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  1. They weren't doing this before?!?!
    4 points
  2. Amazon AppFlow is AWS' new SaaS integration and data flow service

    Welcome to 21st century amazon. Microsoft had this for years now. It’s called Power platform. This particular piece used to be called Microsoft flow which is now rebranded as Power automate And it is not just bunch of forms and data suckers pipeline . It integrates seamlessly and has nice presentation layer called power bi which is outmatched
    4 points
  3. Is anyone else still amazed that features like this, which existed on WP nearly 10 years ago, are just now being implemented and are still big enough changes to make headlines in 2020?
    3 points
  4. Macs with chips based on the Apple A14 could arrive next year

    Ahem. Take a look at the iPhones and iPads running on the said ARM chips. The fact that Android doesn't bother with their support doesn't mean that everyone does, the 5 years lifecycle on Apple devices is still standing and not that iPhone 8 runs impossibly slow given the time gap.
    3 points
  5. Shocking really isn't it, you would think this would be standard practice in these areas. but then how would they collect the money from bad actors too?
    3 points
  6. Microsoft Surface Earbuds could finally launch on May 6

    But it is very similar to Apple sticking an "i" in front of their products.
    3 points
  7. Microsoft Surface Earbuds could finally launch on May 6

    I never understand Microsoft's product naming. Why attach the Surface name to earbuds? Imagine if Apple called it "Apple iPad Pro Airpods". This reminds me of the time when they wanted to slap "Microsoft Windows Live" or ".NET" before every piece of software they released. smh
    3 points
  8. US source: North Korean leader in grave danger after surgery

    Maybe Trump can just grab her by the you-know-what.
    3 points
  9. How to connect to NAS?

    Yeah you should just be able to reset it.. There is a reset button.. https://eu.dlink.com/-/media/Consumer_Products/DNS/DNS 320/Manual/DNS_320_Manual_V1_EN_UK.pdf
    2 points
  10. Macs with chips based on the Apple A14 could arrive next year

    They are also getting rid of one of the reasons people justify the price of buying them. Many people justify the cost because you can run Windows on it as well but if that is gone they will lose a few buyers for sure. I used to do tech support at a college and many of the students had to use Bootcamp and/or virtualization to run the Windows only stuff. Bootcamp might be possible since WoA is a thing.
    2 points
  11. Macs with chips based on the Apple A14 could arrive next year

    no but it may allow macbooks to run cooler at least since ARM chips don't get as hot as x86 chips.
    2 points
  12. Macs with chips based on the Apple A14 could arrive next year

    LOL... No, but keep wishing for lower prices.
    2 points
  13. Microsoft Surface Earbuds could finally launch on May 6

    I think these look ridiculous, but not as ridiculous as I thought the Apple Airpods looked when they first came out. Maybe it will grow on me.
    2 points
  14. Canonical launches Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ‘Focal Fossa'

    What kind of updates would you want to keep you interested? I used Ubuntu for a while but stopped because it kept changing things. I'm happy using Mint because the updates aren't very noticeable, they improve things under the hood. I want a consistent reliable experience. I'm curious about what you would want/expect.
    2 points
  15. Xbox players can donate their reward points to 2 additional charities

    Do NOT tell me who to give my money to based upon your personal feelings
    2 points
  16. Too little too late. Many places have already banned this.
    2 points
  17. That phone does not look fun to hold, or to repair.
    2 points
  18. Macs with chips based on the Apple A14 could arrive next year

