Whether you have an aging Windows PC in the classroom or a dated Mac in your home office that can't handle macOS 12 Monterey, Google wants to turn it into a Chromebook. Google today announced early access to Chrome OS Flex, which makes the Chrome OS operating system found on Chromebooks downloadable onto a Mac or Windows PC.
Chrome OS Flex is basically the official Google version of CloudReady, which Google acquired when it bought Neverware in 2020. Flex allows individuals, schools, or businesses to download Chrome OS onto a USB drive for free (CloudReady charges a fee and annual subscription rate to schools and businesses, respectively) and install it onto their Mac or Windows PC. The OS could also be booted from a USB drive instead of installed or launched via network deployment by an IT department.
Google is positioning Chrome OS Flex as an answer to old Mac and Windows PCs that might not be able to handle the latest version of their native OS and/or that might not be owned by folks with budgets to replace the devices. Rather than buying new hardware, consumers or IT departments could install the latest version of Chrome OS Flex.
Ganz bewusst kein ANC, angenehmes Tragegefühl und eine Steuerung durch Hautberührungen: Sonys neue Bluetooth-Hörstöpsel haben uns im Test mit vielem positiv überrascht. Ein Test von Ingo Pakalski (Sony, Test)
Ganz bewusst kein ANC, angenehmes Tragegefühl und eine Steuerung durch Hautberührungen: Sonys neue Bluetooth-Hörstöpsel haben uns im Test mit vielem positiv überrascht. Ein Test von Ingo Pakalski (Sony, Test)
Neue Inhalte und schönere Grafik: CD Projekt Red hat Version 1.5 von Cyberpunk 2077 für PC, PS5 und Xbox Series X/S veröffentlicht. (Cyberpunk 2077, Rollenspiel)
Neue Inhalte und schönere Grafik: CD Projekt Red hat Version 1.5 von Cyberpunk 2077 für PC, PS5 und Xbox Series X/S veröffentlicht. (Cyberpunk 2077, Rollenspiel)
The first website went live more than three decades ago, and while we’ve seen a lot of changes to the web since then, one thing has remained largely constant: you get to websites either by typing a string of letters and numbers into your web browser or by clicking a bookmark or link. But the […]
The first website went live more than three decades ago, and while we’ve seen a lot of changes to the web since then, one thing has remained largely constant: you get to websites either by typing a string of letters and numbers into your web browser or by clicking a bookmark or link.
But the makers of the Opera web browser say now there’s another way: you can use emoji.
Opera says the new feature comes through a partnership with Yat, a company that allows users to create a custom string of emojis that can either take you to a personalized Yat website or redirect you to another page.
Up until now the way to get to those sites was to type y.at/<emoji here>, but now you can drop the letters and symbols and use only the emoji. Just open the Opera mobile or desktop browser, type a few emoji characters into the address bar, and away you go.
Is this faster, easier, or better than typing alpha-numeric characters in any way? I have no idea. I suppose it might be easier for some folks who speak emoji as if they were a native language to remember a combination of these characters than a string of letters and numbers. But mostly it just seems like yet another way Opera is trying to differentiate it from more popular browsers like Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox.
Ein Entwickler hat eine Sicherheitslücke im Shop-System von Linux-Hardware-Hersteller Tuxedo entdeckt, über welche Daten abgegriffen werden konnten. (Linux, Notebook)
Ein Entwickler hat eine Sicherheitslücke im Shop-System von Linux-Hardware-Hersteller Tuxedo entdeckt, über welche Daten abgegriffen werden konnten. (Linux, Notebook)
Pferdemist im Agrarministerium, “Diebesgut” im Justizressort: Nach den Autofahrern sind jetzt die Entscheidungsträger direkt mit dem “Aufstand der letzten Generation” konfrontiert
Pferdemist im Agrarministerium, "Diebesgut" im Justizressort: Nach den Autofahrern sind jetzt die Entscheidungsträger direkt mit dem "Aufstand der letzten Generation" konfrontiert
It’s been ten months since Microsoft launched the Surface Laptop 4 with a choice of 13.5 inch or 15 inch displays and 11th-gen Intel Core or AMD Ryzen 4000U series processors. Now details about the next-gen Surface Laptop 5 are starting to leak, and if a spec sheet posted by Windows Prime is to be believed, […]
It’s been ten months since Microsoft launched the Surface Laptop 4 with a choice of 13.5 inch or 15 inch displays and 11th-gen Intel Core or AMD Ryzen 4000U series processors. Now details about the next-gen Surface Laptop 5 are starting to leak, and if a spec sheet posted by Windows Prime is to be believed, it looks like we can expect some major under-the-hood updates.
The new models will be available with up to a 28-watt, 14-core, 20-thread Intel processor with Iris Xe graphics or a 15-28W AMD Ryzen chip with up to 8 cores and 16 threads and RDNA 2 graphics.
That marks a step up for the AMD-powered versions of the Surface Laptop 4, which shipped with Ryzen 4000U series chips at a time when other laptops were using newer, more powerful Ryzen 5000U series processors.
Perhaps more importantly though, early benchmarks suggest that Intel’s 12th-gen Core processor lineup brings a major improvement in both single-core and multi-core CPU performance over 11th-gen chips thanks to a move to a new hybrid architecture that combines a series of Performance CPU cores with lower-power Efficient cores. And while AMD’s Ryzen 6000 chips bring a less impressive boost in year-over-year CPU performance, they should bring a big boost when compared with the older Ryzen 4000 series chips used in the Surface Laptop 4… and an even bigger jump in graphics performance thanks to a move from Radeon Vega to RDNA 2 graphics architecture.
Microsoft also appears poised to bring better screens to this year’s Surface Laptop lineup with support for refresh rates up to 120 Hz (the previous-gen topped out at 60 Hz). Other display characteristics appear to be largely unchanged: both the 13.5 inch and 15 inch laptops have PixelSense displays with 3:2 aspect ratios and 201 pixels per inch and support for finger and Surface Pen touch input.
Microsoft also appears to have added a second USB-C port and upgraded from USB 3.1 Gen 2 to USB 4.0/Thunderbolt port on this year’s laptops, added quad speakers (up from stereo), improved the webcam, and increased the battery capacity to 58 Wh (up from 47.4 Wh).
Somehow the physical size and weight have barely changed though. The laptops still measure less than 0.6 inches thick and the new 13.5 inch model has the same 2.79 pound starting weight as its predecessor, while the Surface Laptop 5 15″ still starts at 3.4 pounds.
Surface Laptop 5 13.5″
Surface Laptop 5 15″
Surface Laptop 4 13.5″
Surface Laptop 4 15″
Display
13.5″
2256 x 1502
201 ppi
3:2
120 Hz
10-point multi-touch
Surface Pen
Dolby Vision
15″
2496 x 1664
201 ppi
3:2
120 Hz
10-point multi-touch
Surface Pen
Dolby Vision
13.5″
2256 x 1502
201 ppi
3:2
60 Hz
10-point multi-touch
Surface Pen
15″
2496 x 1664
201 ppi
3:2
60 Hz
10-point multi-touch
Surface Pen
You can find more details for the Surface Laptop 4 at the Microsoft website, and the allegedly leaked spec sheet for the Surface Laptop 5 at Windows Prime.
Ganz bewusst kein ANC, angenehmes Tragegefühl und eine Steuerung durch Hautberührungen: Sonys neue Bluetooth-Hörstöpsel haben uns im Test mit vielem positiv überrascht. Ein Test von Ingo Pakalski (
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Mit Hilfe des europäischen Radiointerferometers haben Astronomen eine riesige Radiogalaxie entdeckt. (
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