Raspberry Pi 3 gets low-bandwith LTE with add-on chip

From PC World: Raspberry Pi 3 today has only Wi-Fi connectivity, but soon it will also be able to handle low-throughput cellular communications and let users control devices over long distances.

Altair has completed testing of its ALT1160 Category 1 LTE chip on Raspberry Pi, and is now making it...

Facebook wants to be your new games arcade

From CNET: Pac-Man will soon be chomping up your Facebook feed.

The social network on Tuesday unveiled a new feature called Instant Games that lets people play games on their news feeds and on the chat app Facebook Messenger, without installing any new apps.

In addition to Pac-Man, there are...

Microsoft modifies November patches to bypass Lenovo server conflicts

From InfoWorld: Microsoft released patches for Server 2016, 2012R2, and 2012 on Nov. 8 that freeze specific Lenovo servers on reboot. The servers don’t finish the POST process and hang at the Lenovo splash screen. After many complaints, Lenovo issued six new UEFI firmware patches on Nov. 22. The...

Internet outage in Germany blamed on failed botnet attack

From CNET: A failed attempt to hijack consumer routers is being blamed for network outages that left hundreds of thousands of people in Germany without internet service this weekend.

Around 900,000 of Deutsche Telekom's 20 million customers were affected by the outages, which began Sunday and...

Report: Android 7.1 rollout to Nexus devices will begin Dec. 6

From PC World: We have some solid evidence about the arrival of Android 7.1 for Nexus devices. Apparently Vodafone Australia has spilled the beans with details of a December 6 release date for the Nexus 6P.

The timeline makes sense, as Google unveiled the final developer preview of Android 7.1 on...

AT&T to launch DirecTV Now Nov. 30 with $35 promo

From CNET: AT&T's new online TV service, DirecTV Now, will launch Wednesday at its promised low, low price: $35 for over 100 channels. But customers will have to lock in that deal.

Packages for the DirecTV Now live-TV streaming service will range from $35 for more than 60 channels to $70 for more...

Samsung under pressure to split company in two

From CNET: Samsung customers who have had products recalled are not the only ones feeling cheesed off at the company as 2016 draws to a close.

Feeling pressure from disgruntled shareholders, Samsung is set to announce changes on Tuesday that could boost the amount of profit returned to investors...

NTP fixes denial-of-service flaws

From InfoWorld: The Network Time Foundation's Network Time Protocol Project has patched multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities with the release of ntp-4.2.8p9. The last update to the open source protocol used to synchronize computer clocks was in June.

"NTP users are strongly urged to take...

Black Friday breaks $1B sales mark on mobile devices

From CNET: US shoppers made $1.2 billion in purchases with their phones and tablets on Friday, the first time in US retail history that mobile revenue exceeded $1 billion in one day, according to data released Saturday by Adobe.

Overall Black Friday sales surpassed another milestone, rising 21...

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