EU antitrust plans will hurt Apple fanboys, claims Apple
Published in News


"Will no one think of the fanboys?" weakest argument ever

Fruity cargo cult Apple claims that if the EU prevents it from playing monopoly, Apple fanboys will be plagued with malware and become victims of cybercrime.

FIFA wants EA to pay double for game rights
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:07

FIFA wants EA to pay double for game rights


You have to pay to ride our gravy train

EA is considering renaming its most popular video game brand after FIFA has starting demanding more than double for the cost of licensing.

Nvidia kills off Kepler
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:16

Nvidia kills off Kepler


Has a planetary motion on driver list 

The chip maker named after a Roman vengeance daemon Nvidia has announced that at the same time that it kills off support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 it will abandon its decade-old Kepler architecture GPUs.

Engineer converts iPhone to USB-C
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:14

Engineer converts iPhone to USB-C


Before the Tame Apple Press says it is impossible

With Apple under pressure from the EU to abandon its Lightning port to save the planet, an Engineer has converted his iPhone to USB-C before the Tame Apple Press had a chance to claim it was impossible.

Google will show users their carbon footprints
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:09

Google will show users their carbon footprints


Free


Google Cloud today announced a new (and free) feature that will provide its users with custom carbon footprint reports that detail the carbon emissions their cloud usage generates.

Novig leaves Google for Stanford
Published in AI
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:06

Novig leaves Google for Stanford


He oversaw search serch algorithms and is now going to be a jolly good fellow

Artificial intelligence expert Peter Norvig is leaving Google and  joining the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI this fall as a Distinguished Education Fellow.

Microsoft’s Azure mitigates mega DDoS attack
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:04

Microsoft’s Azure mitigates mega DDoS attack


Largest in the world

Microsoft said its Azure cloud service mitigated a 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) distributed denial of service attack this year, at the end of August, representing the largest DDoS attack recorded to date.

Apple slashes iPhone cash cow numbers
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:02

Apple slashes iPhone cash cow numbers


Moves to cut sales due to the "global chip shortage"

Fruity cargo cult Apple has slashed production of its iPhone 13 cash cow  by as many as 10 million units.

PCs still thriving
Published in News
Tuesday, 12 October 2021 12:24

PCs still thriving

 

Sixth quarter of growth

Remember when Steve Jobs predicted that the iPhone would replace the PC? It looks like that particular divination failed.

HDT snaps up half of Spacecom
Published in News
Tuesday, 12 October 2021 12:19

HDT snaps up half of Spacecom


Providing satellite capacity to a communication services provider

Hungaro DigiTel (HDT), a joint subsidiary of 4iG and Antenna Hungária, has entered into a final agreement with Spacecom to acquire a 51 percent stake in the company.