    x86 chips are claiscally CISC whereas ARM is RISC. So whilst in ARM chips you have a very small instruction set and let's say you want to do some encryption on some data, you would call many, many instructions to do that, intel CISC chips could have a single function for that... However, under the hood, x86 chips are RISC, when a CISC command is ran it runs all the RISC commands to run that function internally. The things that greatly improve processor performance are caching, pipelining and (branch) prediction, when SPECTRE hit you may remember there were claims that it impacted performance, and it did, if you had a newer CPU it wasn't terrible but it had an impact, but if you had one of the older i7 CPUs you could expect your performance to halve because branch prediction was disabled. You're still not going to get an ARM chip to beat an x86 chip at this time, maybe one day. A couple of things to look for with ARM and Apple. ARM used to be more of a RISC purist design, around ARMv8 this changed with a lot of CISC code and modules being added to the design. This was the x64 change as well, but the performance leap came from the capitulation to taking advantage of CiSC as needed. Using the new module design in ARMv8, full x86 or x64 could be added to an ARM SoC. This was planned to happen until Intel started threatening x86 lawsuits. People at the time thought there threats were at Microsoft because of the upcoming WOA emulation of x86, but it was a direct threat to ARM SoC makers to not try to shove some unlicensed variation of x86 emulation into the ARM silicon (hardware). This is still possible with ARM assuming there is a way around the 'hardware' licensing of x86. However, more importantly, with Apple, they may be able to side step Intel with a licensing deal of AMD64 with AMD. The tricky part of this, is that AMD64 is based off of x86 and although untested in court may be subject to Intel licensing. Also, being Apple, they could just throw in a full x64 module in their ARM processors for compatibility, and fight Intel in courts for a licensing deal. Which they have done several times with technology, and have the money to do so now more than ever. As you stated, a current ARM SoC isn't going to compete with Intel or AMD in general computing yet. ARM can show impressive numbers, but these are specialized applications. A comparison for others reading, an NVidia 2080 GPU also cannot compete with a CISC ARM/Intel CPU for general computing, even with a ton of processing power. There are some exceptions to the CISC/RISC, and one of them is the kernel design of NT, and one reason it is very different from other kernel designs. WOA uses an agnostic scheduler technology that was updated and built on with the Vista GPU technologies. This allows Windows to throw RISC GPU calls through a CPU easily by packaging them, and vise versa, taking CISC calls and throwing them through the GPU - one simple example is CPU codecs in Windows often are packaged to run on the GPU reducing the CPU as GPUs and RISC are very good at codec work. I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple come out with either an ARM SoC with x64 or some x64 to help the emulation of current software. It is also telling that Apple has done virtually nothing with their ARM CPUs for several years now, meaning the changes will be big if they can pull it off.
    1 point
  19. How to connect to NAS?

    Well connect to the nas with an IP in its network, and then change it to use an IP on your network... Or set the nas to be dhcp, so it will pull and address and info from your router. If you know the routers IP 192.168.0.x, set your computer static IP to say 192.168.0.1... Then do a ping sweep of the 192.168.0/24 network - ping 192.168.0.255, should hopefully return an IP and then you can connect to the nas with that IP and change it. Or quite often they make software to do this for your specific nas.. Do you have a model number of the nas? If you know its specific IP.. you wouldn't need to do the ping sweep. Many of these nas have a way to reset them as well, then it should come up with a default IP you can use, or come up dhcp.
    1 point
  20. How to connect to NAS?

    What happens when you plug the NAS into your router and reboot it?
    1 point
  21. Macs with chips based on the Apple A14 could arrive next year

    In 2011, Apples ARM chips were no where near close to benchmarking better than regular Intel laptop procs. Not so much the case today. An A13 bests some i5/i3 procs. It's entirely feasible now, assuming they can emulate from the getgo. The powerpc/intel change over was easier for devs, going from intel to arm not so much, unless they've got iOS offerings already out there.
    1 point
  22. Bye, Battlefield series. With this huge disappointment of a game, I'll never buy another - except in a deep, deep sale. Like almost free or for the price of a very bad hotdog.
    1 point
  23. Macs with chips based on the Apple A14 could arrive next year

    This is kind of similar when Apple moved from PowerPC chips to Intel. How much faster are Intel chips over ARM designs, I'm intrigued. Are we talking 10-20% faster or 2x faster. If only 10% not surely that isnt really a major factor if say uses say lower power. The Apple A14 chip for laptops could blow Intel out of the water if what they have done with the chips on the iPhone and iPad are anything to go by. Intel could go the way of the dodo with AMD eating into sales as well if dont watch out.
    1 point
  24. Shocking really isn't it, you would think this would be standard practice in these areas.
    1 point
  25. Macs with chips based on the Apple A14 could arrive next year

    So, we will enter an era where each year a new Mac will be introduced with another *Axx* chip that will make the yesteryear product looks way *slower* in comparison... If anything so far, ARM based products have been proven to be not long-lasting from performance point of view. So, another tech-sector is about to enter disposable category [it already has been with non-upgrade-able components but still now with ARM, a 2-3 year old product may simply be phased-out of updates altogether]
    1 point
  26. They are also getting rid of one of the reasons people justify the price of buying them. Many people justify the cost because you can run Windows on it as well but if that is gone they will lose a few buyers for sure. I used to do tech support at a college and many of the students had to use Bootcamp and/or virtualization to run the Windows only stuff.
    1 point
  27. US source: North Korean leader in grave danger after surgery

