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G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200C16D-16GTZ 2x8GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

On Friday last week, I was hanging out with my colleague Brian Cheung at the student center at the University of Calgary. As we were talking, one of my friends walked by, and pointed at the "hipster" sticker at the back of Brian's laptop. Since the topic came up, I asked my friend, "Do you think Brian is hipster?" Without much thinking, she said, "Yes." Being the owner of the de facto hipster MacBook Pro sleeve here at APH Networks, the Inateck...

SilverStone Tundra TD02-LITE Review (Page 1 of 4)

In the past half year or so, I have been looking to buy a car, as I am driving much more than I have in the past, and needed a personal vehicle in place of a shared one. If you remember my first article, the XtracGear Ripper review here at APH Networks, I am still looking for a car with the mindset that it should be practical. Since it has been a while since I have begun the search, one of my friends approached me about a month ago, and wondered...

PC rivals band together in $70M ad effort to convince consumers they need a new machine

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft, Intel and the world's three largest computer makers -- Dell, HP and Lenovo -- have banded together for the first time in a joint marketing campaign to convince consumers they should replace their aged personal computers with new systems.

The campaign relies on the...

Intel's itty-bitty Curie CPU for wearables is coming to Arduino early next year

From PC World: School kids and hardware enthusiasts who want to start tinkering with Intel’s tiny Curie chip will be able to get their hands on it early next year in the form of an Arduino development board.

Curie is a new chip module that Intel showed at the International CES in January. About a...

Whoops, Microsoft Pushed Unwanted Windows 10 to Some Users

From DailyTech: In perhaps its most self-beneficial and humorous "gitch" since it "accidentally" stopped offering European users their choice of browser with Windows 7 sales in Europe, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has announced that another programming "mistake" resulted in some unwitting Windows 7 and 8...

Android Marshmallow to flavor LG G4 smartphone starting next week

From CNET: LG will be the first mobile vendor in the world outside of Google to start updating its phones with the new Android Marshmallow operating system. Its flagship G4 is first in line.

On Thursday, the Korean mobile-phone maker said LG G4 owners in Poland will be the first to receive Android...

Adobe promises new Flash Player update to plug zero-day bug

From InfoWorld: Adobe has rolled out a mammoth security update for Flash, Reader, and Acrobat, but be prepared for another emergency update next week to fix the new zero-day vulnerability.

Adobe released 69 security patches as part of its regularly scheduled update cycle on Tuesday fixing multiple...

Nvidia plans to lock Game Ready drivers behind GeForce Experience registration

From PC World: Nvidia’s pushing out a new beta version of its slick GeForce Experience software Thursday, building atop the awesome update from last month that lets you play local co-op games with your faraway friends—even if they don’t have gaming machines.

The update adds the ability to broadcast...

Surface Book preorders back on track, but you may wait weeks for the laptop

From CNET: You can once again preorder a Surface Book through Microsoft but don't expect it to land on your doorstep anytime soon.

The Windows 10 laptop that turns into a tablet via a detachable keyboard is set for release on October 26 and has been available for preorder since October 7. On...

Microsoft details takedown requests with expanded transparency report

From ComputerWorld: In response to growing government demands for data, tech companies have been detailing those requests in transparency reports that elaborate on what gets done when government agencies come calling for users' data.

Microsoft just released the latest incarnation of its data on...