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- AMD Discusses 2016 Radeon Visual Technologies Roadmap - Yeah, their roadmap is looking impressive....
- GDDR6 in Development for Launch in 2016 - If GDDR6 is the
new name, or if it comes out as GDDR5X first and then GDDR6, higher
capacities, clocks, and lower voltages are likely. However, HBM 2.0 in
capacities as low as 2GB is supposed to arrive in 2016 as well, and its
bandwidth potential is ideal for high-end cards. Current mid-range
cards don't exactly need higher bandwidth offered by GDDR5X/GDDR6,
since the current bandwidth of GDDR5 is more than enough. So if
GDDR5X/GDDR6 is aimed at competing wth HBM 2.0, well, it may be in a
losing battle. Some improvements for mid-range would be nice, but not
really needed. Laptops and tablets may see a boost with GDDR5X/GDDR6,
at least until they start coming with HBM 2.0. Either way, we'll just have to wait and see what happens with
GDDR5X/GDDR6 in the new year.
- First Xiaomi notebook rumored to pack Intel Core i7 CPU and
GTX 760M GPU - According to Chinese sources, the Mi branded
notebook will be an ODM device manufactured by Inventec. As far as the
specs go, the notebook is expected to be powered by a Haswell Intel
Core i7 CPU and feature a 15.6-inch Full HD display. The notebook will
also be equipped with 8GB of RAM and an outdated NVIDIA GTX 760M GPU
with 2GB of dedicated VRAM. The reason behind opting for a relatively
GPU could be to cut costs as newer GTX 900M series cards would
certainly cost more. Similarly, sticking to older Haswell based CPU
should also allow Xiaomi to lower costs and achieve a competitive
price-point. Rumors suggest the Mi notebook could be priced under 3000
Chinese Yuan, which converts to about $465.
- Microsoft OneDrive - here's how to score free cloud storage - While
Onedrive's unlimited storage is still dead and buried, it is now
possible to prevent the decrease from 15GB to 5GB. Shockingly, you can
even keep your 15GB camera roll bonus too. How do you achieve this
awesomeness? To score this awesome deal, simply click here and follow
the instructions. Keep in mind, Microsoft could shut down this offer at
any time, so I advise you to act fast. Be sure to tell your friends
about it too! :)
- Windows Live Mail 2012 requires an update to keep using it - The
Microsoft Essentials pack, consisting of Photo Gallery, Movie Maker,
Live Writer (which is now available as an open source project) and Live
Mail, has been in a state of limbo for quite a while now. The latest
major update for the pack dates back to 2012 and still uses the Live
branding that Microsoft abandoned in the same year. All of these apps
are still available for download, but one of these apps, Live Mail,
will soon stop working without the installation of a new required
update.
Because of underlying updates on the Microsoft mail platforms
(Outlook/Hotmail), Live Mail will lose the ability to receive emails.
However, since the application still has quite a few users, Microsoft
has provided an update that will prolong the life of the mail
application and allow it to receive mails once again. Microsoft does
recommend that any users of the Live Mail application switch over to
the new Mail application that has been built-in to Windows 8 and
Windows 10. These applications are still actively being developed, so
it might be a smart choice to move over, since the support for Live
Mail will probably end soon.
This free update is now available here
and is dubbed "Update for Windows Live Essentials Mail 2012" (KB
3093594).
- Gmail Ending? Google Starts Migrating Users - Something
rather interesting is
happening at the Gmail.com domain right now. Google has started
notifying users of its experimental 'Inbox By Gmail' service that this
has replaced their Gmail account. The pop-up appears when Inbox users
login and states "Thanks for trying Inbox! To make it easier we've
updated Gmail to redirect you here". In plain URL terms this means the
standalone inbox.google.com address for the beta service disappears and
Inbox instead resides at gmail.com. The good news is any user who
doesn't want Inbox to replace Gmail has the option to "Turn it Off"
which pushes both services back to their dedicated domains. That said,
what's quite clear is: 1. After 14 months of testing, Google clearly
considers Inbox ready for prime time, and 2. In repositioning it over
the gmail.com URL, Google sees Inbox as a replacement for Gmail rather
than the separate service it has been until this point. Interestingly
Inbox users report Google has been performing this quiet migration for
some time. It started several months ago notifying a very small number
of users and the response has obviously been positive enough for the
migration to now to be expanded in larger numbers.
