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China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and Intel from system used by China's government agencies, which will mean lower sales for U.S.-based chipmakers and higher sales of China's own CPUs. The new procurement guidelines, introduced quietly at the end of 2023, mandates government entities to prioritize 'safe and reliable' processors and operating systems in their purchases. This directive is part of a concerted effort to bolster domestic technology and parallels a similar push within state-owned enterprises to embrace technology designed in China. The list of approved processors and operating systems, published by China's Information Technology Security Evaluation Center, exclusively features Chinese companies. There are...
Xbox One Games With Gold March Preview
March is upon us, and the folks over at Microsoft have announced the upcoming Games With Gold titles that will be made available free to anyone with an Xbox...
4 by Brett Howse on 2/28/2015
DirectX 12 Performance Preview, Part 3: Star Swarm & Intel's iGPUs
We’re back once again for the 3rd and likely final part to our evolving series previewing the performance of DirectX 12. After taking an initial look at discrete GPUs...
69 by Ryan Smith, Ian Cutress & Ganesh T S on 2/26/2015
Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health Updated
This week Microsoft announced several updates for their wearable and health products: Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health. Microsoft stated that overall feedback has been positive, but as with any...
15 by Stephen Barrett on 2/24/2015
Star Swarm, DirectX 12 AMD APU Performance Preview
After several requests and a week’s break from our initial DirectX 12 article, we’re back again with an investigation into Star Swarm DirectX 12 performance scaling on AMD APUs...
152 by Ryan Smith & Ian Cutress on 2/13/2015
Windows 10 Technical Preview For Phones Now Available
Today Gabe Aul (@GabeAul), who runs the Windows Insider program, announced on the Windows Blog that the Windows 10 Technical Preview for Phones is now available to people who...
18 by Brett Howse on 2/12/2015
The DirectX 12 Performance Preview: AMD, NVIDIA, & Star Swarm
With the various pieces of Microsoft’s latest API finally coming together, today we will be taking our first look at the performance of the future with DirectX 12. The...
245 by Ryan Smith on 2/6/2015
Office For Windows 10 Preview Available
Back in January, Microsoft revealed what the next versions of Office will look like. There will be a traditional, full featured desktop client, including the entire suite of Office...
43 by Brett Howse on 2/4/2015
Nokia Lumia 735 Review
Back in September, Microsoft launched what would be the last two Nokia branded Lumias. The Lumia 830 was announced as an affordable flagship, and we reviewed the 830 back...
64 by Brett Howse on 2/3/2015
Microsoft Releases Finished Versions Of Office For Android
In early 2014, Microsoft released their Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications for the iPad. Launching their Office suite on platforms other than Windows was something that they had seemed...
30 by Brandon Chester on 1/29/2015
Xbox Games With Gold February Preview
February is almost upon us, and with that, we can get a look at the upcoming games for the Xbox Games with Gold program, which provides free games to...
5 by Brett Howse on 1/28/2015
Microsoft Q2 FY 2015 Financial Results: 8% Revenue Gain
Microsoft released their second quarter results from fiscal year 2015 today. The holiday quarter saw an 8% rise in revenue over 2014, coming in at $26.47 billion last quarter...
12 by Brett Howse on 1/26/2015
Internet Explorer Project Spartan Shows Large Performance Gains
With the release of build 9926 of Windows 10, I have had some time to get to know the new build. One of the things discussed at the Windows...
49 by Brett Howse on 1/25/2015
Windows 10 January Build Available For Download
On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled the upcoming changes to Windows 10. They said that a new build, including many of the announced features (but not everything) would be available within...
66 by Brett Howse on 1/23/2015
Office 2016 And Office Universal Apps Revealed
As if yesterday’s Windows 10 announcements were not enough news out of Redmond this week, the Office 365 team leveraged the Office Blog to detail the upcoming version of...
27 by Brett Howse on 1/22/2015
Windows RT Will Not Get Windows 10 Update
Microsoft has confirmed today that Windows RT will not be upgraded to Windows 10. The official statement from the company is that Surface Pro will be updated to Windows...
41 by Brett Howse on 1/22/2015
Microsoft VP Details Windows 10 Update for Windows Phone Users
Microsoft used its Lumia Conversations blog today to give some of the details for the upcoming software update for Windows Phone, which will be moved to Windows 10. Chris...
22 by Brett Howse on 1/22/2015
Microsoft Reveals The Next Generation Of Windows 10
Today in Redmond, Microsoft took the wraps off of the updates for Windows 10 that they have been busy with, and will be offering these new updates as part...
62 by Brett Howse on 1/21/2015
Microsoft Announces Free Windows 10 Update
Today Microsoft took the wraps off of their updates to Windows 10, and announced many of the consumer facing features that will be coming with the next version. Likely...
48 by Brett Howse on 1/21/2015
Wearables: 2014 and Beyond
As the year 2014 has come to a close, now is a good time to inventory changes in the consumer electronics market and project those trends forward. One of...
79 by Stephen Barrett on 1/15/2015
Microsoft Launches Two Additional Low Cost Lumia Smartphones
The Lumia brand has a couple of new additions to compliment the already dizzying array of devices launched in the last year. Those waiting for a new flagship to...
14 by Brett Howse on 1/14/2015
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