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Digital Illusions CE (DI), the Swedish developers behind the critically acclaimed Battlefield franchise since 2002, have revolutionized the multiplayer FPS gaming industry with their innovative open worlds and action packed game modes. They continue as the years move forward with each new addition and adaptation to the franchise.

On January 25, Google released a new beta version of its Chrome browser to it’s Windows user base. The two most noticeable changes is that it now allows the use of extensions as well as a bookmark sync feature.

Extensions in Chrome are pretty nifty. They offer a one-click installation method and the browser doesn’t even need to be restarted for the changed to take place (are you taking notes Mozilla?). But this is nothing OS X and Linux users should be jealous of… since they got extensions back in December.

As many of you may know, Apple has officially announced that it will be holding a media even on the 27th days of this month. And as is customary with any Apple event…rumors are coming out of the woodworks.

To make your life a bit easier as THE BIG DAY grows near, here is a list of interesting rumors we’ve seen around the Interwebz related to this event:

Intel sure has been busy these last few months, releasing desktop i5 and i7 processors a few months back and a the new “Pine Trail” netbook platform. Now they’ve dropped new CPU’s onto the market with the i3 CPU and more in the i5 line of processors. All of these processors use Intel’s new 32nm chip die, allowing for lower power requirements and less heat (important for the all-critical mobile market). All of these processors include built in graphics capability, which is attractive to the low-end market and even potentially htpc builders (time will tell and we’ll see how the chip stacks up in terms of crunching 1080p video).

What does the resistor, capacitor, and the inductor all have in common? They make up the three basic circuit elements. All electronics are based off of those three components. Although, in 1971, a researcher by the name of Leon Chua knew that a fourth element existed but no one knew how to physically make it, until recently.

Researchers at HP Labs were able to build a real working “memristor”; adding to the three basic circuit elements. This discovery opens up lots of possibilities for electronic circuits.