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Microsoft Office 15 Reaches Technical Preview Milestone | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 14:36

Apart from a few screenshots leaked early last year, not much was known about the next major release of Microsoft Office codenamed “Office 15”. However, as of yesterday, Microsoft has announced that "Office 15" has entered into Technical Preview, with the public beta slated for a summer release. The technical preview is currently open only to a select few outside Microsoft under a ...

More MSI Z77 motherboards get previewed | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 3:13

vr-zone.com - Our Chinese language site got a look at a couple of MSI Z77 motherboards back at CES, although early revisions and now pictures of what appears to be close to a final revision of a yet unseen Z77 motherboard has appeared online. The model in question is the Z77A-GD55, a slightly more basic model than what we've seen so far, albeit a reasonably feature rich board nonetheless.

AMD Posts Catalyst 12.1 Drivers, Catalyst 12.2 Preview | Posted on: 28/01/2012 @ 4:48

AMD has posted its first Catalyst driver package of the new year, Catalyst version 12.1, the feature set of which hasn't changed much since the preview release - the banner feature is still custom application profiles, which allow users to create custom 3D and CrossFire setting for individual games. This has long been a feature offered by NVIDIA's driver packages, and it's nice to see AMD ...

Nintendo reveals Wii U details | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 22:49

vr-zone.com - Nintendo has revealed additional details about the upcoming Wii U console, which it hopes will put it back on a profit-making path for the year ahead.

Ivy Bridge Gets A Release Date? | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 22:36

#Intel 's new 22nm desktop processor set for early April release, quad core parts only at first.

Twitter Endows Itself With Censor Rights | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 22:07

In January of 2011 #Twitter outlined their position on their platform and freedom of speech. In a great post entitled "The Tweets Must Flow", on the back of the first stirrings of the Arab Spring which was so bolstered by social networks, they stated:

AMD 12.2 Preview available | Posted on: 26/01/2012 @ 19:36

Brings improved functionality for Eyefinity technologies, no support for HD 7900 series cards.

New Publishers To Join Origin Distribution Platform | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 23:30

Competing with #Steam is hard to do, but credit to EA for trying.

Preview: ASUS P9X79 WS @ ocaholic | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 23:13

No BlizzCon In 2012 | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 22:48

No #BlizzCon for 2012. Lack of major #Blizzard convention likely indicates no new game announcements from gaming behemoth this year.

Preview: ASUS P9X79 WS | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 19:12

Beim P9X79 WS handelt es sich um ASUS' erstes Workstation Mainboard basierend auf Intels X79-Chipsatz. Bereits auf den ersten Blick beeindruckend, sind die insgesamt sechs PCI-Express-x16-Slots, die man auf dieser Platine findet. Hinzu kommen acht DIMM-Slots, sowie zahlreiche Features. Den Spezifikationen zufolge handelt es sich somit um eine sehr gut ausgestattete Platine.

Details out on Alienware's 2012 notebook range | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 16:01

vr-zone.com - A reputable source tied closely with Dell has provided a bunch of details ahead of any official announcements on several upcoming laptops entering Alienware's lineup, rumoured to be launched sometime during Q2 2012.

Full HD 7950 Specifications Revealed | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 20:24

Essentially a HD 7970 minus a few shaders.

Specifications on HD 7950 shared via GPU-Z | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 16:01

vr-zone.com - The launch of AMD's Radeon HD 7950 isn't far away now with just a little over a week remaining. Following initial leaked images and specs which we reported on last week, we now have some more concrete info on specs thanks to the first GPU-Z screenshot of the card making its way online.

Asus Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II Top Preview | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 16:01

Preview of the ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II Top Video Card. From the sounds of it, once the ASUS ...

Preview: Intel's Open-Source Driver Can Beat Mac OS X | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 13:12

Thanks to recent advancements by Intel's Open-Source Technology Center, the open-source Linux graphics driver not only supports more OpenGL 3.0 functionality than Apple's Intel graphics driver for Mac OS X, but the performance is more competitive. In some cases, the OpenGL performance is now superior under Linux with the open-source driver that is developed by Intel in conjunction with the free ...

Report: NVIDIA GK104 branding, specifications revealed | Posted on: 20/01/2012 @ 16:42

vr-zone.com - NVIDIA is preparing to release it's Kepler family of GPUs in Q2 2012, with GK104 being a crucial part of the family. GK104 will be the performance product, succeeding GF114 and GTX 560 in its various variants, and likely branded as GeForce GTX 660. 

