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CES 2016 - The tiny GIGABYTE BRIX computer systems just got beefier, with the trade show in Las Vegas bringing around an announcement that this tech giant will be throwing Intel Skylake processors into new models, including i3, i5 and i7 chips.

Coupled with Intel HD Graphics 520, the BRIX will further offer support for a 2.5" SSDs or HDDs, while also offering M.2 compatibility. USB 3.0 ports are now standard with HDMI and DisplayPort being thrown in, giving the BRIX the ability to send signal to three displays in total. Wrapping up the feature list is Intel Thunderbolt 3 support, found on the new GB-BSi7T-6500 and GB-BSi5T-6200 models only, meaning that the BRIX will be capable of Power Delivery 2.0 for fast charging and can daisy-chain up to 6 devices in total.

While this sounds quite promising, issued press release didn't mention any availability or pricing information.

CES 2016 - EVGA prepares for the incoming storm of VR by converting NVIDIA's champion GeForce GTX 980 Ti GPU into a quick and easy solution for VR gaming.

EVGA has announced the VR Ready flavor of NVIDIA's graphics powerhouse GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which supports VR head-mounted displays right out of the box. It's the first card to feature VR-ready HDMI output. The card comes with a 5.25-inch x 3.5-inch front header panel outfitted with front-facing HDMI 2.0 ports and 2x superspeed USB 3.0/3.1 ports for Users can slide in the front header into a PC chassis, making for easy interfacing with VR headsets.

Apart from the front panel setup, EVGA's VR Edition GeForce GTX 980 Ti also sports a mini-HDMI port on the rear side of the card for compatibility with various virtual reality hardware. The card sports two different kinds of cooling solutions, ranging from ACX 2.0+ and a customized blower-type cooler, and EVGA has clocked the VR Ready GTX 980 Ti at reference clock speeds. Pricing and availability have yet to be revealed.

Microsoft is finally retiring old versions of Internet Explorer (IE) this month. As of January 12, IE 8, 9, and 10 will kick the bucket, ceasing to receive updates or official support, thereby leaving you in the cold and vulnerable to viruses and such, but allowing developers to further focus on newer technology. IE 11 will still be on the menu for the foreseeable future, and then of course there's Edge.

If you are an old fogey determined to not upgrade or just don't even know how (if you're on this website, this probably isn't you, but hey), the company encourages you to do so to get the benefit of "improved security, increased performance, better backward compatibility, and support for the web standards that power today's websites and services." A final update for the aging browsers will nag you to do so, as well.

Kingston Digital, Inc. has released a product for those looking at carrying sensitive information, or just really don't want their siblings seeing the hundreds of selfies that were taken the night before.

Introducing the DataTraveler 2000, coming in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities, packing Datalock Technology licensed from ClevX, LLC within and a keypad to ensure only you can access what is inside - unless someone else knows the code.

This USB drive is suitable for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 and even Vista systems, while also functioning just fine with Mac OS X, Linux, Chrome OS and Android devices. Offering USB 3.1 Gen. 1 speeds, this encrypted device allows users to choose their own PIN and auto-locks when removed from the host device, with further security measures meaning that it will delete the encryption key and password after 10 invalid login attempts.

Team Group has made a bold statement through its recently issued press release, claiming to offer "without a doubt the best overclocking and gaming memory for Z170 motherboard," further mentioning that their RAM called the "Dark Pro starts the war of overclocking."

Offering low-key styling as seen in the Dark series and mashing it with the Vulcan multi-color design, Team Group has come up with its new Dark Pro series of DDR4 RAM, offering a design that has 'punched dots' throughout the heat spreader. Utilizing a black Tungsten steel heat spreader, Team Group claims that its Dark Pro will defeat the competition in overclocking performance.

