The FCC to Release Mobile Broadband Speed Test App
What started as a project three years ago and was basically forgotten, will be resurrected by the new FCC chair, Tom Wheeler to gauge the actual mobile broadband speeds across the nation. The App will be released sometime next spring.
The agency says that the new app "will do everything the old app did — allow you to run real time tests of latency, upload and download speeds on your smartphone."
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Microsoft Releases W8.1 Patch for Mouse Gaming Lag
Gamers cries for a fix for lagging mouse movement while playing games in 8.1 has been heard by Microsoft. The patch addresses problems with 22 games variations and more if you are computer savvy.
The Microsoft Support website has launched a page with download links for the update that cover the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 8.1, along with a download for Windows Server 2012 R2. Microsoft's support site says the patch fixes the problem.
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WoW: Warlords of Draenor Expansion Confirmed
Blizzard has confirmed the next expansion of World of Warcraft will be titled Warlords of Draenor. Few details have been revealed since Blizzard announced the expansion at BlizzCon this week.
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Happy Birthday Firefox -- Nine Years Old Today!
It hardly seems possible. I remember Firefox when it was just a KitEmber. Firefox is indeed nine years old today, releasing version 1.0 on November 9th, 2004. Happy Birthday FF!!
"In the nine years since we first launched Firefox, we have moved and shaped the Web into the most valuable public resource of our time."
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Intel Acquires Kno, Pushes Further Into the Education Market
Intel is still searching for avenues to explore to insure its continued viability by diversifying its business interests away from the volatile chip market. Intel is looking forward into A. I. and e-learning platforms.
"The acquisition of Kno boosts Intel's global digital content library to more than 225,000 higher education and K-12 titles through existing partnerships with 75 educational publishers".
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Gamer Gets Xbox One Early, Starts Spilling Details
There is a lesson to be learned here for all: If you ever get the chance to receive an early delivery of a controlled console release, keep your mouth shut and revel in your fortune: definitely do not make a video and throw the results up on YouTube. Thanks to forum member ShamisOMally for the heads up.
Xbox Live spokesman Larry Hryb has reached out to this gamer, offering to help sort out the matter. On NeoGAF, Hryb said "his console will not be permabanned, that is for sure."
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Meet Microsoft's New Anime IE 'It' Girl
Microsoft is spicing up a new special version of Internet Explorer 11 with an Anime persona named Inori Aizawa as part of a promotion of Anime Festival Asia 2013. Well, she's no Clippy, but then nothing could replace that lovable little fellow.
As part of the promotion, Microsoft will be releasing a special version of Internet Explorer that's themed after Aizawa. It will be available at internetexplorertan.com, but the URL currently redirects to the Facebook page for now.
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Panasonic's 20 Inch Windows 8.1 Tablet
If you like them big, if you like them powerful and lastly, if you like them expensive; Panasonic will have your dream tablet (more like a table top) available in the US come January for the paltry sum of $6K.
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Lenovo 3Q13 Revenues and Net Profit Hit Records
In the world of shrinking profits and decreasing revenues for computer manufacturers, Lenovo has managed to stay ahead of the curve and its competition with its PC market share growing.
Lenovo grew corporate revenue a reported 12.7% year-to-year, climbing to $9.8 billion in 3Q13, as it continued to capture market share in the contracting PC market.
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Microsoft Offers Windows 8.1 to Non-Profit Organizations
Microsoft has made it very easy for non-profit organizations to upgrade to Microsoft's newest operating system. This latest philanthropy on Microsoft's part will also increase the overall adoption numbers of 8.1.
In a post on its Corporate Citizenship blog, the company said that those groups can now apply to get their Windows 8.1 copy via their software donation program.
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Germany Brings Anti-Spying Bill to the UN
Germany and Brazil have introduced a draft resolution to ban illegal electronic surveillance, obviously inspired by the recent revelations of NSA spying on both countries by the US.
"Illegal surveillance of communications, their interception and the illegal collection of personal data constitute a highly intrusive act that violates the right to privacy and freedom of expression and may threaten the foundations of a democratic society."
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Rockstar Begins Depositing $500,000 in GTA Online Accounts
No more delays or excuses from Rockstar, if you are due to be on the receiving end of the $500K online stimulus package, you should have received, or soon will receive your account deposit from Rockstar.
That package consisted of every player who had logged into and played GTA Online during October being gifted 500,000 GTA dollars.
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Google Killing Off IE9 Support for Gmail, Apps
Sign of the times: Google will no longer support what the company considers to be an outdated browser. Notifications will be start going out to the IE9 browser users within the next few weeks.
IE9's being cut loose because Microsoft released IE11 in October, meaning Google will now only make sure its apps work with IE11 and IE10.
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Blockbuster's Last Day to Rent Set for Today
If you want to get in on being one of the very last customers to rent a video from one of Blockbuster's brick and mortar stores, you better make it quick. The stores will be ceasing all rentals as of today and begin the process of closing down all 300 remaining stores.
This means that each location will likely decide on how they deal with checked-out and otherwise rented materials as that time approaches.
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Canonical in Trademark Dispute with Website
It would seem Canonical is growing up in the corporate world and beginning to flex its corporate muscles to protect its own. Canonical has issued a cease and desist order against FixUbuntu.com for trademark infringement.
As you can see from our policy, to use the Ubuntu trademarks and Ubuntu word in a domain name would require approval from Canonical.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Video Card Review
NVIDIA's fastest single-GPU video card is being launched today. With the full potential of the Kepler architecture and GK110 GPU fully unlocked, how will it perform compared to the new R9 290X with new drivers? Will the price versus performance make sense? Will it out perform a TITAN? We find out all this and more.
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Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid-Tower Review
Corsair has been known for RAM for well over a decade now, but it has become a big player in the computer case market in the last few years. The Corsair Graphite Series 230T ATX case is designed for "fast and straightforward system building, by design." Its list of features is impressive, so let's see how it hold up under pressure.
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