    I'd pay to see him loose his hand 😄
    1 point
  28. Canonical launches Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ‘Focal Fossa'

    What kind of updates would you want to keep you interested? I used Ubuntu for a while but stopped because it kept changing things. I'm happy using Mint because the updates aren't very noticeable, they improve things under the hood. I want a consistent reliable experience. I'm curious about what you would want/expect. Very good question about what kind of updates are necessary to keep some one interested in an OS? Personally, I'd just as soon not even notice updates and just keep on trucking with the OS as I do with Mint also. Even though MS hasn't been screwing up their updates quite as much lately, I guess fixing what they break is a way to keep yourself interested!
    1 point
  29. Update windows 10 home to pro

    here is some more details on the process https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12384/windows-10-upgrading-home-to-pro
    1 point
  30. Microsoft Surface Earbuds could finally launch on May 6

    They don't look like that do they? Are they also fridge magnets? Is that how they block outside noise, by deflecting it? At least they will blend in with earlobe plugs. Those are still all the rage right?
    1 point
  31. Update windows 10 home to pro

    yeah going from Home to Pro is a seamless transition; you enter the Pro key and activate it and it will enable the extra features and ask you to reboot.
    1 point
  32. Update windows 10 home to pro

    Change the product key to a Pro key.
    1 point
  33. Canonical launches Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ‘Focal Fossa'

    Used Ubuntu for many years, but the OS development is mostly "dead". It's noticeable that Canonical reduced the budget for Ubuntu Desktop development and are now focusing somewhere else. There's no direction, there's no innovation, always just a bunch of minor changes with every release. Lost my interest in Linux and now I'm back to Windows 10 for personal usage and macOS for professional.
    1 point
  34. Unfortunately many people do not care much about security. I know it from my surroundings. https://www.reuters.com/articl...an-list-grows-idUSKCN22420R
    1 point
  35. Microsoft is releasing Edge 83 to the Beta channel today

    Make my dinner.
    1 point
  36. Windows Server Insider Preview build 19608 is now available

    You make an interesting point.
    1 point
  37. Very strange (internet) connection issue

    Yeah if you find some reason - let us know I have been trying to find one to be honest.. Where I thought you would see huge demand for it would be games - since it removes the whole nat issue that p2p games have.. But sadly game makers have not jump on this as of yet.. p2p games if used IPv6 as it is meant to be used - would be fantastic.. But have yet to even find a game that leverages it how they could. And while yes IPv4 is pretty freaking close to being fully exhausted.. Many of the devices using up all the IPv4 address have gone to IPv6 - phones is the big ones. Many a provider only give phones IPv6, and they run gateways to allow the IPv6 to talk to IPv4.. T-Mobile for example atleast here in chicagoland area only provide IPv6 address to phones. This frees up IPv4 to be sure when you move billions of devices to only IPv6.. We actually sold off much of our IPv4 space (for a nice profit).. And again IPv6 is for sure the future, just I will most likely be retired well before that comes to actual being.. We finally got a Ipv6 /32 from Arin for a project we our working on.. Since there will be so many devices in this project, IPv4 is just not viable at all.. But this really has nothing to do with those devices being able to talk to IPv4 addresses, or how your typical home user connects to the net, etc.. So for now we are in a dual stack sort of deal - but it has not reached the tipping point as of yet. Where IPv6 is required for anything a home user would be doing. Now when you see say google or amazon say hey you can no longer talk to our sites unless you have IPv6 will be when It becomes mainstream.. And sure there is the whole chicken/egg issue - but for now, there just nothing saying that a user needs it.. And if they are having issues, there is no reason why they can not just turn it off at this time. And billybob user using it or not using it not going to slow up or speed up the adoption of it. Until pretty much ALL isp support it, it doesn't matter if you use it or not.. Most users have no clue about it at all You sure are not getting users calling their isp saying I NEED IPv6, if you don't enable it I will switch Now maybe if there was some sites that required it, or for that matter games that "need" it for you to be able to play.. We could get users putting some pressure on their ISP to enable it. This is an interesting site to keep an eye on https://whynoipv6.com/ Out of the top 1000 Alexa sites, only 372 has IPv6 enabled Maybe we could get some traction if say p0rnhub said they were going IPv6 only - then the whole planet would be screaming at their ISPs that they need it
    1 point
  38. "We fixed an issue that was causing app icons in the taskbar to not display correctly, including defaulting to the .exe icon. This issue may have also caused some Insiders to have more reliability issues with explorer.exe." YAY! No more crappy default icons
    1 point
  39. You can switch to Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, FB Messenger, ... They are not electron...oh wait All electron apps are pretty huge and use a lot of resources including all the ones you listed. Because every app is basically a self-packaged chromium browser and wastes memory like a chromium browser.
    1 point
  40. Anyone Here Drink G-Fuel?

