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Leaked Intel processor roadmap reveals ‘Cannon Lake’ firing in late 2017

A leaked Intel roadmap reveals that its "Cannon Lake" processors are scheduled to arrive this time next year, and eventually joined by "Coffee Lake" CPUs.
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Full-body touch sensations in VR will likely need special suits like Skinterface

Four students from London's Royal College of Art have created Skinterface, a skinsuit covered in actuators that enables full-body touch sensations in VR.
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Old Windows 10 preview builds won’t boot if particpants fail to upgrade

Windows Insider program lead Dona Sarkar warns that old preview builds of Windows 10 distributed in the Insider Fast Ring will stop booting next month.
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Finally, traditional desktop software is available in the Windows Store on Windows 10

Desktop programs sent through Microsoft's Desktop App Converter for Windows 10 are now rolling out on the Windows Store, such as a full-featured Evernote.
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AMD reaffirms when its upcoming 'Polaris' graphics cards will hit the market

At the Deutsche Bank 2016 Technology Conference in Las Vegas, AMD chief technology officer Mark Papermaster reaffirmed the launch window for the "Vega" GPU.
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Forget Xbox, Sony is hoping the PS4 Pro will woo PC gamers

Sony's Andrew House recently admitted in an interview that the company had PC gamers in mind when it was developing the upcoming PlayStation 4 Pro console.
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Toshiba addresses the mainstream storage market with new OCZ solid state drives

Toshiba has introduced the OCZ VX500 Series of SATA-based solid state drives. They're offered in four capacities and target mainstream desktops and laptops.
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Outdated installs of Adobe Flash Player soon won’t load in Internet Explorer 11

The Microsoft Edge team said on Tuesday that Internet Explorer 11 will soon begin blocking outdated installs of Flash Player from automatically loading.
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Nvidia’s new Tesla cards meet the needs of the growing capacities of AI services

During GTC Beijing 2016, Nvidia introduced two new Tesla cards for deep neural network inferencing production workloads carried out by AI-based services.
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Many Windows 10 users won’t see Anniversary Update until November

A recent email blast from Microsoft reveals that Anniversary Update for Windows 10 could take up to three months to roll out to every customer globally.
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High-bandwidth mode provides a tighter online experience on 'Overwatch' for PC

Blizzard's latest "Overwatch" developer update reveals the game's servers now provide a high-bandwidth mode for tighter online gameplay for the PC.
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Registration required for Nvidia’s latest GeForce Experience client for PC

The latest version of Nvidia's GeForce Experience desktop client now requires a Nvidia, Google, or Facebook account. The client has also been overhauled.

Add your voice to the 'Mass Effect' universe through BioWare's latest contest

Virtual space, that is. BioWare kicked off a contest where two winners will record their voices for the next 'Mass Effect' game. This will be a paid trip.
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Sneak peek: Sony showing off its PlayStation VR headset at New York City showroom

Sony is now taking appointments for consumers to demo the PlayStation VR headset at its new Sony Square showroom in New York City.
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‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ monsters raid the real world thanks to Microsoft’s HoloLens

Gold Team Productions is working on a version of Yu-Gi-Oh! for Microsoft's HoloLens AR headset. It's currently in an alpha state supporting real cards.
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Avoid reality everywhere you go with MSI’s VR One backpack

MSI has teased the VR One, a high-end backpack-style PC for tether-free VR gaming. The details are unknown for now, but it will be showcased this week.
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Emteq wants to track your facial and eye movements for emotional interaction in VR

Emteq is working on a facial sensing platform to bring emotional interaction within VR. The system tracks facial movements, heart rate, and more.
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Asus ROG outs another Strix gaming laptop, packs a discrete GTX 960M GPU

The Asus Republic of Gamers brand has introduced another Strix laptop for PC gamers, the GL553VW. This model packs a Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M discrete GPU.
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Bethesda's new 'The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition' includes four DLC packs

Bethesda has released a Gold Edition of The Elder Scrolls Online packing the core game and the four DLC packs. The company also unleashed a DLC bundle.
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Blizzard ripping cards out of Arena Mode in 'Hearthstone' to create more balance

In an upcoming update, Blizzard will remove 45 cards from the Arena Mode in "Hearthstone" to create a more balanced experience across all nine classes.
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Classic Deathmatch mode makes long-awaited return to ‘Doom" in Free Update 3

Bethesda will soon release Free Update 3 for "Doom," adding the classic Deathmatch mode and the ability to create and customize private matches.
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Intel is in style during New York Fashion Week, helps shoot the runway in VR

Intel hardware is currently powering the virtual reality broadcast of several New York Fashion Week runway shows. Intel-powered gadgets are on display, too.
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Amazon's Alexa voice AI may start blurting out information on its own this fall

Amazon is reportedly adding push notification support to its Alexa virtual assistant this fall, but is worried Alexa might get rude when blurting out info.
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Google Chrome will start getting aggressive with non-secure HTTP sites in January

Starting in January, Google Chrome will warn web surfers when HTTP sites don't secure form fields used for entering their credit card numbers and passwords.
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Here’s how to grab login credentials on Windows using a USB mini-computer

One researcher has discovered a way to steal the login credentials of a locked Windows PC using a mini-computer on a USB stick. This method uses Responder.
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After six years, ‘Star Trek Online’ finally invades consoles, bearing gifts

Star Trek Online made its debut on the PC back in 2010 after a six-year development window, and now the game finally lands on the current-gen consoles.
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The launch of 'Roblox' on Rift was successful — and PSVR could be next

'Roblox' founder David Baszucki talks about the platform's success on the Oculus Rift, and what users should expect from "Roblox" VR support in the future.
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Meet the world’s oldest video game music composer, certified by Guinness Records

Guinness World Records has certified the world's oldest video game music composer as Koichi Sugiyama, who's known for conducting the "Dragon Quest" music.
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Sony sued for pre-installing Windows on a laptop, wins first battle

In 2008, Sony sold laptops with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed. One customer didn't want the software, so he took Sony to court for reimbursement.
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Skype Teams emerges as Microsoft's answer to team-based chat tool Slack

Microsoft's plans to create a Slack competitor has surfaced in the form of Skype Teams, a team-based collaboration tool for chatting with co-workers online.
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Dell goes wild with color with the launch of two high-resolution UltraSharp displays

Dell hastwo new UltraSharp monitors that support a hefty 1.07 billion colors, and are ideal for digital artists and ad designers who need precise colors.
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Be Quiet sneaks out a new processor cooler ideal for Mini-ITX desktop setups

Be Quiet introduced the Pure Rock Slim cooler for Intel and AMD processors. This cooling solution stands roughly five inches tall, ideal for Mini-ITX PCs.
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Agent 47 infiltrates a Colorado farm used to train militia in the latest episode of 'Hitman'

The latest episode of "Hitman" arrives later this month, sending Agent 47 to Colorado to take down four nasty targets and rewarding players with new tools.
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Geekbench coughs up a few early numbers of AMD's 'Naples' processor for servers

A Geekbench benchmark of AMD's Zen-based Naples processor for servers leaked online, testing two 32-core chips on a two-socket motherboard in a Linux setup.