From DailyTech: NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) faced heavy criticism for bricking unlocking on laptop PCs, via a driver update. The move threatened to alienate some loyal gaming customers, who had purchased laptops from various OEMs which billed overclockability of NVIDIA's GeForce 970m and 980m GPUs (second...
From InfoWorld: Eventually, the conventional ways of manufacturing microprocessors, graphics chips, and other silicon components will run out of steam. According to Intel researchers speaking at the ISSCC conference this week, however, we still have headroom for a few more years.
Intel plans to...
From PC World: LG Electronics has announced four new smartphones, including the Magna. The device has a spec that gives Motorola Mobility’s Moto G a run for its money, assuming LG doesn’t screw up the pricing too much.
Motorola has had the market for unlocked smartphones costing US$200 or less...
From CNET: A federal judge has dismissed two class-action lawsuits levied against Google in relation to alleged anticompetitive practices in the mobility market.
Filed by two US consumers, as reported by The Register, both lawsuits accused the tech giant of hurting handset customers by forcing...
From DailyTech: When it comes to beating cloud storage rival DropBox, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is practicing a two tiered strategy of working with the rival to improve cross-service integration, while at the same time looking to outpace it with aggressive promotions.
The latest promotion by Microsoft...
I have always been a big believer in the converging technology trend since the turn of the millennium. Basically, for every niche product that comes in a similar form factor as another niche product with a different purpose, both of them will eventually "converge" into one device that does both things. Back in 2004, I purchased a Dell Axim X30 personal digital assistant. This was prior to the invention of the first iPod that could play videos...
In this day and age, the capability of computers and software design tools producing high quality visual effects are exponentially becoming more prominent. In addition, performance-driven hardware are also produced to be able to support the output of high end visuals. Such examples include the release of full HD, and subsequently, UHD or 4K videos with respective compatible (U)HDTVs and the likes. By this logic, one may assume that with each...
Customization is a great way to tell other people what is yours. It can show your preferences, whether they are as simple as color, or other things like brands. But customization comes under the assumption the thing you are customizing is yours -- this is why "personalizing" public property is called vandalism. It would be fine if the perpetrator owned that wall or the playground. However, since they do not, they are not allowed to redesign the...
As a third year Business student at the University of Calgary, there are many supplementary courses that I have to take to fulfill the requirements of my degree. One of these supplementary courses include Business and Environment 395, otherwise known as simply just Business Law for Decision Makers. In the latter part of January, the main topics of discussion in the course were contracts and claims. I was fascinated by the various types of claims...
From InfoWorld: There's a new security patch for Windows that's undocumented but appears to fix a known problem with one of last week's Black Tuesday patches. It isn't clear at this point if the re-issued KB 3013455 solves the problem all by itself, or if it has to be augmented by the undocumented...
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