    How many of these do you consume a day? 300mg of caffeine is quite a hit.
    1 point
  41. Zoom adds encryption support and new security controls in new update

    Microsoft learned a lot of lessons regarding security since around the early 2000s. Those previous mistakes cost them billions, it may cost Zoom their entire business.
    1 point
  42. Vivaldi 3.0.1874.32 [Update]

    That's one heck of a change log! Maybe if they didn't have so many different things in the settings they wouldn't have such a change log? Personally, I think all those settings are dumber than dirt and no regular user will have a clue as to what half of them are for. I know this is supposed a browser made for power users, so, more power to you.
    1 point
  43. Microsoft has trademarked the Series X logo

    It looks like a placeholder
    1 point
  44. It boggles the mind there is no glass option in Windows when they achieved it with Vista 13 years ago, but I believe the official explanation was about technical limitations and hardware manufacturers (and consumers) not being happy about it not working on all hardware. Well, these same brainiacs turned off the F8 functionality by default so nothing surprises me.
    1 point
  45. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 system requirements shared

    Yeah, everyone that recently built thinking 16 GB RAM is plenty is going to regret it soon. It has been plenty. Name a single game that runs faster with 32gb of RAM compared to 16gb of RAM. So far, none. This is also a different type of game, that has an entire world of high resolution textures being transferred and cached, and it would be shocking if it doesn't use as much RAM as possible. Telling average users or even gamers that they NEED 32gb, has been a lie, but times change, and so NOW tell gamers, 32GB might be better.
    1 point
  46. Microsoft has trademarked the Series X logo

    The look of the X seems to be a slightly more stylized version of the X used in Xbox One X's branding. https://gaming-age.com/wp-cont...2017/06/Xbox-One-X-logo.jpg
    1 point
  47. File encryption software recommendations

    That all depends - what are you storing in the cloud? And the other big question is where? And how.. Are these files you specifically upload? Are they files that are sync'd up there like dropbox? If they are video's of your cat - kind of hard to justify encryption.. Now if they are private videos of you and your loved one expressing your love - might be another story, etc. Or if its a spreadsheet holding the nuke launch codes for India arsenal? Here is one thing I will say about encryption, more often than not its not justified in the least.. And more times than not it will lock the user out of their own files more often than actually provide protection from others viewing them. example: I store copies of my audio books in the cloud (dropbox which already uses encryption).. I also store util type software that I might need in one place.. I use it to sync some info between machines.. You know notes on how to do xyz or something.. I have a txt file with some commands in them, so don't have to look them up if need to do them on another machine. I am not storing passwords in a clear text, or in anything on there. I am not storing any personal info on there. I am not storing any sort of media that could be of issue if leaked to the public or someone other than me saw, etc.. With such use - how could anyone justify the added overhead of use, even if free cost money wise any sort of 3rd party encryption? The most likely outcome in doing such a thing would be frustration in use/access of my own stuff.. Having to reauth with some other password or OTP or 2fa to get access.. And worse case actual loss of access to said data - because lost the password/key or something went wrong in the encryption/decryption... Which most often would happen exactly at the time that I wanted/needed access to said file the most
    1 point
  48. WhatsApp works with WHO to launch a new sticker pack

    Well .. no it does not make it funny . Or educational
    1 point
  49. Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous

    You don't see it do You? 400 million is a pocket change for how much money US spends on yearly budget, mostly military one. This a self cover up/deflection/populist move and has absolutely nothing to do with standing up for your nation (gosh!), it is in fact a move so dumb in the current situation that it will hurt everyone, especially the US. Trump administration ######ed up grievously with the pandemic and you know it.
    1 point