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Ryzen processors show strong sales, proving to be just the tonic AMD needs

By Darren Allan AMD obviously pinned a lot of hopes on Ryzen turning its fortunes around in the processor market, and indeed the new CPUs (introduced in the spring) have been selling strongly, playing a big part in ensuring a healthy financial report in the latest quarter (Q3). Ryzen and Radeon (the firm’s CPUs and…

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Best mining GPU 2017: the best graphics cards for mining Bitcoin, Ethereum and more

By Matt Hanson Looking for the best mining GPU for earning Bitcoin, Ethereum and more? Then you’ve come to the right place, as we list the top graphics cards for generating cryptocurrencies, along with the very best prices so you can start earning quickly and easily. If you’ve spent a lot of time on the…

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Razer’s newest webcam comes with its own professional lighting

By Kevin Lee Razer has made some of the best peripherals for streaming gamers, and now it’s introducing the world’s first webcam with its own built-in lighting: the Razer Kiyo. The gaming hardware maker claims the Kiyo is the world’s first desktop camera equipped with an adjustable ring light to provide professional grade lighting without…

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IBM’s newest tape cartridge can hold a staggering 30TB of data

By Darren Allan IBM has unveiled a new generation of tape storage technology, LTO-8, which provides a huge boost compared to the previous generation, and is capable of storing 30TB of data per cartridge. LTO-8 is expected to be unleashed before the end of the year, and it offers a compressed capacity of 30TB and…

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 mobile platform officially launched

By Shuddhahnik Maity Qualcomm has just unveiled a new mid-range mobile processor at the 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong. Named as the Snapdragon 636, the latest SoC comes with enhanced gaming and display technology support over the Snapdragon 630 Mobile Platform. Qualcomm will start shipping the newly announced chip from November 2017 and phones equipped…

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Huge 40TB hard drives are on the horizon, thanks to Western Digital

By Kevin Lee Western Digital (WD) has announced its next biggest innovation in hard drives, and it could bring capacities all the way up to 40 terabytes. At its San Jose, California headquarters, WD announced the world’s first microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) hard drives. The storage company claims its innovative MAMR technology will enable its…

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Intel unveils 8th gen Intel Core processor family at GITEX

By Abbas Jaffar Ali At GITEX Technology Week, Intel announced its new family of 8th Gen Intel Core desktop processors. This new family introduces the first-ever 6-core Intel Core i5 desktop processor and first-ever 4-core Intel Core i3 desktop processor. For enthusiasts and overclockers, the unlocked “K” processors are back as well and the platform…

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Synology debuts VM-ready NAS solutions at GITEX

By Nick Rego At GITEX Technology Week, popular NAS provider Synology unveiled two new NAS systems designed to provide robust storage and backup services, as well as function as an all-inclusive virtualization solution. The Synology RackStation RS18017xs+ offers scalability of up to 180 drives, and is powered by an Intel Xeon D-15316 CPU and up…

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This is the world’s biggest hard drive and it can store 14TB

By Darren Allan Western Digital has launched the world’s biggest hard drive which weighs in at 14TB and uses 4th-generation HelioSeal tech. The HGST Ultrastar Hs14 is aimed at the likes of data centers and heavyweight cloud applications, with the helium-filled drive offering 40% more capacity than its predecessor – and double the sequential write…

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Some Ryzen 5 1600/X buyers have found their 6-core CPU has 8 cores

By Darren Allan Some folks who’ve bought Ryzen 5 1600 or 1600X processors have found that their chips have two more cores than expected, which can only be described as a massive win on the CPU lottery. These CPUs should have six cores and 12 threads, but reports on Korean forums (spotted by Wccftech) say…

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Look for this logo next time you buy a printer ink cartridge

By Darren Allan The European Commission has confirmed that third-party remanufacturers of printer ink cartridges must comply with e-waste regulations, and that consumers should look for the ‘WEEE’ logo to be sure of this. This means that (hopefully) there will be fewer old printer cartridges ending up in landfill sites, with more being reused or…

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AMD’s Vega 64 graphics card easily outraces Nvidia’s GTX 1080 Ti in Forza 7

By Darren Allan As we saw in our review of the Radeon RX Vega 64, generally speaking, the graphics card offers roughly equivalent performance to Nvidia’s GTX 1080 – but not in Forza 7, where in a surprising turn of events the Vega 64 outstrips the GTX 1080 Ti by a good amount. Yes, we…

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Best printer 2017: Top inkjet printers in the UAE

By Mufaddal Fakhruddin,Rod Lawton,Ian Osborne Update: We’ve checked and updated this guide to make sure it gives you the best possible advice. Only the very best printers are included in this guide. If you’re looking for a new printer for the office, check out our best business printers guide. Looking for the best inkjet printer…

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Intel’s 18-core processor peaks above 6.1GHz with liquid nitrogen cooling

By Darren Allan Intel’s new monster Core i9 processors boasting 18-cores and 16-cores have just gone on sale, and Asus has set some blistering new records overclocking these CPUs with its ROG Rampage VI Apex motherboard. Using the Core i9-7980XE 18-core processor (with a base clock of 2.6GHz, Turbo to 4.2GHz) cooled with liquid nitrogen…

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Nvidia’s new drivers mean GeForce graphics cards work with macOS High Sierra

By Darren Allan Nvidia has just released new drivers for its PCIe graphics cards to ensure compatibility with the latest version of macOS 10.13, known as High Sierra. Driver version 378.10.10.10.15.114 introduces a raft of performance tweaks and bug fixes, along with compatibility for Pascal-based (i.e. Nvidia’s latest) GeForce and Quadro GPUs in the current…

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