AMD announced that AMD A-Series APUs, AMD Radeon graphics and AMD FirePro professional graphics deliver superior performance to unlock the full potential of the latest features and capabilities announced by Adobe for its flagship Adobe Creative Cloud professional video tools and workflows. 

BenQ will release the first 32" 4k2k monitor for designers. The BL3201PT offers a larger 32" screen size, paired with an ultra HD 3840 x 2160 resolution from its AU Optronics AHVA panel (referred to by BenQ as IPS, since it's an IPS-type technology, not to be confused with AMVA).

HGST, a Western Digital company, today announced its new series of NVMe-compliant Ultrastar SN100 PCIe SSDs. HGST's NVMe PCIe SSDs, integrating Toshiba's current MLC NAND Flash, will drive the next wave of application acceleration with simplified PCIe SSD system integration paired with HGST's renowned quality and reliability. The standardized NVMe protocol for PCIe SSDs enables broad system interoperability and ease of deployment, resulting in lower cost of ownership.

If you have been watching the livestream you will have noticed that Apple launches new iPhone 6 and larger iPhone 6 Plus handsets, and is expected to launch an iWatch device. New in the iPhone 6 is a gaming GPU allowing console like games. Apple just announced the Apple Watch (not iWatch). It will work seemless with the iPhone.

Today, EA and DICE revealed the last DLC pack to be released for the action shooter. Titled 'Final Stand', the DLC takes players all the way to wintry Russia in four all new maps. The maps are 'Operation Whiteout', which takes place in what looks like an old Russian observatory and listening post. 'Hammerhead', a more forested map along a frigid river with an underground base. 'Giants of Karelia' along an old vehicle depot and 'Hangar 21' which takes you deep inside a Russian airbase.  The content will be coming to all versions of the game. However, players who have the PC Premium account can get in on the test phase and try out the new maps before everyone else. Starting today, EA is releasing one new map per day for PC Premium players to frag around in. 

Cooler Master brings the CM Storm Mizar gaming mouse onto the market. Sculpted Design The Mizar utilizes a design inspired by the earlier years of gaming; a proven comfortable and classic design with technological improvements that match today’s demands in the gaming scene.

SEGA has confirmed Alien: Isolation has gone gold ahead of release, and launched the first in a new series of trailers to celebrate. For those not in the know, "gone gold" means work on the game has finished, with the final version being pressed onto discs and boxed up in preparation for you lovely people buying it. As there's still a month until the game launches on October 7, it seems the team decided to spend their time creating a series of trailers for periodic release in a bid to keep us alternatively excited/wetting ourselves. There's nine of them in total, with the first viewable below: 

Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich kicked off Intel's annual technical conference with a broad set of computing initiatives and projects showing how the company is moving quickly to enable new market segments where everything is smart and connected. Krzanich and other executives announced new hardware and software developer tools, previewed upcoming Intel technologies and announced new products across several technology segments.

Michael Dell demonstrated the world's thinnest tablet at the IDF in San Francisco. The product is called the Dell Venue 8 7000 Series and has an Intel Atom Z3500 with a 8.4" OLED screen, it is 6mm thick. Pricing and availability is TBA.

Crucial announced Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 memory and Crucial DDR4 desktop memory. Designed for high-performance the Ballistix Sport DDR4 modules deliver speeds of 2400 MT/s, Crucial DDR4 desktop memory speeds start at 2133 MT/s and are expected to increase as DDR4 technology matures.

Acer offers  two new monitors, the 27-inch S277HK and the 25-inch H257HU. Featuring frameless designs and 4K2K Ultra HD and WQHD resolutions respectively, they bring together stylish form factors with great functionalities.

It is not the first time that this rumor surfaces, Microsoft's next version of Windows may drop version numbers altogether and might simply be called "Windows".

We put the new Plextor M6 Pro SSD to the test in a review. Plextor recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung and Micron mostly. This SSD series is tagged PRO, and as such you may expect an extra thing or two in performance. Plextor also includes PlexTurbo, a rather fun second-generation RAM caching software. The end result is a very fast SSD that can keep up with the big players in the channel, yet still remains priced attractively.

You can read the entire review right here.
 

Crucial expanded its DDR4 memory portfolio with LRDIMM and VLP RDIMM modules. Designed to enable next-generation enterprise environments with increased speed, bandwidth, and energy efficiency, Crucial DDR4 load reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs) and very low profile registered DIMMS (VLP RDIMMs) are available for immediate purchase through select global channel partners.

Adesso announced the release of the Adesso iMouse G1 - the Illuminated Desktop Mouse. Perfect for dim environments, the stylish Adesso iMouse G1's illuminated blue light feature brings beauty, clarity, and efficiency to the desktop.

