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Continuum continues to tease with retail entry on British site

Microsoft's Continuum smartphone broadcasting system may be closer to release than we thought, as a product has shown up on a British retail site.
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Microsoft clarifies Windows 10 activation details

Microsoft has made it much easier to understand how the whole Windows 10 activation system works, with a newly updated Web page and FAQ.
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Microsoft’s VR Kit to challenge Google Cardboard for entry level VR dominance

Microsoft is getting into the low-cost VR game too, with the unveiling of its new VR kit for developers at a Russian hackathon.
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Call in Cortana silently with this Bluetooth button

Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana can now be called without using your voice, thanks to a nifty button from Satechi.
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10 mind-bending Oculus Rift experiences that will take you for a psychedelic ride

The Oculus Rift headset has many wonderful experiences available for it, but also many that are bizarre. Here are the ten strangest VR games we could find.
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Toshiba’s Chromebook 2s now come packing Broadwell CPUs

Broadwell CPUs are now inside Toshiba's refreshed Chromebook 2, making it more powerful and energy-efficient than ever before.
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$150 is all it costs for a lifetime of Office 2016

Buying Office products of late has required a subscription, not so with Office 2016, which is now available for a set fee.
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Samsung launches new 950 Pro M.2 SSD with mind-blowing performance

Samsung's new 950 Pro SSD drops the SATA III interface of old and replaces it with the new PCIE M.2, while offering better performance than ever.
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Digital Storm launches new, rather-red, Aventum 3

Digital Storm has produced some impressive PC's in the past, but the new Aventum 3 has the potential to trump them all with its cooling setup.
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Is that a mouse or a Transformer? Mad Catz’s customizable new line makes you wonder

Mad Catz has introduced a new gaming mouse, known as the Rat Pro X and not only is it high end, but you can tailor it to your tastes.
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Skype soon usable in Microsoft Edge without plugins

Skype calls are set to get even easier in Windows 10, thanks to its plug-in free status as part of the Edge browser.
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Intel clears up socketed Skylake eDRAM confusion

If you want a socketed CPU packing Intel's eDRAM and Iris Pro graphics, you'll have to look to Broadwell, rather than Skylake.
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Guess how big Google’s codebase is

Google's codebase is much bigger than you'd expect it to be, but that's not too surprising considering how many services it comprises.
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Another WordPress exploit hits thousands of sites

WordPress has been exploited again, with several thousand sites every day being infected.
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Star Wars Battlefront beta to be platform-agnostic

PS4, Xbox One, and PC are all supported by the upcoming beta for Star Wars Battlefront, meaning no one will be left out when it launches.
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Sea Hawk water-cooled GPU is MSI and Corsair’s latest duo offering

MSI and Corsair have together created a new, liquid-cooled GTX 980 Ti, known as the Sea Hawk ... or HydroGFX, depending on who you ask.
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AMD R9 Nano gets miniaturized even more by new WC block

If you want to make your R9 Nano even slimmer while also improving its cooling, you could look to Aqua Computers new Kryographics R9 Nano.
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Edge browser joins the drag-and-drop revolution

Drag-and-drop might be a feature of most browsers, but not Microsoft's Edge, at least for now.
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SD Card issue tackled head on with latest Surface Pro 3 update

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 2-in-1 is getting a new firmware update that everyone hopes will fix the persistent SD card issue.
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EA’s Origin wants to tempt you with Red Alert 2 and expansion

Origin's On the House program is hoping to tempt gamers over with a free copy of Red Alert 2 and its expansion, Yuri's Revenge.
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Update: Microsoft may launch new Surface Pro 4, Lumia phones at Oct. 6 event

Microsoft's next generation of hardware may be announced at an upcoming New York event, including the Surface Pro 4 and new Lumia flagship phones.
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Qualcomm’s quick-charge tech will get your battery back to full in under an hour

The new version of Qualcomm's Quick-Charge technology should help bring down charge times by a big margin when using compatible handsets.
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Toshiba’s Click 10 offers budget convertible computing

New Skylake laptops and tablets might be dominating headlines, but budget sells more, which is why Toshiba is pushing its new Atom-powered Click 10.
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Need for Speed PC reboot release pushed back for FPS tinkering

The reboot of Need for Speed is set to be delayed by a few months on PC, to help perfect its visuals and unlock the frame rate.
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Google’s Eric Schmidt is optimistic that advanced AI won’t kill us all

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Alphabet and ex-CEO of Google, has been talking up the benefits of AI and how it can help create a fairer, more open world.
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Meet the new Steam Controller, as showcased by the creator of Team Fortress

It's not less than two months till the release of Valve's Steam Controller, so Team Fortress creator Robin Walker has been showing it off at PAX Prime.
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Ashley Madison ex-CTO threatens Brian Krebs with lawsuit over hacking claims

The ex-CTO of Ashley Madison has threatened journalist Brian Krebs with a lawsuit if he doesn't remove alleged defamatory comments and quotes about the man.
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Office 2016 to arrive on Sept. 22

Microsoft is set to release the latest version of its enterprise software, Office 2016, on Sept. 22, augmenting the already available Office 365.
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Smaller and Stronger: HP ProDesk systems upgraded to Skylake

HP's ProDesk line of business-focused micro PCs and its ProBook laptops have been updated with new Skylake hardware form Intel.
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PiDrive Raspberry Pi HDD from Western Digital gives the little PC big storage

Western Digital has given Raspberry Pi users a much easier way to expand the storage on their micro-PC on a grand scale with its new PiDrive.
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Microsoft to help moderate China-US tech firm meeting

The president of China will be meeting with a number of U.S. tech firms in two weeks time to discuss cooperation moving forward.
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6GB of RAM in your phone? Samsung is making it possible

Cramming gigabytes of memory into phones has never been easy, but Samsung has figured out how to get as much as 6GB in the next generation.
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New Zbox crams an Nvidia GTX 960 inside a micro-PC

Graphical power isn't something micro systems are usually known for, but Zotac's new Magnus EN970 packs a GTX 960 inside its guts.
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Surface Pro tablets now available through Dell, HP, and Accenture

Dell, HP and Accenture are now selling Microsoft's Surface Pro tablets in a move to expand the hardware's available enterprise audience.