Azio Is Now Shipping Its Retro Classic Bluetooth Keyboard By Leon Chan published 25 January 18 Indiegogo backers of the Bluetooth version of the Azio Retro Classic should be receiving their orders, and the keyboard is also now available for regular purchase.
Windows 10 Preview Build 17083 Brings Settings Changes, Windows Timeline By Leon Chan published 24 January 18 Beyond privacy-related updates, the latest preview build for Windows 10, 17083, brings updates to font settings, Windows Timeline, and Ease of Access settings.
System OEMs Recall Meltdown/Spectre Patches By Leon Chan published 24 January 18 Acer, Asrock, Dell, HP, and Lenovo have all made updates on their websites notifying customers that their existing patches are defective. Dell, HP, and Lenovo also withdrew their existing patches.
Irdeto Security Firm Acquires Denuvo DRM Maker By Leon Chan published 23 January 18 The Irdeto security firm announced that it acquired games DRM maker Denuvo.
Streacom Releases GPU Cooling Kit For Its DB4 Fanless Chassis By Leon Chan published 23 January 18 Streacom released a GPU cooling kit for its fanless Mini-ITX chassis, the DB4. The kit allows for fanless cooling of a discrete GPU, fulfilling the promise of a totally silent build.
Micron Teams Up With Hardware IP Partners To Deliver GDDR6 Solutions By Leon Chan published 23 January 18 Micron detailed its upcoming GDDR6 memory chips and announced that it is working with multiple hardware partners to broaden the applications for the memory beyond graphics.
Montana Governor Takes First Steps To Protect State Net Neutrality By Leon Chan published 22 January 18 The Governor of Montana has taken the first steps to help preserve net neutrality in his state.
Intel Testing Fix To Spectre Reboot Issue By Leon Chan published 22 January 18 Intel announced that it has made progress in correcting the issue causing random reboots in the fix for the Spectre vulnerability that it issued to hardware partners earlier.
FCC Stops Looking To Include Wireless Access In Broadband Definition By Leon Chan published 22 January 18 The FCC announced that it is no longer considering adding wireless internet access to its definition of broadband internet access.
Nvidia Geforce Now Game Streaming Service For PC In Open Beta By Leon Chan published 22 January 18 The Geforce Now game streaming service for Mac/PC had entered public beta. Does that sound like deja-vu? It is
AMD Releases Adrenalin 18.1.1 Driver To Address DirectX 9 Issues By Leon Chan published 18 January 18 The headline of this driver release is probably the fix for crashing DX9 games, an incident which began with Adrenalin 17.12.1.
Crytek Opens Alpha Sign-Ups For 'Hunt: Showdown' By Leon Chan published 18 January 18 Crytek announced that interested PC gamers can now sign up for the closed alpha for its upcoming shooter, 'Hunt: Showdown.'
Motherboard Vendors Release BIOS Updates For Spectre (Updated) By Leon Chan published 18 January 18 BIOS updates to address the Spectre vulnerability have begun rolling out from the major motherboard OEMs.
Samsung Announces Large-Scale Production Of GDDR6 Memory Chips By Leon Chan published 18 January 18 Samsung announced that it has started mass production of 16Gb (2GB) GDDR6 memory chips.
AMD Targeted By Class Action Suit Over Spectre Vulnerabilities By Leon Chan published 18 January 18 Two law firms have announced their intention to file class-action lawsuits against AMD. The firms claim the company failed to disclose knowledge of its products’ Spectre vulnerability.
'Claymore Miner' ETH Mining Software Vulnerable To Botnet Hijacking By Leon Chan published 18 January 18 A new growing botnet is targeting machines running the Ethereum mining software called “Claymore Miner” and hijacking them to mine for someone else.
Senate Democrats, 22 States Fight To Restore Net Neutrality By Leon Chan published 17 January 18 Senate Democrats are on the verge of achieving a majority vote that could eventually restore the consumer protections. At the same time, 22 states are suing to block the FCC’s repeal decision.
Google Explains Meltdown, Spectre Fix Impact On Cloud Services By Leon Chan published 12 January 18 Unlike many had predicted, Meltdown--the Intel-only vulnerability that is fixed by forcing the CPU to reload its TLB when running a kernel process--wasn’t the biggest headache for Google.
Intel's Spectre BIOS Fix Causes Reboots On Broadwell, Haswell Systems By Leon Chan published 12 January 18 Intel has issued a statement confirming that BIOS patches for the Spectre vulnerability are causing reboots on Broadwell and Haswell systems.
Intel Pledges To Put Security First After Meltdown, Spectre By Leon Chan published 11 January 18 Intel CEO Brian Krzanich published an open letter pledging an increased commitment to security, transparency, and collaboration.
PowerColor Announces Gaming Station External GPU By Leon Chan published 9 January 18 At CES 2018, PowerColor announced a new ThunderBolt 3 external GPU called the Gaming Station.