Wear OS Is Growing Again, and Google Has Samsung to Thank
… Even with years of mismanagement from Google, the Play Store has much more software for smartwatches than Samsung could ever collect in the Tizen store. …
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The new Apple TV is a big deal, but it's not a gaming console
… And now that it finally supports native third-party applications via a dedicated app store, this set-top box is going to deliver a lot more than just streaming video. …
The history of digital photography
… Each video floppy could store just 25 still images, and you could only view them on a television screen. The first camera that captured and stored images digitally was the Fujitech DS-1P. It stored images on volatile internal SRAM -- if your battery died, you lost your photos. …
Microsoft Working on New 'Lite' OS to Compete With Chromebooks
… According to Davis, Windows 10 S was killed to make room for Lite, which will only run Progressive Web Apps PWAs and Windows Store downloads. …
Crysis Remastered System Requirements Revealed
… Over on the Epic Store, you can see the full system requirements. …
Amazon Prime nabs exclusive HBO TV shows, but Netflix isn't under the gun just yet
… Though HBO has a long-standing practice of selling old shows for re-airing on basic cable, or selling episodes directly through various online stores, this Amazon deal is getting far more attention because it concerns the much newer and less predictable streaming video market. …
Here's What It Takes to Run Games at 16K Resolution
… The problem with increasing resolution is you're slamming the gas pedal on how much data must be stored in memory when rendering over 5 billion pixels per second, with all the textures, lighting, shading, and detail that goes into the process. …
IBM demonstrates next-gen phase-change memory that's up to 275 times faster than your SSD
… Phase change memory can quickly shift between the two states , plus research from Intel and Micron have demonstrated the feasibility of intermediate states, which allows two bits of information to be stored per cell. …
RAMing speed: Does boosting DDR4 to 3200MHz improve overall performance?
… To be clear, Anandtech does find a few applications where this trend gets bucked -- minimum frame rates are up a touch in several titles, particularly in SLI testing, and there's one benchmark, the Redis memory key-store test, where moving from DDR4-2133 to DDR4-3200 gives a relatively huge benefit… …
Microsoft Band: A cross-platform fitness-oriented smartwatch for $200
… The Microsoft Band is available from online and real-world Microsoft Stores for $200, starting today -- but only in the US. …