Software
As well as delivering hardware updates for both their desktop and mobile lineups this morning, as part of AMD’s CES 2022 keynote, the company also offered a quick update on their Radeon driver plans for the first quarter of the year. The big takeaway here is that AMD is going to be expanding the accessibility of their FidelityFX Super Resolution image upscaling technology by integrating it into their drivers as a forced override option. Slated to land in a future version of AMD’s driver stack this quarter, the driver-based feature will be promoted as Radeon Super Resolution. As a quick refresher, AMD first released their spatial image upscaling technology, FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), back in June. As part of the company’s suite of open source...
PlayStation Plus November 2014 Free Games Preview
A couple of days after the Xbox games were announced, Sony has now revealed the free game lineup for PlayStation Plus members. One note about last month’s games though...
5 by Brett Howse on 11/4/2014
Xbox Games With Gold November 2014 Preview
Somehow, October has already come and gone. Some of you may be wondering what to wear for All Hallows' Eve, or if you need to run out for some...
8 by Brett Howse on 10/30/2014
OneDrive Will Offer Unlimited Storage For Office 365 Subscribers
It was only four months ago that Microsoft increased the available OneDrive storage for Office 365 subscribers to one terabyte, and apparently there was still room for improvement. Today...
17 by Brett Howse on 10/27/2014
Microsoft Q1 FY 2015 Financial Results: Record Revenue On Strong Consumer Sales
This afternoon, Microsoft announced record first quarter revenue for its fiscal year 2015 which ended September 30. Revenue was up 25% year-over-year, and came in at $23.2 billion. Gross...
33 by Brett Howse on 10/23/2014
Windows 10 Technical Preview Gets Its First Update
Microsoft used the Windows Blog today to announce the availability of the first update to the Windows 10 Technical Preview, which was announced just three weeks ago. The new...
40 by Brett Howse on 10/21/2014
Microsoft Announces Windows 8.1 Update - Desktop as a First Class Citizen
Microsoft’s day 1 keynote for the BUILD developer conference detailed an update to Windows coming on the next scheduled patch Tuesday called 8.1 Update. Notice it’s not called Update...
149 by Brett Howse on 4/3/2014
Intel Announces Ready Mode Technology: Using C7 for Syncing and Streaming
Intel’s conference call this week featured some elements on the progression of the desktop. Lisa Graff, VP and GM of Intel’s Desktop Client Platforms Group tells us that while...
4 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
Khronos Announces OpenGL ES 3.1
Coinciding with a mobile-heavy CES 2014, back in January Khronos put out a short announcement stating that they were nearing the release of a new version of OpenGL ES...
17 by Ryan Smith on 3/17/2014
Khronos Offers a Quick Peek at the Next Version of OpenGL ES
Amidst the hustle and bustle of CES 2014, Khronos has published a short announcement regarding the next version of OpenGL ES (OpenGL ES Next). In it they are offering...
19 by Ryan Smith on 1/8/2014
Humble Weekly: Pointing and Clicking with Daedalic Entertainment
Let me start with a couple disclaimers before I get into the meat of this week’s Humble Weekly Sale. First, I grew up back in the time when we...
10 by Jarred Walton on 11/7/2013
TeamViewer Releases Version 9 Public Beta
About a year ago, I stumbled across TeamViewer, a remote control/remote access utility. The details of the experience are still vividly clear: I had spent the better part of...
27 by Jarred Walton on 11/5/2013
Windows 8.1 Update Now Available
October 17th is here, and as previously announced by Microsoft Windows 8.1 is now shipping. Microsoft’s service pack/update for Windows 8 is being distributed through the Windows 8 Store. Microsoft...
105 by Ryan Smith on 10/17/2013
Khronos @ SIGGRAPH 2013: OpenGL 4.4, OpenCL 2.0, & OpenCL 1.2 SPIR Announced
Kicking off this week is the annual SIGGRAPH conference, the graphics industry’s yearly professional event. Outside of the individual vendor events and individual technologies we cover throughout the year...
29 by Ryan Smith on 7/22/2013
Windows 8.1 Preview Released
Coinciding with Microsoft’s BUILD 2013 conference this week, the public preview of Windows 8.1 has been released over at Microsoft’s Windows website. Windows 8.1 (née Blue) is Windows 8’s first...
52 by Ryan Smith on 6/26/2013
ASUS ROG Press Conference: Sonic Radar Gaming Software
With a brand focused at gamers (and overclocking), software is all important. Over previous generations ASUS have included better audio software packages, integrated SSD caching, network-stack bypassing NICs...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/3/2013
Microsoft Releases Windows 8 & Windows RT
Just over a year after first introducing Windows 8 and Windows RT to the press at their BUILD conference, the run-up to the launch of Windows 8 and Windows...
63 by Ryan Smith on 10/26/2012
Windows 8 Pre-Orders Start; $39.99 Download Option on October 26th
With Windows 8 officially launching in under two weeks, Microsoft and its retail partners have finally begun taking pre-orders for Windows 8. As with prior Windows pre-order promotions, several...
76 by Ryan Smith on 10/15/2012
Khronos Announces OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenGL 4.3, ASTC Texture Compression, & CLU
As we approach August the technical conference season for graphics is finally reaching its apex. NVIDIA and AMD held their events in May and June respectively, and this week...
46 by Ryan Smith on 8/6/2012
Windows 8 Released To Manufacturing
Right on schedule, Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing on the first day of the first week of August. Microsoft has put out a full...
57 by Ryan Smith on 8/1/2012
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