AMD chips suffer under Windows 11
Published in News
Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:21

AMD chips suffer under Windows 11


Probably better to give the OS a miss for a bit

AMD has warned that its chips are experiencing performance issues in Windows 11, and now Microsoft’s first update to its new OS has made the problems worse.

Google suing Epic now
Published in News
Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:20

Google suing Epic now


Tame Apple Press cheers

Epic Games, which dared to take on the fruity cargo cult Apple and its mighty briefs, is now being sued by Google.

Cisco wants to copy Microsoft
Published in News
Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:17

Cisco wants to copy Microsoft


Adapt to cloud era


Networking giant Cisco says it has turned a corner in its attempt to adapt to the cloud era.

Microsoft says sorry for kicking AMD off Xbox
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:15

Microsoft says sorry for kicking AMD off Xbox


We should never have done it

Microsoft has said sorry to AMD for the silly decision to kick its chip off the original Xbox 20 years ago and go with Intel.

Acer releases anti-bacteria finding PCs
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Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:13

Acer releases anti-bacteria finding PCs


Will stop the growth and spread of micro-organisms

During its next@Acer event, the company announced three new PCs -- a laptop, a two-in-one, and a tablet -- that will be joining its antimicrobial lineup.

EU antitrust plans will hurt Apple fanboys, claims Apple
Published in News


"Will no one think of the fanboys?" weakest argument ever

Fruity cargo cult Apple claims that if the EU prevents it from playing monopoly, Apple fanboys will be plagued with malware and become victims of cybercrime.

FIFA wants EA to pay double for game rights
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:07

FIFA wants EA to pay double for game rights


You have to pay to ride our gravy train

EA is considering renaming its most popular video game brand after FIFA has starting demanding more than double for the cost of licensing.

Nvidia kills off Kepler
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:16

Nvidia kills off Kepler


Has a planetary motion on driver list 

The chip maker named after a Roman vengeance daemon Nvidia has announced that at the same time that it kills off support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 it will abandon its decade-old Kepler architecture GPUs.

Engineer converts iPhone to USB-C
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:14

Engineer converts iPhone to USB-C


Before the Tame Apple Press says it is impossible

With Apple under pressure from the EU to abandon its Lightning port to save the planet, an Engineer has converted his iPhone to USB-C before the Tame Apple Press had a chance to claim it was impossible.

Google will show users their carbon footprints
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:09

Google will show users their carbon footprints


Free


Google Cloud today announced a new (and free) feature that will provide its users with custom carbon footprint reports that detail the carbon emissions their cloud usage generates.