From InfoWorld: This December, Microsoft will shut down its CodePlex open source project hosting site, deferring instead to code-sharing site GitHub. The site will go read-only in October.
CodePlex was launched in 2006 when Microsoft was trying to make a name for itself in open source. But the...
From CNET: Apple is developing its own graphics processors to be used in future versions of products including the iPhone, said one of its partners on Monday.
UK-based Imaginations Technologies currently makes the graphics chips used in the iPhone, but said in a statement that Apple will cease to...
I have been taking my PhD program in Electrical Engineering at the University of Calgary for about one year now. At the PhD level, my study experience is quite different from the education I ever had before. For example, when I was in my undergraduate studies, I really cared about my GPA. I thought taking exams was the only purpose I had in school, therefore I almost lived in the library. If that does not surprise you, my high school time was...
The other day, I was browsing through Netflix to find a movie to watch. I stumbled on a movie I have not heard of before with a large five on the sign. That movie was Ice Age 5. I absolutely loved the Ice Age when I was growing up, especially Ice Age 3. It was quite the surprise for me to discover they made five of them. This may be news to just some of you, but what should not be breaking news is the fact Hollywood is absolutely obsessed with...
From CNET: You're more likely to buy Samsung's new Galaxy S8 phone for its screen, processor or camera, but owners will get another significant technology improvement, too: the new Bluetooth 5 generation of the wireless network technology.
"This is the first publicly available Bluetooth 5 phone on...
From InfoWorld: Users waiting for Windows 10’s Creators Update, which is expected to release soon, may need to be patient. Data released Wednesday by AdDuplex suggests that Microsoft’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update took months to roll out to users after it was released last August, and the same pace...
From PC World: More DDR memory is on the way, despite many predictions that its time would soon be up.
Development of specifications for the new DDR5 DRAM has started, and it will be finalized next year, JEDEC, a memory standards-setting organization, said on Thursday.
DDR5 will succeed the...
From InfoWorld: VMware has released critical security patches for vulnerabilities demonstrated during the recent Pwn2Own hacking contest that could be exploited to escape from the isolation of virtual machines.
The patches fix four vulnerabilities that affect VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro and...
From PC World: If you’re skeptical whether “optimizations” can truly improve gaming performance on the disruptive new Ryzen CPU, AMD has a message for you: They really can.
On Thursday the company released benchmark results from a beta version of Ashes of the Singularity that showed a sizable...
From InfoWorld: The sale of tech publishing pioneer International Data Group to China Oceanwide Holdings Group and China-based IDG Capital is final.
The deal for China Oceanwide Holdings Group to acquire a majority stake in International Data Group was first announced in January. Tech analyst firm...
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