) partner of AMD who has also branched out into cases and power supplies. This year, they have introduced a new product category: sound…
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Valve Steam Controller Pre-order Is Dated… Twice.
So, if a company says “a limited quantity of orders will be shipped on October 16th, weeks in advance of our official launch”... does that mean October 16th is its release date?…
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Windows 10 Build 10130 Coming to Slow Ring
Gabe Aul said on Twitter that Microsoft will release Windows 10 Build 10130 to members of the Insider Preview Slow Ring. He did not give a date, but...
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AMD Carrizo SKUs and Dual Graphics Options Announced
My discussion of the Carrizo architecture went up a couple of days ago. The post did not include specific SKUs because we did not have those at the...
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Steam Allows Refunds
Valve has added a refund policy to Steam. They say that they do not care about the reason, but there are obviously restrictions including a blanket “abuse” clause that lawyers love.…
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