PC Tricks Archive
07 Apr 2015
GCU and SUPARCO Partner to Promote Satellite Technology in Pakistan
GCU and SUPARCO Partner to Promote Satellite Technology in Pakistan The signing of an accord by Government College University (GCU) and Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) last Monday has given those excited about satellite technology something to cheer about. SUPARCO and GCU encourage the very idea of satellite technology and invite
07 Apr 2015
Bill Gates Joins the List of Prominent People Worried by Artificial Intelligence
Bill Gates Joins the List of Prominent People Worried by Artificial Intelligence Bill Gates has entered the increasing list of people in computing who are vary of artificial intelligence. In an AMA session on Reddit, the Microsoft chairman wondered whether the machines could grow as powerful one day as to be uncontrollable. Gates’ sentiments
07 Apr 2015
Samsung Unveils (Relatively) Cheaper Trio of Curved Monitors
Samsung Unveils (Relatively) Cheaper Trio of Curved Monitors Samsung had a sizable presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. It took this opportunity to show off the Samsung SE790C 34-inch curved PC monitor. Starting at $1,199, this curved monitor comes with a raft of features not found in any of its offerings. That giant
07 Apr 2015
5 Affordable Gaming Laptops to Check Out This Summer
5 Affordable Gaming Laptops to Check Out This Summer I was recently having a discussion with a friend about the best gaming machines and he was persistent that laptops are no match for desktops when it comes to great gaming experience. But you cannot move around or travel with your desktop can you and
03 Apr 2015
Kingston Launches High Performance Predator PCIe SSD
Kingston Launches High Performance Predator PCIe SSD While Samsung and others have already announced the high speed next-generation PCIe SSDs, it is Kingston with its HyperX Predator M.2 SSD which will be the first wide-scale commercially available SSD to use this tech. It is still in its nascent stages and as you would expect,
03 Apr 2015
Twitter’s Periscope Allows Live Stream Replays
Twitter’s Periscope Allows Live Stream Replays Twitter on Thursday unveiled Periscope, the live-streaming app developed by a company it acquired earlier this year, reportedly for just under US$100 million. It’s a big bet for an app that’s in a genre that already has matured, but Twitter is counting on the mobile world’s appetite for
03 Apr 2015
Facebook Invites App Devs to Join in Messenger Family Planning
Facebook Invites App Devs to Join in Messenger Family Planning Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week told an audience at the F8 conference for Facebook developers that the company’s future lies in its family of apps and in giving the network’s members the ability to share what they want, where they want. “We’re building
03 Apr 2015
BlackBerry, IBM, Samsung Come Together on High-Price, High-Security Tablet
BlackBerry, IBM, Samsung Come Together on High-Price, High-Security Tablet BlackBerry subsidiary Secusmart on Monday introduced the SecuTablet, a high-security tablet based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5, at the CeBIT 2015 trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany. Developed in collaboration with IBM, the tablet targets national and international public sector markets and enterprises. IBM
01 Apr 2015
Microsoft releases a new build of Windows 10, without its new browser
Microsoft releases a new build of Windows 10, without its new browser Microsoft has delivered a new preview build of Windows 10 to testers today. Unfortunately, while the build includes a number of minor interface tweaks and fixes it doesn’t include the company’shighly anticipated new browser just yet. Improvements include better virtual desktops, Cortana
01 Apr 2015
Microsoft releases developer tools for building Windows 10 universal apps
Microsoft releases developer tools for building Windows 10 universal apps crosoft has today made available a set of tools that allow developers to get started building apps for the Windows 10 Universal App platform. The company has made available the tools, alongside sample code for universal apps. This means developers can start building apps that