Solid state drives are common in desktops and laptops across all performance levels. These drives are popular due to their superior read and write speeds, and physical durability, compared to hard disk drives. However, using NAND flash memory as a storage solution does have disadvantages. Every time you write data to an SSD, its lifespan [...]
The Google app for Android now saves search queries when your data connect fails, returning results once a data signal is reestablished. Google said the search results will “deliver as soon as a connection is available”. “With this change, search results are saved as soon as they are retrieved, even if you lose connection afterwards or [...]
The Cabinet-approved cybercrimes and cybersecurity bill’s final draft will not give any power for the State Security Agency (SSA) to control the Internet or spy on local users. This is according to the Justice and Constitutional Development Department which on Thursday held a media briefing on the bill, which is expected to be tabled in [...]
The Nokia 6 – the new Android handset from HMD Global – sold out in 1 minute when it launched in China. According to International Business Times, the device went on sale on JD.com at 10:06 on 19 January and was sold out by 10:07. The company received over 1 million registrations for the flash sale, [...]
Samsung has released a report detailing why the Galaxy Note 7 exploded, citing battery quality and design flaws as the cause. “There may be multiple contributing factors relating to production quality and battery design that, when combined, led to the failure of the Note 7,” said Samsung. The battery production quality issues include missing insulation tape [...]
Asus recently launched the Tinker Board, a mini PC similar to the Raspberry Pi. These types of devices are popular among DIY enthusiasts due to their ability to interface with electronics via general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins. This makes them suitable for anything from robotics to homemade gadgets. The Tinker Board features a similar layout to the Raspberry Pi [...]
Australia plans to process travellers using biometric recognition of the face, iris, and fingerprints – replacing the current passport scanners and paper cards. Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection said that by 2020 it wants to have a system in place “to process 90% of travellers automatically, with no human involvement”. The Sydney Morning [...]
The DuckDuckGo search engine has shown strong growth since it launched eight years ago, with the site recently celebrating its 10 billionth search. According to a report by BetaNews, DuckDuckGo served 4 billion of those searches in 2016. On 10 January, it received over 14 million searches in a single day. DuckDuckGo describes itself as the search [...]
Google has updated its list of devices with access to the Google Play marketplace to include all Chromebooks releasing in 2017. The company first announced that certain Chromebook devices would support Android apps in May 2016. The support has now been expanded to all upcoming Chrome OS-powered laptops. Chromebooks are lightweight laptops built for cloud-based professional computing, [...]
If your old laptop is starting to show its age, there can be any number of issues affecting its performance. Here are five likely culprits for why your laptop is running so frustratingly slow and five solutions to return it to its former glory. 1. Spinning hard drive I speak from experience when I say [...]
