November 7, 2014 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

Crowd sourced table of contents... not needed this week thanks to Ghost!

 

News

 

Three BlizzCon Topics{ New Blizzard game “Overwatch”

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Gruffalow

Source 2: ca.ign.com

• team-based, 6v6 multiplayer shooter

• focus on “fun, over-the-top characters”

• Pixar-like animation

• “set on a near-future Earth, with a cast of heroes including ‘mercenaries, scientists, and adventurers’ that do battle in arenas like the streets of London or the pyramids of Egypt.”

• beta is coming in 2015, sign up at playoverwatch.com

Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void will be a stand-alone game

Source 1: OP:

Source 2: ca.ign.com

• showed a debut trailer at BlizzCon

• will not require a copy of SC2 to play which allows new players to start SC2 more easily

• player will command the Protoss army and have access to an ancient Archship, Spear of Adun, that can destroy an entire enemy army

• introduces “Archon Mode” a new co-op and PVP mode in one - work with your teammate to control a single base and army

• Allied Commanders - another co-op mode - players join forces to battle through scenarios together, leveling up and getting new capabilities as they progress

• also introducing new automated tournaments over B.net which will give a new way to compete online

• the lurker is back along with new multiplayer units

Hearthstone for Android tablets and new expansion: Goblins vs Gnomes

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Johners

Source 2: ca.ign.com

• Android tablet version coming in December

• no further information on a date or what devices are supported

• new expansion: Alliance and Horde battle it out with their two strongest races, Goblins vs Gnomes

• 120 new themed cards

• spectator mode to watch friends play

} Intel Caught Cheating, Gets A Slap On The Wrist 14 Years Later

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Stizzl

Source 2: gizmodo.com

Source 3: intelpentium4litigation.com

• Intel “misrepresented” the performance of Pentium 4

• Invented benchmarks that claimed to show its processor was superior to AMD Athlon Thunderbird

• lawyers have spent the last decade arguing that Intel needs to refund purchasers of Pentium 4

• those that purchased a Pentium-4 powered PC between November 20, 2000 and December 31 2001 in the US (excluding Illinois) are eligible

• $15 cash payout per person

• no receipt necessary

• Intel also has to pay $4,000,000 to educational charities

Sony Reports $1.25 Billion U.S In Losses Over Last Quarter

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Goodbytes

Source 2: neowin.net

• losses occurred during Q2

• mostly due to mobile division ($1.07 billion in losses)

• movie division had an operating loss of $10 million

• positive news is that quarterly sales increased to $17.4 billion, a rise of 7%

• this was thanks to music division posting slight profits and PS4 maintaining healthy sales

HTC's New Charger Gets Your Mobile Charging Up To 40% Faster

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Tech Dreamer

Source 2: htc.com

Source 3: htcsource.com

• takes advantage of the Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 tech in One M8

• certified charger can restore 60% to a 3300mAh battery in just 30 minutes

• named HTC Rapid Charger 2.0

• appeared on the accessories page at HTC.com, not available for purchase quite yet

• One M8, One E8, One M8 H/K Edition, Desire Eye can all utilize this charger

• devices like One M7 will benefit from the charger, but will do so at a lesser speed as they have Qualcomm Quick Charge 1.0

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Google’s New Gmail App Is Opening Its Doors To Rival Email Services.

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Tech Dreamer

Source 2: money.cnn.com

• new version of Gmail app now available on Android, Gmail 5.0

• don’t need a Gmail account - can manage email accounts from providers like Yahoo and MSFT

• can also use your work email address

• treats all accounts the same, google or non-google

• can:

• insert Drive files directly into messages

• manage multiple accounts

• view and save attachments

• set up label notifications

• has improved autocompletion and formatting support when restoring saved drafts

• uses material design similar to Lollipop

HP Stream

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Topwargamer

Source 2: theverge.com

• four versions of the Stream - Stream 7, Stream 8, Stream 11, and Stream 13

• 7 is a 7” Windows tablet at $100, 8 is an 8” Windows tablet at $150

• Stream 8 comes with 200MB of free LTE data each month with no contract (assumably through T-Mobile)

• both tablets get one year of Office 365, 1TB of One Drive storage, and 60 minutes of SKYPE calling included in the purchase

• 11 is an 11.6” laptop with an HD display at $200

• 13 is a 13.3” laptop that has an option for touch screen (assumed to be an HD display), priced at $230

• both using dual-core Celeron processors, fanless designs

• 32GB of flash storage

• both come with a free year of Office 365

• look like great answers to Chromebook

Paypal Has Officially Launched Its Pay After Delivery Service..

