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- Best Graphics Cards For The Money: June 2014 - The big
news this month is the release and commercial availability of
Nvidia's dual-GPU flagship, the GeForce GTX Titan Z. We'll start
with
the good stuff: this board boasts two fully-functional GK110 GPUs with
a total 5760 CUDA cores, 480 texture units, 96 ROPs, and 12 GB of RAM
between the pair of processors. The bad news is that this triple-slot
(technically, two and a half slot) monster employs a 705 MHz base and
876 typical GPU Boost frequency, which lands well behind Nvidia's
GeForce GTX Titan Black. Two of those, then, are going to be faster,
occupying four total expansion slots. Worse, while the Titan Blacks
sell for $1100, you'd pay $3000 for Titan Z (or twice as much as AMD's
competing Radeon R9 295X2).
- AMD Demonstrates First FreeSync Monitor Prototype - Here
at Computex 2014 AMD is showing off the first FreeSync capable monitor.
It runs at 40Hz-60Hz and is being used to demonstrate that FreeSync can
be implemented on some current panels and scalers, without the need for
extensive technology upgrades.
- Here is Microsoft's first Surface Pro 3 commercial - Microsoft
has released its first Surface Pro 3 advertisement and the company is
going to push the idea that this tablet can replace your laptop. This
shouldn't be a major surprise, considering that at the announcement of
the device, the company compared it to a Macbook Air.
- Facebook app now listens in on your surroundings - Facebook
has recently updated their mobile app for Android, allowing for
the company to record 'passive noise' from a smartphones microphon
- Why You Should Delete Facebook - The option
to get Facebook out of your life becomes more appealing by the day.
- Unencrypted Skype Data Represents Security Risk - Full name, birthday, phone numbers, email addresses and
complete chat transcripts? Yeah, I think Microsoft might want to look into this.
- iOS 8 will be able to scan and enter credit card data using
the iPhone's camera - The new feature is integrated directly into Safari on
iOS 8 where users
will be prompted with a "Scan Credit Card" feature when presented with
a credit card field on websites. Apple then uses character recognition
technology to auto fill data fields from the snap shot. From the sounds
of it, Apple will not require support from retail websites and others
that require credit card number input. The feature, not unlike what
Apple is currently doing with iTunes gift cards and Apple IDs, will
also work for expiration date and CVV fields.
- Hitman: Sniper announced for mobile and tablets - After the
healthy launch of their stealth puzzle game, Square Enix has
announced another mobile game called Hitman: Sniper. The new game
stands to be a lot like the Sniper Challenge released alongside Hitman
Absolution awhile back. Players will perch from a rooftop and take out
a number of targets from extreme range to fulfill contracts. Global
online leaderboards and "creative alternatives" to mission completion
will keep performance competitive.
- Amazing Magnetic Levitation Device! - This device
is to huge and powerful, it's really hard to believe!
- A Metal Tribute to the History of Video Games - Honestly,
just sounds like A Day To Remember stole some band members from Protest
The Hero. And
that's pretty cool.
- You're Going To Love This Polish Street Musician - Somehow
over this course of this improvised piece his fingers
don't catch on fire.
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Bear Hunt TV Spot - A decade has
passed since apes and man have come face-to-face. Now the two
societies face a difficult choice between working together to co-exist
or battle to become the dominant species. A growing nation of
genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human
survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They
reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are
brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as
Earth's dominant species.
- The November Man Official Trailer - The film is
based on Bill Granger's There Are No Spies, part of a series of
novels centered around Brosnan's character Peter Devereaux. An ex-CIA
operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds
himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high
level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
- The Giver Trailer #2 - The Giver,
based on the book by Lois Lowry, tells the story of a society in
which people no longer feel. There are no emotions, no colors, and no
real sense of personal individuality. All that hits a tipping point
when one young man, Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) is assigned to take over
the work of The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is essentially the world's
last living librarian.
- The Signal Official Trailer (2014) Laurence Fishburne, Sci Fi
HD - Three
college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a
detour: the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into
MIT and exposed security faults. The trio find themselves drawn to an
eerily isolated area. Suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the
students, Nic (Brenton Thwaites of "The Giver" and "Maleficent"),
regains consciousness, he is in a waking nightmare.
- Here's The Mountain From 'Game Of Thrones' Deadlifting 994
Pounds - It's probably worth mentioning that currently Hafthor
Julius Bjornsson is the third-strongest man in the entire world.
- The Magic Beer Bottle Trick, In Slow Motion - Why smash a
beer bottle in a normal, simple way when you can behold the glory
of cavitation. Hurray science!
- Vine Compilation June 2014 - Best Vines - Vines 2014! - check it out
- Norwegian Cops Make Extremely Entertaining Intoxication Arrest
- The
best cop video I have ever seen! Credit to Norwegian Television.
- If You Want To See A Bunch Of Rapping Food, Look No Further
NSFW - Take
that, California Raisins.
- The Secret to a Perfect Body - Genetics - This
Infomercial Parody Is the Perfect Answer to Every Weight Loss Ad
- Nina Agdal 4 Leonisa Lingerie and Swimwear - LEONISA AS a
swimwear brand has never dealt in the less-can-be-more design
philosophies of brands like, say Beach Bunny or Kate Swim. They are
first and foremost a lingerie and shapewear manufacturer. But damn, do
they know how to pick their models. The longtime lingerie brand designs
pieces that are more modest than the stuff you'll see in the pages of
the SI Swimsuit Issue, but then they hire Nina Agdal to model them. That's a
whole different story! Take a look at a few of her pics...
- Kelly Gale 4 H&M Swimwear - Here's up-and-coming Swedish
model Kelly Gale hitting the big time with this brand spanking new
super stylish bikini photoshoot for H&M wowzers!
- Gisele Bundchen 4 Lui Magazine - Leave it to Gisele
Bundchen to turn up the heat! The Brazilian beauty left VERY little
to the imagination when she went completely starkers in the latest
issue of Lui magazine.
- The best pics on the Internet #83 - The best
pics on the Internet #83
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