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XFX XTR 550W Power Supply Review

@ 2015/07/18 read/post comments(0)
XFX comes to us today with its new XTR series power supply weighing in at 550 watts. XFX is promoting "Super Efficiency and Quality Components," "Extreme Heat Tested Capacitors," and a "True Wattage Guarantee" that touts full power at above… Go To Full Article

HIS Radeon R9 390X IceQ X2 OC 8GB Video Card Review

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
We are indeed dealing with a refresh of the previous Hawaii XT GPU now baptized Grenada XT, featuring GCN 1.1, 6200 million transistors, 2816 shading units, 176 TMUs, 64ROPs and 44 Compute Units. The available VRAM is now 8GB instead… Go To Full Article

UW-Madison researchers invent a metal-free fuel cell

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
The development of fuel cell technology has been hamstrung by the need for expensive and difficult-to-manufacture catalysts like platinum, rhodium or palladium. But a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison believe they've found ... Go To Full Article

Microsoft combines OneNote for iPhone and iPad, updates Android app too

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
Hot on the heels of releasing a new version of OneNote for the Mac, Microsoft is pushing out some updates to its corresponding iOS and Android apps. For starters, there are no longer separate applications for the iPhone and iPad;… Go To Full Article

HTC won't ship the Grip after all, but its fitness ambition lives on

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
Hey, remember that time HTC built a fitness tracker (with a little help from Under Armor) and showed it off in Barcelona? The one that was originally slated for a Spring launch? Well, we're knee-deep in Summer already, and the… Go To Full Article

A scooter-rental startup dabbles in cars

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
If you live in San Francisco you've seen them. The red Scoot scooters buzz pass vehicles trapped in San Francisco's increasingly frustrating traffic. The riders' helmets sport a lightning bolt while the signage on the vehicles touts a cheap alternati... Go To Full Article

Apple and Samsung in talks to adopt e-SIM technology

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
The Financial Times reports that Samsung and Apple are both in talks with the GSMA, the mobile telecom telecom industry association, to begin employing electronic SIM cards in their mobile devices. Electronic SIMs (or e-SIMs) differ from their physic...… Go To Full Article

Samsung begins testing Samsung Pay in Korea

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
Samsung's Apple Pay competitor is almost ready for primetime -- but first, it's going through a bit of testing. The company announced that it's begun a Samsung Pay trial for select owners of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Plus… Go To Full Article

Oculus buys VR hand-tracking company Pebbles Interfaces

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
It's pretty easy to see why Oculus VR wanted to scoop up this company: Pebbles Interfaces specializes in technology that detects hand movement via "custom optics, sensor systems and algorithms," the Oculus blog explains. "Over time, technology brea Go To Full Article

Intel “needs regime change”

@ 2015/07/17 read/post comments(0)
A financial analyst believes that Intel is fast turning into the Blackberry of the semiconductor industry and has called for “regime change” at the corporation. Has Intel missed the bus? Mark Hibben, at Seeking Alpha, believes that… Go To Full Article

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