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CHROMEBOOKS ARE REPORTEDLY KILLING LOW-END PC LAPTOPS.  http://www.extremetech.com/computing/221916-chromebooks-reportedly-killing-low-end-pc-laptops-good A new report suggests Windows PCs don’t just face a challenge from tablets and smartphones, but are increasingly under fire from within their own brand segment. Chromebooks, the web-based Google alternative to a Microsoft or Apple-powered laptop, have been slowly gaining ground since they debuted in 2011. Chromebooks are just a fraction of the PC market, at 2.8% in 2015, but that’s up from 1.9% in 2014. That’s an increase of 47% in just a year — not bad for growth when the PC market as a whole continues to take a beating. In response, companies like HP and Dell are reportedly cutting their losses and mostly leaving the sub-$300 space. Acer, Asus, and Lenovo continue to offer some products from $180 to $300, but we may see these products gradually phase out if they don’t sell well enough to justify their own existen...

GRAPHENE ‘OPTICAL CAPACITORS’ CAN MAKE CHIPS THAT MESH BIOPHYSICS AND SEMICONDUCTORS !! http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/221442-graphene-optical-capacitors-can-make-neuromorphic-chips-meshing-biophysics-and-semiconductors Neuromorphic chips are the new hotness in semiconductor research. These chips consist of networks of transistors that interact the way neurons do , allowing them to process analog input, like visual information, faster and more accurately than silicon chips can. We’ve been  inching our way  closer to neuromorphic circuit architecture for years, precisely because it’s so much faster than current von-Neumann-architecture silicon at critical stuff like image processing. The overlap between neuronal and silicon processing is significant — it’s easy to sketch out a metaphor between nerve fibers and bundled wires, myelin and insulation, synapses and logic gates. Optoelectronics  extends the metaphor even further, comparing photons moving thr...

GOOGLE UNVEILS EXPERIMENTAL ANDROID APP SEARCH-AND-INSTALL PROCESS !! It’s not exactly difficult to find and install Android apps the conventional way. But it seems Google wants to create a path of least resistance between thinking about an app you might want and actually installing it. Currently, there are at least four primary ways most of us probably search for and install an Android app: Open the Android Play Store app, search for an app, and then install it; Visit the  Google Play Store  in your desktop web browser, search for an app, and remotely install the app on your Android phone or tablet remotely without even touching your device; Search for an app in your desktop web browser and then use method 2 above to complete the installation; Search for an app in your mobile device web browser or the dedicated Google Search app, tap the Google Play Store link in the search results, and then install the app. Android Police, however,...

MICROSOFT PREPARES TO KILL OLDER VERSIONS OF INTERNET EXPLORER ON JANUARY 12 TH !! http://www.extremetech.com/internet/220488-microsoft-prepares-to-kill-older-versions-of-internet-explorer-on-january-12th The sun is setting on older versions of Internet Explorer, and Microsoft   is making sure users know about it. The software giant isn’t just ending support for Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10, it’s also going to bug you about it. The final patch on January 12th will come with an update nag that reminds people still using these aged browsers that they ought to upgrade. Microsoft would certainly prefer people upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge, if they’re using Windows 10. That’s not what users have been doing in the last few years. The “end of life” patch will include more than the upgrade notification. It will also have the last round of security patches for these browsers. A browser is often the front line of defense from malware, so running something w...

WHAT IS  BLOCK-CHAIN , AND CAN IBM, INTEL, AND BIG BANKS USE IT TO REMAKE THE INTERNET? http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/219651-what-is-blockchain-and-can-ibm-intel-and-big-banks-use-it-to-remake-the-internet   Linux was once thought of as the ugly duckling of OS world, an indulgence appealing only to system administrators, power-users, and shut-ins. Today, the Linux kernel underlies Google’s Android OS, the most widespread mobile platform in the world, and when the Linux Foundation announces a new open source initiative, the biggest companies in the world take notice. The group has made its latest such announcement, that it will direct a powerful group of industry leaders in developing and supporting an open source standard for blockchain technology. Dubbed the  Open Ledger Initiative  (OLI), the just-revealed group already counts tech giants like IBM,  Intel , Mitsubishi, and Cisco among its members, along with financial institutions ...

DO NOT BE DECEIVED WITH BEAUTIFUL TEMPLATES WHILE LOOKING FOR BUILDER TO DEVELOP A WEBSITE !!!! http://meziedencocee.blogspot.com/ In our world today, there are thousands of builders with beautiful templates that are editable. Most people due to curiosity in developing their own website either for personal usage or for business purposes or as a means of self-employment dabble into these beautiful templates that are editable without first checking on how the service(s) works.  There is no doubt that these templates are charming and attractive and with the way the programmers made the templates, even if you don't have interest in developing a website, you will be tempted to do so without having prior knowledge to website designing. Hence, you don't need much knowledge to use them but there are a lot of dangers associated with these beautiful templates for building a website. Such dangers could be your website running out of service, not mobile optimized, inefficienc...

THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER DO AS A GUY WHILE DATING A GIRL: NIGERIAN GIRL AS A CASE-STUDY !! I wouldn’t say I am a dating expert, but I can say I have learnt a lot from the dating world. Being in Nigeria and having dated some Nigerian girls, I have come up with some basic rules, even if you are a novice, follow this rules and you are good to go. All these rules applies if you are below 35 years old(below marriage age) or if you don’t plan on getting married any time soon. 1)Never, ever fall in love; Yes you heard me right, you better shoot yourself in the head than fall in love, forget about the idea of love you see on TV or novels, here in Nigeria it doesn’t happen that way, if you fall in love, you are at the mercy of whoever you are in love with, although some girls are worth it, its just a very very small fraction of Nigerian girls that deserve that fairy tales types of love, a handful of them don’t value your love, even if you have money to spend on them, they would o...