From InfoWorld: If you use Excel 2010 and your spreadsheets are suddenly acting strange—freezes, crashes for no apparent reason—you likely have Windows Automatic Update turned on. Last Tuesday, as part of its usual Patch Tuesday celebrations, Microsoft pushed a patch,KB3178690, that causes...
From PC World: Intel’s first Optane storage modules came out in early January, but were only 32GB. Larger Optane drives with up to 1.5TB of storage capacity are on their way, and we now have a better understanding of how they’re going to perform.
The first large-capacity Optane SSD drive is the DC...
Back in December, my colleague Hai talked about my experience at the 84th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference in his OLALA iDisk ID100 64GB review. Although it was kind of unconventional how he told one of my stories in his review rather than his own, since I did not have a chance to talk about that until now, I would like to take this opportunity to tell my side of the story. At the conference, Apple set up a hiring booth to look for academics...
As I have written before about my Chevrolet Cruze, I recently had to go to get an oil change for the car. Being an ignorant first-time car owner, I cruised on over to the dealership for their express lube service. After waiting about an hour, they finished up with my car, and I was on my way to the office. Later on that day, I told my colleague Jonathan about my experience and how much the whole appointment cost. He was surprised at the high...
From InfoWorld: AMD's Radeon memory business has slowed down, with fewer products available in the U.S. and no new product releases since the introduction of the Polaris GPUs last year.
Products are not being sold by key partners like Newegg, Best Buy, or TigerDirect, and some products are out of...
From CNET: It's been hard to find a Nintendo Switch -- unless you were willing to pay through the nose. Your luck may change soon, however. According to the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo Switch production will double over the next year.
The new hybrid console has enjoyed brisk sales since its...
From PC World: When Microsoft said last year that it would restrict the latest Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Ryzen silicon to Windows 10, enthusiasts wondered what would happen if they tried running those PCs using Windows 7 or Windows 8. Now we know: no new patches.
Word of a new Microsoft support...
From InfoWorld: Android's mobile application build system will natively support Java 8 features going forward, with Google deprecating the Jack toolchain.
Jack has served as a toolchain to compile Java source code into Android dex byte code, with Java providing the basis of Android development. But...
From PC World: As AMD reveals its Ryzen 5 prices and release date, the company marks an important transition: After launching its eagerly awaited Ryzen 7 chip for high-end PCs, AMD hopes to parlay that goodwill into mainstream success.
AMD said it will ship its Ryzen 5 desktop processors on April...
From InfoWorld: Developers interested in extending the capabilities of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant have some more free tools in their arsenal, thanks to a program the company announced Wednesday.
Developers with an active Alexa skill -- a service that expands the capabilities of the virtual...
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