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Microsoft asks Outlook early adopters to join waiting list and cross their fingers

If you want to try out some of the new features of the new version of Microsoft's Outlook email client, you can sign up to this waiting list.
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Nvidia’s prototype 1,700Hz display could unlock frame rates for future VR

Nvidia has shown off a new 1,700Hz display at this year's Graphics Technology Conference. VR displays of the future may have almost no latency.
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HP’s Envy laptops go on a diet, but bulk up on CPU power

HP has refreshed and updated some elements of its Envy line up, making them more modern, better equipped and ready to face the competition.
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Five forgotten gaming genres that the HTC Vive will make popular again

Virtual reality might be great, but it's particular wonderful using an HTC Vive. So great in fact, that it could bring back classic genres of gaming's past.
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The Core M Compute Stick could be the perfect micro-PC, and you can now pre-order it

Intel's Core M Compute Stick is now available to pre-order, though that performance does come at a higher price than ever before.
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Skulls in the living room? Intel's NUC brings the pain with powerhouse internals

Intel has finally launched its Skull Canyon NUC, bundling a high-powered i7 Skylake CPU with Iris 580 Pro graphics and up to 32GB of RAM.
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Forget gaming, the future of VR could be in business

Virtual Reality is getting its biggest push ever in 2016, but it might not be gaming that takes it over the top, but business.
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It might be pricey, but building your own broadband network might be the way forward

Getting fed up with waiting on legal matters to come to their conclusion, a Tennessee man has spent $400,000 to build his own broadband network.
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Leak confirms Intel’s Broadwell-E range Extreme Edition is just around the corner

Intel's upcoming Broadwell-E flagship chip, the I7-6950X Extreme Edition, will feature a massive 25MB of L3 cache and a boosted frequency of 3.5GHz
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Everything old is new again as widgets come to the Windows 10 action center

Windows 10 is getting a revamped Action Center when this Summer's Anniversary Update rolls around, just before the end of the free upgrade period.
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USB 3.1 gives Seagate world's biggest, uber-portable external HDD

Seagate's new Innov8 external drive is a different beast than we're used to, offering 8TB of storage space, all powered by USB.
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AMD's Radeon R9 280 is now the most affordable VR-ready graphics card

Valve has managed to get the recommended specifications for the HTC Vive VR headset down. Now you only need a R9 280.
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Here’s what the inside of an Oculus Rift CV1 looks like

The Oculus Rift has been a long time in the making, so of course people want to take it apart and that's exactly what iFixit has done with its CV1.
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GDR5X may not compete with HBM, but it’s fast … and coming soon

Micron has now outed the specifications for the new standard GDDR5X memory chips, and they're quite impressive.
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Leaker braves Nvidia's ire with images of GTX 10 series cooling shrouds

Nvidia's upcoming Pascal range may have had its coolers prematurely pictured by a machine worker, who snapped shots of the shroud in the factory.
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Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney: Oculus storefront is anything but 'open'

Tim Sweeney of Epic Games doesn't think Oculus' new "open" storefront is anything close to that in reality, claiming it's restricting sales.
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Corsair gets all sensitive with its new M65 Pro RGB's 12k sensor

If you want raw sensitivity, Corsair's M65 Pro RGB has it, with a newly installed 12,000 DPI sensor that can be tweaked in the back-end CUE system.
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You can put MSI's new Pro Flex 16 all-in-one just about anywhere

MSI's new Pro Flex 16 is useful just about everywhere, whether you hang it from the ceiling, put it on your desk, or mount it on the wall.
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Apple spends $1.5 million on the giant display it's putting in new Apple stores

That giant display at the back of the new Apple store design? They purportedly cost Apple as much as $1.5 million a piece.
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AMD and Nvidia update drivers to give Rift owners the best experience possible

Got your GPU ready and your headset ordered? Then grab the latest drivers from AMD and Nvidia to make sure your rig is truly ready.
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Sony exec hints PlayStation VR might not be exclusive to the PlayStation 4

Getting VR on your PC may be that little bit cheaper if you could get the PSVR system working on it and that may be possible in the future, as per Sony.
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Chinese government paper praises convicted hacker of U.S. defence firm

China's Global Times government-controlled newspaper has praised the actions of alleged hacker Su Bin for sending U.S. military secrets to China.
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John Carmack to receive this year’s BAFTA Fellowship Award

id Software founder John Carmack is set to receive the BAFTA Fellowship award, joining the likes of Gabe Newell, Shigeru Miyamoto and Peter Molyneux.
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Pro-ethical hacking group hacked, used as malware front

The Certified Ethical Hacker site has been found to have been distributing malware to its visitors for the past few days, with warnings seemingly ignored.
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Some Western Digital My Book drives shipping with discrete enterprise HDD inside

Enterprise performance drives have been found in an early release version of Western Digital's My Book 8TB drive, rather than the expected Red drive.
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Developer survey shows growing preference for OS X

Developers' favorite operating system isn't a Windows-based platform anymore, but an Apple one. OS X has now taken the top spot in a recent survey.
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Chrome 50 beta update gets pushy with new notification improvements

In the latest beta update for Google's Chrome browser, Web designers can now send custom image push notifications and pre-load necessary resources.
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Is this better than real life? Microsoft claims DX12 can make it happen

Microsoft now claims that DIrectX12's focus on HDR lighting techniques will let us go beyond photo-realism in the near future.
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Portal Stories: Mel gives virtual reality headset owners their first taste of Portal in VR

Portal Stories: Mel, the free modification that expands the Portal universe, is set to debut in virtual reality in early April, as Portal Stories: VR.
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Hover Junker devs show how to turn your pet into an alien, with the power of VR

Stress Level Zero, the developers of HTC Vive VR title, Hover Junkers, have managed to put their dog in the game as a creepy sandworm.
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Fitbit teams up with Alexa to offer voice-activated fitness data

Finding out how active you've been recently just became a whole lot easier, as Amazon's Alexa now supports Fitbit stat tracking.
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Dell’s affordable stealth gaming laptop gets a budget solid state drive

The Dell Inspiron 15 7000 previously lacked high speed storage options in the lower price bracket, but not any more: it now has a 256GB SSD for $850.
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MSI is now shipping its unique, pint-sized, dual-GPU Vortex gaming desktop

If you have deep pockets, MSI's new Vortex gaming system offers stellar performance, in a cool, quiet, and small form-factor chassis.
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MSI launches super-efficient, snow-white GTX 950s

Cut your GTX 950s power usage by a full 15w with the new entry from MSI, which bolsters its midrange GPU offerings.