There Is No Doubt The PC Market Is In Trouble
Why do people keep saying this stuff? I know it is the trend these days but the whole doom and gloom "the PC is dead" thing is getting old.
There's no doubt that the PC market is in trouble. And for Intel, that's a real problem -- how do you market yourself when your bread-and-butter processor business is on the decline? By showing what else you can do, apparently.
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Amazon Reveals More Drone Delivery Details
How many of you think that we will see drone delivery any time soon? I like the idea and, if anyone has the resources to pull it off, it's Amazon. I just think this is more in the gimmick / publicity stage right now than anything else.
We were thinking: Manned aircraft above 500 feet. Between 400 and 500 feet there'd be a no-fly zone — a safety buffer. Between 200 and 400 feet would be a transit zone, where drones could fly fairly quickly, horizontally. And then below 200 feet, that would be limited to certain operations. For us, it would be takeoff and landing. For others, it might be aerial photography. The realtors, for example, wouldn't need to fly above 200 feet to get a great shot of a house.
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Twitter Hit By Temporary Outages In Europe, Japan, Africa
Workplace productivity across Europe, Japan, and Africa skyrocketed today following Twitter outages in those countries. Okay, I'm kidding. But it sure would be interesting to see some actual statistics on social media outages and productivity in the workplace.
Twitter said on Tuesday its social network was suffering outages in several parts of the world and it was working to resolve the issues, which appear to be concentrated in Europe, according to external monitoring sources. Both Twitter web and mobile services suffered outages for at least an hour around 0900 GMT, with smartphone users receiving the warning: "Tweets aren't loading right now."
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Apple, Samsung and Sony Face Child Labor Claims
It's so sad that children as young as seven are working in the mines and no one seems to care. This is just terrib....hey, is that a new iPad Pro?
Human rights organisation Amnesty has accused Apple, Samsung and Sony, among others, of failing to do basic checks to ensure minerals used in their products are not mined by children. In a report into cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it found children as young as seven working in dangerous conditions.
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The Science of Internet Trolls
I honestly didn't know anyone put this much time and effort into understanding internet trolls. I have to admit though, it is kind of funny to see someone trolling the trolls with SCIENCE!
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ROG OC Showdown Extreme Series Round 3 Set to Kick Off
The last round of the ROG OC Showdown Extreme Series 2015 (beginning of 2016) is about to kick off. Get your gear ready to compete for great kudos and prizes! Started a year ago, the ROG OC Showdown overclocking competition was created for any overclocker whether a newbie or seasoned pro. Five competitions already passed, and today we are announcing the last round of the Extreme Series. Compared to the Formula Series, the Extreme series doesn't have any cooling limitations. Ice cubes, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium… you can use whatever cooling you like to reach the maximum performance, if anyone wants to OC in space we'd like to see the results!
At the completion of the competition, all the overclockers from the three rounds of the Extreme Series will be evaluated and given an overall ranking will be established. The top overclockers from Elite League and the Extreme League, who have accumulated the most points in their respective leagues will be crowned Champions of the ROG OC Showdown Extreme Series 2015.
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MSI Z170I Gaming Pro AC Review
If you are building a LAN box, Steam Machine or HTPC anytime soon, you might want to give this review of the MSI Z170I Gaming Pro AC at LanOC a read.
Late this fall I started thinking about a new LAN rig, maybe even another iteration of our LunchBox series, before I did that though I really needed to check out the new Z170 boards. That leads me to today where I'm going to check out MSI's gaming focused Mini-ITX board, the Z170I Gaming Pro AC. I've used a few of MSI's ITX boards in builds before and I'm excited to see what this one has to offer.
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Iron Maiden Game In The Works
At first I was excited when I heard about this. Then I realized it was a free-to-play mobile game. Run to the hills, run for your lives.
"As a lifelong fan, I have always thought that Maiden's music, lyrics and cast of characters would provide the perfect basis for a deep RPG experience", said Roadhouse boss James Hursthouse. "With this game we're creating an outstanding RPG that will appeal to all mobile gamers, including those discovering Maiden for the first time."
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Time Warner Cable Raises Rates After NY Approves Merger
Just two weeks after state regulators in New York signed off on the pending $55 billion merger of Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications, the company announced price hikes across the board for most of its services.
Time Warner's standard TV package will increase from $76.99 a month to $78.99 a month. The TWC Sports Pass, a premium sports tier that is added on, is rising from $8.99 a month to $10 a month. There are also new prices for the company's basic and standard Internet services, which will now be $49.99 a month and $59.99 a month, although it is unclear what the current prices are for those offerings. The cost of a Digital HD, DVR or HD DVR set top box and remote is rising from $6.98 a month to $8.50 a month.
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Apple Demands Court Order To Access Dead Husband's Password
This is pretty low, even for Apple. The 72 year old woman gave Apple a notarized death certificate, serial numbers of the devices and a copy of the husband's will and she still couldn't get the password.
"I thought it was ridiculous. I could get the pensions, I could get benefits, I could get all kinds of things from the federal government and the other government. But from Apple, I couldn't even get a silly password. It's nonsense," 72-year-old Peggy Bush told Go Public. Experts warn this is a growing problem, as more people die leaving important information and valuable digital property on computers and electronic devices.
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Corsair Carbide 400Q Mid-Tower Chassis
The Corsair Carbide 400Q mid-tower chassis is on the test bench at eTeknix today. The case scored high marks for build quality and large GPU support. Hit the link for the full review.
Designed to suit a wide range of system builds, there isn't much the Carbide series doesn't have to offer. The 400 chassis comes in two variants, the 400C, which comes with a large side panel window, and the 400Q, which comes with a solid side panel, as well as thick layers of sound dampening material for whisper quiet performance.
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Tidal Is Charging Ex-Customers $19.99 For No Reason
Any of you guys cancel your Tidal service only to be mysteriously billed $20 in the last day or so? The company is handing out free 90 day premium access as compensation for the screw up but even that seems to have automatic renewal attached to it.
Tidal, Jay Z's streaming music service, has been hitting some consumers with false charges over the last 24 hours. I know because I'm one of them — and I cancelled Tidal several months ago. This morning I noticed a $19.99 charge on my credit card, which is how much the company's lossless / hi-fi subscription costs per month. A few hours later, Tidal sent along an apologetic email and let me know that the money would be refunded within a few business days.
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Facebook Begins Europe-Wide Campaign Against Extremist Posts
After months of investigations and pressure from the German government, it looks like Facebook is finally deleting hate speech and racist posts in Europe.
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said hate speech "has no place in our society", including in the Internet. Facebook's ground rules forbid bullying, harassment and threatening language, but critics say it does not enforce them properly. On Friday, the firm said it had hired a unit of the publisher Bertelsmann to monitor and delete racist posts on its platform in Germany.
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ASUS STRIX R9 380 DirectCU II OC Video Card Review
Today we are taking a look at the high end of ASUS' offerings featuring the Radeon R9 380 GPU in the form of the ASUS STRIX R9 380 DirectCU II OC 4GB. We will pit it against the MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 4G to see which card can be crowned king of the hill in the low $200 price range.
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