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  1. BlackBerry phones are coming back thanks to OnwardMobility

    If you haven't heard of Blackberry then you are way to young to be posting on the internet.
    11 points
  2. And this is exactly why Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus killed it for me. Dead.
    11 points
  3. BlackBerry phones are coming back thanks to OnwardMobility

    Wow! Never heard of BlackBerry phones? Probably the best, most secure, high end (at the time) phones ever made. Almost every one had them, back in the day. Your profile makes you out to be 30 years old and you've never heard of them? I guess it's possible. They had nothing to do with Apple either. I'd love to see them make a come back!
    4 points
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  5. god, EVERY comment on their tweet about this is bashing the decision. Looks like this may kill the Oculus platform in the long run. https://twitter.com/oculus/status/1295769244894785538 most people say their moving to the Valve Index
    3 points
  6. Hah. Desperately trying to keep users on their platform by forcing them on it. I was considering buying a Oculus actually, but they've been out of stock for a while where I live. Now I will never consider buying it, I've deleted my Facebook and Instagram account a long time ago.
    3 points
  7. Exactly, unlike all the other game launches from every other company that are always perfect and bug free for general release. FFS
    3 points
  8. Linux preinstalled on new computer purchase

    It's been a while (years?) since I have posted. And even longer since I have purchased a new PC. But my old rig is showing her age and it is time to retire her. Intel Core2 Duo (4600) CPU, released October 2007 4GB RAM My Load Averages, reported by top, just having this browser open, and a terminal window running top reports: 1.80, 1.99, 1.99 So, yeah... A bit sluggish. Because I am not into maximizing hardware configuration minutae, nor do I require top-end hardware, so I went to the Dell website and looked at their options with Linux pre-installed. Years ago, they offered this option with NO price break for deselecting Windows. Not much of a deal, right? I was pleasantly surprised to find that they now remove $100 and change for electing Ubuntu preinstalled. Nice! I really thought Dell did themselves and their customers a disservice by keeping the same price for Linux as the Windows cost. I chose a cost-effective replacement, going with an i5 9500 CPU and 8GB RAM (one stick, so I can upgrade with a second in dual configuration if I need a small boost in the future). The three and a half week delivery isn't something I am thrilled about, but choosing the free shipping option, you take what you get, right? This old beast will chug along for this last month of service until that time. It will be nice to get the performance boost of a CPU released more recently than a decade ago! Current CPU on left, new one on right.
    2 points
  9. Apple becomes the first U.S. company to be worth $2 trillion

    Cheating on your taxes and using slave labor and charging three times the item's value pays off.
    2 points
  10. Apple becomes the first U.S. company to be worth $2 trillion

    This isn't a bubble at all /s
    2 points
  11. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    SN-06 static fire And a hop soon after. Primary date: August 24 Backup dates: August 25, 26 Window: 0900-2100 Eastern As usual; to be livestreamed on YouTube by LabPadre, NASASpaceFlight and 'Everyday Astronaut' Tim Dodd.
    2 points
  12. I just want to launch my games.
    2 points
  13. I did at one time. Didn't take long, 1 month, to realize how much it sucked and deleted account. Hadn't ever considered buying one of these things and now know I NEVER will. yes, most people just repost TONS of sh** .. funny videos pictures, videos, quizes and memes. it's terrible. I'm only following about 15 people out of 300+ on Facebook. If I click on someone's profile and I scroll down and it's just crap after crap, then i'll just unfollow them. Your Facebook profiles is supposed to be vain, All about you! yeah that's basically all facebook is good for anymore IMO; scrolling for memes and random entertaining videos on food and such.
    2 points
  14. Well, oddly enough, the benchmarks I follow all normalize the Comet Lakes to the recommended power levels as to NOT impact the evaluation. I see intel as the Android of chips at this point. Full of potential security design issues and the ability to overclock the chip to the point where it stops working. The wild west. Its not deceptive if they tell you you can do it. Thats my point. The motherboard vendors are the ones implementing the unsafe PL1 settings - period. Just like if you drink a 6 pack and drive your way into a pole, its not the beer's fault.
    2 points
  15. usual second hand treatment for AMD cpus devices - worst quality monitors (no 4Ks) - worst thermal design - no gpu > 2060 - no top gamma models (spectre, yoga 9xx, zenbook, xps...) time to ask amd lawyers to have a friendly chat with intel
    2 points
  16. Asus TUF A15 review: A decent gaming laptop held back by poor thermal design

