Intel has shown what it calls the “world’s first no-wires” laptop, which has wireless charging and can connect to peripherals without cables. The prototype laptop frees users from carrying a bulky power adapter, since the laptop recharges after being placed on a wireless charging table or surface. It also connects wirelessly to external displays through Wi-Di (Wireless Display) technology, which could eliminate HDMI and DisplayPort ports. The wireless display needs to support Wi-Di technology. “This is going to be the world’s first PC where you’d never need to connect a wire to it,” said Intel’s Kirk Skaugen, senior vice president and general manager for Intel’s Client Computing group. He showed the laptop during a speech this week at the Intel Developer Forum in Shenzhen, China.
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E3 is still two months away, which means publishers are just...going to announce all their games in April, apparently. Between Welcome to Missing Pieces for the week of April 6. Surprise! There's a new
China is deploying a tool that can be used to launch huge distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to enforce censorship. Researchers have dubbed it “the Great Cannon.” The first time the tool was seen in action was during That attack was first thought to have been orchestrated using China’s “Great Firewall,” a sophisticated ring of networking equipment and filtering software used by the government to exert strict control over Internet access in the country. The firewall is used to block sites like Facebook and Twitter as well as several media outlets.
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Linux 4.0 is almost upon us! It’s codenamed “Hurr durr I’ma sheep.” Yes, seriously. Linux kernels Setting aside the head-scratching title, Linux 4.0 isn’t a massive change from Linux 3.19. It would have been named Linux 3.20, but lots of people wanted to see Linux 4.0. As Linus Torvalds himself
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Video game publishers are officially opposing an effort to revive online games after their servers have shut down. It’s not uncommon for publishers to pack up their server support for older games, effectively killing their multiplayer (or sometimes single-player) components. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is But in
It’s ridiculous how many different mobile messaging services are out there right now. Looking at my own phone I’ve got Blackberry Messenger, Facebook Messenger, Hangouts, Line, and WhatsApp installed, all to communicate with different people in my life. Most of these services are mobile centric, but many of them have desktop counterparts too—making life easier when you’re stationed in front of your PC. If you need to send and receive messages from your favorite mobile messenger on your PC here’s a list of the more popular services that offer official desktop counterparts.
Microsoft is on a unification streak with The next version Windows will be a unified operating system for tablets, PCs, and phones alike—albeit with different interfaces for each—with “universal” apps that can scale across all screen sizes. Now, the Windows Store is going universal, too. Microsoft recently confirmed that the store in Windows 10 will also be your one-stop shop for apps, games, music, movies, and TV shows. Those various functions were distributed across apps in Windows 8. In that operating system, songs and albums are purchased via the Xbox Music app; videos are distributed via the Xbox Video app; while general apps and games can be found in the Windows Store.
U.S. government agencies have stopped Intel from selling microprocessors for China’s supercomputers, apparently reflecting concern about their use in nuclear tests. In February, four supercomputing institutions in China were placed on a U.S. government list that effectively bans them from receiving certain U.S. exports. The four institutions, which include China’s National University of Defense Technology, have been involved in building Tianhe-2, the world’s fastest supercomputer, and Tianhe-1A. The two supercomputers have been allegedly used for
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HP’s new Spectre x360 is a convertible, a recent branch of the laptop’s family tree born out of the belief that tablets would take over the world. Now that we know there’s room for both laptops and tablets after all, convertibles still bridge the gap, with more sophisticated designs. In fact, one of the best features of the Spectre x360 is that you’d never know this sexy, milled-aluminum laptop was a convertible until you folded the screen all the way around to tablet mode. This may sound silly, but it’s actually a key point for those who just don’t believe in Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3. Sure, the Surface’s keyboard is pretty good, but the “lapability” of it is still very poor compared to the Spectre x360 or a traditional laptop.