Thursday, October 27, 2016

Microsoft Surface gains at Apple iPad's expense and other top stories.

  • Microsoft Surface gains at Apple iPad's expense

    Things are looking up for Microsoft's Surface.The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant reported that sales of its tablets surged 38 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period a year ago. The company credited strong sales of its Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4 with generating $926 million in revenue during the quarter, up from $672 million a year ago. Microsoft did not reveal total unit sales.While Apple's share of the tablet market eclipses that held by Microsoft, the increase..
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  • Battlefield 1 review: We found this year's top-notch FPS combat

    Battlefield 1 review: We found this year's top-notch FPS combat
    Enlarge / Ridin' dirty on a horse. (That explosive tanker in the distance is always blowing up as field decoration, as opposed to being caused by multiplayer battlers.)DICE reader comments 36 Game DetailsDeveloper: DICE Publisher: EA Platform: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 (reviewed on Windows, XB1) Release Date: October 18, 2016 (early enlister edition), October 21, 2016 (regular edition) Price: $79.99 / £69.99 (early enlister edition), $59.99 / £44.99 (regular edition) ESRB Rating: M..
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  • First Click: How much would you pay for the Nintendo Switch?

    First Click: How much would you pay for the Nintendo Switch?
    One of the most important of those is how much the Switch will cost. Pricing is always critical for games consoles, which are typically sold at low profit margins or losses in an attempt to attract enough users to make money back on software in the long run. Nintendo has often bucked that trend in the past to pursue profitability for the hardware itself, but the company may not have that luxury with the Switch: after the Wii U, it needs a hit. Until the Wii, every Nintendo home console launched..
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  • Chaebol: the culture of Samsung and the Note 7's double recall (timeline)

    Chaebol: the culture of Samsung and the Note 7's double recall (timeline)
    Samsung is run like a typical "chaebol" structure out of South Korea. "Chae" means wealth, and "bol" is a clan, and that's all you need to know about how companies like Samsung, LG, Hyundai and others are often run - as loosely knit family business conglomerates. The family owns stakes in each of the tens of holding companies, which in turn have ownership in the other firms in the network. This prevents outside investors breaking up the conglomerate, but also enshrines performance opacity, as we..
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  • iPhone 7 Plus vs Google Pixel speed tests: Closer, but Android was still crushed in the end

    iPhone 7 Plus vs Google Pixel speed tests: Closer, but Android was still crushed in the end
    Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 may be toast — literally and figuratively — but Android fans have a new pair of flagship phones to lust after this holiday season. Google’s first ever “made by Google” smartphones pack cutting-edge specs into a somewhat unique design, giving shoppers what most early reviewers believe to be a viable alternative to Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. We know the Pixel phones feature the latest and greatest features Android has to offer, and we also know that they pack some..
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  • Cyberattack Knocks Out Access to Websites

    Cyberattack Knocks Out Access to Websites
    Several websites including Twitter and Tumblr were unreachable during an extended period for many internet users Friday following an online attack. Web technology provider Dyn said its domain name system, or DNS, service was subject to a massive distributed denial-of-service attack starting at 7:10 a.m. on Friday. Denial of service attacks can knock websites offline by flooding them with junk data, blocking the way for...
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  • How to successfully install Windows 10 Mobile build 14951 (workaround)

    How to successfully install Windows 10 Mobile build 14951 (workaround)
    Good news! If your phone is stuck at 0% downloading Windows 10 Mobile 14951, you can use this workaround to install the latest flight. Microsoft recently began the rollout of Windows 10 build 14951 to the Fast ring. The new release includes some subtle improvements and fixes, and a few features for both PC and Mobile. Although users quickly began updating their PCs to the latest version without a glitch, users running Windows 10 Mobile on their phones have been reporting getting stuck at zero pe..
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  • The Only Thing on Autopilot at Tesla Is the Hype Machine

    The Only Thing on Autopilot at Tesla Is the Hype Machine
    Just over a year ago, Tesla sent out a software update to its cars that made its "Autopilot" features available to customers, in what the company called a "public beta test." In the intervening 12 months, several of those customers have died while their Teslas were in autopilot mode. Cars have crashed, regulators have cracked down, and the headlines proclaiming that "Self-Driving Cars Are Here" were replaced with Tesla's assurances that autopilot was nothing but a particularly advanced driver-as..
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