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3 Reasons Enterprises Are Moving to Decentralized Blockchain Applications

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 31, 2018 | Computer Technology | 1 minute of reading

At BlockWorld Conference in San Jose last month, I was amazed at the level of enthusiastic interest by large global enterprises to use blockchain for transactional applications. Although the general public may associate blockchain with popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, enterprises are moving to blockchain for its ability to handle trustless transactions and secure record keeping. […]

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Google kills off its spammy Android Nearby Notifications

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 30, 2018 | Computer Technology | 1 minute of reading

Google has announced it will discontinue support for Android Nearby Notifications, a feature often seen as ‘spammy’ to users. Nearby Notifications were introduced three years ago with the idea that users will be sent alerts for relevant nearby information. According to Google, it’s been used for genuinely useful information such as nearby free WiFi, providing

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GALAX GeForce EX OC “White Gamer” Series: Epic Product Name Fail

While GALAX has introduced numerous solid graphics cards over the years, their product names are a bit of a mouthful, or in some cases just odd. The latest example being their EX OC “White Gamer” line, which, let’s face it, is a tad off-putting to say the least. Of course we know that GALAX aren’t

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Why autonomous vehicles on farms might impact consumers’ lives more than on the road

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 29, 2018 | Computer Technology | 1 minute of reading

Consumers are rightfully excited about the eventual introduction of autonomous vehicles, as they promise to deliver vast improvements in road safety, travel efficiency, and riding enjoyment. But current use of self-driving technologies in industrial applications, such as farms and mines, suggests that true, fully autonomous vehicles might arrive first in places other than our roads.

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The Intel Core i9-9900K Review: Competition Renewed

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 28, 2018 | Computer Technology | 1 minute of reading

One of the most radical changes to happen in the last two years in the PC hardware space has to be the launch of AMD’s Ryzen processors. Despite the failure that was the FX-series with their Bulldozer architecture, AMD managed to shock the industry with the performance of their next generation Zen architecture. After generations

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Another Milestone Achieved: Run Linux Apps on a Chromebook

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 26, 2018 | Computer Technology, Software | 1 minute of reading

Linux apps now can run in a Chromebook’s Chrome OS environment. However, the process can be tricky, and it depends on your hardware’s design and Google’s whims. It is somewhat similar to running Android apps on your Chromebook, but the Linux connection is far less forgiving. If it works in your Chromebook’s flavor, though, the

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VPN Mini Router

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 26, 2018 | Computer Technology | 3 minutes of reading

VPN Mini Router Enjoy greater protection, at home and on the go. Butterflyvpn Traveler is the tiniest VPN device that is specially designed for travelers. It works with all devices and accesses blocked web pages and social networks while providing a private and stable wifi network to up to 10 devices. No more “404”, enjoy

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What’s in the latest Firefox update? More anti-tracking and money-making (for Mozilla) searches

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 25, 2018 | Computer Technology | 1 minute of reading

Mozilla released Firefox 63 for Windows, macOS and Linux, boosting its anti-ad tracking defense by offering an option that blocks cookies from third-party trackers. Engineers also patched 14 vulnerabilities in Firefox. Just two of them were marked “Critical,” Mozilla’s highest threat ranking; three others were tagged “High,” the next rank down. Firefox 63, which can

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SD Times news digest: Altova Version 2019, European Commission approves Microsoft’s GitHub acquisition, and Linux 4.19

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 24, 2018 | Computer Technology, Software | 1 minute of reading

Altova has announced MissionKit Version 2019. The new release adds a newly redesigned UI that provides support for high-PPI monitors, support for data mapping of Protocol Buffers in MapForce, new standards support, and a new add-in for Excel called Altova Solvency II XBRL. “To support developers working on high-res displays, we have given XMLSpy and

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Oracle Launches AMD EPYC Instances

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 24, 2018 | Computer Technology, Software | 1 minute of reading

Yesterday, Oracle launched the “E” series of cloud compute instances powered by AMD’s EPYC processors. Each instances offers up to 64 cores and 512GB of memory. Oracle claims that the processors offer some substantial advantages over other offerings, and backs those claims up with some benchmarks they ran against a 2P, 52 core “x86 Alternative

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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Is Here To Remove All Complications

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 24, 2018 | Computer Technology | 3 minutes of reading

When it comes to free data recovery software, there are many who remain unaware of the many benefits that EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free has to offer. File recovery software is often considered to be the exclusive domain of computer geniuses but in reality? Anyone can use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free and obtain the

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Libre Computer Introduces the Linux-ready Open Source La Frite SBC

Pavlos Papadopoulos | October 23, 2018 | Software, Technical News | 1 minute of reading

Libre Computer Project’s La Frite development board is based on the Raspberry Pi A+ but has a different layout and more real-world ports than the A+, although it offers a similar 40-pin expansion header. LCP’s La Frite is the miniature version of the company’s flagship Potato SBC, equipped with a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 SoC, with a Mali-450 GPU (2

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