05
Dec
WordPress is releasing a new form of editor to create posts.
Called Gutenberg, the concept of WYSIWYG is brought to a
new Level. Instead of editing your text and insert media the
classic way by using office-like toolbars, you use blocks now.
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December 5, 2018Netspark
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04
Dec
It’s not the first time that NVidia is doing a “One more thing”
after releasing the mainstream of graphics cards. Initially the
20×0 graphics cards family has been released earlier this year
and probably many thought: Is this all you got?
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December 4, 2018Netspark
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03
Dec
While 14TB HDDs are already released to the public, Seagate
has risen the bar a little more. Internal test units of HAMR
drives have broken the magical 16TB barrier meaning that
larger HDDs for datacenters may soon become available.
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December 3, 2018Netspark
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02
Dec
Hey fellow readers. Maintenance has completed and we’re
back online on monday again. We could find the culprit of
our repeated downtime and disabled the plugins in
question. Actually we’re investigating with the developers.
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01
Dec
If you ever thought, running a blog is a breeze and never
lets you run into problems, think again. Same here. We
experienced issues with the DB and some rogue plugins
flooding the DB with senseless stuff thus increasing size.
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30
Nov
If you thought, flying like the Silversurfer from Marvel
Comics is a fiction, then you haven’t seen the modern
hoverboard. Is this a prototype for how people might
travel short distances in the future?
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29
Nov
Well known that WPA2 can be infiltrated by 3rd party users
using KRACK method, the WFA has now made direct plans
on how to solve the problem with the security holes of WPA2.
When WPA3 will be applied via firware updates to routers…
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28
Nov
When we wrote about AMD releasing it’s EPYC Rome Multicore
processor for High-End servers, it is also known that AMD will fab
them at 7nm. What about Intel? There are rumors that a new 10C
processor for mobiles will hit the stores (Comet Lake).
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November 28, 2018Netspark
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27
Nov
Gene manipulation using CRISPR is a topic which is known for some
time now. But in China CRISPR has been used on the embryos of two
girls which have been born recently. Do we start playing God now?
And what about possibe genetic mutations that may occur?
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26
Nov
On friday there were big news about Logitech merging
with Plantronics. Now the deal is off as neither
Plantronics nor Logitech could agree about the price
for which Plantronics should be merged with Logitech.
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26
Nov
Unfortunately the blog wasn’t reachable the last three days.
Seems as if something has blocked the function of the
backend which also affected the publishing of articles we have
prepared for you. Hope all will be back now!
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25
Nov
AMD’s next-gen EPYC processors have been revealed in
SiSoft Sandra’s benchmark tool and what is show is quite
promising: 64 cores on 8 dies with each 1.4GHz speed and
a total of 16MB L3 cache are a real number.
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November 25, 2018Netspark
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24
Nov
The next big company merger is just around the corner.
It seems as if Logitech is having an eye on Plantronics.
Plantronics is a manufacturer for communication devices
and headsets. Logitech wants to set foot there.
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November 24, 2018Netspark
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23
Nov
Every fourth friday of November it is the same:
Shops paint their windows with stickers and sheets
presenting large percent denominations of rebates
on most or all products they offer.
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22
Nov
If you ever wondered what it looks like inside an airplane cockpit and
how it can become stressful when sight for the pilots becomes worse
(especially on starting or landing) then these two videos might give
you a nice insight. Amazing how much tech keeps flying so safe now!
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November 22, 2018Netspark
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21
Nov
Who remembers Steve Jobs when he presented the first iPhone
in 2007? I guess not many have seen the keynote when Steve Jobs
presented the first iPhone to the public. Here’s the keynote that
changed the smartphone market in no time and made Nokia fade!
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November 21, 2018Netspark
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20
Nov
Hard days for the cryptocurrencies when you watch the markets.
With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies reaching all-new lows,
the question is: Is it still wise to invest in cryptocurrencies?
The reasons why the cryptocurrencies are falling are many.
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November 20, 2018Netspark
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19
Nov
It seems as if the online video portal has found a new source
for attracting visitors. However it won’t make competitors
like NetFlix, Spotify & Co. happy. YouTube is planning to
show older movies on their portal. But what’s the catch?
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18
Nov
So although xmas is around the corner lurking for people
to buy presents for their beloved ones, it seems as there’s
nothing special on the computer market which makes you
voluntarily open your purse. Apple has new gadgets, yes…
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November 18, 2018Netspark
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17
Nov
Again NVidia has a dropback to digest. Their flagship graphics
card GTX 2080Ti Founders’ Edition seems to have severe issues
with the PCB and/or components that are used to build the
whole thing. Several users have complained about broken cards.
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16
Nov
Jerry Rigs Everything is THE Channel if it comes to testing
smartphones and recently also tablet PCs for durability.
This video shows the durability of the recently presented
iPad Pro 2018. Sad but true: it’s weaker than the older ones!
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15
Nov
Back in 1995 Westwood has released the second member of the
famous Command & Conquer series. With Command & Conquer
being a full success the second part was just a logical consequence
and reading about the remaster makes me wanna relive that era!
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14
Nov
Well… it’s time to announce the next Darwin Award
winner. This man thought, a selfie on a high crane
might be a good idea. And to make it even more
special, head to the tip of the crane.
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November 14, 2018Netspark
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13
Nov
Hello there! You might have noticed that my blog is
probably taking longer to display the start page. That
is caused by the number of posts which have been
increased from 16 to 32. Thus representing 1 month!
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12
Nov
Diablo is a well-known brand of Blizzard’s action game
RPG series. Diablo II is the actual title which is played by
a lot people for now. Blizzard however aims for the mobile
market and thus announced to release a new title.
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11
Nov
This little bear tries to get to his mommy bear but the
slope seems too steep and to snowy for it’s little paws
to finde adequate hold. What looks dramatic, however
has a happy ending. And we all love happy endings!
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10
Nov
Foldable phones were invented back in 2004 when the Nokia
2650 had it’s debute. However the “folding” was only for the
technics behind and not for the display as such. In 2018 there
are two companies showing concepts for release soon.
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November 10, 2018Netspark
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09
Nov
Living outside the protecting sphere of our planet is
unthinkable. The space is too cold, too air-less and
possibly other things that eradicates a man’s life fast.
But there are planets with similar life conditions.
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November 9, 2018Netspark
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08
Nov
HPC (High Performance Computing) is a highly demanded
thing today. When it comes to pure computing power for
vast numbercrunching, then classic CPUs cannot achieve
the speed modern GPUs can reach today.
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November 8, 2018Netspark
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07
Nov
Ubisoft is shortly releasing Rainbow Six Siege for the
Chinese market. However it will not contain the same
game experience than the usual version for EMEA.
Especially graphic design elements had to be removed.
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November 7, 2018Netspark
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07
Nov
Tennis can be an emotional sport. Especially the Williams
sisters can be enraged if something isn’t working as
intended. In the US Open Finals in New York,
Serena Williams accused the umpire being a liar and a thief.
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November 7, 2018Netspark
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06
Nov
Well it seems as if Apple always has to deal with some
lockscreen bugs here and there. With Group Facetime
another security issue has become available. When in
the lockscreen, it is possible to view contact details.
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