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Luma's 'surround WiFi' kills dead spots with multiple routers

@ 2015/11/09 read/post comments(0)
Google appears to have started a trend with its easy-to-use but pricey OnHub WiFi router. A startup company has Luma created a router with the similar goal of giving you easy-to-use wireless security, monitoring and device connections. It adds a… Go To Full Article

Huawei Kirin 950 SoC announced, leaves the competition behind in benchmarks

@ 2015/11/09 read/post comments(0)
Huawei today introduced its latest in-house developed mobile SoC, the Kirin 950. The Huawei Kirin 950 is an octa-core chipset with four ARM Cortex-A72 cores clocked at 2.5GHz, and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.8 GHz in a big.LITTLE… Go To Full Article

[M] QNAP TS-563 5-bay Affordable Quad-Core Business NAS Review

@ 2015/11/09 read/post comments(0)
This is not the first AMD-based NAS we are testing on MadShrimps and it has been demonstrated to us once again that the platform has potential even when dealing with a lower clocked SoC and to be more exact the… Go To Full Article

Smartphones save DRAM’s day

@ 2015/11/06 read/post comments(0)
Pressure on the prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) will be limited because of demand for smartphones in the fourth quarter of this year. That’s according to Trendforce which warns, however, that this is a temporary… Go To Full Article

Developers can now sell in-game items through Steam

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The folks at Valve have introduced a new Steam feature called "Item Store" which, as its name implies, makes it easier for game developers to manage and sell microtransactions. Facepunch Studios has already jumped on board, creating a marketplace f... Go To Full Article

HiSilicon Announces New Kirin 950 SoC

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Today in Beijing HiSilicon held an extensive media briefing on their brand new flagship SoC - the Kirin 950. The new chipset is a very large leap for the Huawei subsidiary as it represents the first true flagship successor to… Go To Full Article

3D printers can be toxic

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A report by scientists at the University of California, Riverside said parts produced by some commercial 3D printers are toxic. The scientists tested two common types of 3D printers – ones that melt plastic to build parts… Go To Full Article

Smartphone apps spy on you

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A report from scientists in the USA have concluded that using Android and iOS apps runs the risk of your data being shared with others. Harvard, Carnegie-Mellon, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that 47 percent… Go To Full Article

Microsoft, Amazon to aid the tablet market

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Even though growth in the market fell during the third quarter, shipments rose by 6.8 percent from the second calendar quarter. Taiwanese market research company Trendforce said the drop in demand is because the market is saturated. Go To Full Article

Kickstarter's 9.5 million users have pledged over $2 billion

@ 2015/11/06 read/post comments(0)
You may hate how crowdfunding websites are being used for pre-sales, but Kickstarter's new numbers report makes it clear that a lot of people don't mind the practice. The website has announced that it has reached $2 billion in total… Go To Full Article

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