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Gamers love Windows 10 — usage soars to nearly 28 percent of Steam users

Windows 8.1 might have been shunned by Steam users, but Windows 10 is finding much more acceptance, with more than 27 percent of gamers already running it.
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Windows 10 Threshold 2 update coming this Tuesday, November 10

Microsoft's next big update for Windows 10, known as Threshold 2, is set for release on Nov. 10, bringing with it UI Edge updates and stability fixes.
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AMD Catalyst is dead, long live Crimson

CCC, or AMD's Catalyst Control Centre, might have been around since the ATI days of the early 'oos, but its time as come and Crimson is set to take over.
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Fallout 4 minimum and recommended specifications released

Wondering if your PC can run Fallout 4? Well do so no more, as Bethesda has released the minimum and recommended specs for the game.
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Tribes fans rejoice! The entire franchise is now free

Hi Rez Studios has made every game from the Tribes franchise free to play for everyone. All you have to do is mount the ISO, install and away you go.
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Don’t blink, Microsoft just sold out of even more Surface Books

If you were hoping to a cheap Surface Book with Nvidia GPU, think again, as the last of those ships has sailed off into the distance.
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Best Buy will take $100 off the price of a Surface Pro 4 if you trade in an old laptop

Best Buy is now offering its own trade-in scheme for the Surface Pro 4, giving $100 discount for those with older laptops they are happy to ditch.
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Batman: Arkham Knight is finally ready for PC

Batman: Arkham Knight is set to hit PCs this week following a multiple-month suspension of sale after it released back in June with a litany of bugs.
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MSI’s WS60 6QI is a beast of a workstation in a dainty frame

MSI's new WS60 workstation crams not only the latest generation of Intel's CPUs, but Nvidia Quadro graphics inside its 4K screen sporting chassis.
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Blizzard is adding voice chat to Battle.net

While Blizzard's new game Overwatch is set to get voice chat functions first, the publisher is extending it across the whole Battle.net ecosystem.
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Chrome 47 beta lands, adds splash screens to web apps

Google's new beta release for its Chrome browser adds a number of developer features, but splash screens may be the most noticeable for the average user.
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Samsung shows prototype 3D NAND SSD with 16TB of monstrous speed

Hold on to your hats folks, the new 3D NAND SSDs are starting to show up and they are unbelievably fast and huge, if you opt for enterprise models.
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Encryption on some portable drives proves less secure than you’d expect

In a test of how well certain drivers apply their own automated encryption, security researchers found that they are surprisingly easy to break.
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Intel set to retool Chinese facility to build 3D NAND, XPoint chips

Intel is set to refit its fabrication plant in Dalian China, converting from a 65nm process manufacturer, to one that can produce the new memory standards.
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CrowdStrike still detecting Chinese hacks, despite landmark U.S.-China deal

China and the U.S. might have struck a no-commercial-hacking deal, but according to one company it hasn't made much difference.
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Windows 10 build 10568 leaked while build 10575 hits internal Fast Ring

Microsoft's Windows 10 Build 10568 is available online to those that wish to try it, but while it fixes a few things, it's still not perfect.
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Imagination Tech has a new single-board system called the Ci40

Taking on the likes of the Raspberry Pi in the fight for the classroom, Imagination Technologies' new Ci40 is set for release soon.
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ASUS debuts new G-Sync, high-resolution, high-refresh rate displays

ASUS has a couple of new G-Sync-supporting displays, with high resolutions, impressive refresh rates and lots of great features.
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Biostar’s H170T entry-level gaming Skylake board takes aim at audio

The Biostar H170T is an entry-level gaming motherboard, but it packs quite a punch when it comes to audio and networking abilities.
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Apple to rescue MacBook Pro screens with worn out anti-glare coating

Is your MacBook looking stained? Is the anti-reflective coating damaged? Well as long as it's no more than three years old, Apple will now fix it for you.
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Apple’s Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2, and Magic Trackpad 2 are not easy to fix

If you're wondering what's inside the Apple Magic Keyboard, Mouse 2 and Trackpad, the new teardowns from iFixit should have you covered.
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Intel’s latest NUC comes packing Windows 10 for $255

Intel has been making miniature PCs for a while now under it's NUC brand, and its new Grass Canyon offers the full Windows 10 experience.
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Intel announces Arduino 101 development platform for kids and adults

Arduino 101 is Intel's new development with its micro-PC Curie module at its heart, designed to help kids get into programming.
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Yahoo removes pesky passwords from its new and improved Mail app

Yahoo's new mail system doesn't have passwords at all and instead uses a sort-of, two-factor authentication system.
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Zotac piles into the crowded SSD melee

Zotac has just announced that it's now launching its first solid state storage drives, to be known as its Premium line.
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Nvidia expands GeForce Experience with 4K support

Streaming at high resolutions and frame rates to your TV is now super easy with Nvidia's Geforce Experience package.
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HP partners with 3M to bundle privacy screens with notebooks

HP and 3M have announced a partnership to make it much harder for people to steal your information by looking over your shoulder.
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Lexar now has half-terabyte SD cards

Need more backup space for your SD card compatible device? Lexar has you covered with the newly announced 633X 512GB expansion.
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Toshiba dynaPad lays claim to being the world’s thinnest 12-inch 2-in-1

World record-breaking hardware seems to be a dime a dozen these days, but Toshiba is now claiming it too has a world's first: the lightest 12-inch 2-in-1.
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What does the inside of a new Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book look like?

Microsoft's new Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 get torn asunder in a new video that shows us what their insides look like.
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MSI’s new GS40 Phantom is a super-powered 14-inch gaming laptop

If you like to have a high-powered gaming system wherever you go, MSI's new Skylake-powered GS40 might be what you need.
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Acer’s Windows 10 Aspire systems are multi-purpose all-in-ones

Desktops that turn into laptops and laptops that turn into tablets, that's what the new Acer Aspire range is all about.
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Microsoft’s Surface Book has a custom GTX 950M-like GPU

Which graphics chip did Microsoft put in the Surface Book? Nobody knows, but the rumor is that it's a custom Maxwell chip, similar to the GTX 950M.
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New video emerges of Steve Jobs being candid with Apple staff

New footage of Apple founder Steve Jobs suggests he may had had a different side to the one shown in new movies.
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Updated Type Cover and Surface Pen now available for pre-order

In connection with Microsoft's newly announced Surface Pro 4, the firm also showed off some new covers and Pen, and now they're all up for pre-order.
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MSI shows off new GK-701 Cherry MX mechanical gaming keyboard

MSI is continuing to expand its peripheral lineup with a new mechanical keyboard called the GK-701, that comes equipped with Cherry MX brown switches.
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RAM is cheaper than ever at the weirdest of times

DRAM pricing has fallen to new historic lows, despite attempts to maintain it at a certain level and that trend is expected to continue over the next year.
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New dual GPU Radeon R9 may be on the way

We've known for some time that AMD was likely to release a dual-chip version of its Fiji XT, but now it looks like it might not be far away.