COMPUTERS
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COMPUTERS 
September 9, 2017 Lenovo ThinkPad A275, ThinkPad A475 Business Laptops Powered by AMD Pro Processors Launched
ThinkPad A275 HIGHLIGHTS The new laptops are powered by AMD Pro A12 processors The A275 starts at $869 and the A475 start at $849 Both offer over ten hours of battery life Lenovo’s new laptops, ThinkPad A275 and ThinkPad A475, were on Thursday announced as being the first business laptops for the company to be […]
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September 8, 2017 This qubit redesign may make it easier to make quantum computers
Quantum computers could handle models that are too complex for us to run now Tomasz Zajda/Alamy Stock Photo The race to create superfast computers is accelerating. A rethink of one of the most fundamental parts of a quantum computer could pave the way for ultra-powerful devices. Andrea Morello at the University of New South Wales in […]
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September 6, 2017 Microsoft releases KB 4039396, its fourth Win10 1607 update this month
If you’ve ever wondered why I recommend folks hold off on Windows monthly updates, permit me to introduce the latest hiccup in a whooping-cough-sized patching process. Yesterday, Microsoft released KB 4039396, an out-of-band patch for Windows 10 Anniversary Update, version 1607. The patch brings version 1607 up to build 14393.1670. It isn’t being pushed out through […]
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September 3, 2017 Windows 10 ‘Controlled Folder Access’ to Provide Protection From Ransomware
HIGHLIGHTS Certain apps can be allowed through the protection The new feature is seen in preview build version 16232 The new Exploit Protection feature is work-in-progress After WannaCry and Petya, it seems like Microsoft has realised the potential harm that ransomware can cause to its operating systems and its customers’ sensitive information. This might partly be the reason why the […]
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September 2, 2017 Win $1 million By Creating A Computer Code To Solve This Simple Puzzle
Researchers from the University of St. Andrews have concluded that any programmer that could make a computer solve the famous “Queens puzzle” would change the entire IT industry as well as bag the $1m prize offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute in America. The Queens puzzle is a very simple conundrum. Can […]
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August 31, 2017 The Guardian view on privacy: computers gossip
Our digital lives are now as real as money, and so debates about online privacy are actually about our political freedoms. Photograph: Alamy Wednesday 30 August 2017 19.04 BSTLast modified on Wednesday 30 August 2017 22.00 BST At the beginning of the internet age, people used to go online, but no longer. Instead we live there from the moment […]
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August 27, 2017 DARPA project aims to make modular computers out of ‘chiplets’
The Defense Department’s research arm has officially kicked off its effort to create a modular computing framework, with pieces pulled from a mix-‘n-match set of “chiplets.” Producing something this weird will take a village, the agency suggested — in fact, “an enormous village rife with innovators.” DARPA did always have a way with words. The program, […]
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August 24, 2017 TZANEEN: Chaos and frustration as GTM computers seized by sheriff
Goods to the value of over R2 million were seized by the Letaba sheriff today, August 24. Six computers, three television screens and a scanner were seized in today’s seizure. Photo: Blake Linder Six computers (including screens, keyboards etc.), three plasma television screens, a scanner, an Isuzu bakkie and a Toyota Quantum were all seized […]
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August 21, 2017 Your next computer will be nearly twice as fast as existing PCs
Computers may no longer be tech darlings now that everyone uses their smartphones to do basically everything, but they’re about to get really exciting again. About every two years, Intel introduces new processors that shape the computing industry and this year’s no different. Whereas the last two generations of chips were kinda like half steps in performance, […]
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August 19, 2017 The next revolution in computers is right around the corner
The industry’s biggest players are working on quantum computing Getty ImagesIntel has acquired Mobileye, a maker of computer-vision chips.Digital devices are getting smaller and more powerful each day, and that trend hasn’t slowed because their components are constantly shrinking. Moore’s law, an observation of this phenomenon, shows that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits (chips) doubles every […]
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August 17, 2017 Beware! WannaCry attack strikes Delhi, 200 computers locked out in this company
After affecting some parts of India, WannaCry has attacked a publishing firm in the national capital, New Delhi. (IE) WannaCry, a ransomware, is in the list of world’s biggest cyber attacks ever. This year in May, the malware spread like a wild fire all over the world and engulfed some major organisations within its impact. […]
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August 16, 2017 Five of the best new computers reviewed, from laptops with pens to desktops that move
The HP Spectre X2 is a convertible tablet computer with a sophisticated design. COMPUTERS are no longer just beige boxes plonked on a desk. They can arrive without keyboards, with digital pens, in slender bodies or hefty forms. We’ve rounded up five of the best — and arguably most diverse — new portable computers to […]