    I had already heard about the lack of proper venting. However, I hadn't heard about the lack of cooling on the VRAM. That is just not excusable as keeping VRAM cooled is necessary on the 1660Ti and RTX GPUs. Wow. The irony, is that cutting in proper ventilation would be a tiny cost, and adding a proper heat sink and heat pipes on the VRAM is like maybe $1 at the supply level. Thanks for the review.
    2 points
  17. Makes me glad I never bought one of these.
    2 points
  18. Just have to state, this is not 100% true. The PL1 of the 10900K is 125W. This is the normal operating state. PL2 (as documented) defaults to 250W however the Tau is only 56 seconds meaning that when boosted, that 250W PL2 will only last 56 seconds before throttling back to 125W. There is no deception here at all. This is all very well documented by Intel. Now, will a BIOS use the Intel default PL1 and PL2 configuration? That's up the motherboard manufacturer. Some will run that PL2 up over 300W so the deception isn't Intel, its the motherboard manufacturers not following the Intel thermal guidelines (or telling the users they've done it). Just looked it up and while the 10700T has a PL1 of 35W but it also has a PL2 of 123W with the same 56 second Tau. That being the case, I'd be careful using it as a 'low power' chip. If it's just running at base clocks, it's relatively low power but if it hits a workload that will kick in the boost, it will ramp up to 123W briefly. Choose your cooler accordingly.
    2 points
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  20. Nvidia's GeForce NOW streaming service is coming to Chrome OS

    Shadow looks promising but that $12/month is an instant turn off for me right now. I don't game often enough to make that worth it anymore. That's why I like Geforce Now; it has a free tier with 2hr play sessions. Even its paid tier is only $4.99/month right now (which I'm using) for unlimited play plus RTX support. Wish the publishers weren't being such dicks and not allowing their games to be played on the service (wouldn't be surprised if Epic is paying them off or something ....) Epic is actually trying to persuade devs to sign up to GFN, I think at this point at least one of the games they give away each week gets added to the GFN list. Epic knows that enabling users to play their games on max is gonna boost game sales in the long run, its the publishers that love to resell you the same game that are the problem like Rockstar and Bethesda.
    2 points
  21. It was not meant to provide people with a single way to login and you know it therefore adding insult to injury. Amazon needs an abolition cart to remind of stuff I should NEVER buy. I loathe just maintaining FB business pages much less giving them anything more. We'll see how this move works out in the long run...really hoping it doesn't.
    2 points
  22. Minecraft introduces new Jurassic World DLC

    £8 for that? Must be a joke I'm missing. You could easily get something way better than that for free for the java edition
    2 points
  23. Teams UI looks tragic for me. Skype for Business looks much more polished. Understand, it’s matter of preference, but still, it looks cluttered to me, simple buttons and features are hidden somehow.
    2 points
  24. Microsoft SwiftKey Beta on Android adds a cursor for navigating text

    I've missed this feature from WP. Just tried it and found it difficult to control at first. But if you keep your finger pressed down, and then roll it sideways instead of trying to move it, you get really good control for a few letters.
    2 points
  25. A company in China copying something. I'm shocked. /s
    2 points
  26. Breaker! Breaker!

    Just watched this on Amazon Prime. old 1977 movie with Chuck Norris. I liked it mainly because not a lot of special effects and a lot of kicking ass. Anyway, just thought I would share.
    1 point
  27. I agree with Rich, that lack of wireless charging is a deal-breaker. I cannot imagine it would add much more than $30 to the cost of the phone, which I would gladly pay to have it. An XL model would be good too. Otherwise, this is a very impressive phone for the money.
    1 point
  28. Apple becomes the first U.S. company to be worth $2 trillion

    Might not be. You have to ask yourself if the products, services, and everything else about Apple justify the price. In the case of Amazon and Microsoft, which supply many services businesses rely on, it's harder to make the case that they're a bubble because businesses are actively moving to those products due to covid. I think compared to the dot com bubble where there were lots of smaller companies, these four tech giants can realistically back up their stocks' worth.
    1 point
  29. Vivaldi 3.2.1967.47 [Update]

    Best browser around just a shame their mobile browser isn't usable yet for me.
    1 point
  30. Apple -- sure, well as far as I know. I haven't used an Apple device since the 3G. However, Android phones can be used without a Google account, and there are plenty of alternatives to Gmail. As for Steam, it is a username and password, and my Steam client ISN'T sending any info back to Valve. Heck you have to opt into their survey just to get your hardware / OS counted. Edit: changed the typo of IS to ISN'T just for example google bought YouTube and than you need a google account, google tried to push g+ obliging you to have a g+ account.
    1 point
  31. you mean like apple, google, steam, ecc... require an account for their own stuff?
    1 point
  32. Wait, so Intel has a spec and the motherboard manufacturers go out of their way to NOT implement it (except ASUS which ships all H470 and Z490's configured to the default Intel specs) and you think that's Intel being deceptive? That's some wacky reasoning. I mean come on, Intel has allowed changing all types of clocks and setting forever, some of which will cause thermal issues. That's part of the desire for a K level part. AMD isn't really any different. You can jack the heck our of your 3900 until your on the verge of spontaneous combustion if you want. I'm not saying I approve of vendors defaulting to levels not recommended by Intel. I'm saying just because the chip can be set that way doesn't make Intel deceptive.
    1 point
  33. that's the thing though. Most those apps/sites with the 'login with facebook' button is just using your facebook details to register an account on their own system still. This is more a merging the oculus account actually into your facebook profile in essence ...
    1 point
  34. Breaker! Breaker!

