Node.js 7 set for release next week

From InfoWorld: The Node.js Foundation will release version 7 of the JavaScript platform next week. With the new release, version 6 will move to long-term support, and version 0.10 will reach "end of life" status.

Node 7, offered in beta in late September, is a "checkpoint release for the Node.js...

Huawei unveils blazing fast Kirin 960 processor

From CNET: Huawei, like Apple, is one of the only phone brands that makes its own processors. And its latest one, the Kirin 960, looks to be a winner.

Announced at a Shanghai press conference earlier today, a phone powered by the Kirin 960 wa put to the test against an iPhone 7 and a Samsung Galaxy...

Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router goes all the way to 11

From PC World: Netgear’s new Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router has features designed for the present and ready for the future—and a price tag to match. For a suggested $500 street price, the router packs in dozens of high-end Wi-Fi and networking features, including both 802.11ac and 802.11ad...

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...

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