Released in 3000, 3200 and 3333MHz models, consumers are able to purchase 4GBx2 or 8GBx2 kits for use. With this overclocking claim comes a warning from Team Group, stating in the press release that "You might come across compatibility issues when investing on overclocking accessories. Please choose the easy overclocking, most stable and highly compatible Team Group Dark Pro series, for it will give you the best performance and smoothest gaming experience you ever have."

CES 2016 - Kodak has just unveiled its new 4K action camera, with it arriving in a small cube form, rocking a 12.4-megapixel sensor, and a 235-degrere field of view.

Kodak has designed the new camera with VR filmmakers in mind, where it records in two modes - "global", which captures "an almost spherical image 360-degrees horizontally and 235-degrees vertically", reports Engadget, or "front", which shoots in the traditional wide-angle panorama in 16:9.

The global footage arrives in 1:1 aspect ratio with a maximum resolution of 2880x2880 at 30FPS, while the front mode shoots up to 4K. If you want to make spherical and VR-ready clips, you'll need two of these back-to-back.

CES 2016 - This laptop comes with a 17.3-inch 4K screen and will likely blow away your desktop PC and many of your friends, too. Labeled a 'desktop laptop' by Eurocom, the Sky DLX7 model comes packed with an Intel Core i7-6700k Skylake desktop class CPU and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Desktop GPU plus more.

Other stunning internal components include 64GB of DDR4 RAM, up to 5TB of storage and connection options including two miniDP 1.2 ports, a HDMI port, one USB 3.1 Type-C port and three USB 3.0 options. Further features include a 1Gb LAN port, space for M.2 PCIe SSDs, support for four external monitors, Windows 10, 8.1 or 7, a SoundBlaster X-Fi sound card within and a backlit keyboard.

Want one for yourself? The prices start at $3447 for the 1080p model and go up from there. If you're still interested, head here for more information.

CES 2016 - If you're worried about someone whipping out a bobby pin and Fallout 4-style breaking into your luggage, Dog & Bone are now offering its LockSmart Travel product, a TSA approved, keyless, Bluetooth connected luggage padlock and app.

The app is compatible with Apple iOS and Google Android operated phones, functioning as a keyless and trackable way to keep your belongings safe. Access can be granted to additional smartphones by the owner, hopefully removing a flat battery issue. There isn't any override system as far as we know right now, so what's worrying is that you could be stuck in a foreign country with a flat phone, locked bag and the charger nestled safely within your locked baggage - unable to be taken out and used.

Set for availability in early 2016, the lock contains 128-bit encryption and will cost artound $100.

Yesterday's claim by North Korean state-owned television that "the republic's first hydrogen bomb test has been successfully performed" has been denied by the White House, confirming that initial data from monitoring stations in the Asia area were inconsistent with that of hydrogen bomb blast.

While many neighbouring Asian-Pacific nations such as Japan and Australia alongside the United Nations have been quick to condemn the countries weapons program, the New York Times is reporting that neither Korea nor the United States believe that the blast that triggered a 5.1 earthquake in the region was due to an H-bomb, citing "a variety of evidence - some technical, some from human sources" to disbelieve their claim. According to an unnamed South Korean Defense Ministry official, the blast might not have been due to a lesser explosive boosted traditional fission bomb, saying "even a boosted fission bomb produces a yield bigger than this, so we don't think this is a successful test of a boosted fission bomb".

CES 2016 - Containing all you need in order to begin your water cooling journey, Thermaltake has presented its Pacific R360 D5 water cooling kit during the trade show in Las Vegas.

Although this kit is currently only available through Tt directly or in Germany through Alternate, it offers a good combo of parts and materials in order to water cool your own system. Included in the kit are the major components of a Pacific W1 CPU Water Block, a Pacific PR22-D5 Reservoir/Pump Combo, the Pacific R360 Radiator and Pacific 1/2" ID x 3/4" OD Compression Fittings (Chrome). In addition, you can expect to find a Riing 12 LED Blue Radiator Fan, V-Tubler 4T tubing, Coolant 1000 Blue and various accessories.

