Darren Grasby is EMEA AMD President
Stepping up
AMD has decided that its Corporate Vice President Worldwide Component Channel manager Darren Grasby needs a promotion. Grasby is now President of EMEA AMD which is a promotion even if the job title is not as long..
Huawei's Kirin 950 faster than Exynos 7420
First mobile A72 to launch tomorrow
There is a big chance that Huawei is going to officially launch Kirin 950 tomorrow and the first Geekbench benchmarks have already leaked.
AMD Zen silicon might be in good shape
At least a bloke who knows ex AMD chap claims
A website based its article on one forum post claims that AMD Zen meets all expectations because he knows someone who works in AMD. So it must be true.
Windows 7 PRO reprieved until October
Windows 8.1 too
Windows 10 now has 120 million activations thanks mostly to the fact that Microsoft is offering for free to Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users. Now Redmond has told its OEM chums they need to prepare to stop selling Windows 7 Professional from October 31 2016.
ZenFone 2 Laser is out for $199
16GB Snapdragon 615 with FHD 5.5 screen
Asus has been successful with its notebook, PC business but it is not doing that well with its phone line. Some of this might have been because it was one of the brave few that went for the Intel phone SoC. Now it has released The Asus Zenfone 2 and chosen Qualcomm SoC this time.
Microsoft one drive free to decrease from 15GB to 5GB
Office 365 users to kiss free storage goodbye
Microsoft had capped the unlimited free storage for Office 365 users and it has dropped the free One drive from 15GB to 5GB.
OnePlus X will need invites
For the first month
OnePlus X is an attractive 5 inch phone powered by the Snapdragon 801 SoC but you will need an invite to buy one.
Refunds for Batman on PC
No Joker – the game is broken
Warner Bros has started offering refunds for Batman: Arkham Knight on PC after finally admitting that the game was broken.
Windows 10 "recommended update" in 2016
110 million installs and forcing more
Microsoft plans to put the Windows 10 upgrade to a recommended update path for end users, without much chance to say no, as part of a push to get more installs for the OS.
Meizu M2 Note mainstream phablet reviewed
Review: A lot of quality for peanuts
Meizu is been one of the most popular phone manufactures in China, and the company has introduced three new phones in the last few months. The one that caught our eye was the Meizu M2 Note, the successor to the M1 Note phablet.