08
Nov
Hidden behind a small online scavenger hunt, Microsoft
has revealed the new logo that will be visible when using
the revamped Edge Browser. In the past, Edge wasn’t very
popular or used much although it was better than IE.
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07
Nov
When we wrote about a possible Diablo IV leak on
October 23rd no one would have believed that
Blizzard would later spoil us with eyecandy videos
that show a cinematic trailer and the gameplay.
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05
Nov
What happens if you get too attached to your smartphone
during work and not paying attention to what happens
around you? Well, a russian female tramway driver has seen
that for herself causing an immense destruction with high costs
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03
Nov
It’s not often that you read about a lawsuit against a
foundation that brings out X11 desktop replacements
for Linux whereas most of the software for Linux is
based on the GNU GPL model thus free for private use.
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02
Nov
It’s a long story with Star Wars and 8 movies have already
been released. Now it seems as if we will see the grande
finale. this christmas as the last movie of the Star Wars
saga has been announced with a spectacular trailer.
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28
Oct
According to a new screenshot online it seems as if the new AirPods Pro
might come in different colors. Also it’s speculated that they will make
their appearance soon, possibly next week. Price-wise, they will be at
249 US$, with the case even scratch the 300 US$ line.
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October 28, 2019Netspark
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27
Oct
Ho do they relate, you ask? Well, earlier this week, the
U.S. Air Force has announced to replace the rather old
control systems for the nuclear long range missiles that
consist of, frankly said, antiquary computer systems.
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October 27, 2019Netspark
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26
Oct
How dangerous can lightnings be? Well in India
a farmer had to witness that himself in action.
It was a stormy rainy weather where sheep gathered
close to a truck in order to be safe from the rain…
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24
Oct
The fight between AMD and Intel is still ongoing
and it seems as if Intel can’t reach AMD with it’s
newest Ryzen processors. This time it’s the 3950X
against Intels flagship, the i9 10980XE Cascade lake.
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23
Oct
Can it be true? Will we possibly see a remastered Diablo II?
And furthermore: Will a sequel to Diablo IV follow? According
to a leak on Amazon, the Artbook that will be relased along
with the Blizzcon, states a dazzling text.
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22
Oct
With iOS13, the Dark Mode came to iOS as well and the question
is, will it help improving battery run time on the iPhones as well?
Since OLED consumes more power when showing white screen,
the Dark Mode could be a game changer.
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October 22, 2019Netspark
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21
Oct
There are new rumors from Asia that the new AirPods 3 (Pro)
might be available in stores very soon. With updated specs
and a possible ANC function, they will be also more expensive.
The AirPods 2 are 180 US$, 230 with the case.
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20
Oct
Almost every smartphone to date offers 4K video
recording at 60 frames per second (60fps), only
Google’s newest flagship phone, the Pixel4 does not
although it’s hardware would be able to do so.
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19
Oct
It seems as if there is another back set in Boeing’s history
of the 737MAX which got grounded a year ago after 2 fatal
plane crashes due to their faulty MCAS system (aa assis-
tant to keep the machine out of the stall situation).
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18
Oct
It’s obvious that NVidia is already planning an update for it’s
SHIELD media player. Now it seems real as Amazon unvoluntarily
leaked information about the upcoming SHIELD products. There
will be a box and a “stick” both equipped with the Tegra X1+ CPU.
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17
Oct
It seems as if Oracle has lost another big customer. Amazon
announced that the last of 7’600 Oracle DBs with 75PB of
data has been successfully migrated to AWS, an inhouse
service from Amazon.
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16
Oct
Apple seems to address a lot of bugs that still keep being
a nuisance to users using devices with iOS13. The newest
release just before 13.2 is another small hotfix which now
addresses Bluetooth connections constantly dropping.
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15
Oct
It’s not often that you hear from AMD being used in
Supercomputers. But with Archer2, a new supercomputer
in the UK, this might change soon. The compter consists of
11’696 EPYC-2-CPUs with each 64 cores.
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13
Oct
First tests have been spotted with immense data speeds in the
upcoming LTE generation. Not less than 3.67GB/s have been
recently reached in a field test in Zurich. Huawei has tested the
thoughput of a 5G cell using multiple devices.
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12
Oct
It seems as if Facebook has finally recognized the
importance of data security. Facebook has announced
to take serious steps to improve data security by impro-
ving the encryption in Messenger and WhatsApp.
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11
Oct
The iPad Pro is indeed the smaller version of a MacBook. And thus
it’s obvious that there may be useful gadgets for it like keyboards!
In this case, Libra sets a new high for what’s possible, especially with
iOS13 being released with its new features and OS capabilities.
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October 11, 2019Netspark
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10
Oct
We all know that lawsuits with ridiculously high sums are
common in the USA, especially when it comes to lawsuits
against non-american companies. But in this case a lawsuit
filed against Johnson&Johnson is getting our attention.
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09
Oct
Most likely you all have wondered why DXOMark has not yet
released any review about the iPhone 11 series yet. The official
statement is that Deep Fusion, a technology that helps impro-
ving the image quality even further is not yet available.
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08
Oct
Firefox gets 71! It seems as if the devs of Firefox want to
close up on Chrome and have just released Firefox 71.
With the nightly build being released, users can check out
the new kiosk mode which disables menu and key bindings.
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07
Oct
As if we already guessed it. During our absence
the newly set-up publishing cron job failed again to
perform as desired and thus a lot of posts were not
delivered to you. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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05
Oct
Possibly a question everyone of us with an iPhone 8 or
newer asks: Is the high price for a broken back glass
rectified? A replacement of the back glass comes in at
549US$ for the X and 599US$ for the 11 Pro.
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27
Sep
Well, for us it’s some time off the computer so we’ve
scheduled some posts while we are not here to feed you
with the newest stuff. This also means we’re trusting the
newly set-up cron system in order to release the posts.
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26
Sep
Since iOS13 has implemented a SwipeKeyboard natively,
the need for 3rd party Apps providing you with a swipe
keyboard is no longer necessary. With a recently discovered
bug it might even be a good idea to have them removed.
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24
Sep
The iPhone 11 Pro has a tremendous image quality.
A video shot in Tokyo by Andy To has shown this
well. Now there’s another shot made in the USA in
Sequoia Park showing the wide-angle lens capabilities.
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24
Sep
It seems as if DeCIX has hit a new transfer speed record with the
release of iOS13. While the old record took place in 2017 and was
about 6.8 Tbit/s (6’800’000’000’000 bit/s), the release of iOS13
bumped the speeds a little higher with a new record: 7.1 Tbit/s!
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23
Sep
We’re sorry if you expected some posts on the weekend.
Usually they should’ve been published however the
schelduler behind the publishing again failed to run
successfully leaving you without news this weekend.
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22
Sep
IFixit has done it again and finally the flagship of iPhones
has been disassembled and looked into more detail. So
what’s inside the new iPhone 11 Pro Max and is it worth
the massive price? And is it easily repairable?
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