Microsoft has announced that the Xbox One has entered full production for the November release which now finally has a date. The anniversary of the Xbox 360 fits nicely. So only 79 (November 22) days until the Xbox One will be available. Microsoft also announced they upped the CPU clock speed from 1.60GHz to 1.75GHz, […]
HDMI 2.0 official with 18Gbps bandwidth with 4K @60fps and 32 channel audio support
HDMI 2.0 is finally official and the specs have been released. The next standward will include support for up to 18Gbps bandwidth and support resolutions up to 3,840 x 2,160 @ 60fps. The audio side of things also sports up to 32 channels as well. The connection on the new spec has unchanged allowing for […]
Western Digital announce Red 2.5-inch 1TB NAS hard drive and 4TB 3.5-inch hard drive
Western Digital have unveiled a new line of WD RED hard drives. First up we have the 2.50-inch form faxtor that is being aimed at NAS used. It will come with both 750GB and 1TB storage capacities. Also announced is the 4TB 3.5-inch hard drive which offers a higer capacity than the previous offerings. […]
Google announces next version of Android will be codenamed KitKat
Google’s Sundar Pichai has posted the above image which lets us all know what the next version of Android will be codenamed. If you can’t tell from the picture alone, it’s KitKat. yeah the chocolate bar we all know of is allowing Google to use the name with subsequent competitions with KitKat bars for Nexus […]
Apple sends out invites for iPhone announcement event, set for September 10th
Apple have confirmed the rumours with the next iPhone event set for September 10th. The announcement will unveil Apple’s nest gen smart phone with the possibility of a lower-end iPhone being announced as well, the one area in which Apple has yet to enter. Well all the rumor’s and leaks will either be confirmed or […]
Microsoft acquiring Nokia’s devices & services business for €3.79 billion, licensing patents for €1.65 billion
Microsoft have just announced their plans to acquire Nokia’s Devices and Services business. They also announced they will be licensing Nokia’s patents and mapping services which will also cost €1.65 billion alone. The plan of course is to boost Microsoft’s market share in the mobile business and by purchasing the biggest manufacturer of Windows phones, […]
Android VP Hugo Barra leaving Google to join Xiaomi
It’s official, Hugo Barra is leaving Google to join the China based Android smartphone manufacturing company. Barra has been working at Google since 2008 being the Direct to Vice President of product management for Android for three years. His new position at Xiaomi will be steering the company’s further expansions, that is global expansions in […]
Galaxy Note 3 parts spotted in the wild, Samsung Executive confirms announcement coming on September 4th
We are getting closer to the September 4th date and as most are aware, that is the date the Note 3 is to be announced, along with Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smart watch. Samsung’s Lee Young-hee was recently chatting with the Korea Times and stated we would see the announcement of the Galaxy Note 3 and […]
Aaaands it’s gone, Microsoft points are history with real currency finally taking over
It’s finally official with Microsoft pushing an Xbox 360 update today that has removed the use of Microsoft points completely. All purchases will now be done in local currency instead of Microsoft virtual one. All existing points and points renewed in the future will simply be converted to their cash equivalent so those worrying about points […]
Review: Intel 4770k processor and Z87 chipset
Conclusion So we have put the 4770k through its paces and gotten the synthetic numbers from our benches and real world numbers from the others. What exactly does Haswell bring to the table and is it worth the effort in upgrading. That is the point of the review so let’s break the conclusion down into […]