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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

This opens up the ability to repurpose the hardware for more things today, and means that a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now will be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have been shut down. The Go was officially discontinued in 2020.

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Celebrate World Backup Day by checking your backup storage and strategy

TechSpot

The tech community thrives on the difference of opinion, where some passionate individuals usually bring out the pitchforks, keenly typing away their responses in debates around pros and cons of a particular operating system, CPU/GPU brand, or any other piece of computer hardware/software and associated IT practices.

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The 5 biggest announcements from Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ hardware event

The Verge

Apple just wrapped up its “One More Thing” hardware live stream, where it announced new versions of the MacBook Air, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and the Mac mini, each with its newly announced, promising M1 silicon. Apple also says that the M1’s flash controller makes accessing storage for read / write faster than before. Image: Apple.

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Riverbed Launches New Whitewater Appliances

Data Center Knowledge

Riverbed (RVBD) announced new hardware models and upgrades to its operating system on the Whitewater cloud storage appliance family. Cloud Computing Storage riverbed RVBD'

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Boeing Black Smartphone: Security, modularity and productivity

CTOvision

Through embedded hardware security features, software policy configurability and physical modularity, Boeing Black gives customers a trusted, more flexible and productive solution. Key Features: Android™ Operating System : Convenient smartphone for Android usage. Disk Encryption : Encrypted storage for sensitive data.

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Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

GeekWire

Amazon WorkSpaces , the company’s virtual desktop service, just unveiled its first device for end users, a $195 product created by directly repurposing the hardware design for Amazon’s Fire TV Cube. “We wanted to take all the savings that we could get from manufacturing and turn that into lower prices for customers overall.”

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Microsoft says Windows 11’s File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’

The Verge

The software maker added a large banner ad to the Windows 10 File Explorer in 2017 , promoting subscription options for its OneDrive cloud storage service. While the ads can be easily dismissed, they’re still a frustrating experience in an operating system that’s traditionally been ad-free.

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