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Rockit 88 CPU delidder tool pops the top on recent Intel chips

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Rockit Cool's Rockit 88 is a Kickstarter project that aims to make delidding—the practice of removing a CPU's integrated heat spreader, or IHS—easier. Delidding a CPU for extra cooling potential is a well-known but risky practice for extreme overclockers, since… Go To Full Article

How to Add OS X’s “Quick Look” Feature to Windows

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Windows users may not want for much, but when it comes to OS X, there are still some items one might put on their feature wish list. Among these is the ability to get a “quick look” at images, PDFs,… Go To Full Article

Vodafone contracts now include a 30-day escape guarantee

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There are plenty of things to consider when eyeing up a new mobile contract, from network quality and coverage to handset selection and pricing. All carriers try to tip the scales in their favour with device pre-order bonuses, a complimentary… Go To Full Article

'Titanfall 2' is coming to PlayStation 4, watch the trailer

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PlayStation Europe dropped the first teaser trailer for Titanfall 2 on Twitter Monday. Titanfall 1 was the Xbox One's marquee exclusive when it launched shortly after console's debut back in 2013, which makes the sequel landing on its rival platform... Go To Full Article

Official LG G5 SE accessory confirms device’s existence

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A trademark application discovery recently suggested that LG is working on an LG G5 SE, perhaps to take on the newly launched iPhone SE. It seems LG has let it slip that such a device indeed exists, as its official… Go To Full Article

Climate change is now affecting how the Earth moves

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Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have found that climate change is now affecting the way that the Earth moves. The team found that, as the last century has progressed, the "wobble" that our planet makes as it travels has… Go To Full Article

Drone racing is about to get cheaper and easier

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Those cool videos from drone races may have tempted you at some point, but where do you start? Traditionally, you'd have to spend at least a couple hundred dollars on components, plus many more on a remote controller and a… Go To Full Article

Lytro's first pro movie camera is designed for visual effects magic

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While there are plenty of advanced digital movie cameras, most of them aren't really designed for the modern realities of movie making, where computer-generated effects are seemingly ubiquitous. You'll still have to bust out the green screen if you...… Go To Full Article

UK competition watchdog slams Three and O2 merger

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The UK's competition watchdog has called on the European Commission to block a proposed acquisition of Telefonica UK, which runs O2, by Hutchison Whampoa, the company behind Three UK, unless both companies agree to a series of strong concessions. In... Go To Full Article

Layer3 vows to fix cable TV, not replace it

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The prevailing wisdom among the internet literati is that old-school TV is on the way out. When even the incumbents are catering to cord-cutters, surely internet-only video will be the way of the future, isn't it? Don't tell that to… Go To Full Article

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