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GIGABYTE Releases Extreme Ultrabook™ U2442 with Powerful Graphics

On February 11, 2013 By Chad

The U2442 is exceptionally designed with an elegant shuttle streamline design in a sleek form factor between 18.5 – 21mm and weighs in at just 1.59kg/1.69kg. Designed to bring you ultra-performance, it is powered by 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors and NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730M / GT 650M discrete graphics. The U2442 Ultrabook™ is able to pack a 256GB mSATA SSD and a large 750GB/1TB HDD into its super slim body. The dual-storage system provides the user with speed and massive storage options. Do away with external storage with the Extreme Ultrabook™. GIGABYTE U2442 Ultra Performance with Sleek Design The NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M / GT 730M discrete graphics reaches 3DMark Vantage at 9,587 / 8610 points. The U2442 has a dual air vent design (one for CPU and one for GPU) that efficiently eliminates heat and keeps noise to a minimum. Despite the powerful features and thin [...]

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Rakion Update News in February

On February 5, 2013 By Chad

New Costume: Robox is now in the Shop!! Be Robox!! This cute costume will surely turn heads around, just enough time for you to show them that you shouldn’t be taken lightly. Made with 100% cardboard boxes, own this costume now from the Shop!! New Item: Par’s Hammer Have you ever wished you can renew the item duration of your limited duration items (a.k.a. periodic items) before it expires without spending cash/gold each and every renewal? Then by the blessings of the gods, the Par’s Hammer is now available in the Shop!! During the event period, the Par’s Hammer allows you to renew the duration of your periodic items thus making the item usable over and over again. New Item: Pure White Weapons are here!! The gods have blessed the soldiers of war again! This time, the Pure White weapons are now available in a limited duration. [...]

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KINGMAX Topped Memory Card Market for Second Year

On February 4, 2013 By Chad

KINGMAX received “No.1 BCN Award 2013” in memory card sector in honor of its best selling for memory cards (camera and mobile cards) in Japan. KINGMAX has excelled in memory card sales in Japanese market for 3 consecutive years; especially, it is the second and consecutive year to win the “No.1 BCN Award” in memory card sector. Based on BCN survey, KINGMAX led the memory card market by 22.4% market share in 2012. Japanese Memory Card Market Share 2012 （Survey Duration: 2012/1/1~2012/12/31） Market Share: KINGMAX, 22.4%, Buffalo, 15%, SanDisk 13.6%, Others 49% Source：BCN Ranking website: http://bcnranking.jp/award/section/hard/hard11.html KINGMAX continuously leads the memory market in Japan because its high quality product and service has earned the trust from many consumers. Furthermore, BCN also indicated, “high speed and competitive price” are key factors that KINGMAX won Japanese memory card market. Especially, many consumers are looking for memory [...]

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Sony has a Big Surprise for February

On February 1, 2013 By Chad

Looks like Sony will be unveiling something big on February 20, 2013 as they posted a teaser video on their website. It is very likely that this will be the announcement of the PlayStation 4, or codename Orbis, or maybe it will be a new lineup of games for 2013 for the PS3 and hopefully including the PS Vita. But we are more leaning on the Orbis (PS4) announcement, rumors have been spreading about the console being in development for the past few weeks. The announcement will take place in New York on February 20, 6PM EST and the event will be livestreamed. Kotaku had some nifty information on the PlayStation 4 which includes its special features and an upgrade Keep yourself updated about the announcement on the official PlayStation site https://us.playstation.com/meeting2013/

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New MMO FPS Teaser

On January 31, 2013 By Chad

It looks like a new challenger has entered the FPS warzone in the Philippines. Cubizone Philippines has just launch a new teaser site newfpsgame.cubizone.com.ph for their upcoming FPS game, as of this moment, no other info was provided but only the silhouette of the characters. Meanwhile, the Official Facebook page of Cubizone Philippines has updated their cover photo which includes the CBT phase 2 of Forbidden Kingdom and the mysterious FPS game. After analyzing the teaser site, it seems that this game will have a different setting compared to very used Counterstrike-like theme from other games in the local scene, it is also possible that this game will have unique weapons (a Shark gun? lol). We will try to get some update about this mysterious game in the coming days. Let’s hope it has some Borderlands or even a Team Fortress like of environment on this game.

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Hi-Rez Studios Celebrates SMITE Open Beta With New Content & Announcement of 100K Launch Tournament

On January 29, 2013 By Chad

Hi-Rez Studios, developers of free-to-play online action games, today announced the official launch of SMITE Open Beta for North America and Europe. Anyone interested in trying SMITE can create an account and download the game for free from http://www.smitegame.com. Hi-Rez also announced their sponsorship of an upcoming SMITE competitive season, including a launch tournament with prizing of one hundred thousand dollars. Additional details on the 100K Tournament qualifications and schedule will be communicated in the coming weeks. “SMITE has been our fastest growing game to date, with over 900,000 players participating in Beta already”, says Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios Chief Operating Officer. “We’ve been giving out keys very liberally, but today we officially drop the key requirement in order to stress and stabilize our North American and European servers in preparation for release. We will continue to polish the game, release additional gods, and further refine the god and item [...]

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Western Digital’s newest expansion with Arkeia Software, Inc.

On January 26, 2013 By Chad

Arkeia Network Backup v10.0 Becomes Generally Available WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, announced an expansion of its product portfolio addressing small- and medium-sized businesses with the addition of network backup software and appliances from Arkeia® Software, Inc., a privately held data protection company based in Carlsbad, Calif., recently acquired by WD. WD also announced that the Arkeia Network Backup version 10.0 software, for which a release candidate was delivered in Dec. 2012, becomes generally available (http://www.arkeia.com/new-in-v100) today. “Arkeia’s products expand WD’s growing product portfolio of solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses,” said Jim Welsh, executive vice president and general manager of WD’s Branded and CE products. “SMB organizations are managing ever-growing volumes of critical business data, which need to [...]

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GIGABYTE Releases Extreme Ultrabook™ U2442 with Powerful Graphics

Rakion Update News in February

KINGMAX Topped Memory Card Market for Second Year

Sony has a Big Surprise for February

New MMO FPS Teaser

Hi-Rez Studios Celebrates SMITE Open Beta With New Content & Announcement of 100K Launch Tournament

Western Digital’s newest expansion with Arkeia Software, Inc.

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