In search of an affordable desktop that has plenty of room for upgrades? Take a look at the XPS 8910 tower PC from Dell. With a sleek modern design, a Skylake CPU, space for three 3.5-inch drives, and support for up to 64GB of DDR4 memory, this PC is up for almost anything. (List price: $799.99 — Coupon code: 479XPS) So, what kind of specs are we looking at here? This tower ships with a sixth generation quad-core 2.7GHz Intel Core i5-6400 processor, a dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 730 graphics card (with 2GB of memory), 8GB of DDR4 RAM (2133MHz), a 1TB 7200RPM hard drive, an optical burner, gigabit ethernet, Bluetooth 4.2, and 802.11b/g/n/ac WiFi support.
Some of the earliest computers relied upon tape drives for storage, but we’ve since moved on to faster and more versatile storage technologies. Still, tape drives continue to exist in enterprise, and they’ve been advancing by leaps and bounds while you haven’t been paying attention. IBM just announced a new record in data storage density — 201 gigabits per square inch on a magnetic tape (that’s one square inch of it above). That works out to a whopping on a single tape drive cartridge. reached this plateau in magnetic tape density by developing several new technologies. Older versions of IBM’s magnetic tape used a thin film of barium ferrite particles applied to the surface like paint.
If ever there was a place to get range anxiety, it’s Australia, with its thousands of miles of uninterrupted desert. Who would even think of driving a battery-electric vehicle there? (Not many; Queensland only hosts about 700 electric vehicles.) But now some Australian travelers can say goodbye to range anxiety, starting in 2018. The state government of Queensland has announced that it’s going to install a network of 18 charging stations along a highway stretching more than two thousand miles. It runs along the east coast of Queensland from Cairns to Coolangatta and then turns west to Toowoomba. The government how long it will take vehicles to charge at the stations.
The iPad, once a foundational and impressive chunk of Apple’s overall revenue, has been stuck in a rut for over three years. Sales have slumped for 13 straight quarters, despite Apple’s various attempts to breathe new life into the tablet market by releasing products like the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Pro. The company is finally reporting a significant surge in sales, courtesy of the new iPad variant released this year. Its secret? A $329 price tag. The (sometimes referred to as the iPad 2017) isn’t a huge speed jump over the iPad Air 2, and it’s a bit thicker and heavier as well.
There are hordes of eager fans willing to line up for a chance to purchase an (online or in real life), and Nintendo stoked the flame today with an announcement that pre-orders for its newest retro console will go live later this month. “We appreciate the incredible anticipation that exists for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition system, and can confirm that it will be made available for pre-order by various retailers late this month,” Nintendo wrote on its Facebook page. “A significant amount of additional systems will be shipped to stores for launch day, and throughout the balance of the calendar year.
After months of waiting and speculation, AMD has finally taken the lid off its RX series, its clock speeds, capabilities, and pricing. All of these characteristics have been hotly debated of late, with readers asking for (and making predictions about) how it would compare with Nvidia’s year-old Pascal GPUs like the and . We now have some preliminary answers to some of those questions, but by no means the entire picture. So here’s how this is going to work: If you want a “regular” GPU, you’ll be able to buy the Vega 56 (56 active CUs) for $399. If you want the full Vega 64 chip (the air-cooled variant) you’ll be able to buy that for $499.
Bit by bit, we’ve seen companies moving towards 4K and HDR technologies. Progress has been slow and fitful on the PC side of things, owing to extreme DRM requirements and a protected ‘path’ across the entire OS ecosystem. Apple, to date, hasn’t shared much information on how it might approach this space, but iTunes and Apple TV apparently now show that certain movies are 4K and HDR-capable when you view your own history. As reported first by , Apple is retroactively stating that certain films are available with modern features like 4K and HDR. Image by MacRumors
Are you an up-and-coming networking specialist? Maybe you’re just interested in exploring a new career. Either way, the Cisco’s certifications are excellent benchmarks for understanding the intricacies and issues surrounding modern networked environments. And if you want to prepare yourself thoroughly, these affordable online courses from Vision Training Systems are a smart purchase. • (List price: $7853) With your purchase, you’ll get these eleven parts: • Part 1: Cisco ICND 100-101 (5 Modules) • Part 2: Cisco ICND 200-101 (24 Modules) • Part 3: Cisco 300-101: CCNP – ROUTE – Implementing Cisco IP Routing (5 Modules)
For a long time, the iPhone was the indisputable king of mobile photography. Even those of us who used Android phones were doing it for other reasons, but you don’t have to make that sort of trade-off anymore. There are plenty of Android phones with a good camera, and even some with amazing cameras. Don’t tell that to former SVP Vic Gundotra, who opined on his Facebook page recently that Android phones are bad for photography. Considering who he is, this claim is getting some coverage. You might think Gundotra would know the topic well enough to make his point ably, but his rationale doesn’t make any sense.