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Tech Dreamer

Source 2: venturebeat.com

• lets PayPal users pay for their goods up to 14 days after they choose to make a purchase

• goal: to give customers “the same level of confidence whether they shop online or in store”

• merchants still get paid immediately, so PayPal is essentially offering 14-day loans

• piloted in UK last year, tested in US this year, now ready to fully launch the service

• looking to roll out globally

• also partnered with Burger King in US for ordering ahead

• collaboration with app developer Tillster (build Burger King’s app) means that fast food customers will soon be able to pay for their meals through PayPal

Consumer Version Of Oculus Rift VR Headset Ready To Arrive In Months, not Years

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Tech Dreamer

Source 2: thenextweb.com

• CEO Brendan Iribe says “It’s months, not years away, but many months.”

• no official release date, but all speculation says sometime in 2015

• “We don’t want it to be four or five years. We’re eager for this to happen.”

• the big challenge is developing an effective input device

• Iribe says keyboards mice and gamepads aren’t up to the job - neither is gesture-control

• Iribe says they are also urging larger companies not to rush their product to market

• motion sickness is “the elephant in the room”

LGA 1151 & Z170

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Techfanboy

Source 2: kitguru.net

• Will support both DDR4 1.2V and DDR3L 1.35V but not at the same time.

• New chipset called Z170

• Z170 supports 1*16x & 2*8x OR 1*8x & 2*4x PCI-E 3.0

• Z170 supports 2 memory channels with 2 modules each, 6 SATA 16Gbps ports and 20 lanes for PCI-E.

• Will support a maximum of max of three SATA Express ports x2 and either four M.2 connections or two SATA Express.

• Boards can support up to 14 USB ports, 10 of which can be Intel 3.0 ports. 3.1 is unsupported by Intel.

"Dawngate" Cancelled

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Nit3Rid3R

Source 2: pcgamer.com

• Dawngate was EA’s attempt at a LoL style MOBA.

• Cancelled 18 months after beta testing began.

• "We built a game in Dawngate that wasn’t simply a clone of existing MOBAs, but one that truly pushed the genre forward in many ways," Group General Manager Matt Bromberg

• Dawngate will continue to operate for 90 days, and players will be given full refunds of any money they spent on the game during the beta.

• The client is, for now at least, still available for download at Dawngate.com.

Zalman Files For Bankruptcy - DENYING ALL CLAIMS

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Fulgrim

Source 2: geek.com

Source 3: kitguru.net

Source 4: eteknix.com

• suspected that this is due to a scam by its parent company Moneual (main export of Moneual is robotic vacuum cleaners)

• Moneual took loans it could not repay

• fabricated export documents to inflate its perceived value and get approval on large loans

• total debts of Moneual are 2.98 Billion USD

• an unnamed Moneual employee reports that the management team (CEO Harold Park, his brother and vice president Scott Park, and another vice president Won Duck-yeok) were behind the fabrication

• claimed that parts being sold domestically were being exported to the U.S. as a finished product is that is more expensive than the parts

*(Mobile) Broadwell 3% Faster Than Haswell

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Big Stroonz

Source 2: slate.google.com

• Core M offers a low base and high turbo speed meaning good performance when it is needed. (M 5Y70 - 1.1GHz - 2.6GHz)

• Intel promised a 5% increase. (Which is close)

• Comparison compares the i5-4200U (@2.3GHz) to the M 5Y70

Amazon Echo - Voice Personal Assistant

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Aleshippuden

Source 2: amazon.com

Source 3: youtube.com

• Source 2 gives a good list of all features.

• $199 without and $99 with prime. (Prime offer for a limited time)

• Currently invitation only. You can request one on “amazon.com/oc/echo”

• Offers a 2.5” Sub and 2.0” Tweeter.

• There is a microphone off button on the top.

• 9.25” tall and 3.27” in diameter.

• You can ask it about: News, weather, information, music, alarm, timers, lists, questions (resulting in wikipedia definitions) and more is coming soon.

• [Rumour] People are jokingly saying this is what amazon has done with the Fire Phone stock.

Ubisoft Pull Christmas Launch Games From Steam In The UK

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Shadowcaptain

Source 2: kitguru.net

• Assassin’s Creed Unity, Far Cry 4 and The Crew won’t be available on Steam in the UK

• No clear reasoning for the decision.

• £50 ($80USD) on the uPlay store and with other retailers in the UK.

• Ubisoft responded: “We’ve been in discussions with Valve about Assassin’s Creed Unity but for the time being the game is not available via Steam in the UK. In the meantime, UK customers wishing to purchase the game digitally can do so by visiting the Uplay store, our retail partners or other digital distributors.”

 

*Forum Member ‘Smogsy’ built a man-cave

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Smogsy

• All info/pics in linked post.

*Intel Debuts Additional Core M Processors

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Big Stroonz

Source 2: hitechreview.com

• All CPUs listed in Source 2.

