The Nvidia GTX 690 revealed

Nvidia did a paper launch of the GTX 690 yesterday and overall it seems like there is just one major flaw with the card, but I'll get to that later. Let's check out how the card performs.

Ivy Bridge summary

Well it is finally here. Intel's new processors codenamed Ivy Bridge are finally released (retailers will get them around the 29:th). As most of you probably know, Intel release CPUs which are either a "tick" or a "tock". The tocks are new architectures such as Sandy Bridge were, and the ticks are die shrinks and minor tweaks. Ivy Bridge is a tick+, which according to Intel means that it's a tock but with major improvements to the GPU part. Anyway, here is the summary...

Galaxy S 3 teaser is now out.

Well it seems like the mysterious website was just a teaser after all. The page brought you to an anagram which when "decoded" says www.TheNextGalaxy.com, which is currently down due to the massive traffic.
If you want to see the teaser then just check out the youtube video.

You can see a blue and a white thing near the end which to me looks like some kind of ceramic. Maybe the material of the case, and it will be available in blue or white? Just 11 more days until we find out...

Galaxy S 3 in less than 20 hours?

Samsung Mobile recently tweeted a suspicious looking link on their Twitter account which hits at the Galaxy S 3 will be announced in less than 20 hours from now. If we're unlucky it will just be a teaser video or something like that.

Link to the website: www.tgeltaayehxnx.com

Source: Samsung Mobile's Twitter

Edit: Will most likely just be a teaser since Samsung will hold an event the 3th May.

FLAC vs MP3 vs OGG/Vorbis vs AAC

I've done a few threads like these on /g/ but I thought I'd make an article about it on here. MP3 vs FLAC vs OGG vs AAC.

Anime you should consider watching

As most of you probably know, I watch quite a bit of anime. I've recently watched a few shows which even I think even people who are not interested in anime would enjoy, so I thought I would make a list of some shows I really like. Most of them are already very famous and a lot of people have probably already heard of them. Anyway...

Yet another Trojan for OS X on the loose.

Thought I'd just make a quick update about this. Yet another malware for OS X has been discovered and it also uses a Java vulnerability like the other malware did. This malware is not as widespread as the one I posted about earlier though.
It seems like you're safe if you have installed the Java update from Apple. Anyway, the moral of the story is, OS X is not as safe as you think. OS X is not immune to it and this has been proven countless of times. Oh and like with the other malware I posted earlier, this one does not require any user interaction. It just downloads and installs itself.

Source: zdnet

The U.S. files anti-trust lawsuit against Apple

Yes that is right. Apple are getting used by the U.S. Hatchette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan Penguin and Simon & Schuster are also getting sued.

Ivy Bridge motherboards and release date

Motherboards with the z77 chipset are now available at retailers. I am quite disappointed to be honest. The only difference (when comparing the chipsets) between z67 and z77 is that z77 natively supports USB 3.0 as well as PCIe 3.0.
Motherboard manufacturers such as Asus have obviously added some extra features themselves to their z77 boards but they could have added them to the z68 boards... Oh well, the new motherboards looks good, but I am not sure the higher prices are really worth it.

Ivy Bridge desktop processors will be released the 29:th this month.

My Windows 7 software guide

Threads about what to install after a reformat have been popular for as long as I've been visiting /g/ and while there are a lot of guides floating around, a lot of them are kind of outdated or not that in-depth. So, here is my list of software I like and think that you might enjoy as well.

Over 600,000 Macs are part of a botnet.

The Russian company Dr. Web released an article yesterday stating that over 550,000 (the number has risen since then) computers running OS X are infected with a malware which steals personal information. It seems like 274 of the infected computers are located in Apple's headquarters.