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Qualcomm plans to bring gigabit data speeds to your car

@ 2017/01/05 read/post comments(0)
Remember last year, when Qualcomm pulled back the curtain on its X16 LTE modem? At the time, the chipmaker touted peak download speeds of up to 1Gbps for smartphones, even though gigabit speeds were (and are) basically impossible to experience… Go To Full Article

Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming Motherboard Review

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The Gigabyte Ultra Gaming motherboard is a fairly new model which was first released for the Z170 chipset shortly after Computex 2016. Only half a year later and Gigabyte has released a Z270 variant of the Ultra Gaming, the Z270X-Ultra… Go To Full Article

Qualcomm wants to make smarter cars by sharing sensor data

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You don't need us to tell you that modern cars aren't just cars. They're places to surf the web and watch movies, and they're getting smarter by the day. With the launch of its new Drive Data platform, Qualcomm is… Go To Full Article

ODG launches its Snapdragon 835-based mixed-reality glasses

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The name Osterhout Design Group (ODG) might not sound all that familiar, but it has unveiled two mixed-reality smartglasses at this year's CES. These new devices called the R-8 and the R-9 are two of the first wearables powered by… Go To Full Article

[M] Intel Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K CPU Review

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2017 is straight starting an exciting year with many important hardware releases scheduled. Intel's current pace of rolling out new processors is overwhelming; each half year we get new processors generations to test and to analyze. Not that we are… Go To Full Article

The Honor 6x does the iPhone's portrait trick for $250

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Smartphones with dual cameras are about to become the norm now that Apple has jumped aboard the bandwagon. And they're about to spread to more affordable phones too. Budget phone maker Honor has just unveiled the $250 Honor 6x, which… Go To Full Article

Intel Core i7-7700K & i5-7600K Kaby Lake CPU Review

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Kaby Lake is upon us. With Intel killing off its Tick-Tock product cycle in 2016, Kaby Lake ushers in the new ‘Optimisation’ phase of a Process-Architecture-Optimisation strategy. What does that mean? Kaby Lake is effectively a barely tweaked version of… Go To Full Article

Asus lays its hand of high-end Z270 motherboards on the table

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Intel's Kaby Lake seventh-generation processors may not offer a huge leap over the previous-generation Skylake chips, but they're a big release nonetheless. The fine people at Asus have created a number of new motherboards based on the range-topping Z270 desktop… Go To Full Article

Mattel built a $300 Echo for kids

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It's late and you're tired. Before you can knock off for the night. However, there's one thing left to do: read your child a bedtime story. In Mattel's world, you might not have to pick up a book, or even… Go To Full Article

ASUS lays claim to the 'world's lightest 14-inch business laptop'

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If weight is your biggest concern when buying a laptop, you've probably grown used to 11 and 13-inch ultraportables. If you're looking for something a little bigger, but still light, ASUS may have something for you. Weighting in at 2.31… Go To Full Article

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