Lenovo Tab M8 (Gen 4) budget tablet coming soon

The Lenovo Tab M8 is a cheap Android tablet with an 8 inch IPS LCD display, support for WiFi 5 and Bluetooth and a starting price that tends to hover between $90 and $130. Basically it’s Lenovo’s answer to the Amazon Fire HD 8, except Leno…

The Lenovo Tab M8 is a cheap Android tablet with an 8 inch IPS LCD display, support for WiFi 5 and Bluetooth and a starting price that tends to hover between $90 and $130. Basically it’s Lenovo’s answer to the Amazon Fire HD 8, except Lenovo’s tablet ships with stock Android software and support for […]

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GSMA: Globale Mobilfunkversorgung steigt – Armut bleibt

Laut GSMA haben sich die Abdeckung mit Mobilfunknetzen und der Zugang zum Internet darüber stark verbessert. Doch Armut behindert die Nutzung für 3,2 Milliarden Menschen. (Mobilfunk, Handy)

Laut GSMA haben sich die Abdeckung mit Mobilfunknetzen und der Zugang zum Internet darüber stark verbessert. Doch Armut behindert die Nutzung für 3,2 Milliarden Menschen. (Mobilfunk, Handy)

So long slowdown: New hack runs SNES Star Fox at up to 60 fps

20 fps original is smoothed out without ruining the original pacing.

A demonstration of the hacked, 60 fps version of Star Fox released this week (though this demo doesn't get much above 30 fps, as noted in the bottom-left corner).

If you were a Nintendo kid in the '90s, you were probably blown away by how Star Fox and its SuperFX chip could render full 3D worlds on 1993-era SNES hardware. If you go back to play the game today, though, you'll probably be let down by the game's choppy frame rate, which maxes out at a halting 20 fps.

Enter longtime Star Fox ROM hacker kandowontu, who's responsible for the feature-packed Star Fox Exploration Showcase hack. This week, kando released a patch that unlocks 30 or even 60 fps modes in an emulated Star Fox (or Star Fox 2em) ROM. The result is an extremely smooth experience that probably comes closer to matching the rose-colored memories you have of early '90s Star Fox than the original game ever could.

A problem of design

Attempts to speed up Star Fox are nothing new in the hacking and emulation communities. For years players have overclocked SuperFX chips or run emulators at higher speeds to try to up the game's frame rate.

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Comcast: Kabelnetzbetreiber zeigt 6 GBit/s Download und 4 im Upload

Comcast hat in einem Test auf der SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2022 in Denver die letzte große Hürde für Docsis 4.0 genommen. Noch in diesem Jahr folgen Praxistests. (Docsis 4.0, Kabelnetz)

Comcast hat in einem Test auf der SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2022 in Denver die letzte große Hürde für Docsis 4.0 genommen. Noch in diesem Jahr folgen Praxistests. (Docsis 4.0, Kabelnetz)

A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip

In 1983, Acorn Computers needed a CPU. So 10 people built one.

A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip

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It was 1983, and Acorn Computers was on top of the world. Unfortunately, trouble was just around the corner.

The small UK company was famous for winning a contract with the British Broadcasting Corporation to produce a computer for a national television show. Sales of its BBC Micro were skyrocketing and on pace to exceed 1.2 million units.

But the world of personal computers was changing. The market for cheap 8-bit micros that parents would buy to help kids with their homework was becoming saturated. And new machines from across the pond, like the IBM PC and the upcoming Apple Macintosh, promised significantly more power and ease of use. Acorn needed a way to compete, but it didn’t have much money for research and development.

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1&1 Mobilfunk: Bundesnetzagentur bedient Wünsche des etablierten Mobilfunks

Der neue Mobilfunkbetreiber 1&1 kritisiert, dass die Bundesnetzagentur zu sehr auf der Seite von Vodafone, Telekom und Telefónica stehe. Eine erste Bilanz aus dem Markt. (1&1, Rechtsstreitigkeiten)

Der neue Mobilfunkbetreiber 1&1 kritisiert, dass die Bundesnetzagentur zu sehr auf der Seite von Vodafone, Telekom und Telefónica stehe. Eine erste Bilanz aus dem Markt. (1&1, Rechtsstreitigkeiten)

Chromecast with Google TV (HD) has an unlockable bootloader (unlike the 4K model)

Google’s new Chromecast with Google TV (HD) looks virtually identical to the 4K model the company launched a few years ago. But it’s a more affordable device with a $30 price tag, a less powerful processor, and less RAM. It does have a few…

Google’s new Chromecast with Google TV (HD) looks virtually identical to the 4K model the company launched a few years ago. But it’s a more affordable device with a $30 price tag, a less powerful processor, and less RAM. It does have a few advantages over the $50 Chromecast with Google TV (4K) though. We […]

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