- Google Music Family Plan, Available Today, Costs $15 Per Month
- Families can now subscribe to Google
Music for $15 per month. The service supports up to six separate
users, who can all stream tunes simultaneously and manage their own
favorites and playlists. The $15 monthly fee also includes YouTube Red,
which offers an ad-free video experience on YouTube. Google Music
supports family plans in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, France,
and Germany. Accounts must be created through an Android device, but
subscribers can listen on Android or iOS devices.
- Facebook Optimizes News Feed for Slow Connections - Facebook
continues its push to make the social network more widely available to
people no matter their connection speed. The
latest update to News Feed helps pre-load a set of stories for
reading when the device has a slow, inconsistent, or nonexistent
connection to the web. Facebook says it will scan the device to see
which stories have already been loaded and select from a batch of new
stories it feels are most relevant to the user when surfing via slow
networks. Moreover, it allows people to comment on posts even when they
have no connection at all. Comments will be loaded into
posts/conversations once the device reconnects to a stronger network.
These updates will chiefly benefit users in emerging nations where
wireless networks are less robust. Facebook said it is updating the
News Feed slowly for users in order to gather feedback before a larger
release.
- Critical Flaw Found In AVG, McAfee, Kaspersky Products - Researchers
discovered the
vulnerability in March when an enSilo product collided with an AVG
Internet Security 2015 installation present on a customer's systems. A
closer analysis revealed that the AVG product had been plagued by a
flaw that could have been exploited to hack affected systems. enSilo
later discovered that the same vulnerability, which it rated
'critical,' also affected Kaspersky's Anti-Virus 2015 MR2 and Internet
Security 2015 MR2 products, and Intel Security's McAfee VirusScan
Enterprise version 8.8. According to enSilo, the problem is related to
how affected security products allocate a memory page with RWX (Read,
Write, Execute) permissions at a constant predictable address. Experts
say the vulnerability makes it easier for malicious actors to bypass
Windows protections and exploit vulnerabilities in third-party
applications, such as web browsers and Adobe Reader, to compromise the
underlying system in a multi-stage attack. The company has developed a tool that
allows users to determine if a vulnerable application is present on
their system. The tool doesn't pinpoint the vulnerable application, but
it provides information on where to start the analysis.
- Google Details December Security Update - Google today
released a
security patch for Android devices to resolve 16 different issues.
Google said it alerted its handset partners about the vulnerabilities
on Nov. 2 and will make a new build of Android containing the patch
available to AOSP within the next few days. Concurrently, Google will
push the security patch to Nexus-branded handsets and tablets. Google
said one of the vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution via
media files and is thus considered critical. To date, however, none of
the vulnerabilities have been exploited. The security update will be
delivered to Nexus devices over the air in the days ahead
- Popularity of Apple devices prompts surge of new threats - A
growing number of attackers have begun to target Apple operating
systems, with the amount of infections and new malware threats
increasing over the past two years. The number of new Mac OS X threats
rose by 15 percent in 2014, while the number of iOS threats discovered
this year has more than doubled, from three in 2014 to seven so far in
2015. Jailbroken devices are the focus of the majority of threats and,
of the 13 iOS threats documented by Symantec to date, nine can only
infect jailbroken devices. While the total number of threats targeting
Apple devices remains quite low compared to Windows in the desktop
space and Android in the mobile sector, Apple users cannot be
complacent. Should Apple platforms continue to increase in popularity,
the number of cybersecurity threats facing Apple users will likely grow
in parallel.
