Day: June 11, 2018

E3 2018 is scheduled wall to wall with new games (but no new consoles) – CNET

Get your controllers ready because it’s the biggest video game show of the year. …read more Source:: CNet


White box server makers flounder BUT big brands shine

Data centre spending explodes, fuelled by hyperscale cloud builders, on-prem refreshes and soaring DRAM prices Server spending is up by a third globally with purveyors of clouds buying up boxes to bulk out data centres, mid-sized enterprises refreshing their own estates and component shortages playing a part too.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Time to cover your webcam? This stealthy spyware records video and audio

Sneaky malware is highly targeted and goes out the way to avoid detection – and nobody knows how it infects its victims. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Google’s Chrome OS 67 is out: Progressive Webs Apps, plus 2-in-1 Chromebooks boost

Google readies Chrome OS for detachable screen laptops and web apps that run outside the browser. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Every bloody gadget in the house is ringing. Thanks, EE

Smart numbers make UK debut “Do not think your house is a hide-out, it is a telephone,” complained Ted Hughes in his poem Do Not Pick Up The Telephone, and EE is helping bring that dystopian vision to life.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Net neutrality is really, officially dead. Now what? – CNET

There are no more procedural delays on the FCC’s decision — the rules have been rolled back. Here’s everything you need to know. …read more Source:: CNet


Bad news, mobile operators: Unlicensed IoT tech rocketing ahead of NB-IoT and LTE-M – report

Plus global mobe mobs name Sigfox top IoT tech lag Internet of Things connectivity tech firm Sigfox is the market daddy, having left competing mobile operator-backed techs for dust – so sayeth ABI Research.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Microsoft To Stop Offering Support For Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Old Surface Devices in Forums

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft has announced that starting next month it will no longer be participating in the technical support forums for Windows 7, 8.1, 8.1 RT and numerous other products. On the software front, the company says that it will also no longer provide support for Microsoft Security Essentials, Internet Explorer…


Shopping app Wish is building a retail empire on $2 sunglasses – CNET

The startup reveals that it hit over $1 billion in revenue for the first time in 2017 and expects to double that this year. …read more Source:: CNet


Linux Foundation: Microsoft’s GitHub buy is a win for open source

Times have changed, we’ve all grown up, says the Linux Foundation. …read more Source:: ZDNet