Texas boffins come up with new cooling material for data centres
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Its all about the thermal paste

Boffins at the University of Texas have taken time from their busy schedule of rounding up cattle to invent a new thermal interface material (TIM) that significantly outperforms existing liquid metal solutions in heat dissipation.

US electronic prices to increase by $357
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 09:21

US electronic prices to increase by $357


Trump’s plan to punish China

Donald Trump’s plan to tariff all foreign imports, especially goods from China, is projected to cause PC laptops to increase by an average of $357 in the US buyers.

Jobs’ Mob stops making Vision Pro
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Tuesday, 12 November 2024 10:20

Jobs’ Mob stops making Vision Pro


Tame Apple Press refuses to admit it made a mistake and say nevermore

The fruity cargo cult Apple has pulled the plug on producing its Vision Pro, its virtual reality (VR) headset.

Chip industry leaders warn against nationalist policies
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Obstacles to business operations

CEOs of Europe's three largest computer chip manufacturers have expressed concerns over the increasing demands by the US, Chinese, and European governments for regional semiconductor production.

Data thief went “old school”
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Tuesday, 12 November 2024 09:49

Data thief went “old school”


Nicked 4,000 pages from SK Hynix

It would appear that stories of former staff members hacking into their old companies to steal data are old hat.  A former employee of SK Hynix has been found guilty of stealing 4,000 pages of sensitive technical documents by simply printing them out and walking out the door.

Intel’s shares fall on the back of Arrow Lake disaster
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Chipzilla can’t get a break

Chipzilla’s share price took a significant hit today, dropping nearly 4.5 per cent as the Cocane Nose Jobs of Wall Street decided that the company’s Arrow Lake launch was a damp squib.  

Biden administration supports controversial UN Cybercrime Treaty
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Giving the despots a hand

The Biden administration plans to support a controversial cybercrime treaty at the United Nations this week, despite concerns that it could be misused by authoritarian regimes.

D-Link refuses to fix vulnerable network-attached storage (NAS) Devices
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Says they need to be upgraded

D-Link has confirmed that it will not be issuing a fix for a critical command injection flaw affecting over 60,000 of its network-attached storage (NAS) devices.

Apple's poor keyboard design killed English
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Tuesday, 12 November 2024 08:58

Apple's poor keyboard design killed English


The iPhone lowered the standards of the world

The fruity cargo cult Apple might have caused English standards to drop down the toilet, according to Rita El Khoury from Android Authority.

TSMC banned from making 2nm nodes in US
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Monday, 11 November 2024 11:19

TSMC banned from making 2nm nodes in US


Fall out from Trump allegations

Taiwan has put its foot down over the production of advanced 2nm processor technology in the US and will allow TSMC to build plants around that node.