A Windows 7 PC running Skylake: If this is your dream, you'll have over 100 systems to choose from in the list of PCs from Dell, HP, Lenovo, and NEC that Microsoft published Friday. But there’s a catch: OS support for the new systems runs out on July 17, 2017, when the systems must be migrated over to Windows 10. Meanwhile, customers who buy PCs using
Shipments of PCs with Google's Chrome OS are growing at the expense of Windows laptops and desktops, as the PC market suffers through its biggest slump since 2008. Especially popular are Chromebooks, which are basic Chrome OS laptops for Web computing. Low-price Chromebooks are attractive to students, educational institutions and budget buyers. Worldwide Chrome PC shipments in 2015 are expected to surpass those in 2014, according to IDC. Chrome PCs accounted for 2.8 percent of all PCs shipped worldwide through the first three quarters in 2015. For all of 2014, Chrome PCs accounted for 1.9 percent of all PCs shipped. Chrome PC shipments in 2015 will outpace those in 2014, and the growth trend will continue in 2016, said Jay Chou, research manager at IDC.
Users of Microsoft's new Sway presentation app can now rest easier knowing their work won't get accidentally deleted, thanks to a When people go and delete a Sway that they're working on, it's sent to the service's Recycle Bin, where it can be recovered for 30 days, rather than disappearing forever right off the bat. It's good news for people who put hours of work into creating presentations using Sway, only to have them disappear in the blink of an eye when users clicked or tapped the wrong button.
Here's a look at the week's biggest new Android apps and games.
Well, this is a bummer for all you Verizon and Sprint subscribers: Nextbit said today that the CDMA version of the On its You want the future to be here already. You want your Robin today. We feel the same way. We know CDMA backers want to know when their Robins will arrive. We wanted to wait until we could give you an exact date, but we can’t wait anymore.
The Federal Aviation Administration says its drone registration system has hit almost 300,000 registrations, one month after launch. The figure points to some success for the database, which was introduced on Dec. 21 and is aimed at instilling a mindset of safety in drone pilots, but is still well behind industry estimates of the number of drones sold in 2015 -- those were forecasting sales of around 700,000 drones. So there's either still a lot of drones to be registered or those sales estimates are off. No one really knows. Whatever the actual number out there, registrations continue to rise. When
Missing Pieces took a few weeks off because...well, I was lazy and January is the most tedious month for news anyway. But now we’re back! From outer space. And I just walked in to find you here with that “Tell me all the video game news” look on your face. Very well. Ubisoft is putting contest winners in caves, WB stiffs the PC version of Another Key to the expansion is a new weather system, which will be released to all players for free (in some form or another). Besides snow, your cities will also fall prey to rain and fog. The nose-nipping of Jack Frost is the biggest issue though, necessitating a larger electrical grid (for heating) and distribution of snow plows to keep traffic flowing.
Apple ditched Google Maps for its own native app in 2012, but the company is sticking with Google for the iPhone’s default search engine because Google pays Apple a ton of money for the privilege: $1 billion, to be exact. That closely guarded sum was spilled in court transcripts from Java software maker Oracle’s lawsuit against Google, according to a Friday
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Skype is adding a new default security feature primarily to protect gamers from their overheated rivals. The Microsoft-owned service recently announced it would
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By the time you figure texting out, texting will be obsolete.
Let’s say you’re casually scrolling through Gmail on your Android phone when a can’t-miss Kodak moment suddenly presents itself. If you didn’t know better, you’d frantically tap the Home button and start swiping home screens until you found the camera app—that is, unless you use Android’s new camera shortcut. Indeed, Android boasts a series of handy shortcuts for everything from taking a screenshot to silencing notifications. Some of the best Android shortcuts have been around for years, while others will only work for those lucky enough to have
Movies newly available for streaming this week include two great short films, as well as some longer favorites--including 'Straight Outta Compton.'
Sports fans can rejoice that their favorite out of town team won't be blacked out any more, but only if you're a cable or satellite TV subscriber.
After years, the wait for Intel-based Windows smartphones could be coming to an end. The Windows 10 Mobile OS—popularly known as Windows Phone—can now run on x86 chips, according to a Microsoft The information on the website was confirmed by a Microsoft spokeswoman as being accurate. Up to now, Windows smartphones have only run on ARM-based chips from Qualcomm. Intel and Microsoft last year joined forces in an effort to get device makers to bring Windows 10 to low-cost smartphones and phablets that would run on the chip-maker’s Atom X3 chips.
Verizon says it will have the first 5G network in the U.S., a promise it probably can't fulfill until 2020 but will start working at this year. 5G is the
