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Cooler Master Silencio FP 120 PWM Performance Edition Review (Page 1 of 4)

Recently, I have been playing a game called Blade and Soul. This is not a new game, but it was only recently released to North America. Much like the popular World of Warcraft, this is a massively multiplayer online role playing game, or MMORPG, with a pretty big open world. I am not exactly very good at this game, but I play because I had a few friends who also play. It also helps with the fact the graphics and scenery is much better than the...

Ozone Argon Review (Page 1 of 4)

Quite a few movies joke about the idea of if something can go wrong, it will go wrong. When the main character is having a bad day, they will say it could be worse, and on cue, it would start raining or snowing. Something will happen just to make things worse for the main character. Colloquially we sum up this experience as Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. If anyone has recently been following the DOTA 2 Shanghai Major...

Microsoft and HPE throw their weight behind Mesosphere

From InfoWorld: Cloud computing startup Mesosphere made its mark early with large companies like Twitter and Netflix, and on Thursday the company got a fresh boost from two more tech giants: Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Built on the open-source Apache Mesos project credited with...

TCL brings its Roku TV lineup to the U.S. market

From TechHive: First announced at CES, TCL’s P-Series Roku TVs are now shipping. These 4k UHD (3840x2160) flat panels with LED backlighting feature the Roku OS with its intuitive user interface, and they can be controlled and configured via Android and iOS devices using the Roku Mobile app. Priced...

Apple Store offline ahead of preorders for new iPhone, iPad

From CNET: Apple's online storefront was taken offline Wednesday in preparation for processing preorders for its new iPhone SE andiPad Pro 9.7 at midnight Pacific Time Thursday.

The outage is a familiar procedure before a major Apple product release. The online store will begin accepting preorders...

Ransomware targets Flash and Silverlight vulnerabilities

From InfoWorld: With ransomware attacks on the rise, most of the focus is on the importance of a robust backup strategy and whether or not to pay the ransom. But this is also a good time to double down on the security basics since having a proper patch management strategy can make a difference...

Third California jury trial in Apple-Samsung patent dispute postponed indefinitely

From PC World: A third jury trial in a patent dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple in a court in California has been postponed, pending a review by the U.S. Supreme Court of the principle for the award of damages for infringement of design patents.

The third trial in the case that dates...

Nintendo to end Wii U production this year, report says

From CNET: Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported today that Nintendo will cease production of the Wii U by the end of 2016, presumably switching to manufacturing for the mysterious NX system. Nikkei, which has accurately reported news about Nintendo's unannounced plans before, says Nintendo is ending...

Meet the iPhone SE, which packs iPhone 6S performance in a 4-inch body

From ComputerWorld: There’s a new iPhone in town, and it looks pretty familiar. The iPhone SE, which is available to preorder on Thursday, is nearly identical to the iPhone 5S but has 6S guts, which makes it a compelling buy for people who love 4-inch phones but want the latest hardware features...

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others publish new email security standard

From InfoWorld: Engineers from some of the world's largest email service providers have banded together to improve the security of email traffic traversing the Internet.

Devised by engineers from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Comcast, LinkedIn and 1&1 Mail & Media Development & Technology, the SMTP...