14
Sep
With the new iPhone 11 being presented, the preorders
have been takeing place by now and it seems that some
models of the iPhone 11 won’t reach you before October.
Especially the Midnight Green edition seems to be desired.
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13
Sep
For many people Friday 13th is a day to fear as it
means bad luck for them. Although there’s no proof
why that is, it’s proven that bad things do not happen
more often at this special date constellation.
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12
Sep
Seems as if catching a cold becomes easier again
as the temperatures fall. So if updates are sparse here
it’s because Netspark is ill in bed and trying to cure the
cold to be fit again. Some posts may appear delayed.
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11
Sep
Some wonder if Apple has become the most-valuable
company again after the new hardware has been pre-
sented yesterday. To make things short, here’s the most
comprehensive list. Here you go:
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10
Sep
Welcome to the Apple Event on September 10.
We’re live-blogging for you here all the new things about
what’s coming to us from Apple in the next weeks.
Follow the live blog here:
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09
Sep
Western Digital is well-known for harddisks and SSDs nowadays.
They belong to the most reliable disks out there with WD being
on the market since 1988. Their earlier biggest 2.5″ disk held 4TB
marking a new record as they were the first with such a disk.
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08
Sep
Usually most food in Asia (China, Japan preferably) is consumed raw
to half-raw or barely-coocked. This sometimes leads to awkward and
icky scenes at the table. For example the squid that begins to twitch
once garnished with soy and vinegar sauce. (watch video here).
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07
Sep
Remember the times when computers had CPUs with a speed
of a single-digit or at best double-digit MHz? Well, the
Commodore C64 for example was clocked at 985 KHz
(yes, you read right, it ran at 0.985MHz!).
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September 7, 2019Netspark
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06
Sep
Germany is often known for being slow when it comes
to adapting new technologies. However 5G becomes
available rather quickly after Switzerland has already
started offering 5G in selected areas.
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September 6, 2019Netspark
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06
Sep
You probably might have noticed it that the Garfield
comic strips underneath have become bigger. thus
probably not fitting onto the screen of false-scaling
mobile devices. But all in all a necessary step.
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05
Sep
It seems to be no good day for Logitech. While they have
released a patch for the Unifying receivers to be less sen-
sitive for hacking attempts, it seems as if the patch is useless
now. A security expert has found out the reason.
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04
Sep
It seems as if Apple plans the next-step authentication
method where user recognition is based upon skin
structure detection. Apple has filed the corresponding
patent yesterday. This could start a new UserID era!
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03
Sep
Western Digital, one of the world’s leading HDD producers,
has announced the next-step increment of HDD disk size.
With 18 and 20TB per disk which means up to 2.2TB per platter,
thus resulting in 9 platters, this is indeed a new record.
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02
Sep
Only 8 more nights to sleep until Apple will unveil it’s
newest gadgets to the public. Besides the anxiously
awaited iPhone XI (iPhone Pro?) there’s also a new
16-inch MacBook Pro exprected to be shown.
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September 2, 2019Netspark
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02
Sep
We know you have all been anxiously waiting to
hear why the blog was offline for a certain time now.
The trouble started with too much file usage and
ended with the blog partly beind rendered unusable!
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September 2, 2019Netspark
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01
Sep
Autum’s just around the corner the days get shorter
but there’s no need to feel bad or sad. Every season
has it’s good side. So let’s enjoy the good weather as
it lasts. Have fun!
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01
Aug
What a terrific summer it is. I bet some have already
used their grill or barbecue pit to dine outside while
the sun is shining. That’s probably the best time to
enjoy some freshly-grilled beef! Have a nice day!
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01
Jul
Hello fellow readers. We’re inmidst of the summer and
the heat is making us swelter like hell. But anyway we’re
posting here for your convenience so that the heat won’t
kill your smiling anyways. Here are the Top 5 for July.
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17
Jun
Apple finally breaking with a long-kept Ally? It seems
as if Apple now will completely put Lightning to sleep.
According to a Twitter screenshot, the Apple iPhone XI
won’t feature a Lightning port anymore. Surprising!
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16
Jun
Though it seems doubtful, there are signs that
Google already experiments with a Pixel 3 succesor.
Images leaked show a quadratic camera buckle like the
iPhone XI is supposed to have. But so soon?
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15
Jun
Odd but true: Nowadays even a TV needs a virus scanner.
In this case Samsung suggests that you install McAfee
VirusScan for Android and let it run once a month to find
possible malicious apps running on your TV.
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June 15, 2019Netspark
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14
Jun
Yes, it’s weekend again! Time to deliver you some funny videos
that make you smile when you finish work or other tasks and
enjoy the hopefully good weather outside. Today nothing
special has happened in the IT and tech world. Have fun!
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13
Jun
AMD Ryzen strikes again! The 3950X with it’s 749US$ price tag
has no problem beating the Core i9 9980X with it’s 2000US$ price
tag. Although the 9980X has 2 cores more, it seems as if the AMD
processor is more efficient when it comes to performance.
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June 13, 2019Netspark
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12
Jun
Ever wondered which app requests your location at which time and
at which location? Then you might be dazzled to read that iOS13
will have a feature that allows you to check about just that. And even
better: You can grant access from there once or always.
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11
Jun
If you’re in the U.S.A. and crossed the border there
to either Canada or Mexico with your vehicle, then
it might be most likely that yours and your vehicle’s
license plate image has been stolen from the USBP.
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10
Jun
The E3 is THE expo for upcoming gaming hard- and
software. It takes place from Tuesday June 11th to
Thursday June 13th. So what does Microsoft plan to
show here? A interesting name has been heard of!
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June 10, 2019Netspark
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09
Jun
According to a report of various sources it seems as if
a larger number of VPN services may be no longer
available in Russia. This because the VPN provider in
focus do not route their traffic via russian gov servers.
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08
Jun
Ever wanted to be as a hotel guest on the ISS? Got 35’000
US$ to spare per night? Well then you’re a potential
candidate for being on the ISS. The NASA plans to
commercialize the ISS a bit more to raise economy.
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07
Jun
Data theft is never a good thing. Be it personal data, sensitive
data or other digital data one finds valuable. In this case AMCA
(American Medical Collection Agency) was hacked and about
10 million datasets of people owing money were stolen.
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June 7, 2019Netspark
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06
Jun
The WWDC 2019 in San José, CA is one of Apple’s bigger events mostly
dealing with the upcoming iOS, MacOS, WatchOS and TVOS versions.
In this year Apple however has added the “Oh… one more thing” spice
again. Quite unexpected yet expected at the big Apple event though…
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June 6, 2019Netspark
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05
Jun
We all love our gadgets. The Apple Watch is in it’s 4th
generation. Like every other device with Gorilla Glass, also
the Apple Watch may get a shattered glass if it falls on it.
Will it be repairable then or is it scrap worth 400US$ then?
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June 5, 2019Netspark
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04
Jun
Driving in Russia is always a challenge. The rate of crashes is
terrifying and indeed puts up the question: Are there really
so many bad drivers around? Most crashes result from the
lack of distance estimation and others of dangerous driving.
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