Day: February 14, 2020

Developer Finds USB Chargers Have as Much Processing Power as the Apollo 11 Guidance Computers

An anonymous reader shares a report: It comes as no surprise that the guidance computers aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were impossibly primitive compared to the pocket computers we all carry around 50 years later. But on his website, an Apple developer analyzed the tech specs even further and found that even something as simple…


Why the iPhone 11 Pro Max is the best iPhone yet

It’s a lot of money, but it’s worth it for this one life-changing feature alone. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Mi first! Latest Xiaomi flagship storms DxOMark rankings with quartet of powerful cameras

Sold out in China, no word when it arrives in the West Chinese tat bazaar Xiaomi just peeled the wraps off its latest flagship smartphones – MWC or no MWC.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


HP Elite Dragonfly review: A top-quality lightweight 13-inch business convertible

The Elite Dragonfly offers elegant and robust industrial design, an excellent keyboard, a good selection of ports, plenty of configuration options, and good performance and battery life. …read more Source:: ZDNet


25 years of Delphi and no Oracle in sight: Not a Visual Basic killer but hard to kill

Productivity or performance? Hey, why not both? On this day 25 years ago, Borland Software trotted out version 1.0 of the Delphi application development product, making the announcement at the Software Development ’95 event in San Francisco.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Nevada Democrats To Use iPads Loaded With Google Forms To Track Caucus

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Nevada’s Democratic Party said Thursday it plans to use iPads loaded with survey app Google Forms to calculate voting results in next week’s caucuses. The system is an effort to avoid a repeat of the Iowa caucus chaos. The app will be loaded onto 2,000 iPads purchased…


Call us immediately if your child uses Kali Linux, squawks West Mids Police

Maybe stick to walking the beat instead of infosec advice, eh? The National Crime Agency has publicly distanced itself from a poster urging parents to call police if their child has installed Kali Linux, Tor or – brace yourself – Discord.… …read more Source:: Register


4 data center spending trends you need to know

Data center spending is likely to be feast or famine as enterprises pull back and hyperscale cloud providers build out infrastructure only to hit pause and digest. …read more Source:: ZDNet


MWC 2020 is dead. Mix tapas and wine with business in Barcelona instead

Tapas World Congress is the trade event for your stomach and your brain. This is not a technology show. This is a food festival that happens to have tech demos. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Cache me if you can: HDD PC sales collapse in Europe as shoppers say yes siree to SSD

The days of spinning rust in lappies looks numbered and deskops will be next, says analyst Dearly beloved, let us take a moment to remember the spinning rust featured in PCs for the last four decades. This year “no new laptops” will have an HDD inside, and desktops’ innards will go the same way in…