Futuremark Acquired By UL

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Duckdodgers

Source 2: ul.com

Source 3: futuremark.com

• company behind 3D Mark and PC Mark

• joining forces with another “certification and testing” outfit”

• this “will strengthen Futuremark through increased investment in our people and products while protecting our independence and neutrality”

[Gearnuke] Assassin’s Creed Unity Ps4 Version Screenshots Leaked, Confirm Sub-1080P Resolution

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Tehstranger

Source 2: gearnuke.com

• unsurprisingly, PS4 screenshots of AC: Unity look terrible

• pixel count confirms native resolution of ~1600x900

Ubisoft: Buy Shaving Cream For In-Game Downloadable Content!

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Idortmasterrace

• Just keep diggin’

• Movember

 

Gold Apple Watch Estimated To Cost $5000

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Pit5000

Source 2: appleinsider.com

• Will debut on Feb. 14

• $5000 for gold “Edition” versions

• $500 for steel version

• rumor comes from French website iGen

• 18-karat gold, feature sapphire crystal and come with a variety of luxurious strap options. Unclear whether the entire chassis is solid gold, or merely gold plated.

[Just The Tips]

Swaggerfun

 

thats a fucking lot for a dumb watch

 

gg intel scums

[QueenDemetria]

I just realized that I missed the WAN Show. I am a terrible person.

[PhantomJaguarr]

Always miss the beginning :[

[kameshss]

Missed the WAN Show, didn't realize the Friday!

[Geekazoid]

Gotta watch this!

[7850OC]

awesome show (like always)

[Syntaxvgm]

linus @58

 

 

:lol:

[MAXXHEW]

Re: Intel Caught Cheating, Gets A Slap On The Wrist 14 Years Later

Now that Intel are working/dealing with the Israelis... maybe they will be a more trustworthy brand/company right. Their current business practices have improved right?

[IdortMasterRace]

@Slick: "The WiiU is destroying the PS4".

 

Is he joking?

 

[Tech_Dreamer]

Lel, 

 

"Fast food just got even faster..A'MERICA  - Linus

 

 

PS, was very fresh & exciting to see Linus go up-top & really excited with the news

[steffen_anywhere]

I slept until 11 today, so I missed it

 

WAN Show starts at 7:30 AM for me... Watching now.

[Dong Coyote]

You don't even need a smartphone to do what the echo does, you just need a laptop with chrome open.

[boboman342]

Always miss the beginning :[

omg your build in your sig is exactly what I want....I luv u

[Mr_Flynn]

I get where you are coming from with the HP Stream Devices, but Chromebooks have a lot more merit to them than you might think.

 

The thing that Chromebooks do better than anyone else right now is ease of scalability. To achieve the functionality that Chromebooks give (file sync, login from anywhere, device tracking, etc.) on something like an HP Stream requires a much larger investment in backend infrastructure for Active Directory Logins and File Sync. With a Chromebooks, this really isn't an issue. You only have to pay for Google Apps and the actual devices, not the devices, an active directory server, file server, etc. required to get that functionality.

 

Having installed a majority of my school's network infrastructure where both Chromebooks and Active Directory Windows Machines (and some Macs) are used, I can say that managing and setting up Chromebooks (or Chromeboxes) was a far less painful process than setting up Active Directory and other file services.

 

Moreover, for someone like me who is still in high school and learning, it was much easier for me to get everything ready for the school year than having to tinker with and setup an Active Directory server to get feature-for-feature parity on the Windows devices. And I can see this applying to other schools' IT teams (who the majority of the time are not very knowledgeable when it comes to computers) rolling out entire sets of computers with relative ease and doesn't require them to spend extra money for a consultant to setup active directory for them—money that they might not have (public and even private schools don't usually have tons of extra money to afford expensive network and computer specialists).

 

For a single person, the Stream makes orders of magnitude more sense than a Chromebook, but for a large environment (like in a school) Chromebooks take the cake.

[jomojomo95]

[exyia]

Linus, Blizzard is already in talks to produce their own studio

 

[Ashley]

[TetraSky]

so the Intel P4 thing... is for US only? Because I'd own a few P4 in that time frame...

[Ornstein]

I still do not understand how they both slam PS4 and XBon One yet love the objectively weaker console, the WiiU.  Yes, the WiiU can get 1080p 60FPS, but the level of detail is way lower, and the online infrastructure is not as good.

[coder-guy22296]

I love how there is a text block over the @slickpc twitter handle that says LUKE_LAFR

[theCharcoalsky]

The HP Stream sounds like a great product!  However, I've never purchased an HP product that was reliable.  My first HP laptop was recalled, and two flash drives I purchased fell apart at the plastic seam.  I'd like to see the build quality and their reliability.  Hopefully Linus will do a review of the 11 inch or 13 laptop!

[learjet60guy]

Austin Evans did a video on the HP stream.

 

[justcallmekami]

Watching this now.. but is Linus rocking a Moto 360? I guess a review of it will be coming up eventually. 

[DomClancy]

Why is Linus blasting crowdfunding at 1:13:00 when he himself said he wanted to use it for the site's expansion into offices?