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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, April 11, 2019
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "Amazon, Microsoft chosen to compete for Pentagon cloud computing contract: Tech giants compete for US$10b contract" Reuters 6:56 AM
  • "Microsoft and Amazon will fight for the Pentagon's $10B cloud contract: Project JEDI has attracted some of the biggest tech names in the world." Engadget 6:55 AM
  • "Oracle and IBM lose out to Amazon and Microsoft in bitter feud for $10bn Pentagon contract" Telegraph 6:59 AM
  • "Microsoft 'complicit' in China Muslim crackdown with AI partnership" Business Insider 7:06 AM
  • "Microsoft publishes SECCON framework for securing Windows 10: Microsoft publishes simple guide for securing Windows 10 PCs based on five DEFCON-like security access levels." ZDNet 8:56 PM
  • "Firefox comes to Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 PCs: The first beta build is available today, if you're feeling brave." Engadget 8:44 AM
  • "Windows 7 problems: Microsoft blocks April updates to systems at risk of freezing/Microsoft halts Windows 7 patches for Sophos users after updates trigger boot failures, which also affect Avast users." ZDNet 10:49 AM
  • "Microsoft kills Windows XP all over again: This is the sort of thing 'flogging a dead horse' was first penned for" The Inquirer 6:59 AM
  • "Intel's processor shortage is dragging down PC sales" TechRadar UK 7:04 AM
  • "Strong corporate desktop sales limit the decline of the PC market: Shortages of Intel processors are claimed to be a big part of the decline." Ars Technica 6:56 PM
  • "PC shipments continue to tumble and Intel's CPU shortage is to blame: Chip drought is making it difficult to for OEMs to meet demand" The Inquirer 7:04 AM
  • "CPU shortages hitting PC shipments: Intel CPU shortages and Brexit issues have combined to hit the UK PC market in the first quarter" ComputerWeekly 8:13 AM
  • "Intel shortages, weak-ass consumer spending, 'peak' Win10 refresh. No, global PC market didn't grow in Q1: Down in EMEA, US, Latin America, APAC. Aw bless... Top 3 vendors profited from small fry's pain, though" The Register 7:04 AM
  • "Intel brings Optane and QLC NAND to a single M.2 memory chip: Like a Bugatti Veyron driven by The Stig" The Inquirer 10:03 AM
  • "Everything you need to know about Optane right now: Here's the difference between Optane Memory, Optane drives, Optane DC Persistent Memory and Intel's new Optane Memory SSD." PCWorld 7:04 AM
  • "Intel's Optane-cached H10 SSDs launching this quarter" bit-tech 7:04 AM
  • "AMD Processors Fill Void Left by Intel Chip Shortage: IDC is still tabulating the final numbers, but AMD appears to be gaining market share over Intel in light of the company's chip shortage, which has been going on since last year." PC Magazine 9:25 PM
  • "Is AMD Going To Produce The Playstation 5 And New Xbox Chips?" Play Crazy Game 7:03 AM
  • "AMD Ryzen Continues To Bother Intel, Again Outsells Intel By 2:1" SegmentNext 7:03 AM
  • "Nvidia's Ray Tracing For GTX 10-Series Cards Will Drag Down FPS: Owners of GTX 10-series cards can begin downloading Nvidia drivers that'll enable ray tracing effects for applicable games starting today. But you'll probably need to lower the game's graphics settings to make it playable with ray tracing on." PC Magazine 12:16 PM
  • "Cisco taps into AWS for data centre, cloud applications: Cisco Cloud ACI for AWS lets customers manage and secure applications running in the data center or in Amazon Web Service cloud environments." Network World 6:56 AM
  • "Acer Announces New PCs, Chromebooks" Thurrott 2:03 PM
  • "Acer Outs Premium And Stylish ConceptD Laptops And Desktops For Creators" HotHardware 4:13 PM
  • "Acer's new ConceptD line is for creatives who want powerful yet quiet PCs: Acer also debuted new Chromebooks and updated its most popular gaming laptops." Ars Technica 4:37 PM