If you're looking to water cool your product, you must be prepared to pay the price, with Alternate asking a cool $359.99 for the R360 Kit. Thermaltake are also offering up its RL360 kit, setting users back $409.99 from the company directly.

CES 2016 - Thermaltake has some seriously huge cases now on the market, as seen in Las Vegas this year. Coming in the form of the W100 and WP100 models, these models can fit an insane 20 HDD cages and more.

With Thermaltake also releasing the Core P100 to provide accessibility, this case goes hand in hand with the Core W100 by stacking it on top or underneath this monolith chassis, allowing users to mix and match as they see fit for their builds. Designed with major storage and watercooling in mind, Thermaltake suggests that watercooling experts pick up the Core P100 to add more watercooling 'wiggle room' into the overall build, however, this expansion is sold separately.

The Core WP100 comes with removable 3 + 10 drive racks and allows for full sized video cards to be housed within, also featuring the possibility to house over 20 HDD cages and 10 slots if need be. Thermaltake recommended this product for "scientific purposes" in its recent press release, further mentioning that a 420mm radiator can be mounted on the front of this chassis, alongside having space for 220mm power supplies, video cards up to 635mm long and CPU coolers up to 200mm high.

CES 2016 - Paintball enthusiasts might want to check out the Airwave sports goggles, a collaboration between Recon Instruments and Empire Paintball.

The Empire EVS sports goggles uses the same insides as the Airwave, something Recon collaborated with Oakley on, but throws it into a new mask that can take a barrage of paintball hits to the face. The company says that the heads-up display found inside of the Empire EVS will display important information like ammo counts, field maps, and teammate locations.

Inside, there's a 1GHz dual-core processor, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity, with the Empire EVS powered by Android. The mask includes dual-pane lenses that will prevent internal fogging and a lower skirt that encourages ball bounding.

Aiming to give you full access to the CPU backplate at an affordable price is SilverStone with its new PS13 budget-friendly chassis.

This ATX case provides users with quick access dust filters, an all-black interior, support for video cards up to 13.7 inches in length, various drive storage options and the aforementioned CPU backplate cutout, seemingly big enough to let you install a CPU cooler without removing the motherboard.

We're interested in testing the back cut out for ourselves, but in the meantime, we're going to have to simply report the specs instead. Priced at $40.55 (37.5 EUR) and set for release on January 12, this case also features USB 3.0 ports and is the smallest ATX tower in SilverStone's Precision series.

CES 2016 - Dell just dropped a massive announcement on us at CES this year. Coming March 31st 2016 they'll have a 30-inch 4K OLED screen, the UP3017Q that supports 100% of the Adobe RGB color gamut and 97.3% of the DCI-P3 color gamut that's very useful for creative professionals

This new wonder-monitor comes with only one USB 3.1 Type-C used for the display, data and for power up to 100W of power. One cable to rule them all that clears out cable-clutter. Not as immediately as cool is a presence detector that senses when you're in front of the monitor, and turns it off when you aren't, to help reduce burn-in.

This is being targeted at the professional segment, so it's $4999 price-tag is a little more palpable when you're doing color critical work with equipment that probably costs more than the monitor anyway.

CES 2016 - Announced as part of the massive trade show in Las Vegas were Samsung's new display products, one of its hottest releases is the CF591, described as world's first frameless curved monitor.

This 27-inch borderless monitor features an 1800R screen curvature and carries a 1920x1080 resolution with a 4ms response time. This product was released alongside the bordered CF391 and CF390 models, being released in 27-inch and 32-inch panel sizes, carrying the same screen curvature and resolution standards.

The borderless CF591 further features a 60Hz refresh rate, input options including Display Port 1.2 and two HDMI 1.4 ports, audio in, two 5W speakers and 178/178 degree viewing angles. While also supporting AMD's FreeSync technology, the issued press release didn't mention any release date or pricing information.

