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Microsoft Backs Off Of Forced Updates With Windows 10 Home – But Makes You Work For It
Last week, I wrote about the annoyance with Windows 10’s Home edition that prohibits users from disabling / hiding updates, and it seems the post struck the right chord with people. It’s understandable: a lot of us are power users, and being able to manage mere updates is a big part of…..
KOTOR II Receives Official Patch A Decade After Its Release
Who saw this coming? Out of nowhere, owners of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II saw an update come through their Steam yesterday, and like most updates that come out for old games, most people likely thought that it was a mere compatibility patch. Not so. This is a proper update…..
Does Windows 10’s Forced Update Feature Sway You From Upgrading?
With the release of Windows 10 build 10240 last week came an EULA that confirmed a caveat: that Windows Update would force automatic updates to users of the Home edition. Those running Pro, Enterprise, or some other business variant don’t have to fret, as Windows Update for Business allows automatic updates to…..
Google To Kill Off Google+ Photos Service On August 1
In a move that some might consider a sign of the inevitable demise of Google+, Google has just killed off one of the service’s integral features: Google+ Photos. With the launch of Google Photos a couple of months ago, the writing really did seem to be on the wall for Google+ Photos.…..
Valve’s The International 5 Exceeds $16.5 Million, Finals To Be Screened In Theaters
Valve’s fifth annual Dota 2 tournament is continuing with tradition, demolishing TI4’s $10.9 million record for the largest prize pool for a videogame tournament in the same fashion as Ti4 did to Ti3’s record of “just” $2.87 million before it. At $16.6 million as of this writing, all fundraising goals have already been…..
Microsoft Pushes Out Kinda RTM Windows 10 Build 10240
The latest build of Windows 10 released to insiders is quite special: it’s not an official “RTM”, but it’s close enough. It’s the first build that removes the version information from the desktop, and from here-on-out, there will be no more ISOs for download – until the final release. Between now and…..
IBM And NVIDIA Team Up To Launch Supercomputer ‘Centers Of Excellence’
As part of its contract with the US’ Department of Energy, IBM has announced that it’s teaming up with NVIDIA to launch a pair of Centers of Excellence for supercomputing. These will be located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory – home of the TITAN supercomputer – and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The…..
One Stop Systems Crams 16x 32GB AMD FirePro S9170 GPUs Into A 3U Accelerator
We talked about AMD’s newest top-end compute card last week, which it calls the FirePro S9170. It’s a ridiculous piece of kit, and I mean that in the best way possible. It packs 32GB of GDDR5 under its hood, and with a huge focus on DGEMM performance, the card boasts a market-leading 2.62…..
Is Flash’s Death Actually Near? At This Point, Everyone Is Hoping So
The death of Adobe Flash has been speculated to happen for… well, ever. But, it never happens. Instead, we continue to see security risk after security risk revealed, with a good number of them being so severe, they could act as a gateway to let an attacker enter your machine. In the…..
Microsoft To Kick Off Huge Marketing Campaign For Windows 10 Next Week
Windows 10 is almost here, and Microsoft is gearing up to celebrate. Following the lackluster reception of Windows 8, and not to mention the company shakeups that have occurred since its launch, it goes without saying that Windows 10 is a major release – and an important one. Fortunately, the company has…..
Apple Continues To Dominate Smartphone Profits, Claims 92% Last Quarter
Oh, how frustrating it must be to be an Android phone maker. No matter how good a device is, claiming a good chunk of the overall profits pie is tough – or impossible if we consider how large Apple’s share is. Few companies can enjoy sky-high profit margins like Apple, and because of…..
Weeks Ahead Of Launch, Windows 10 Box Art Leaked
A couple of weeks in advance of Windows 10’s launch, a German Windows-focused tech site reveals the software’s box art. Well – that assumes that the renderings are legitimate. It wouldn’t be difficult for a talented artist to pull off a convincing job. Admittedly though, these boxes look great – modern and clean –…..
Nintendo’s President And CEO Satoru Iwata Dies At 55
Nintendo has announced (PDF) that its President and CEO, Satoru Iwata, has died as the result of bile duct growth. He was 55. Iwata was one of the best-known faces of Nintendo, and his history is rich with highlights. He first joined HAL Laboratory in 1983 and helped create such classics as Balloon…..