Silicon Power, the world's leading provider of memory storage solutions, today unveils the latest collection of metallic USB 3.0 flash drive - Jewel J80. Inheriting from the Northern Europe design concept of Firma F80, Jewel J80 embraces the post - modernism style and sophisticated metal-casing craftsmanship.

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced the G20 compact gaming desktop, a stylish gaming PC designed to dominate the small-form-factor gaming desktop segment. The G20 features a compact 12.5-liter case and is powered by a 4th-generation Intel Core i7 processor matched with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 graphics card for unstoppable gaming and home entertainment in WQHD 2560 x 1440 resolution. 

And does so to keep their global market share. Asustek Computer has lowered retail prices for its own-brand motherboards by 5-10% in a bid to maintain its global market share lead, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

Intel Corporation today introduced the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600/1600 v3 product families to address the requirements of diverse workloads and the rapidly evolving needs of data centers.

In a leaked photo it becomes more then apparent that Samsung is about the release the 850 EVO series SSD, these will feature new TLC 3D V-NAND flash memory. The new series will likely have slightly shorter lifespan and perf opposed to the 850 Pro, but the EVO series always has been all about performance for money.

Today we have the Plextor M6 Pro SSD on our test-bench. Plextor recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung and Micron mostly. This SSD series is tagged PRO, and as such you may expect an extra thing or two in performance. Plextor also includes PlexTurbo, a rather fun second-generation RAM caching software. The end result is a very fast SSD that can keep up with the big players in the channel, yet still remains priced attractively.

EIZOannounced the release of the FlexScan EV2455 and FlexScan EV2450 IPS monitors for business environments such as trading rooms, back offices, and control rooms. These monitors feature a new "Fusion" design that houses EIZO's own EcoView technologies for reduced power consumption and improved visual ergonomics inside an extremely compact cabinet.

OCZ Storage Solutions -- a Toshiba Group Company and leading provider of high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, will unveil its latest storage solutions. New drives to be showcased include the upcoming Saber 1000 SATA III Series which is designed to deliver the best cost per GB for hyperscale data center customers, and the innovative Z-Drive 6000 2.5-inch PCIe 3.0 NVMe series that provides industry-leading IOPS per dollar.

DATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, is pleased to announce its full line of DDR4 extreme performance memory modules already support Intel Haswell-EP series processors. 

DisplayLink announced the industry's first demonstration of Dual 4K monitors over a 60 GHz WiGig connection. The demonstration features a WiGig integrated notebook, WiGig docking station connected to two 4K DisplayLink USB Graphics adapters, enabling two 4K monitors showcasing "wired-quality" latency and image quality.

Gigabyte is happy to introduce today its new lineup of motherboards based on the new Intel C612 chipset. Supporting the brand new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600/1600 V3 product families (former codename Haswell-EP) and the also brand new DDR4 server memory, this new lineup initially consists of one workstation motherboard and six server motherboards.

HP introduced its most powerful Z Workstations, combining increased system expandability, higher-speed memory and multicore updates, as well as access to the latest technologies to help customers future-proof their investment in HP's broadest workstation portfolio.

EK has launched their new 180mm form-factor, high-performance computer liquid-cooling radiator. This radiator combines EK's unique CSQ design with latest radiator core engine construction.

Download the AMD Catalyst 14.x BETA (14.300.1005.0 August 27) driver. This driver works with Windows 7 and 8.1.

Wi-Fi Alliance celebrates 15 years of Wi-Fi. Interoperability, ease of use, and innovation have made Wi-Fi one of the greatest success stories of the last century, and Wi-Fi Alliance has an extensive roadmap to carry the technology well into the future. 

You can now download the Intel Iris and HD graphics Driver v15.36.3.64 It provides gaming performance improvements with Intel’s anti-aliasing feature CMAA (Conservative Morphological Anti-Aliasing) while enhancing battery life.

Download here

Download Intel Iris and HD graphics Driver Version 15.36.3.64.3907 for Windows 7/8/8.1

Good news, AU Optronics shared some info about forthcoming panels. A new 27" panel currently in development will be based on AUO's AHVA panel technology, equivalent to LG Display's IPS. This is a 27" panel with a 2560 x 1440 resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m2 brightness, sRGB gamut and 178/178 viewing angles. 

Crytek has released an updated list of system requirements for Ryse: Son of Rome. Crytek says the ones listed on the Steam store page were for playing the game at 4k. Since there was some initial confusion about the System Requirements (as we originally posted the specs needed for 4k as recommended on the Store page).

Alright, another week a new list. Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

1. Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition
2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
3. DayZ
4. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
5. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
6. 7 Days to Die
7. Wargame Franchise Pack
8. Train Fever
9. Divinity: Original Sin
10. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Download Color Sustainer (ICC Profile Enforcer). Color Sustainer is an application that allows you to associate color profiles with particular display modes