New Leaked Moto X+1 Photos Emerge Ahead of Official Launch

Mobile phone maker Motorola has been long rumored to plan the release of a successor to the Moto X handset in the not-too-distant future, and leaked images with the device are now available for your viewing pleasure. The leaked photos with the smartphone have made it online courtesy of tktechnews.com, which has already revealed a great deal of details on Motorola’s upcoming device. The new images with the phone offer us a better look at its back screen and at its back plate (which is made out of wood in this case). Moreover, the news site notes that the big Motorola logo on the back of the device is actually a Power Button, and that it can also be used to perform various actions within applications. The same as Moto X, the upcoming...

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MSI Building GeForce GTX 980/970 Graphics Card with Twin Frozr V Cooler

A 3D model of a certain graphics card has made its way to the Internet, along with some hands-on photos of the cooler adorning it. The video card is none other than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, or perhaps it's the GTX 970? Either way, it's an NVIDIA next-generation adapter based on the Maxwell GPU architecture. This basically confirms the previous rumor about GeForce 800 video boards being skipped, and the naming scheme jumping straight from GeForce 700 to 900. The render shows a pair of 6-pin power connectors and a pair of DVI ports, plus two DisplayPorts (apparently). I assume some sort of HDMI adapter is bundled with the card, unless one of the two ports is actually of that type. Anyway, the other photos attached to this...

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Lenovo IdeaTab S8: 8-Inch Display, Intel Bay Trail and Android 4.4 KitKat

IFA 2014 is approaching us at a fast pace and we expect to see a lot of interesting things from a lot of the key players in the industry. One of the device makers expected to make a splash at the event with a host of new products is Lenovo. For example, last week the first images of the upcoming IdeaTab S8 tablet have surfaced online, showing us a colorful tab running on the Intel chip platform. But apart from that, we couldn’t really tell you much about the device’s specs, so we speculated. But now the folks of TabTech are providing us with a more consistent look regarding the tablet. A few days ago we didn’t even know if this was an Android tab or a Windows one. Well, it appears we’re going to be dealing with the former scenario....

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Leaks in Live Picture, Camouflaged in a Security Case

With just a few days left until its official release, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 seems to be the subject of more and more leaks. The upcoming phablet was caught on camera earlier this week when it appeared in a very short video. However, the device starring in the video was disguised in a strange case, so there wasn't too much to see in term of design. Today, a picture of the alleged Galaxy Note 4 was published online by the folks over at AndroidCentral. Just like in the video, the Galaxy Note 4 seems to be inside a case that prevents us to observe to much in regards with how it looks. This might be in fact a special security case that has been especially created to hide the phablet's actual design. This means that the phone can't be pulled...

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Corsair's Dominator Platinum Is the Fastest DDR4 Released So Far

DDR random access memory may technically be rated at 2,133 MHz, but many modules and kits go far higher than that, since it would be awkward to have them all be slower than DDR3. Corsair decided it wanted to have the prestige of providing the fastest models yet. So, without further ado, behold the Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 memory kits, which probably have up to 64 GB capacities. The company doesn't go into detail in the press release, but it makes sense for the RAM to have up to 8 GB capacity per module, and thus, 64 GB for sets of eight. Although no more than four modules at a time will be able to truly cooperate, since the technology “only” supports quad-channel configurations. Which is still leagues ahead of dual-channel...

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DDR4 Memory Record Established at 4,004 MHz by G.Skill

We've been hearing about various DDR4 products for weeks, but only now will sales begin in earnest, because the motherboards and CPUs capable of using it have just been launched. That doesn't mean that people are too shy to test boundaries though. Indeed, G.Skill has already taken the liberty of overclocking the stuffing out of its Ripjaws 4 Series of DDR4 memory modules, with liberal use of liquid nitrogen. Overclocking can mean many things, you see. Many motherboard makers have come up with a way to instantly push a system beyond normal boundaries, just by activating a BIOS function. That's just a safe option for people who don't actually know how overclocking works though. For people who do know the ins and outs, there are other...

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Intel Officially Launches the Core i7-5000X Extreme Edition CPUs

Extreme Edition central processing units from Intel are always one level of magnitude, so to speak, faster than even the best consumer-centric, gaming chips. The latest processors from Intel definitely preserve this trend. Intel has finally made the formal introduction of the Core i7-5960X 8C/16HT, Intel Core i7-5930K 6C/12HT, and Intel Core i7-5820K 6C/12HT central processing units. It was about time really. The company made the formal introduction at PAX 2014, a gaming-centric trade show taking place in Seattle, Washington, between August 29 and September 1. The press release brought with it the official product pages of all three processors, which are now accessible through their own section on Intel's website. The previously leaked...

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