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DVD and Blu-ray sales nearly halved over five years, MPAA report says
The MPAA report is chock-full of interesting figures about a changing industry.
In its annual Theatrical Home Entertainment Market Environment report, the Motion Picture Association of America described an immensely sharp drop-off of physical media sales over the past five years. -
So many ConceptD jokes to be made. And they finished them in wood no less!
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Strong corporate desktop sales limit the decline of the PC market
Shortages of Intel processors are claimed to be a big part of the decline.
Gartner and IDC have both published their quarterly reports on the size of the PC market in the first quarter of 2019, and they've both agreed: about 58.5 million systems were shipped. -
@mlnews I wonder if AMD is the big winner overall.
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We've suddenly seen big players putting AMD into key models. Which we buy because we prefer them. So it has been working out for us. It has been hard to get AMD products like that, now it seems almost the obvious choice.
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Serious flaws leave WPA3 vulnerable to hacks that steal Wi-Fi passwords
Next-gen standard was supposed to make password cracking a thing of the past. It won't.
The next-generation Wi-Fi Protected Access protocol released 15 months ago was once hailed by key architects as resistant to most types of password-theft attacks that threatened its predecessors. -
YouTube TV adds channels and raises price—you can’t opt out of either change
YouTube TV raises price from $40 to $50 for new and existing customers.
YouTube launched its competitor to cable TV two years ago, charging $35 a month, but it's now over 40 percent more expensive. -
Nerdio Explains Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop Service
The Microsoft partner's CEO talks about the technology, cost factors and requirements for using Microsoft's new virtual desktop infrastructure service
Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), supporting Windows 7 and Windows 10, is currently at the preview stage, with "general availability" expected in the second half of this year. -
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
YouTube TV adds channels and raises price—you can’t opt out of either change
YouTube TV raises price from $40 to $50 for new and existing customers.
YouTube launched its competitor to cable TV two years ago, charging $35 a month, but it's now over 40 percent more expensive.A move away from what people who want to cut the cord (or already have) want. I don't want predetermined bundles that some random execs constructed. I want a la carte, with the ability to get a discount when creating my own bundles. Sort of like tiered volume licensing; 10 is 3% off, 20 is 7% off, etc.
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@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
YouTube TV adds channels and raises price—you can’t opt out of either change
YouTube TV raises price from $40 to $50 for new and existing customers.
YouTube launched its competitor to cable TV two years ago, charging $35 a month, but it's now over 40 percent more expensive.A move away from what people who want to cut the cord (or already have) want. I don't want predetermined bundles that some random execs constructed. I want a la carte, with the ability to get a discount when creating my own bundles. Sort of like tiered volume licensing; 10 is 3% off, 20 is 7% off, etc.
My thoughts exactly. Adding the "cord back in."
Thankfully you can "opt out" of the whole thing
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
YouTube TV adds channels and raises price—you can’t opt out of either change
YouTube TV raises price from $40 to $50 for new and existing customers.
YouTube launched its competitor to cable TV two years ago, charging $35 a month, but it's now over 40 percent more expensive.A move away from what people who want to cut the cord (or already have) want. I don't want predetermined bundles that some random execs constructed. I want a la carte, with the ability to get a discount when creating my own bundles. Sort of like tiered volume licensing; 10 is 3% off, 20 is 7% off, etc.
My thoughts exactly. Adding the "cord back in."
Thankfully you can "opt out" of the whole thing
True. It just sucks for the people that are already users.
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@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
YouTube TV adds channels and raises price—you can’t opt out of either change
YouTube TV raises price from $40 to $50 for new and existing customers.
YouTube launched its competitor to cable TV two years ago, charging $35 a month, but it's now over 40 percent more expensive.A move away from what people who want to cut the cord (or already have) want. I don't want predetermined bundles that some random execs constructed. I want a la carte, with the ability to get a discount when creating my own bundles. Sort of like tiered volume licensing; 10 is 3% off, 20 is 7% off, etc.
My thoughts exactly. Adding the "cord back in."
Thankfully you can "opt out" of the whole thing
True. It just sucks for the people that are already users.
I have no problem canceling my subscription.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/pagerduty-pops-more-than-50percent-in-debut-as-tech-ipo-market-heats-up.html
Looks like Pager Duty did well with the IPO. Seems like it was pretty under-valued for the IPO, though. -
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@wrx7m losing all faith here
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/04/microsoft-edge-may-come-to-linux-eventually-just-not-right-now
And who would use it?
I would
Why, it's just chrome with the Edge appearance.
No, it is Chromium. Not Chrome. Totally different.
And it's crazy fast and amazing!
I've been testing it:
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ABP and LastPass working fine in it.
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Apple and Qualcomm square off in US court
Apple and Qualcomm will face off in court as a billion-dollar legal battle over smartphone chips gets under way.
The trial is the culmination of a long-running battle between the two over the cost of the processors that phones use to connect to mobile networks.
