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Zoran Stosic There’s no real world usage for this kind of hack, but it’s pretty neat to see nonetheless. It bears repeating that the neat part about being an Android user is all the tinkering you can do with your phone or tablet. In this case, XDA Developer forum member ycavan managed to get Windows 7 running … Read more
The US Government may investigate whether or not Apple’s 30-percent App Store cut gives Apple Music an unfair advantage, according to Reuters. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you already know that Apple takes a 30-percent cut of all purchases made through the App Store and in-app purchases. While that setup has … Read more
Looks like Moore’s Law has some life in it yet, though creating a 7nm chip required exotic techniques and materials. How far can we push Moore’s Law? It’s starting to become a concerning question as processors push into almost infinitesimally small process nodes. Intel’s 14-nanometer Broadwell chips suffered from lengthy delays, stuttering Intel’s vaunted tick-tock … Read more
If you’re like most people, you share a lot of personal information with companies like Google and Facebook for the convenience their free services provide. In turn, these companies sell your tastes and preferences to marketers, probably for less than $2 a pop. You read that right. The Financial Times created an online calculator to … Read more
The FCC’s most recent report on the cost of cable found that the price of expanded basic cable service increased by 5.1 percent in 2012, and additional reports show that those prices have continued to rise, unabated, ever since. Millions of consumers are now cutting the cord that provides television services while keeping the one … Read more