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Pictures, Specifications Leaked | Posted on: 20/01/2012 @ 16:42

vr-zone.com - A forum member from Guru3D has leaked the first press pictures of a Radeon HD 7950 - this one being Sapphire's version. 

Preview: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 | Posted on: 19/01/2012 @ 15:12

Hinsichtlich des neuen X79-Chipsatzes von Intel hat Gigabyte sein Portfolio an High-End-Desktop-Mainboards neu gestaltet und wesentlich klarer strukturiert. Beim UD3 handelt es sich um Gigabytes Einstieg in die X79-Klasse. Das Board verfügt über ein sehr schlichtes Design und einem attraktiven Feature-Mix. Hinzu kommt eine Overclocking-Tauglichkeit, die in diesem Preissegment ihresgleichen ...

Wikipedia To Take Down English Language Sites | Posted on: 17/01/2012 @ 20:57

Sites go dark to protest #SOPA and PIPA; incidents of 'dogs eating homework' expected to rise 1000% Thursday.

Preview: ASUS Rampage IV Gene | Posted on: 16/01/2012 @ 21:12

Mit der ROG-Serie bedient ASUS jeweils die Gamer und Overclocker. Mittlerweile findet man endlich eine klare Abstufung im Sortiment des Herstellers bezüglich Gaming- und Overclocking-Motherboards. Das Rampage IV Gene Motherboard zielt mittlerweile konsequent auf die Gaming-Gemeinde wohingegen das Extreme-Board kompromisslos auf Overclocker ausgerichtet ist. Bei den Produkten der Gene-Serie ...

More details for Battlefield 3?s update | Posted on: 13/01/2012 @ 20:24

Included will be accuracy and inaccuracy solutions for a couple of weapons.

AMD Phenom II x8 2420 seen | Posted on: 13/01/2012 @ 19:25

#AMD Phenom II x8 2420 seen. VR Zone was lucky enough to catch a screenshot of an unknown AMD eight cored CPU running in the wake of rumours of a Phenom II x8 existing.

Cooler Master's New HAF XM | Posted on: 13/01/2012 @ 11:01

#CES2012 sees the unveiling of the new #CoolerMaster HAF XM, a chassis with some of the styling of the HAF X yet slightly more compact.

Microsoft Push Bulldozer Patch For Windows 7 | Posted on: 12/01/2012 @ 20:02

#Microsoft Push #AMD Bulldozer Patch For Windows 7. Features better optimisations for AMD's ailing processor, up to 10% improvement in performance cited.

World of Tanks Optimized Competition Settings Guide | Posted on: 11/01/2012 @ 22:15

BenchmarkReviews.com: World of Tanks (WoT) is a free-to-play MMO-action video game by Wargaming.net that is loosely based on World War II-era tanks from the Soviet Union, Germany, USA, China, Britain, France, and Japan. Players can open either a free or premium account, and earn their way up a tiered ladder by competing against other online players in random battles. World of Tanks is developed ...

More Lenovo Krait Tablet Details: $399 Price Target | Posted on: 11/01/2012 @ 10:36

    We had another opportunity to handle the Lenovo S2110, the first commercial Krait tablet we've seen and had a chance to talk with the product team in a bit more detail. It's clear that Lenovo recognizes the market opportunities for mobile computing, and their line-up of tablets and smartphones will only get bigger. Their phone devices remain targeted primarily at the Chinese ...

Tizen Puts Out Some Code, SDK Preview | Posted on: 10/01/2012 @ 20:48

The Tizen Linux project, which is backed by Intel, Samsung, and others, have released some initial code and other information in time for CES 2012...

LG Reveal Worlds Largest OLED TV Screen | Posted on: 09/01/2012 @ 20:58

#LG at #CES2012 Reveal Worlds Largest OLED TV Screen

AMD introduce 12.1a Preview driver | Posted on: 07/01/2012 @ 2:00

Along with new 11.12 CAP2 profiles. 12.1a drivers designed for improving the game 'Rage'.

Batman Arkham City 3D Vision Game Review | Posted on: 06/01/2012 @ 17:10

BenchmarkReviews.com: Of all the superheroes, Batman is one of the few who does not possess any super-human power. Perhaps that is why so many people cheer for The Great Detective, and why so many gamers seek to wear his utility belt. Although the upcoming movie The Dark Knight Rises depicts the same character played in the Batman: Arkham City video game, both also share 3D special effects that ...