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European Amazon Stores Start to List Xbox One with €599 Price-Tag.
Microsoft Xbox One May Cost €599 in Europe, If First Listings Are Correct
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Microsoft Confident in Lack of Quality Issues with Xbox One Hardware.
Microsoft Vows Xbox One Will Not Have RROD-Like Issues
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AMD Officially Launches New-Generation APUs for Mobile Applications [UPDATED].
AMD Introduces Kabini, Temash and Richland Accelerated Processing Units
Hardware News
Friday, May 24, 2013
- Second-Generation Kinect Sensor for Windows Due in 2014 – Microsoft. Microsoft Discloses Additional Details About Kinect 2
- New Technique May Open Up an Era of Atomic-Scale Semiconductor Devices. Atom-Scale Semiconductor Devices May Be Incoming, Thanks to New Researchers
Thursday, May 23, 2013
- Kinect Support Is Not Mandatory for Xbox One Video Games – Microsoft. Microsoft Will Not Require Compulsory Support of Kinect from Xbox One Games
- Thermaltake Publishes List of PSUs Compatible with Intel Cori i “Haswell” Chips. 20 PSUs from Thermaltake Are Compatible with Next-Gen Intel Chips
- European Amazon Stores Start to List Xbox One with €599 Price-Tag. Microsoft Xbox One May Cost €599 in Europe, If First Listings Are Correct
- Apple to Assemble Macs in Texas, Set to Manufacture Parts Across the U.S. Apple’s Plan to Move Production Back to U.S. Gets Shape
- Microsoft Confident in Lack of Quality Issues with Xbox One Hardware. Microsoft Vows Xbox One Will Not Have RROD-Like Issues
- AMD Officially Launches New-Generation APUs for Mobile Applications [UPDATED]. AMD Introduces Kabini, Temash and Richland Accelerated Processing Units
- OCZ Reveals Vertex 450 Solid-State Drives: High-End Performance at Mainstream Prices. OCZ Introduces New SSDs Based on Indilinx Barefoot 3 Controller
- Nvidia Unveils GeForce GTX 780: GK110-Based Consumer Solution for $649. Nvidia’s Cut Down Titan LE Becomes GeForce GTX 780
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- Be Quiet: All Current Power Supplies Are Ready for Core i “Haswell”. Be Quiet Claims Top-to-Bottom Compatibility of PSUs with New Intel Chips
- OCZ Partners With Netgear to Deliver Flash-Based Data Center Storage in a Box Functionality to SMBs. Leading OCZ Enterprise-Class Deneva 2 SSDs Now Qualified on Netgear's ReadyDATA 516 NAS Device
- Half of the World’s Population Will Be Covered by 4G/LTE Networks by 2018 - Research. More Than 1 in 2 People Will Be Covered by 4G/LTE-FDD by 2018
- Sony Starts Manufacturing of PlayStation 3 in Brazil. Sony Begins to Make PS3 Game Consoles in Latin America
- Nvidia Grid Unleashes Graphics for Virtualized Desktops. Nvidia and Citrix Commercializes Grid Technology for Virtualized Desktops
- MIT Scientists Mix Graphene with Hexagonal Boron Nitride to Create New Material for Computer Chips. Researchers Create New Material for Semiconductors
- Intel Can Enable a Successful $200 PC in the Age of the Media Tablet – Analysts. Market Observers Mull Viability of $200 PCs on Current Market
- Microsoft Not Worried About Xbox One’s Lack of Backwards Compatibility, Vows Big Xbox 360 Announcement at E3. Microsoft Believes Xbox One Will Not Require Games of Xbox 360
- Asrock’s A-Style Mainboards Set to Be Waterproof. Asrock’s New Intel 8-Series Mainboards to Feature Conformal Coating
- Nvidia Announces PhysX and APEX Support for Microsoft Xbox One. Microsoft Xbox One Games to Use PhysX and APEX
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News Around the Web
Thursday, May 23, 2013
- Xbox One Chip Slower Than PlayStation 4. [techPowerUp!]
- 32GB Nexus 7 Giveaway Winner Selected! . [BSN]
- Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and The Connected Home . [BSN]
- (PR) CYBERPOWERPC Releases the Zeus EVO Storm with GeForce GTX 780. [techPowerUp!]
- WHQL-certified GeForce 320.18 drivers now available. [The Tech Report]
- (PR) Velocity Micro Announces Desktops Powered by the GeForce GTX 780. [techPowerUp!]
- (PR) EVGA Kicks Off GeForce GTX 780 with Seven Models. [techPowerUp!]
- OCZ Vertex 450 SSD has 20-nm NAND, tweaked Indilinx controller. [The Tech Report]
- Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780 graphics card reviewed. [The Tech Report]
- (PR) Origin PC Launches Gaming Desktops with GeForce GTX 780. [techPowerUp!]
- (PR) GALAXY Launches its GeForce GTX 780. [techPowerUp!]
- GIGABYTE Announces a Pair of GeForce GTX 780 Graphics Cards. [techPowerUp!]
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