Weekly Highlights

1.)      Windows XP source code leaked 2.)     Amazon introduces new Biometric device in public 3.)      Samsung’s growth in smart devices being inevitable 4.)      AMD to strongly benefit from new chips from both Nvidia and AMD 5.)      QNTW: Should you build your PC yourself in Nepal?   DETAILS:   Windows XP source code leaked Last week saw the source code of one of the most famous Operating System to ever exist, Windows XP, source code leak. The leak was hosted on 4chan and Mega. The seeders were on for few hours until Microsoft finally took action to shut them down. But the action was too late. Many people would have already downloaded it. The leak was not the first of its kind. Many leaks were done previously little by little until eventually the full source code could be made of it. We do not have any information if the source code is full but the size (about 40Gb) suggests it ...

24/9/2020 week Highlights 1.)      Microsoft bought the renowned Game Studio Bethesda for $7.5b 2.)     Asus for the first time Best Laptop Brand of the year 3.)      Intel announces processors with IoT specific variants 4.)      Rocket league goes free to play in the Epic Games store 5.)      QNTW: Should you use e-Shopping in Nepal?   DETAILS:   Microsoft bought the renowned Game Studio Bethesda for $7.5b Microsoft the developer of Xbox has completed the purchase of the Bethesda Game Studio. The payment believed to be $7.5 billion was accepted by Bethesda’s parent ZeniMax Media. This will make a huge impact on the battle of Xbox Series X vs PS5. As you can see on my last blog https://glitchystar717.blogspot.com/2020/09/Week1.html there were less exclusive games on Xbox Series X and its self-made games were also not so hit franchises like God of War, Horizon, Turismo, Spiderman but...

19/9/2020 week Highlights 1.)      RTX 30 series GPUs supply can’t keep up with demands. 2.)      First death from a cyberattack. 3.)      Nokia declared No. 1 in Telecom software 5.)      Epic gives legendary Watchdogs 2 and Football Manager 2020 free for this week. 6.)      TOTW: Should you choose PS5 or XBOX Series X   DETAILS:   RTX 30 series GPUs supply can’t keep up with demands. Well, after a long-seen hype for the RTX 30 series which NVIDIA said performed better than 2080 ti and will be available in a fraction of the cost, we have finally seen the pre-order and early bird sales this week. While the 3080 certainly won the 2080 ti in 500$ less Brand-New cost but the manufacturer’s claim came out be true only in some scenarios and applications. But the claim was enough to make the already hyped New Ampere architecture take out on Internet by ...