Recent content by jacklongley

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    AI System Scores Better Than 75% Of Americans In Visual Intelligence Test

    It's not very useful if they're coding for a test, which rightly describes the vast majority of AI work globally. AI is one of many dodges designed to soak up tax dollars, nothing more.
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    Microsoft Extends Windows 10 Features With Desktop Bridge

    "For the first time, you will be able to use the Linux Bash command on Windows." Patently false. Bash has been available on Windows via Cygwin since 1996.
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    The Week In Storage: Is There An SSD In That Shiny New Desktop PC? No, There Is Not

    There's two factors at play that no one seems to acknowledge: 1. Desktop PC OEMs are offering what they feel that users are demanding. There's certainly a vocal minority that want an SSD as standard issue, but that doesn't seem to match the general demand of most users. If you think...
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    Deep Learning On A Stick: Movidius' 'Fathom' Neural Compute Stick

    Yeah, but can it play Crysis? #obligatory
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    Undervolting AMD's Radeon R9 Fury For Better Efficiency

    To summarize the article: if you want better efficiency, buy Nvidia instead.
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    Huawei Honor 5X, Hands On: A Nice Surprise At $200

    Kudos for defining the LTE bands supported. Please include the LTE category rating in future articles as well. Note that the Honor 5X is only a Category 4 device, so it's comparable in LTE speeds to the Nexus 5 and iPhone 6. It's a shame that a new device couldn't have a new LTE modem to...
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    How We Test Network Switches

    Personally, I'm not impressed with the lackluster approach to testing that Tom's Hardware demonstrates for network devices. These types of tests should follow the testing methodologies laid out years ago in RFC2544. In fact, IxChariot should already have RFC2544 options available by default...
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    Microsoft Launches Student Advantage with Free Office Suite

    "Proficiency with PowerPoint and World". Jane, be a dear and don't rely on spell check alone in the future.