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Origin updates notebook lineup with Skylake hardware

Intel's Skylake CPUs have invaded Origin PC and forced it to upgrade its newest lineup of laptops with the new hardware.
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PowerColor announces Devil 13 monster dual-390 16GB graphics card

The new PowerColor Devil 13 R9 390 x2 card is quite the beast, with 16Gb of GDDR5 and a free mouse in each pack.
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Toshiba’s latest SSDs serve a pleasing blend of performance and price

Toshiba has some new SSD ranges available for purchase, with the Q300 and Q300 Pro offering different performance for different buyers.
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Steam Big Picture update encourages you to try, before you buy more

With the release of Valve's Steam Controller happening in just a couple of months' time, it's issued a big update for its Big Picture mode.
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Asus shows off nearly a dozen new 100-Series motherboards

Asus has shown off 10 new motherboards, all of which support Intel's new Skylake hardware with a variety of 100 series chipsets.
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Lenovo pits business against pleasure in new IFA 2015 hardware lineup

Lenovo has shown off a number of new hardware offerings at this year's IFA 2015, including gaming and enthusiasts laptops and desktops.
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Cortana shows up in four other countries as Microsoft continues rollout

Four new countries now have access to Microsoft's Cortana assistant software as part of the Windows Insider program.
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Comcast is charging people $30 fees to avoid capped data

Dodging a cap on your broadband is difficult as a Comcast customer, and now it's expensive too, with a $30 fee required to remain unlimited.
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Steam gamers flock to Windows 10

Steam gamers have voted with their free upgrades and have moved over to Windows 10 en masse, making it the third-most popular OS on the platform.
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Lenovo shows off new Y Series enthusiast and gamer systems at IFA 2015

Lenovo has shown off a number of new Y Series gaming systems and peripherals at IFA 2015, offering AMD, Intel, and Nvidia options.
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Seagate crams 2TB of storage into a drive as slim as an iPhone 6

Seagate has created the world's densest hard drive ever, with the unveiling of a new 2.5" form factor, 7mm tall HDD.
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IS MSI’s new GTX 980 Ti more than lightning in a bottle?

MSI's new version of Nvidia's GTX 980 TI, the Lightning, has improved speeds and overclocking features, making it quite the powerhouse.
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U.S. government can now sue companies that fail to protect customer data

The Wyndham hotel chain has been successfully sued by the FTC, setting a precedent for cases where customer information is inadequately protected.
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AMD launches new 370x graphics card

AMD's Nano has been the big GPU news of the past couple of days, but arguably the 370X is the bigger release, since it will probably make AMD more money.
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Dell’s new S2716DG G-Sync monitor is great for games, bad for your wallet

Dell might have held back on releasing a G-Sync supporting display, but now it's brought one to the fore and it's rather expensive.
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Fable Legends is not coming to Steam, will be Windows 10 exclusive on PC

Windows 10's app store is getting exclusive games this year, including Microsoft's upcoming Fable Legends release.
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Lollipop on Windows now possible with AMIDuOS 2.0

Playing Android Lollipop games on your PC just got a lot easier with the new AMIDuOS 2.0 emulator, which is now available for a small fee.
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Family sues school, claiming strong Wi-Fi signals made their son ill

Most people are unconcerned about the long term effects of low level radio-waves, but a Massachusetts family says the Wi-Fi at school made their son ill.

Windows 10 adoption rate is huge; 75 million in first month

While Microsoft might not be making much on sales of Windows 10, the adoption rate is huge, with 75 million activations in less than a month.
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Frictional Games’ SOMA may scare you, but won’t frighten your gaming PC

If you're worried you won't be able to play SOMA, you needn't be, as the specs are reasonable enough that everyone should be able to run it just fine.
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Skylake release to see Dell XPS 13 and Asus ZenBooks updated

Asus and Dell are busy preparing for the launch of Intel Skylake with their own complementary products, set to showcase the new chips' power.
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Microsoft’s prototype keyboard cover has a built in e-ink touchscreen

Real world keyboards are better than touch keyboards, but how about an e-ink display addition that gives you the best of both?
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Acer Aspire One Cloudbook is a $200, compact workhorse

If you're looking for a low cost, small form factor laptop, Acer has a new solution that packs reasonable specs for under $200

Windows privacy paranoia causes P2P trackers to drop latest OS

Many of the trackers that support peer to peer file sharing have dropped all support for Windows 10, amid fears it's tracking users.
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Nvidia dominating in add-in graphics card market, AMD floundering

Nvidia is definitely ahead in the add-in GPU game, with a market share that two research firms claim is over 75 percent.
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ChatRoulette is much better as a first-person zombie shooter — just watch for yourself

ChatRoulette has never been about firing guns, killing zombies and giving commands to a space marine, but it is if you stumble across Realm Pictures.
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Inexpensive, modular One Laptop Infinity can now be reserved

Even at the cheaper price points of today, laptops and tablets still aren't entirely accessible. The Infinity could be though, with its modular build.
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Deal with dungeons AND dragons in GoG’s big Forgotten Realms game dump

GoG's collection of Dungeons and Dragons games just got a lot bigger, with the addition of 13 brand new Forgotten Realms games.
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Collaborate on Microsoft Office documents with Dropbox’s Badge

Dropbox for Business has brought its badge collaborative feature out of early access and added commenting for better editing feedback.
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Intel supports AMD in surprise adaptive-sync endorsement

Adaptive Sync technology was added to DisplayPort 1.2 not too long ago, and Intel is looking to continue that support, by adding it to future hardware.
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Speak and it shall be done: Intel’s Skylake can be awakened with your voice

Waking up your PC with your voice is the holy grail of nerdom, and now we can do it with Intel's new CPUs and Windows 10's Cortana
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Nvidia is making it possible to play local co-op online

Streaming from one PC to another now even lets you play co-op games together, thanks to Nvidia's new update.
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Microsoft patches up major flaw in Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released a patch to fix a critical flaw with Internet Explorer which left users vulnerable to a system takeover from malicious actors.
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Western Digital keeps it traditional with new, giant mechanical drives

New 5TB and 6TB versions of Western Digital Black and Red Pro hard drives are now available, offering huge storage with reasonable performance.
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Xbox One streaming offers very high quality on Windows 10

Streaming games from your Xbox One to Windows 10 at very high quality is now a little easier, since it defaults to the previously locked option.
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Linux issues kill Steam Machine sleep function

Valve's Steam Machines will be cursed to be ever on, or on and off, as they will not be able to sleep due to a long-running Linux problem.
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Users report streaming video issues with Windows 10, but is it the culprit?

Some users of the recently released Windows 10 operating system are claiming that it's inhibiting their ability to play videos on Netflix.
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Stardock releases new tool to tweak the Windows 10 Start menu

Stardock has released a new Start button tweaker called Start10, for turning back the clock on Microsoft's Windows 10.