Ellen Pao Leaves reddit; Site Founder Steve Huffman Makes a Triumphant Return
To say that it’s been a tumultuous month for reddit seems like an understatement. While multiple events have occurred in recent months that have caused an uproar, such as the banning of popular “hate” subreddits, nothing impacted the site quite like the out-of-nowhere firing of “Ask Me Anything” admin Victoria Taylor. Following that, it…..
AMD Releases Its Second HBM-infused GPU: Radeon Fury
A mere three weeks after AMD launched its latest high-end card, the Radeon Fury X, we have the next step down, simply called Radeon Fury. Whereas the “X” model was liquid-cooled, the regular Fury sticks to regular air, and similarly, the core, core clock, and select other specs have seen a slight…..
AMD’s FirePro S9170 Compute Card Packs Staggering 32GB Of Memory
Following-up on its launch of the FirePro S9050 and S9150 server GPUs last August, AMD has revealed a brand-new high-end offering that boasts one heck of an impressive feature: 32GB of memory. Making this feat even more impressive is the fact that this isn’t a dual-GPU card. 32GB for a single GPU…..
Logitech Transforms Itself, Will Focus Largely On Modern Design
It’s beginning to look like Logitech wants to become the Apple of the peripheral world. In what the company calls its greatest brand transformation ever, it’s gone ahead and updated its logo (seen below) and vows to deliver some cutting-edge design going forward. Cutting-edge design that will involve a lot of color.…..
Microsoft Culls 7,800 Jobs, With Most Tied To Its Phone Unit
Late last month, an email that Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella penned to his company leaked to the Web. In it, he laid-out a renewed focus for Microsoft, and mentioned that some important changes would have to be made. Today, we see what one of those important changes are: a culling of 7,800 jobs.…..
Samsung Debuts 2TB 850 Pro SSD With Ten Year Warranty
For those consumers and prosumers that gotta have it all (or at least store it all on a single SSD), Samsung has announced the first 2.5” 2TB solid-state drives targeting mainstream consumers. Some enthusiasts have been clamoring for a larger capacity SSD and Samsung is now looking to deliver. The 850 Pro…..
Chicago’s New ‘Cloud Tax’ Forces Services Like Netflix To Add 9% Tax
It was bound to happen at some point. As more of us move online for all of our entertainment needs, governments are continually looking for ways to negate the losses of people moving away from physical entertainment. Video stores had to pay taxes, it could be argued, and thus services that digitally…..
Synology Launches RS18016xs+ & RX1216sas Business NASes
If the July 4 weekend doesn’t give Americans enough to celebrate, add the release of two new Synology enterprise-focused NAS devices to the list of reasons to light fireworks and grill food. Announced this morning, the powerful RS1810xs+ and it’s partner in expandability, the RX1216sas, promise to deliver more than 1PB of expandable…..
After Much Anticipation, EVGA Releases Classified Edition GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Hot on the heels of our look at EVGA’s Superclocked+ GeForce GTX 980 Ti earlier this week, the company follows-up with an even beefier model: Classified. The Classified series is no secret to overclocking enthusiasts, as Vince Lucido, aka: K|NGP|N, is the man behind it. That means that this should become the…..
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Build 10158, Finally Renames Project Spartan To Edge
Microsoft has just released build 10158 of its Windows 10 Preview to those using the “Fast” ring. This build comes exactly one month in advance of the final release of Microsoft’s latest OS, although once that date is hit, those who want to continue testing out bleeding-edge builds will be able to.…..
Valve’s ‘Get It Early’ Supply Of Steam Controller & Link Sold Out
About three weeks ago, Valve warned us that its ‘Get It Early’ supply of the Steam Controller and Steam Link hit the 35% sold mark, so if you wanted either one and didn’t jump on it right away, you’re probably going to be a bit upset to learn that 35% has just become 100%.…..
Apple’s Next iPhones Reportedly Begin Production, Expected To Feature ‘Force Touch’
According to Bloomberg, production of the next iPhone (or rather, iPhones) has just begun, with full-fledged production set to begin next month. If history is any gauge, the next models will be called iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. At this point, it doesn’t seem like the new iPhones will be bringing a…..