- Kazakhstan Will Require All Citizens To Install A Backdoor - In
one of the most stupid things a country's government can ever do,
Kazakhstan's elected officials passed a law that says that all Internet
users shall install a "national security certificate" starting with
January 1, 2016. All certificates will be distributed through local
Kazakh telcos, and the country's biggest ISP has already announced
the procedures on their site. Following the intense local and
international backlash regarding this update, the Kazakhtelecom page
has been taken down. By forcing all Internet users to install their
national "security" certificates, the local government effectively has
a backdoor on each device, allowing it to sniff encrypted Internet
traffic. Of course, this certificate can also be abused by
cyber-criminals, who can use it to perform man-in-the-middle attacks,
especially for collecting financial details transmitted via online
payments.
- UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stuff
they already own - Changes to UK copyright law will soon mean that
you may need to take out a licence to photograph classic designer
objects even if you own them. That's the result of the Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which extends the copyright of artistic
objects like designer chairs from 25 years after they were first
marketed to 70 years after the creator's death. In most cases, that
will be well over a hundred years after the object was designed. During
that period, taking a photo of the item will often require a licence
from the copyright owner regardless of who owns the particular object
in question. The UK government is holding a
consultation into when this change should enter into force: after a
six-month, three-year, or five-year transitional period. An article in The
Bookseller puts the
starting date as October 2016 without citing a source. In
any case, the change is definitely coming, and it'll likely be quite
soon.
- Watch Robots Build The Steam Controller - This video
showcasing the Steam Controller's automated assembly process is kinda
mesmerizing. How many of you have, or are planning on getting, a Steam
Controller?
- Volvo Trucks - Look Who's Driving feat. 4-year-old
Sophie - A full-size truck. A little girl with a remote control. A
gravel pit filled with obstacles. Is our
toughest truck tough enough to survive Sophie?.
- Atlas V - Cygnus CRS Orb-4 - This is the
fourth of eight flights by Orbital ATK under the Commercial
Resupply Services contract with NASA.
- Seeing Around Corners Using Lasers - How can a
person see around corners?
- The BFG - Teaser Trailer - A girl named
Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his
intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is
considered an outcast by the other giants because unlike his peers
refuses to eat boys and girls.
- Jane Got a Gun International Trailer - Nice to see Westerns making a comeback. If check this out. Looks good!
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Trailer - Why the hell
was there a synthetic voice quoting CCR during that?
- The Legend of Tarzan - Official Teaser Trailer - Alexander
Skarsgard stars in THE LEGEND OF TARZAN - in theaters July 2016.
- X-Men: Apocalypse Official Trailer - In Theaters
- May 27, 2016
- GoPro Video Makes Operating A Crane Look Like An Extreme Sport
- If
you can get past the terrifying, 30-story ladder climb, being a
crane operator offers a beautiful view of Toronto.
- Alton Brown reviews Amazon's dumbest kitchen gadgets - Celebrity
chef and Thyme Lord Alton Brown is no fan of "unitaskers" -- kitchen
gadgets with only one purpose. But maybe these Amazon offerings
aren't so bad.
- Adele's Hello by the Movies - Wow this was
funny and great! :-)
- Antonio Brown's Stripper Pole TD Celebration - Guessing he
doesn't want kids :-D
- Zelda vs Peach - Man! I
wanted Peach to win! ;)
- The Five Hundred Best Videos Of 2015 - Luc Bergeron
put together this mashup of 506 videos deemed "best of 2015."
- Men, Everything You Know About Hymens Is Completely Wrong - Emily
upstages Adam in this clip from "Adam Ruins Everything," proving
yet again that men are dolts and need to keep their noses out of
women's body business.
- Selena Gomez in Hands to Myself featuring Beats Pill+ - Selena Gomez
can't keep her hands off the #NewBeatsPill. Watch her #GetBeats in
the sneak peek of "Hands To Myself" video.
- Instagram Model Niykee Heaton Is Trying To Be A Singer - She's pretty
but... :-)
- Jessica Simpson Models Jessica Simpson - Here's the
hottest businesswoman of all-time Jessica Simpson with another
photoshoot for her latest clothing line.
- Hottest Babes on the Internet #76 - Which one is
hottest? ;-)
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