    Cool, thanks. Will check it out.
    1 point
  35. Amen. Why should those of with no use or desire to get sucked into Facebook have to do so to enjoy Oculus?
    1 point
  36. Breaker! Breaker!

    If you liked that, I strongly suggest Smokey and the Bandit.
    1 point
  37. Falcon 9: StarLink v1.0 Launch 10

    Purdy...
    1 point
  38. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    The big hexagon foundation is getting 2.5 meter steel-cased concrete columns at each apex, and those have ginormous fittings under them. I smell either a Super Heavy pad or the pad access tower & crane.
    1 point
  39. Linux preinstalled on new computer purchase

    How long have you had that setup? ; since 2007-2008? because my previous computer I had in March 2006, which was a single core CPU (AMD Athlon 3500+ 2.2Ghz) at the time, which currently has a dual core (AMD Athlon X2 3600+ 2.0Ghz (which I put it in back in the year 2010 so I could play Mafia II)) and that thing, while it still works okay in some ways, is definitely outdated. your CPU should be a bit better than that, but if it's in that ball park, I could definitely see a upgrade happening for you. in June 2020 I upgraded my main PC's CPU from a i3-2120 (which I had since May 2012 (CPU itself is released in 2011)) to a i5-3550 (says 3.3Ghz but Linux shows (i.e. 'watch lscpu') it running @ 3.5ghz when under full load) and it gave me a rather solid boost for only $20 (it was actually $19.xx) as I just used the heatsink from the i3-2120 CPU, which is worse than the official stock i5 heatsinks, since it's lacking the copper connection, but I had a work around to combat the increased CPU temp by lowering CPU voltage by -0.130v which shaved 13c off peak temps (basically lowers temps by 1c per 0.010v drop in voltage) and now it's at a safe enough level (I fairly recently tried -0.160v but it has issues booting etc. -0.150v is basically THE limit for me but I went with -0.130v and things are stable and my max temps under a normal 100% load should still be just within the Intel specs on their website etc). I suspect I can easily get quite a few more years out of this setup before ill need a upgrade now since, in some ways, I basically doubled my CPU performance for only $20 which I am sure ill mainly notice for gaming which is primarily why I got it in the first place. it seems I have got a small bump for general use performance though as it seems that way, but it might be placebo effect. NOTE: this system still has the original RAM I put in it which is 8GB (2x 4GB) which is still decent even today although I am looking into getting 16GB of RAM but the RAM prices are still a little higher than I would like to pay, so I am probably going to wait until I can get the price down a bit etc. but anyways, given your setup you will see a rather solid boost in performance with any decent i5 CPU. hell, even a i3 will be noticeable if it's anything like my old AMD Athlon X2 3600+ vs i3-2120. but with your CPU load appearing a bit high, that's basically similar to my old AMD Athlon X2 3600+ (socket 939) CPU as it does not take much to tax the CPU (as I think general YouTube stuff is taxing it pretty well already). it's not total crap yet, as it's still usable in some ways, but you can see it's probably not going to be all that much longer into the future (my guess is 5-10 years max) before even basic internet will be pushing it or just not cutting it. but I only have this computer as a backup computer to my primary PC currently which is the i5-3550 (which was i3-2120 from May 2012 to June 2020). to bad your motherboard is likely pretty old as a CPU upgrade might have been a cheap way to give it more life. even now, off the top of my head, if you can get a quad core CPU for that setup, if it's cheap enough(say $10-20), which I suspect it is, it might be worth getting especially if your trying to squeeze more time out of it. but at the same time it's probably not worth it especially given your setup only has 4GB of RAM which is pushing it for a main computer as even for basic web browsing, 4GB is pushing it nowadays as a web browser can burn through that fairly quick especially if you leave your browser running for days and load up a fair amount of tabs as even 8GB is starting to show it's age in fairly recent memory but is not a obvious issue yet. but if you could somehow get a quad core CPU along with a total of 8GB of RAM for that setup for very cheap it might be worth considering but I would easily understand if you just said screw it and moved on and put that $ towards a new setup since it seems like anything prior to the i3/i5 generation of CPU's is pretty old.
    1 point
  40. Neowin.net Minecraft Server (Old Server)

