Last week's Patch Tuesday by Microsoft has brought grief instead of fixes and improvements to millions of people around the world who run Windows 7. Apparently the KB2823324 patch released this past Tuesday (April 9, 2013) makes Windows 7 crash and not want to load again after the installation of the patch completes. Fortunately patch KB2823324 is limited to Windows 7 only, w...
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Intel details Haswell overclocking
15 April 2013 | PC
The Intel Developers Forum held in Beijing, China has brought some great news for overclockers – Intel has boldly discussed a number of ways to overclock the upcoming Haswell generation and not just the "K" chips but the entire CPU family. The really great news is that the Haswell generation will be easier to overclock than the Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU families. All...
Scythe will offer Grand Kama Cross 2 universal CPU cooler
15 April 2013 | PC
The Japanese CPU cooler maker Scythe will soon be ready with another universal processor cooler – the Grand Kama Cross 2 (codenamed SCKC-3000) that will succeed the original Grand Kama Cross. The newcomer will be based on the original Grand Kama Cross design and will be fully compatible with the Intel LGA 775/1150/1155/1156/1366/2011 sockets and AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/FM...
Samsung officially launches Galaxy Mega phablets
12 April 2013 | Smartphones, Tablets
Samsung has officially released the rumored Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3 phablets – devices that should serve the market situated between smartphones and tablets. The Galaxy Mega 5.8 has a 5.8-inch sensor display at qHD resolution (960 x 540 pixels), a dual-core processor at 1.4 GHz, 1.5 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, rear 8 MP and front 2 ...
Scythe to release Mugen 4 CPU cooler
12 April 2013 | PC
The Japanese CPU cooler maker Scythe will soon release the fourth iteration of its very popular Mugen CPU cooler line. The Mugen 4 carries model number SCMG-4000 and improves on the Mugen 3 in several ways. First the Mugen 4 comes with a new feature called TMAPS, which stands for “three-dimensional multiple airflow pass-through structure” and is basically a new fin stack ...
Samsung unveils new Series 9 ultrabook
12 April 2013 | Ultrabooks
Samsung’s ultrabook family has grown with one more member – a 13.3-inch Series 9 Premium ultrabook at Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) sporting the company’s SuperBright technology that makes the display two times brighter that most other notebooks. The new Series 9 Premium ultrabook is based on an Intel Core i7-3537U processor at 2 GHz and has 4 GB of RAM, a 128...
AMD offers Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon with Radeon video cards
12 April 2013 | PC, PC gaming
AMD’s Never Settle campaign has entered a new stage with the US company now offering Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon to gamers who purchase select AMD Radeon graphics cards. The peculiarity here is that AMD gives the game free even to those gamers who have already purchased one of the participating Radeon HD video cards. AMD’s Never Settle and Never Settle: Reloaded campaigns aim...
Intel releases information on next generation Atom chips
11 April 2013 | Tablets
Intel Corporation has detailed the next generation of Atom processors at the on-going Intel Developers Forum in Beijing, China. Codenamed Bay Trail the next generation of Atom chips will be based on 22 nm technology and will make use of Tri-Gate transistors. Due to its extraordinary power efficiency the Bay Trail processors will be extremely suitable for use in tablet computers and similar de...
Silicon Power adds Velox V50 SSDs to product line
11 April 2013 | SSD
Silicon Power has released a new SSD series known as Velox V50 just days after the launch of the Velox V55 and Slim S55 SSD lines. The new product line comes with a brand new memory controller and four different capacities to suit every taste and price point. The Velox V50 SSDs are available in the usual 2.5-inch form factor and sport MLC NAND flash memory as well as the late...
OCZ prepares Vertex 5 solid-state drives
11 April 2013 | SSD
Prompted by stiff competition on the SSD market OCZ Technology Group reportedly works on the next generation of Vertex SSDs that will offer great performance at a relatively affordable price point. The upcoming Vertex 5 solid-state drives will be based on the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller and will sport 20 nm MLC NAND flash memory. Hardware specs are stil...
Microsoft works on Surface 2 tablet
11 April 2013 | Featured, Tablets
Following the release of the Microsoft Surface media tablet the US corporation has started work on its successor - the Surface 2. The new generation will, for the first time, include a 7-inch Surface tablet that will address the growing market segment of small form factor tablets. Hardware specs are unknown as of now but next to the 7-inch screen the Surface 2 is expected to have...
