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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASRock X99 Taichi Intel Motherboard OC Review
Best Android Phones: Q3 2016
EVGA Z170 Classified K Motherboard Review
Getting jiggy with Busybox and LD_PRELOAD
Gigabyte BRIX Gaming UHD Review
How to Fix Curl TLS SSL Protocol Issue from CLI and PHP Code
Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB SSD Review
KingWear KW88 3G Smartwatch Phone Review
Lian Li PE-750 SFX-L 750W PSU Review
macOS 10.12 Sierra vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Linux Benchmarks
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 8GB
Review: IdeaUSA AtomicX V203 Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones
ROCCAT Skeltr Review
Three Apps to Combine All Your Messaging Clients Into One



ASRock X99 Taichi Intel Motherboard OC Review
ASRock once again offers some brand new LGA 2011-3 motherboards. Today on OCinside.de we will look at the latest ASRock X99 Taichi motherboard. ASRock called the X99 Taichi a stylish all-round motherboard – we find it is much more! Of course we have again overclocked the board up to the limits, this time with the latest Intel Core i7-6900K Broadwell-E CPU. But first let us start with the very impressive basic equipment.


Read full article @ OCInside.de

Best Android Phones: Q3 2016
After the usual summer respite, our Q3 2016 Best Android Smartphones guide arrives in the middle of the fall frenzy, which has already produced a number of new phones, including the Samsung Galaxy Note7, Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Honor 8, the new modular Moto Z family from Motorola, and even a new brand from Huawei—Nova—to name just a few. There’s still several high-profile products still to come too, such as the LG V20, two new Nexus phones, and a new Mate phablet from Huawei. Several of the Chinese OEMs are also releasing some interesting phones at reasonable prices that will interest our international readers.

Keeping in mind that our guide only includes phones that we’ve reviewed, and that we do not have the bandwidth to review every phone that’s available, here are the Android phones we currently like.


Read full article @ Anandtech

EVGA Z170 Classified K Motherboard Review
With a change in Intel Chipsets we get new motherboards based on that chipset. When the Intel Z170 chipset came out, EVGA provided us one of their three ATX Z170 based motherboards, the Z170 FTW. We found that the motherboard provided the basic features that we were looking for in a basic Z170 motherboard; good overclocking features, USB 3.0, and M.2 NVMe support. However, we found that it lacked some of the more advanced features that advanced enthusiasts were looking for; dual M.2 NVMe, and USB 3.1. For these features, you need to look at EVGA’s more advanced Z170 ATX motherboard, the Z170 Classified K. Read on to see if it has what it needs to be your next motherboard!


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Getting jiggy with Busybox and LD_PRELOAD
I've written a super-nerdy tutorial explaining how to recover systems with deleted or moved glibc shared library using Busybox and LD_PRELOAD, with detailed information on the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF), dynamically and statically compiled objects, root permissions, backup and imaging strategy, numerous other tools, tips and tricks, additional reading, and more. Take a look.


Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Gigabyte BRIX Gaming UHD Review
Gigabyte’s BRIX line of barebones PCs are typically small and low-powered – at least, when compared with a mini-ITX desktop system, for example. However, the new BRIX Gaming UHD aims to change all of that. Gone are the integrated graphics and low-power processors, and in their place we find a desktop-grade 4GB GTX 950 and quad-core i7-6700HQ with Hyper-Threading. With that level of hardware in such a small package, it will be interesting to see how the BRIX Gaming UHD performs.


Read full article @ KitGuru

How to Fix Curl TLS SSL Protocol Issue from CLI and PHP Code
Q: On one of our server, the webserver is not setup to support SSLv2 or SSLv3. Both are disabled on the server side. It supports only TLSv1. How can I get curl to work from both command line, and from inside my PHP code?

A: In most case, curl will automatically pick the correct protocol and connect to it. But, you can also specify a specific protocol to use for curl command. In this example, you have to instruct CURL to use TLSv1, as explained in this tutorial.


Read full article @ The Geek Stuff

Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB SSD Review
Kingston’s SSDNow KC400 family is part of the company’s business-oriented SSD product line which features end-to-end data path protection, technologies to protect data in the NAND and guard against read errors, as well as good endurance.


Read full article @ KitGuru

KingWear KW88 3G Smartwatch Phone Review
When the non-descript box arrived, I didn’t know what to expect. As most of you know, I have miscellaneous gadgets show up regularly for me to test and review. This was one of them, and after the unboxing and inspection, I fully expected this product to be laughable. But that wasn’t the case.


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Lian Li PE-750 SFX-L 750W PSU Review
Lian Li enters the PSU market again with two new SFX-L models featuring 550 W and 750 W capacities. The PE-750 is under the microscope today. It features modular cabling, a single +12V rail, and a semi-passive fan.


Read full article @ Toms Hardware

macOS 10.12 Sierra vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Linux Benchmarks
Apple released macOS 10.12 "Sierra" last week as the successor to OS X El Capitan. Given this annual update to macOS / OS X, here are benchmarks of macOS Sierra compared to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a MacBook Air and Mac Mini computers.


Read full article @ Phoronix

MSI RX 470 Gaming X 8GB
After having the chance to test the RX 460, RX 470, and RX 480 we now have a much better idea of how the current AMD lineup stands. There were a few special cases that I was curious about, though. Specifically the 4GB RX 480 and the 8GB RX 470. I was able to test the 4GB RX 480 by flashing our reference cards firmware but for the RX 470, MSI was nice enough to send a card for me to check out. I haven’t had a chance to see any of MSI’s current AMD lineup so the card also gave me a chance to see what they have going as well. So today I’m going to run the RX 470 Gaming X 8GB through all of our tests, dive into its features, and find out how it compares to the rest of the AMD lineup.


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Review: IdeaUSA AtomicX V203 Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones
IdeaUSA has a history of making solid quality gadgets and electronics. I was recently offered the opportunity to test and review the AtomicX V203 headphones. These headphones really keep with ideaUSA’s quality standard for quality, durability, and features.

The headphones may be priced a bit more than you might expect for this company’s mid-range audio devices, but in sound quality, battery life (16 hours), and ease of use, they are comparable to other manufacturer offerings that go for $300-400 or more.


Read full article @ WinSupersite

ROCCAT Skeltr Review
ROCCAT on their inception, and even today could be accused of peddling the 'extreme' gamer stereotype in regards to its marketing style. Though, the truth is, they are among those at the forefront of technological innovation bringing some of the most forward thinking gaming peripherals on the market. As evidence, the ROCCAT Skeltr lands on our desks promising unity between our mobile device and PC, and that it can cut out interruptions during work or play.

By connecting to your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth while utlising an internal audio pass-through, ROCCAT have enabled the Skeltr to answer calls using the same headset you would be using on your PC, or even reply to any instant messaging by typing on the keyboard. The Skeltr also features onboard processor and memory, RGB back-lighting, 5 dedicated macro keys as well as the ROCCAT easy-shift+ technology to maximise programmability.


Read full article @ Vortez

Three Apps to Combine All Your Messaging Clients Into One
Instant messaging is an increasingly competitive market and despite your best efforts to keep it simple, it's hard to avoid keeping two or three apps around to keep in touch with different groups of people. If this sounds familiar there are a handful of all in one messaging clients that can make things more convenient by keeping all your chats under one roof.


Read full article @ TechSpot