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 Sunday, 15-November-2015  23:48:38 (GMT +10) - by booj

One of the major differentiating features on modern motherboards is the included networking solution. Many of today's 'gaming' motherboards include the Killer NIC. Hot Hardware interview Rivet Networks, the owners of the Killer technologies to talk about the past, the present and the future of the Killer NIC.

Fallout 4 is generating a lot of internet hype. Guru3D take a look at how the game performs on the many tiers of modern hardware.

The NSW police are in trouble for what appears to be illegal surveillance of a private user's Facebook page. After four months of illegal police surveillance on a closed Facebook page, Rhys Liam Halvey was arrested and charged with three counts of using a carriage service to offend police and a further three counts of publishing an indecent article....But all six charges have now been withdrawn and dismissed. In ordering costs against police, Magistrate Brown described the conduct as "reprehensible" and the charges as "trivial."

Microsoft has rolled out Windows 10 for the Xbox One. Coverage on many sites including Anandtech. Today the New Xbox One Experience began rolling out, and with it comes a big change in not only the look and feel of the Xbox One’s Dashboard, but it also brings Windows 10 to Microsoft’s gaming console. The new update brings about a big shift in the user interface, as well as some very anticipated features.

Metamorphosis sent in an article from Arstechnica that shows the SteamOS still has some way to go to catch up to Windows 10 in terms of performance and efficiency. All that said, right now, it seems that choosing SteamOS over a Windows box means sacrificing a significant amount of performance on many (if not most) graphically intensive 3D games.

Users of Beats Music will need to take note that Apple will be shutting down the service on Nov 30th after acquiring it earlier for a cool $3 billion. Apple announced on Thursday that it would shut down Beats Music, a move that comes less than six months after the premiere of Apple Music. All Beats Music subscriptions will be canceled on Nov. 30, but those who move to Apple Music will quickly discover that the $10-a-month streaming alternative incorporates many of Beats’ features.

This one goes firmly in the rumor category. Reports from China indicate that Intel may release a 10 core/20 thread processor for it's X99 platform. Interesting..

Astronomers have spotted what they believe to be the most distant object ever seen in our solar system. The dwarf planet, known for now simply as V774104, is more than 100 times farther from the sun than we are. Astronomers aren't sure what it's doing out there, but they're hoping follow-up studies of its orbit will teach them more.



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