At CES this week, AMD made an unusual announcement about Nvidia’s new G-Sync technology. According to the company’s senior engineers, they can replicate much of the advantages of Nvidia’s G-Sync tech through the use of what are called dynamic refresh rates. Multiple generations of AMD video cards have the ability to alter refresh rates on the fly, with the goal ...
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Oregon TE suspended for Alamo Bowl over snowball fight
Chris Pietsch/AP Pharaoh Brown (pictured) takes things way too far during a University of Oregon snowball fight and gets suspended for the Alamo Bowl as a result. Pharaoh Brown will be left out in the cold when Oregon plays in the Alamo Bowl. The Ducks’ starting tight end was suspended for the bowl game for his role in a wild, ...
Read More »VIDEO: woman bites off man’s lip during fight at Oktoberfest
LiveLeak.com Video from an Oktoberfest celebration in Munich shows a woman biting a man’s lip during a fight. Wicked sucker munch! A woman at an Oktoberfest celebration in Germany bit off a man’s bottom lip after the two got in a scuffle and the man tried to shove something in her mouth, a video shows. RELATED: PAUL WALKER DEAD AT ...
Read More »Rolle says Giants ‘will continue to fight’
Robert Sabo/New York Daily News Late in the game, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo picks on Antrel Rolle, as he’s forced to slide over to nickle cornerback. Rolle breaks up the pass to Miles Austin here, but allows Romo to complete crucial passes on Dallas’ game-winning drive. The Giants may have barely a flicker of life left in their longer-than-longshot playoff ...
Read More »Bono, Chris Martin and a host of others raise $26 million to fight disease at Sotheby’s auction
The season of giving got an early start Saturday night with a Sotheby’s auction that brought in $ 26 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa. Bono and his U2 bandmate the Edge were joined by presidential daughters Chelsea Clinton and Jenna and Barbara Bush, as well as Princess Eugenie of York, at a ...
Read More »Daily Checkup: Lifestyle changes fight diabetes
THE SPECIALIST: Dr. David Lam An instructor of medicine at Mount Sinai, Dr. David Lam is an endocrinologist who specializes in treating patients with diabetes. Half of his practice is dedicated to Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. WHO’S AT RISK Diabetes has been a mainstay of headline news for the past decade, with the International Diabetes Federation predicting that ...
Read More »State probes fight that left Russian boxer with brain damage
Reuters/USA Today Sports Mike Perez won his fight with Magomed Abdusalamov (left) during their heavyweight U.S. NBC Champoinship. Abdusalamov was rushed to hospital when he vomited after the fight. ALBANY — The state inspector general is launching a probe into the New York State Athletic Commission’s handling of a brutal fight that left a Russian boxer with brain damage, the ...
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