Computers
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Vodafone handed govt back money for missed jobs target
Jan 31, 2018Not enough complaints to Hobart call centre. Vodafone was forced to hand back $330,433 from a $4 million grant by the federal government after failing to deliver 700 new positions to its Hobart call centre. The... -
Red Hat dumps Spectre CPU patches that brick servers
Jan 23, 2018Users advised to contact their hardware vendors. Enterprise Linux vendor Red Hat willno longer distribute microcode patches to mitigate against the Spectre processor flaw after bugs in the patches stopped user systems from booting up. The... -
Microsoft partners with Lenovo for cheap school laptops
Jan 23, 2018Chromebooks in education market. Microsoft is taking on Google’s Chromebooks and Apple’s iPads in the education space through a new hardware partnership with Lenovo that aims to push Windows into the classroom. The two companies have... -
Google Rolls Out New Chrome Security Feature to Combat Microsoft
Dec 8, 2017The internet can be a marvelous thing that gives us access to all the world’s information. However, it also gives us access to all the world’s malware. Every browser maker has implemented tougher security in recent... -
IIT Bombay’s superior water filter needs very little power
Nov 30, 2017Electrodes made of copper plates wound with cellulose thread coated with carbon nanotubes for capacitive deionisation and placed close to each other achieved 84% efficiency in ion removal. With power requirement of just 0.15 mW, the water... -
Smartphone-controlled paper airplanes prove everything is better with Bluetooth
Oct 22, 2017Adding Bluetooth, a propeller, and steering to a paper airplane is the future we always dreamed of. A Kickstarter project, PowerUp Dart, is a Bluetooth-enabled paper airplane kit that makes the 12-year-old in all of us smile. And... -
Google Assistant killed one of my favorite Android features, and now I’m lost
Oct 17, 2017Before Google Assistant took on the task of delivering contextual information on your phone, there was Now on Tap, an on-demand service that searched the web for whatever was on your screen. The two are fairly similar, except that... -
Quickly add the Google Play store to your new Amazon Fire 10HD
Oct 11, 2017Last time I bought an Amazon tablet adding the Google store was a real pain! It takes about 3 minutes and one reboot on the new Amazon Fire HD 10. In order to get the most out of... -
Why bone-conduction might be the headphone technology of the future
Oct 1, 2017When you’re choosing a pair of headphones for long runs or outdoor adventuring, Bluetooth is a no-brainer — no annoying wires that get in the way, and all the controls you need are usually right on... -
A DIY computer kit to turn your kid into the next Steve Jobs
Sep 26, 2017A British start-up wants to change the way the next generation thinks about computers. Rather than just grabbing a shiny iPad, what if kids got to learn about technology and how it works by actually making...
