Intel has no luck when it comes to security issues
with it’s processors. Zombieload is another security
issue that allows reading data from inside the processor
memory (L2/L3) and even the execution pipe.

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WoW is well known to gamers all around the world.
On November 23rd, 2004, Blizzard has released the initial version
of WoW called “Vanilla”. The ingame world then consisted only of
Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. That was almost 15 years ago…

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It seems as if NVidia still has some security flaws within its
Geforce Experience Driver software suite. So NVidia took
the pill and eradicated the known ones to date with updated
driver packages. Versions 425.51 and 430.64 are out now.

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Not much is known about Apple’s newest CPU that is
supposed to drive the iPhone 11 and probably any
successor of the iPad lineup. However it is known that
it is fabbed at 7nm structure width. Thanks to TSMC.

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It took a while for Intel to make 10nm processors ready for
shipment. Now it looks like as if the production of 10nm
chips is running stable. Intel says that it will start shipping
Ice Lake mobile processors in June now.

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When it comes to camera sensors for mobile devices,
Samsung is first to release new image sensors that have
more MP, more clarity in darkness and also a very fast
shutter time. The new Isocell GW1 and GM2 are here!

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It seems as if the squared camera bump design also is coming to
the iPhone XR successor. While this could make sense (namely
same frame design of the housing (or nearly the same…)) it is also
to underline the unity in the design timeline.

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Office, Microsoft, Cloud. Three words that are a
trigger when it comes to privacy and safety of your
private data. It seems as if Microsoft is going to
improve data protection… but not for all!

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OnePlus has confirmed that the 7 Pro will have a HDR10+ capable display,
With this feature, users can enjoy HDR10+ content on their phone. Netflix
and YouTube for example deliver HDR10+ content via their online video
services already but there are no phones with HDR10+-displays yet.

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It appears as if Firefox has some problems with Addon installation
and activation. If your Firefox is Version 66.0.3 and older, you’ll find
most if not all of your addons being deactivated. Reason for this is
an expired SSL-certificate that is used by Firefox and mozilla.

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Vinyl records are DJ’s tool for music and mixing. The normal Vinyl records can hold
up to 25 minutes of music per side. While in 2010 the sales of records were below 600’000 units, in 2017 wre again up to 3’100’000 units sold again. But what makes a vinyl so great compared to a Compact Disc?

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4K video is omnipresent, YouTube has it, other video portals also,
streaming services also deliver video quality up to UltraHD. So why
isn’t Netspark’s Blog publishing videos in 4K? Well, we’ll explain
why posts with embedded(!) video is not available in 4K.

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We’re sorry once again! During our holidays the publishing
service stopped working… AGAIN! And a whole bunch of
posts got stuck then! But this is now detected and all the
posts should appear now as intended.

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We all know the Commodore C64 or the Amiga 500.
These two computers were the drivers of Commodore’s
era and was seen in many, MANY homes. While not only
being programming machines, they could also run games.

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Zippyshare seems to be unavailable for users from
Germany. Although this lockout is not caused from
ISPs it seems that Zippyshare is showing the result
from the recently accepted Art.13 regulation.

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When it comes to LTE Advanced, so called 5G, Samsung
already has released their first smartphone to do so. 5G
is already launched in some countries already for usage.
But what phone should you buy now? Hard to say…

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In Switzerland, 54 cities will now benefit from 5G networks.
The three major carriers, Swisscom, Salt and Sunrise have
activated the necessary infrastructure to provide the users
with fast cell network. However there’s one catch…

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Samsung is already stating that the first charge of Galaxy
Fold is sold out… Hooray! Err… wait a minute. Do we smell
another Galaxygate here? It seems as if first customers
report that their phone begins to black out (screen breaking)

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Well just few days ago, one would have thought, it’s the final
showdown between Apple and Qualcomm especially with
Apple having four more chip manufacturers at hand who also
stated that Qualcomm’s practices about license fees aren’t ok!

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It gets uglier and uglier in the fight between Qualcomm and Apple
But now there’s a new competitor in the house. With four new
fighters on the side of Apple, the tide may turn against Qualcomm.
Not less than 27 billion(!) US$ are on stake here!

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Netflix already got more expensive in the USA. Meanwhile
the prices in Europe have been risen as well. But just six
months later, Netflix rises prices again. Netflix states that
the higher prices result from a lot more investments…

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When we hear of Influencers, we automatically think of
celebrities showing their achievements on heir social
media channel of their choice. Even big brands use social
media to be omnipresent in the World Wide Web.

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Hardly any other brand has such interest when it comes
to future releases of devices. Apple’s iPhone has a wide
fan community who give suggestions on how the
upcoming generation of the iPhone might look alike.

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It seems as if the battle between Intel and AMD takes a new step.
Especially when it comes to features, AMD does everything right.
The EPYC however is a server processor or at least a workstation
processor aiming at those users which demand CPU power.

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Intel has revealed a new NIC that might open 100GbE network
speed to end users. Although it’s doubtable that one would
pay 1500 US$ and more for a NIC just to have 100GbE in his
machine, it’s obvious where network speeds head to.

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What sounds like a bad joke actually took place: Two chinese
students were importing a whole bunch of counterfeit iPhones
that could not be switched on but looked quite identical to
their pricey example from Apple.

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When it comes to chip production, TSMC is a major brand.
7nm is already working fine although Intel still struggles.
AMDs newer ZEN processors are produced at 7nm already.
TSMC now starts production at 5nm and the Cortex A72.

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Privacy is a thing of concern and they all seem to have their
problems with it. Facebook however got caught several times
failing to secure personal data. In this case again millions of
user datasets have been exposed using cloud services.

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Who of you still know the high-end brand “Vaio” of Sony?
5 years after their last presentation of new notebooks it
seemed as if Sony had Vaio die in silence and focus solely
on entertainment devices. But now they’re back! And how!

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Apple has put up 1⁴ (another writing form for 1.1.1.1) in the
app store to make Cloudflare’s proxy available to Apple users.
Not only is internet traffic improved but also VPN can now be
used easily on an iOS device.

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Archos is known for many multimedia devices and
low-budget tablet computers. This time Archos has
released a new superlative tablet for entertainment
purpose: The Archos Play Tab.

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NVidia has released a new type of Graphics drivers for
their graphics cards. All these with Turing chips will now
gain speed from the Creator-ready driver packages. So
an RTX 2080 might gain up to 12% speed in Blender.

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