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Daniel_Stuckey writes:
The RS model, which is the subject of the video above, is Mission's limited-edition, top-end bike. It's got a race-ready Ohlins suspension, carbon wheels, and perhaps the most advanced gauge, navigation, and telemetry system available on a bike. It's also got the price tag to match; for $58,999 and up, one would expect the best parts available. The RS's electric motor produces a huge-but-not-unheard-of 160 horsepower; the 130 foot-pounds of torque puts it at least in the superbike world. Even then, the bike's lack of a transmission means going from zero to 60, which takes less than three seconds, requires nary a shift. Hitting its limited top speed of 150 miles an hour requires little more than twisting the throttle and holding on.
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jjslash writes:
An often overlooked but always important side of PC building, whether you're looking to overclock or simply want a cool running, silent system, it's hard to blame you if you're lost in the sea of different aftermarket CPU cooler offerings out there. TechSpot has rounded up 10 high-end CPU coolers (read: huge heatsinks) including top units from Noctua, Thermalright, Xigmatek, Silverstone and Thermaltake.
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CowboyRobot writes:
A Tripwire survey of 1,320 IT personnel from the U.S. and U.K. showed that most staff "don't communicate security risk with senior executives or only communicate when a serious security risk is revealed." The reason is that staff have resigned themselves to staying mum due to an environment in which "collaboration between security risk management and business is poor, nonexistent or adversarial", or at best, just isn't effective at getting risk concerns up to senior management.
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AlistairCharlton writes:
Not satisfied with designing the 600mph Hyperloop train, billionaire and serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has created a motion-controlled computer system he likens to that of Tony Stark in the Iron Man films.
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jones_supa writes:
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met with Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen and Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen on Wednesday in Helsinki. The meeting took place at the House of Parliament, where the premier was officiating at the opening of the autumn session. 'We’re entirely committed and very fired up by the acquisition of the Devices and Services division of Nokia,' Ballmer told Yle. 'We’ve had great meetings with the folks we hope will be our new teams after the deal closes in Espoo, in Tampere, in Salo, in Oulu and we’re very excited to have Finland as the centre of all phone development at Microsoft.' Also taking part in the Helsinki meeting were outgoing Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and the company’s board chair, Risto Siilasmaa.
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jjslash writes:
Intel's Haswell architecture is finally available in the flagship Core i7-4770K and Core i7-4950HQ processors. This is a very volatile time for Intel. In an ARM-less vacuum, Intel’s Haswell architecture would likely be the most amazing thing to happen to the tech industry in years.
Haswell mobile processors are slated to bring about the single largest improvement in battery life in Intel history. In graphics, Haswell completely redefines the expectations for processor graphics. On the desktop however, Haswell is just a bit more efficient, but no longer much faster when going from one generation to another.
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jjslash writes:
The evolution of the modern graphics processor begins with the introduction of the first 3D add-in cards in 1995, followed by the widespread adoption of the 32-bit operating systems and the affordable personal computer. While 3D graphics turned a fairly dull PC industry into a light and magic show, they owe their existence to generations of innovative endeavour. Over the next few weeks TechSpot will be taking an extensive look at the history of the GPU, going from the early days of 3D consumer graphics (part 1), to the 3Dfx Voodoo game-changer, the industry's consolidation at the turn of the century, and today's modern GPGPU.
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jjslash writes:
Considering next-gen GPUs are still months away, and the recently released GeForce Titan is not for everyone, we saw a gap in covering triple monitor gaming. TechSpot has posted an article stress testing high-end GPUs versus SLI and Crossfire mid-range offerings at resolutions of up to 7680x1600. Can more affordable Crossfire and SLI setups handle triple-monitor gaming compared to today's single-GPU flagships. It's not a cheap affair, but this is probably the best you can do if you want to play games using three monitors.
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OverTheGeicoE writes:
TSA recently announced that it would remove all of Rapiscan's X-ray body scanners from airports by June. As part of this effort, it is trying to move a millimeter-wave body scanner from the Helena, Montana airport to replace an X-ray unit at a busier airport. Strangely enough, they have encountered resistance from the Helena's Airport Manager, Ron Mercer. Last Thursday, workers came to remove the machine, but were prevented from doing so by airport officials. Why? Perhaps Mercer agrees with Cindi Martin, airport director at Montana's Glacier Park International Airport airport, who called the scheduled removal of her airport's scanner 'a great disservice to the flying public' in part because it 'removed the need for the enhanced pat-down.'
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jjslash writes:
The major issue with SSD adoption over the past few years has been price, the astronomically high price when you are counting in hundreds of gigabytes. TechSpot is running a comparison review looking at 8 popular SSDs that cost $100 or less, featuring capacities of up to 128GB. The contenders include the OCZ Vertex 4 128GB, Samsung 840 120GB and Crucial m4 128GB, along with affordable SSDs from Kingston and Samsung 830 64GB that still offers stellar performance for under $70.
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jjslash writes:
Microsoft sits on the edge of a product launch that is plainly among the most important in the company’s history. Pundits can and will pontificate on Windows 8’s chances. However, what might be more useful is looking at Microsoft’s other make or break moments. The upcoming launch is far from the first time that Redmond has fought with its back against a wall. A backward glance at these moments, and careful evaluation of them, may provide a better, ahem, window into the company’s chances this Winter.
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jjslash writes:
Microsoft's PR machine has been hard at work over the past few months, trying to explain the numerous improvements Windows 8 has received on the backend. But are there real tangible performance differences compared to Windows 7? TechSpot has grabbed the RTM version of Windows 8 measuring and testing the performance of various aspects of the operating system including: boot up and shutdown times, file copying, encoding, browsing, gaming and some synthetic benchmarks.
