Month: June 2019

Your computer processor has a home: the socket. The CPU socket is rarely mentioned because it doesn’t help or hinder performance. Rather, it provides a standardized shape for a specific generation of CPUs. Why, then, should you care about CPU sockets? Well, if you want to upgrade your CPU, you need to know the socket
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Nintendo’s new leader knew the challenges presented by the transition and he didn’t need to wait long to see the first surface on social media. Bowser had taken over Nintendo and the internet had jokes. In February, Nintendo announced the longtime president of its US division, Reggie Fils-Aimé, would be replaced by 53-year-old Doug Bowser, a
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Kano, the London-based startup that builds hardware designed to teach younger people about computing and coding, is taking a significant step forward in its growth strategy today. The startup has inked a partnership with Microsoft that sees Kano launching the Kano PC, a new 11.6-inch touch-enabled, Intel Atom-powered computer, its first to run Windows —
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Intel has released an automatic overclocking tool called Intel Performance Maximizer for its unlocked desktop 9th Gen Core CPUs, allowing people to squeeze extra performance out of their computers even if they don’t have the patience and experience that is usually necessary for manual overclocking. The tool promises to take the guesswork and repetition out of
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The first time I showed the Palm phone to the TechCrunch staff, they were excited. At the very least, it was a unique take on the category, designed to be a second phone for those moments that didn’t require a larger, bulkier device. But reality set in pretty quickly. The device’s capabilities were severely limited
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Adobe beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday, driven by growth in its digital media business that houses its flagship product Creative Cloud, sending its shares up 4.6% after market. Adobe is sharpening its focus on the fast-growing cloud business, a fiercely competitive market dominated by Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce.com. In doing so, Adobe,
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