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China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and Intel from system used by China's government agencies, which will mean lower sales for U.S.-based chipmakers and higher sales of China's own CPUs. The new procurement guidelines, introduced quietly at the end of 2023, mandates government entities to prioritize 'safe and reliable' processors and operating systems in their purchases. This directive is part of a concerted effort to bolster domestic technology and parallels a similar push within state-owned enterprises to embrace technology designed in China. The list of approved processors and operating systems, published by China's Information Technology Security Evaluation Center, exclusively features Chinese companies. There are...
Microsoft Demonstrates Updated Lumia Camera App At CES
Last night I got a chance to meet with Juha Alakarhu, head of the Lumia Imaging technologies, to get a demonstration of the updated Lumia Camera app that will...
17 by Brett Howse on 1/8/2015
January 2015 Xbox Games With Gold Free Games Preview
With the holiday season here, Microsoft has announced the January Games with Gold free games preview a bit earlier than normal. They have gotten into a bit of a...
26 by Brett Howse on 12/22/2014
Win7 Driver Issues? Microsoft, AMD Recommend Uninstalling KB3004394
Though we don’t normally report on Windows updates, we’ll make an exception on this one. AMD sends word this evening that they are advising users to remove update KB3004394...
50 by Ryan Smith on 12/11/2014
Windows 10: The Next Chapter
Today Microsoft revealed that they will be hosting an event at Redmond to announce the next chapter of Windows 10 on January 21st, 2015. This event should reveal the...
39 by Brett Howse on 12/11/2014
Best Windows Phones: Holiday 2014
The end of 2014 is quickly approaching, so this is a great time to look back at the year that was in Windows Phone, and give our recommendation on...
38 by Brett Howse on 12/3/2014
Best Tablets: Holiday 2014
With the holidays approaching, it's time for our annual recommendations for devices in various product categories. Today we're taking a look at what tablets provide the best value and...
87 by Brandon Chester on 11/28/2014
Xbox Games With Gold December Preview and Black Friday Deals
The holiday season is upon us, and Microsoft has announced the last Games with Gold for 2014 along with some Black Friday deals as well. As part of the...
2 by Brett Howse on 11/27/2014
Nokia Lumia 830 Review
The Lumia 830 was launched by Microsoft at the IFA trade show in September. As seems to be the norm for most Nokia phones, it has taken a short...
98 by Brett Howse on 11/25/2014
Windows 10 Technical Preview First Impressions: The Return Of The Desktop
Windows 10 is ditching the “One Interface to Rule them All” mentality, and moving to a more user friendly model of a single store across all platforms, and multiple...
200 by Brett Howse on 11/13/2014
Windows 10 Technical Preview Gets Version Bump And New Features
Just three weeks ago, the Windows 10 Technical Preview got its first new build available to members of the Windows Insider program, and today we are seeing another version...
42 by Brett Howse on 11/12/2014
Microsoft Reveals The Lumia 535 Low Cost Smartphone
It has been a while since the official Nokia smartphone acquisition was completed, but to date all of the current Lumia phones have carried the Nokia brand alongside Lumia...
27 by Brett Howse on 11/10/2014
Microsoft Launches Microsoft Health And The Microsoft Band
Today Microsoft launched a new platform called Microsoft Health, and to accompany this they are officially launching the long rumored health and fitness band, called, well, Microsoft Band. And...
32 by Brett Howse on 10/30/2014
OneDrive Will Offer Unlimited Storage For Office 365 Subscribers
It was only four months ago that Microsoft increased the available OneDrive storage for Office 365 subscribers to one terabyte, and apparently there was still room for improvement. Today...
17 by Brett Howse on 10/27/2014
Microsoft Q1 FY 2015 Financial Results: Record Revenue On Strong Consumer Sales
This afternoon, Microsoft announced record first quarter revenue for its fiscal year 2015 which ended September 30. Revenue was up 25% year-over-year, and came in at $23.2 billion. Gross...
33 by Brett Howse on 10/23/2014
Windows 10 Technical Preview Gets Its First Update
Microsoft used the Windows Blog today to announce the availability of the first update to the Windows 10 Technical Preview, which was announced just three weeks ago. The new...
40 by Brett Howse on 10/21/2014
A New Windows - Windows 10 Announced By Microsoft
It was only two years ago that Windows 8 was unleashed on the world. Microsoft tried to usher in an era of “Touch First” applications with a new look...
134 by Brett Howse on 9/30/2014
Xbox Games With Gold October Preview
October is here, which means an update to the Games with Gold program for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Continuing the trend we have seen since the introduction...
0 by Brett Howse on 9/30/2014
Microsoft Announces the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter
Today Microsoft introduced their new Miracast-based wireless streaming device for HDMI monitors and televisions. Its lengthy name is the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter and it's Microsoft's take on an...
56 by Brandon Chester on 9/23/2014
Microsoft Details Direct3D 11.3 & 12 New Rendering Features
Back at GDC 2014 in March, Microsoft and its hardware partners first announced the next full iteration of the Direct3D API. Now on to version 12, this latest version...
24 by Ryan Smith on 9/18/2014
Microsoft Updates OneDrive File Size And Features
rtThe competition in the cloud storage space has never been so intense. It is also a vast landscape of different features, free storage sizing, paid storage tiers, and API...
27 by Brett Howse on 9/10/2014
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