CES 2016 - MSI wasn't shy when it came to gaming PCs at the Consumer Electronics Show, teasing its new all-in-one gaming PC, the Gaming 27XT.

MSI's new Gaming 27XT features a 27-inch display, with the usual trimmings inside - but its the back of the AIO gaming PC that has piqued our interest. Where Origin PC made a beautiful 34-inch 3440x1440 AIO gaming PC with a built-in NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X - it's not upgradeable, but the MSI Gaming 27XT is.

The GPU is found on the back of the AIO gaming PC is housed separately, and mounted on the back of the display. It's upgradeable, which is going to go along way if you decide on pulling the trigger on an AIO gaming PC.

We reported last week Huawei's Honor smartphone sub-brand would be launching in the US sometime this year. Turns out that's sooner than expected: January 31.

The first Honor phone to hit American shores will be the mid-range Honor 5X, which packs a 1.5 GHz Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, and Android 5.1 Lollipop / Huawei's EMUI 3.1 software. The display, meanwhile, sports 1920x1080 resolution on a 5.5'' inch screen; the battery comprises a 3,000mAh cell. Size-wise, it measures 5.96 inches x 3.00 inches x 0.32 inches and weighs 158 g.

As for the camera, you get a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with SmartImage 3.0 for improved shots in dark scenes, wide F2.0 aperture, and a 28 mm wide angle lens, as well as a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with F2.4 aperture, and a 22 mm wide angle lens. The rear camera supports up to 4160 x 3120 photo resolution and 1920 x 1080 video resolution, while the front camera supports up to 2592 × 1944 photo resolution and 1280 × 720 video resolution.

CES 2016 - In a strong showing in Las Vegas this year, ASUS has gathered five 2016 CES awards for itself and its Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand, taking trophies home for the Chromebit CS10, ROG G752, ROG GT51, ROG Swift PG348Q and the RT-AC5300 tri-band wireless router.

These awards were presented from categories including computer hardware and components, gaming and virtual reality, computer peripherals and smart home. With 27 product categories in total through this award series, taking out almost 20% of these is no small feat.

With two ROG laptops taking home prizes, ASUS has shown strength in the upper-class of portable gaming solutions, providing the G752 with an Intel Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M graphics and a cool 64GB of DDR4 RAM. Not to be outclassed, the GT51 offers an Intel Core i7-6700K processor, support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X graphics in SLI and 4K monitor compatibility.

CES 2016 - Razer unveiled its new Blade Stealth ultrabook gaming PC at CES, but alongside that announcement was their new Stargazer webcam.

Razer teamed with Intel on Stargazer, including Intel's impressive RealSense 3D technology inside of it. The Stargazer is capable of capturing 720p at 60FPS, as well as 1080p at 30FPS, with a noise-cancelling, dual-array microphone. It's powered by the Intel RealSense SR300 camera, which brings 3D to the table.

Intel's RealSense SR300 camera is capable of Windows Hello support, so you can use your face to log into Windows 10. Razer is more excited about the Dynamic Background Removal capability, where you can filter out the entire image except for the person. This might not sound like much, but for Twitch streamers, this is going to be huge - you can filter out everything around you, so you're picking up just your body, and have that overlayed on your stream or YouTube video.

CES 2016 - be quiet! is at it again, adding yet another model to its power supply lineup, this time in the form of its Pure Power 9 product which is set to replace the Pure Power 8.

Being released in both modular and fixed-cable versions, the Pure Power 9 features lower noise levels and higher performance than its predecessor. Brandishing an 80PLUS Silver rating and a brand new 120mm be quiet! fan, this product will see release in 400w, 500w, 600w and 700w models, across both the modular and fixed cable design.

Other advancements of the Pure Power 9 over the 8 includes an improved cable set, more SATA connectors, a longer P8 which measures 700mm and a longer 24 pin connector at 550mm. Further features include all black wiring and black connectors, plus flat peripheral and PCIE cables.