From CNET: A year after its official release, Windows 10 is on just one in five desktop computers, according to Web traffic stats from researcher NetMarketShare.
Windows 10 captured 21.1 percent of the desktop OS market for July, NetMarketShare reported, up from 19.1 percent in June and 17.4...
From PC World: The Summer Update started rolling out on Saturday for Xbox One users, and with it comes deeper integration with Microsoft's wider Windows 10 universe. The Xbox started rocking Windows 10 underpinnings in late 2015, but now the console is getting features that bring it closer to its PC...
From CNET: Automakers aren't the only ones cashing in on the connected-car revolution -- telematics companies are making sure to get their piece of the pie. In an effort to bolster its own portfolio, telecom giant Verizon is buying Fleetmatics, a company specializing in fleet management services...
From InfoWorld: On July 18, I wrote about problems Microsoft has faced with bad Simplo batteries in Surface Pro 3 PCs. Based on a post in the Microsoft Answers forum by Charles McKay on March 16, 2016, and another post in the Microsoft Answers forum by Kridsada Thanabulpong, dated May 11, it was...
"Where did you get the cash for that stun gun?" asked Karen, "I thought you were gonna use the surplus to buy bullet proof vests." Davis replied, "I saved a little money by buying bullet resistant vests." "Bullet resistant? Have you ever slept in a water resistant tent? You get plenty wet." This conversation comes from my favorite Canadian show called Corner Gas, in an episode where the two police officers are talking about Davis' curious...
From PC World: at the PC gaming Show and introduced the Radeon RX 460 and Radeon RX 470 graphics cards to the world—the final two members of the 14nm Polaris GPU family. The latter targets “refined, power-efficient” 1080p gaming, while the former was built for superb e-sports performance, she said...
From CNET: A virtual-reality version of Microsoft's megahit game Minecraft will arrive on Facebook's Oculus VR goggles "in the next few weeks," the company said Thursday.
The game, in which players roam around a blocky 3D world building shelters, manufacturing survival equipment and fending off...
From InfoWorld: After months of delays, Lenovo's first laptop with an OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen is now shipping, but it's unclear whether the PC maker will bring out additional OLED models anytime soon.
The ThinkPad X1 Yoga with a 14-inch OLED screen is now shipping for $1,682...
From CNET: Last month we learned that Sony's Playstation VR platform would come to the US, UK and Australia on October 13. On Thursday, the company revealed that those in Asia will be able to join the party at exactly the same time.
Playstation VR will launch on October 13 in Singapore, Japan, Hong...
From PC World: The smartphone market is showing signs of growth again, but barely, with shipments up nearly 1 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.
The research firm, which had reported a 3 percent drop in the market in the last quarter, said Wednesday that...
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