    Okay, I've added a couple new datapacks. Not the exact ones that you mentioned but similar versions found on planetminecraft Better Wandering Traders Armor Stand Editor these versions seem better fleshed out compared to the vanillatweaks versions also updated the treecapitator datapack as the dev released an update for better 1.16.2 support.
    1 point
  41. ""Please insert disc" issue" Potential solution: Check the timezone in windows to fit with your country" Talk about a rubbish and confusing error message.
    1 point
  42. Iperf 3.13 Windows build

    3.9 released iperf 3.9 2020-08-17 -------------------- * Notable user-visible changes * A --timestamps flag has been added, which prepends a timestamp to each output line. An optional argument to this flag, which is a format specification to strftime(3), allows for custom timestamp formats (#909, #1028). * A --server-bitrate-limit flag has been added as a server-side command-line argument. It allows a server to enforce a maximum throughput rate; client connections that specify a higher bitrate or exceed this bitrate during a test will be terminated. The bitrate is expressed in bits per second, with an optional trailing slash and integer count that specifies an averaging interval over which to enforce the limit (#999). * A bug that caused increased CPU usage with the --bidir option has been fixed (#1011). * Notable developer-visible changes * Fixed various minor memory leaks (#1023). C:\iperf3.9_64>iperf3.exe -v iperf 3.9 (cJSON 1.7.13) CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19041 I5-Win 3.1.6-340.x86_64 2020-07-09 08:20 UTC x86_64 Optional features available: CPU affinity setting https://files.budman.pw/iperf3.9_64.zip Name: iperf3.9_64.zip Size: 1542276 bytes (1506 KiB) SHA256: 15D2D3C2A8B9A69EFD9991FEFE5206E31D6055399F7A4C663C3CB6D77B6770F8
    1 point
  43. Get the offline installer https://www.neowin.net/news/mi...84052259-offline-installer" rel="">https://www.neowin.net/news/mi...-84052259-offline-installer Well yeah, I know I can manually install it. That's not what I'm talking about... I'm talking about the rollout of the windows update that installs it automatically. I'm not waiting on it because I need it; it's more a curiosity on how long it'll take to roll out to everyone at this point, so I decided to just watch and let it happen instead of manually installing it. I just find it odd that it only installed on a single one so far. Hence my comment...
    1 point
  44. I see a lot of point. The main messenger I use is Facebook, but I have WhatsAp as well because of about 5 people I want to keep in contact with internationally that don't use Facebook, but I hate having so many messaging aps. Same here. Everyone I know uses FB messenger, but my family thought WhatsApp is better so forced me to get an account for that. 🙄 I'd be curious in what their plan is for the future of the two social media pages. If they merge the messaging feature, how will that go with multiple separate unlinked accounts? What about accounts people wish to remain separate? How will messaging work, and are InstaDirect features coming to FB messenger (temp images)? why can't people just say no? A few people have said for me to get whats app, but I won't, they can push and push, I still have no interest in it. the majority of people i know have my phone number, so they can text me, others can use facebook. Oh yeah, be that one guy in the whole family who won't install app everyone else uses for no good reason... And now they have to pay for SMS because only you don't want to install messaging app of their choice and that is totally ignoring stuff like group messages I don't know where you live, but in the U.K most people can use SMS as part of their mobile phone package. i get unlimited text per month and eveyone I know gets more than enough text messages per month with their package even with PAYG or cheap 30 day sim only contracts like I have. I pay £7 a month for 2GB of data, unlimited calls and text. I do not use group messages normally, but I have used discord a couple of times over the last few weeks.
    1 point
  45. OnePlus Nord review: The 2020 flagship killer

    It is not a flagship killer. It is an over-hyped, under-delivering phone and OnePlus knows it well. That first picture with Black Sofa blending almost completely into the background shows the cameras are still a hit or miss. Leafs look over-sharpening and night pics are well easy to write off.
    1 point
  46. Identify bug bite

    Your daughter has cellulitis from the bug bite. She needs a course of antibiotics to help with the infection. Ice and raise arm for more relief. Oh, I'm an RN, of course.
    1 point
  47. Shame really. I was going to buy this if it had wireless charging. Oh well.
    1 point
  48. The site that says they determine whats fake a what's not, solely based on what THEY believe and what they support rolls out voting information. The left can't get their illegal voters anymore, so they're compensating with cheat by mail. Make sure those little holes are visible when you send out your ballot so it can be visibly "lost." I hope Americans cheat back better. The left is panicking and I love it. Looking forward to 4 more years of crying and whining about Russians, China, and racism that doesn't exist.
    1 point
  49. OnePlus Nord review: The 2020 flagship killer

    Its always ironic to me when we talk about phones like the Nord, we always feel it necessary to warn camera nerds and people who have the means for more expensive phones with better cameras to "keep away". Why is that? Thanks for the review just the same. Well done.
    1 point