John Carmack champions emulation for Linux games Valve's upcoming Steam box has fueled a lot of chatter about Linux as a gaming platform. John Carmack has an interesting take on the... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Operating systems |
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Wine shown running Windows app on Android Ever fancied running Windows software on an Android device? If Wine creator Alexandre Julliard has his way, that might soon be possible. During a talk... Type: News story Tags: Software Operating systems Linux-Unix Personal tech |
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Get a cheap Win8 upgrade while you still can Contemplating an upgrade to Windows 8? Then you may want to pull the trigger now, even if you don't proceed with the installation straight away.... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Ubuntu for smartphones looks promising Is there room for another smartphone OS? Canonical seems to think so. The company behind Ubuntu is bringing its Linux distribution to... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems Personal tech |
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Win8 share reached 1.72% in December December usage share numbers are in, and according to Net Applications, Windows... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Deal of the week: Games bargains and more It's probably already too late to shop online for physical Christmas gifts, but digital downloads are still fair game. And as it happens, Amazon has... Type: News story Tags: Storage Displays Gaming Operating systems |
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THQ files for bankruptcy Game publisher THQ has filed for bankruptcy. Worry not, though. The firm has already found an investor interested in buying most of its... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Operating systems |
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Steam for Linux beta now open for all Valve has confirmed that it's working on console-like PCs for the living room. The systems will run Steam on top of Linux, and... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Operating systems Linux-Unix |
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Microsoft: Windows 8 was thought up before the iPad came out One could easily assume Microsoft designed Windows 8 in response to the iPad. After all, tablets were seen as an iffy proposition before the iPad... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows Personal tech |
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WebOS headed for Kickstarter-fueled smartphone return The mobile OS market is currently split four ways. Android and iOS are found on the lion's share of devices. Blackberry has been reduced almost... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems Personal tech |
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Win8 adoption low among web surfers, Steam gamers Microsoft says it's sold 40 million licenses for Windows 8. However, the new OS made up only 1.3% of web traffic in November according... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Operating systems |
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DigiTimes says Surface RT orders cut in half With only one month passing since Windows 8's launch, it's really too early to weigh in on whether the OS has been a success. ... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems |
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Windows 8 upgrade sales beating Win7 Despite reports that Windows 8's adoption is falling short of expectations, Microsoft says it's sold 40 million licenses for the new OS. There's... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems |
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Microsoft to support Surface RT for the long haul There have been many questions about the future of Windows RT, the version of Win8 tailored for ARM-based devices. We now have a better... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems |
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Report: Win8 sales below Microsoft targets At the BUILD conference last month, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer boasted about... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Was Sinofsky's departure a power play by Ballmer? I think we were all surprised to see Windows chief Steven Sinofsky step down on Monday. At the time, some speculated that Sinofsky was... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Steven Sinofsky steps down as Windows chief Windows is under new management. In a surprise executive shakeup earlier today, Microsoft announced... Type: News story Tags: Software Operating systems Windows |
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DirectX 11.1 won't come to Windows 7 When Microsoft released DirectX 11 as part of Windows 7, it back-ported the API to the previous version of the OS. That may not... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming Operating systems |
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I got up this morning and retested the Intel system with DDR4-2666 memory. I'm not going to type up all the results here, but I will note that there i... | +20 |