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I remember when I was young, my first step of learning how to use a computer was typing practice. I spent hundreds of hours adapting myself to typing without looking at the keyboard. At that time, my computer entrance level course was almost equivalent with the learning of how to use a typewriter, which sounds less exciting in a certain way. However, after much later, when I entered university and sat in the classroom of the first year...

ARM pact may help Intel woo Apple into new chip deal

From InfoWorld: The chances of Apple using Intel's factories to manufacture iPhone and iPad chips have just rocketed upward.

Intel yesterday expanded its custom manufacturing business so it can fabricate chips based on ARM architecture.

Apple's cutting-edge A-series chips, used in the iPhone and...

​Intel expects USB Type-C could help kill the 3.5mm audio jack

From CNET: One venerable computing technology, USB, could be about to help kill off an even older standard, the 3.5mm audio jack.

The 3.5mm audio jack was popularized as the way to plug headphones into Sony's portable Walkman tape player and got a new lease on life as a way to handle audio on...

Intel challenges Raspberry Pi 3 with tricked-out Joule board

From PC World: Intel has unleashed a new competitor to Raspberry Pi 3 with its new Joule development board, which packs in superior graphics and wireless connectivity.

The chipmaker has loaded the development board with technology found in regular PCs: a 64-bit quad-core Atom processor, 4K graphics...

Apple to boost investment in China, report says

From CNET: Apple is ramping up its investment in China, building a new facility in the country, according to reports concerning the tech-maker's plans for the region.

CEO Tim Cook is said to have revealed the plans -- which reportedly include building a research and development centre -- in a...

Oculus Rift on sale in Europe and Canada from 20 September

From CNET: Tech fans in Europe and Canada only have to put up with boring regular reality for another month or so, as Oculus has confirmed its Rift headset will be hitting those regions on 20 September.

Preorders in those regions kick off from today, following on from a US release earlier this year...

End to free upgrade halts rapid Windows 10 growth

From InfoWorld: As expected, Windows 10's usage share growth sank after Microsoft ended the free upgrade it had offered customers for the past year.

According to analytics vendor StatCounter, Windows 10's week-over-week gains in the first two weeks of August were 0.13 and 0.15 percentage points...

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