DotA Guide: Kardel Sharpeye - Dwarven Sniper Introduction

DotA is the most popular custom made map for Warcraft III. To allow players a better understanding of this complex and sometimes complicated game here is a useful hero guide. Very vulnerable at first and very feared in late games, Kardel Sharpeye is a contrast hero that can be recruited from the Sentinel Agility taven. He can perform well with a teammate, but it's best to take a lane alone. You can deny creeps with ease and also use your Assassinate skill to harass and finish enemies. You must keep a close eye on teleport heroes and invisible ones. Let's take a closer look at this hero's background: "Kardel Sharpeye is a testament to his name and race. Using only his finely honed skills of marksmanship and his trusty rifle, he systematically...

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Nvidia Kal-El Quad-Core SoC Gets Pictured

We are getting nearer to the release of Nvidia's quad-core Kal-El system-on-a-chip (SoC) device and recently a picture of this chip has popped up online to showcase it in all of its glory. The SoC in the picture found above the article was taken from an FCC filling of Asus' Transformer Prime, the first tablet to make use of this chip, and was posted online by Wireless Goodness. The packaging for the SoC looks fairly plain, but underneath its silver heatspreader there are four Cortex A9 cores based on an ARM architecture paired together with a fifth low-power companion core. Nvidia chose this arrangement in order to increase the power efficiency of its design, as the companion core handles many of the tasks the device runs when in idle mode. For...

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AMD Radeon HD 7000 Launch Apparently Delayed to 2012

As we get nearer to the end of 2011, it seems like more and more sources are starting to imply that AMD's next-generation Radeon HD 7000 graphics cards won't actually get released by the end of this year, but instead will arrive in the first quarter of 2012. This time, the information comes from the Rage3D website which cites some unnamed sources. According to these sources, the problems seem to come from the production side, possibly indicating that TSMC is having troubles with volume production of chips based on the advanced 28nm node. This isn't the first time we hear that the Taiwanese foundry is having issues with the yields of its 28nm fabrication process, which has entered volume production in the last week of October. AMD's Radeon...

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AMD FX-8150 Sets Overclocking World Record Yet Again, Reaches 8.58GHz

After only last week it managed to achieve a new overclocking world record using AMD's FX-8150 processor based on the Bulldozer architecture, Andre Yang has now returned with an even more impressive OC result to establish a new WR for the highest speed ever achieved by a CPU. During this new overclocking session, the enthusiast managed to get AMD's FX-8150 processor to an impressive 8584.8MHz, 123.3MHz more than its previous record. Andre used the same system as before complete with liquid nitrogen cooling, but has increased the voltage of the CPU from 1.992V to a whopping 2.076V. Thanks to the higher vCore, the FX-8150 was able to reach 8584.8MHz frequency with a bus speed of 279.9MHz and a 31.0X multiplier. To put things in perspective,...

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Will Have GNOME 3.2

Ubuntu Developer Summit for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) is taking place these days (October 31st - November 4th) in Orlando, Florida, USA. Canonical decided to implement the ability to sign-in in Ubuntu with your Ubuntu One credentials, in order to have access to all your stored data. Similar to Apple's iCloud idea! As Mozilla Thunderbird is now the default mail client, Canonical will most likely prepare a calendar add-on (or separate app) that will be integrated with Thunderbird. Another big news is that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS will feature the stable and well tested GNOME 3.2 desktop environment, but with some packages from the upcoming GNOME 3.4 stable release. For Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the developers will also fix the boot process, making...

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Nokia N9 -Nokia Lumia 800 Photo Comparison

Nokia's first Windows Phone device, the Lumia 800, was built on the same body as the Nokia N9, but with a series of minor modifications to make room for Microsoft's mobile OS.  When put side by side, the two show striking resemblance, as expected, but also unveil the design changes that Nokia has packed the WP device with to differentiate it from the already available phone. A new series of images featuring the duo was published online by the guys over at Nokia Connects, and you can have a look at some of them below. For example, N9 runs MeeGo and sports a buttonless interface, while Lumia 800 features the usual three buttons that Microsoft's Windows Phone platform requires, as well as a dedicated camera button that N9 users might miss...

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Nokia Lumia 800 to Get Internet Sharing via Software Update

Nokia's first Windows Phones are already heading for the market and should become available for purchase in about two weeks or so, but it seems that they will not have all of the features packed inside enabled right from the start.  The same as other Windows Phone devices, Nokia's Lumia ones were expected to land on shelves with Internet sharing capabilities, or hotspot features, but it seems that the option will be disabled in the beginning. This does not come too much as a surprise, that's for sure, since many other Windows Phones were also pushed to shelves with the said feature disabled, but it does not mean that those who will purchase it will not be able to take advantage of it. Responding to concerns that the new Nokia Lumia...

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Fedora Wants To Simplify the Linux Filesystem

Harald Hoyer and Kay Sievers, two Red Hat developers, made an announced their attempt to simplify the Linux filesystem, to clean up the "mess" created when the /bin and /sbin directories were separated. To the point, the Fedora Project wants to move their libraries into the /usr/lib or /usr/lib64 directories and all executable files into the /usr/bin directory. For Fedora, making the filesystem simpler means clear separation of operating system and host specific resources and /usr can be easily snapshotted, read-only, and shareable. For end users, making the filesystem simpler means less toplevel directories. In conclusion, having all the libraries and binaries on a single mounted volume, makes it simpler to run multiple instances of the...

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Commodore C64x Extreme Has Intel Core i7 CPU and 8GB RAM

Continuing the tradition established by the original Commodore keyboard computer, Commodore C64x is now entering its third form, or at least is getting its third set of internal components. Now, the item has made another leap in ability, a big one in fact, switching the Intel Atom D525 dual-core chip for a Core i7 quad-core unit of 2.2 GHz / 3.3 GHz Turbo Boost. Also, the chip is accompanied by a 2 TB HDD and 8 GB of DDR3 RAM (random access memory). “A home computer used to be a portal to the future and a pathway of exploration and discovery. Commodore seeks to return that passion and enhance the ability to learn and develop skills in programming, computational media, mathematics, the arts and many other fields, to the mainstream and to...

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Asus Transformer Prime Visits the FCC, Gets Torn Down to Reveal Kal-El SoC

Expected to arrive in a little less than a week from now, Asus Transformer Prime tablet powered by Nvidia's Kal-El chip has just starred in a series of photos taken by the FCC which reveal the internals of the device. The Transformer Prime, model number TF201, visited the FCC in late October and won the commission's approval for WiFi and Bluetooth functionality, according to Wireless Goodness, but no mention of 3G was in sight. The filling also came complete with a series of pictured depicting the insides of the tablet and the Nvidia Kal-El system-on-a-chip (SoC) device used by Asus for the tablet. We covered Nvidia's Kal-El in detail in a previous article, so we are not going to get into too many details right now, but we'll remind you...

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