Get Microsoft's Slick Surface Pro 6 for Just £759 (34% Off)

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Relentless, merciless progress is pretty much the hallmark of consumer technology. But the victims of the product cycle can sometimes make for startlingly good deals. Like this Microsoft Surface Pro 6. At launch back in late 2018, this particular configuration sold for £1,149. Now it's yours for a piffling £760 . That's one hell of a deal.

So what do you get for your cash?  For starters, there's

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First Workstation-Grade Motherboards for Intel Comet Lake Emerge

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DFI has listed two of its motherboards for Intel's upcoming 10th-Generation Comet Lake processors in its 2020 product catalog .

The CMS310-W480 and CMS310-Q470 are MicroATX motherboards based around the W480 and Q470 chipsets , respectively. The first is aimed at the workstation segment, while the latter is for the enterprise market. Therefore, only the CMS310

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Intel Responds to ZombieLoad and CacheOut Attacks

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Researchers at the University of Michigan, VUSec and University of Adelaide revealed a new attack they dubbed CacheOut yesterday. The speculative execution attack "is capable of leaking data from Intel CPUs across many security boundaries," according to the researchers, and it offers better targeting than previous attacks of its type.

CacheOut was purportedly inspired by previous speculative execution attacks like Spectre and Meltdown. Its reach extends further than those attacks, however, because it can bypass the hardware-based safeguards implemented by Intel


Coronavirus Impacting Tech Industry: Samsung, Foxconn Factories Closed, Travel Restricted

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The year has barely started and it looks like the Coronavirus is already starting to have a deep impact on the global industry. In tech it's also hitting hard, with various factories in China being forced to close by the government and western companies restricting travel.

For the sake of global and local health, the Chinese government has placed travel restrictions on the city of Wuhan, restricting the movement of people and goods in order to attempt to gain control over the situation. Affected individuals are


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AMD Lists New Pro 500 Motherboard Chipset for the AM4 Socket

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AMD's website has added the Pro 500 as one of its specialized chipsets for small form factor (SFF) systems.

The A300 and X300 chipsets, which also target SFF systems, have been around for a while, but not many vendors have taken advantage of them. The ASRock DeskMini A300 is one of the handful systems that actually features an A300-based motherboard . It'll be interesting to see whether

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Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Drops to $45: All-Time Low Price for Clicky Gaming Keyboard

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If you're in the market for a new mechanical gaming keyboard but are on a budget, you might want to consider Razer's BlackWidow Ultimate. The version with the mechanical green switches is down to its lowest price ever on Amazon , ready to be yours for just $46. With this tactile and clicky keyboard at its lowest price ever, it's one of today's best tech deals .

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Dev Brings Windows 10 to Raspberry Pi 4

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The Raspberry Pi 3 doesn't have many advantages over the Raspberry Pi 4 . The more recent model offers much better performance, includes additional I/O options and otherwise improves on its predecessor in pretty much every way. One of the only exceptions was the ability to install Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 3. The Raspberry Pi 4 couldn't repeat that feat--that is until last weekend.

Windows Latest reported Monday that "Marcin," the developer who previously brought


Samsung's 28" 4K QLED 1ms Monitor Is Seriously Cheap at £260 (21% Off)

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OK. This is a TN monitor. But that panel technology has come on a long way in recent years. And this particular model, the Samsung LU28H750UQUXEN, is boosted by both Samsung's QLED backlight and quantum dot tech. And all for just £259.99, down from £329.99. It's a very nice deal.

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NZXT Kraken Z73 Review: Pretty, Pricey Performance

Our Verdict

Dressed to impress in glitzy formal wear, the NZXT Kraken Z73 brings real-time system control, UI integration and hardcore CPU liquid cooling to those with deep pockets and high expectations.

For

  • Beautiful, multi-option LCD pump face displays selected data in real-time
  • CAM software provides ability to manage pump and fan curves or pre-select factory settings
  • Excellent cooling capability

Against

  • Premium price closes in on full watercooling kits
  • Fan noise at 100% RPM
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AMD CEO Lisa Su Joins Cisco's Board of Directors

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Cisco announced today that it had appointed AMD CEO Lisa Su to its Board of Directors . Su, like many other executives, has served on boards at other companies before: The move comes after Su stepped down from the Board at Analog Devices in December .

We reached out to AMD for more information, and the company indicates that Su will stay in her position as AMD CEO and on AMD's own Board of Directors. That means we shouldn't see any major