Netflix throws the towel in on China

From CNET: Earlier this year, Netflix launched in pretty much every country -- except China. That hasn't changed 10 months later, and it looks like it won't.

The company on Monday told shareholders that it's ditching efforts to bring its popular streaming service to the People's Republic, the world...

Signals suggest next Windows 10 upgrade will be in March 2017

From InfoWorld: Microsoft will issue its next Windows 10 upgrade in March 2017, according to clues uncovered by digital detectives.

Tero Alhonen and a Twitter user identified as WalkingCat sussed the likely release timetable from a group policy in the latest Insider preview. According to a...

Sprint customers are returning in droves. Really

From CNET: Maybe hiring Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" guy is paying off for Sprint.

The company released preliminary financial results on Tuesday that showed continued growth in the key metric of post-paid subscribers, or higher credit customers who pay at the end of the month and tend to stick...

Galaxy Note 7 airport exchange program goes international

From CNET: If you somehow missed two global Galaxy Note 7 recalls, the photos of exploded phones on the nightly news, the text messages from your carrier and the push notifications being sent direct to your phone -- all telling you to power off the device and return it -- you'll now have another...

Microsoft Update Catalog finally works with (almost) any browser

From InfoWorld: A long-promised change to the Microsoft Update Catalog finally makes it available to those who want to use modern browsers -- Chrome, Firefox, Opera -- to download individual Microsoft patches.

Prior to the weekend, searching and downloading patches from Microsoft’s huge trove...

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 faulty batteries reportedly tested in house

From CNET: Samsung looks to be in the awkward position of having only itself to blame.

The troublesome batteries Samsung used in its ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 devices were tested by the company in house, claimed the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

Samsung said last week that it would permanently stop...

Acer's swanky Swift 7 launches as the thinnest laptop ever

From PC World: The battle for barely there computing supremacy continues unabated. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen PC makers brag about releasing the lightest 13-inch laptop ever, the most svelte MacBook ever, and the thinnest notebook of all time (though that last one apparently...

Tesla asked to rename Autopilot in Germany

From CNET: Germany's transport minister asked Tesla on Sunday to rename the Autopilot feature on the company's vehicles.

In a letter to the company, minister Alexander Dobrindt expressed concern that the name of the feature is misleading and may encourage drivers to believe they don't need to pay...

Western Digital My Passport Wireless Pro 2TB Review (Page 1 of 9)

If you know a bit of Canadian history and politics, you will realize the province of Quebec is kind of a thing of its own. While the rest of Canada speaks English, have a common law legal system, and believes in a unified country, Quebec speaks French, have a civil law legal system, and always had movement that demands political sovereignty, but still wants money from the federal government. If you think the latter point is kind of ridiculous...

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