January 14 was the day when Windows 7 died, or at least begun to die; it was then that Microsoft has stopped supporting that elderly OS. Still, despite its advanced age, Windows 7 does have an impressive number of users. As it turns out, many of them live in Germany. German government is considering buying a special, paid Microsoft program that keeps the user’s Windows 7 updated for a costly price of 50 dollars per year. Seeing how Germany still has 33 thousand office computers with Windows 7 onboard, that would mean having to cough up 887 thousand dollars to Microsoft; next year, the ...
South Korean carriers will get an exclusive colour variant each of Galaxy Z Flip
Not all of them, though, but only the three largest ones: SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus. Every carrier will get their own colour that will not be available anywhere else on the market. The colours will be: blue for SK Telecom, red for KT and pink for LG Uplus. Galaxy Z Flip’s standard colours, available from any source, will be black, white and purple.South Korea will most likely be the first market for the Galaxy Z Flip to launch at. Release date is February 11. Tweet Vote on ...
Samsung Galaxy A51 now available in Europe
The phone can be bought in Ukraine, France, Netherlands and Bulgaria. Its price ranges from 340 euro for the 4GB/64 GB variant and 410 euro for the 6GB/128GB variant. Its specifications are:– 6,5′ AMOLED display, Full HD+,– 8-core Exynos 9611 CPU,– 4/6 GB RAM, 64/128 GB storage space,– microSD up to 512 GB,– 8 Mpix f/2.0 + 12 Mpix f/2.2 + 5 Mpix + 5 Mpix main camera, LED flash,– 32 Mpix f/2.2 selfie shooter,– 4000 mAh battery,– GPS/GLONASS,– LTE modem, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac,– dual SIM,– USB C ...
Netflix will soon start showing Studio Ghibli anime movies
World’s most popular VOD service has made a deal thanks to which twelve movies of this beloved studio will soon become a part of its offer. Studio Ghibli specializes in making beautiful and profound animated movies, many of which are classics of the genre: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away or Howl’s Moving Castle, just to name a few. Those movies will become available for European Netflix users, as well as a few other markets, starting February 1st.trailer Tweet Vote on ...
SpaceX evacuation test complete with flying colours
Test has been performed on Saturday. After the SpaceX rocket reached the height of few kilometers it was turned off, after which the rescue pod Dragon successfully disconnected from the rocket and safely landed on the ground. It looks like future SpaceX astronauts can travel safely.Record of the moment where the pod disconnects from the rocket can be watched here. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Why should I check my phone IMEI before I buy used phone ?
Why should I check my phone IMEI before I buy used phone ? Buying used phone you don’t know its full history. You can’t be sure it’s not blacklisted or mobile is still under warranty. What you can do is ask seller for IMEI number. IMEI number is unique identifier of any mobile device. IMEI have 15 digits and can be found by typing *#06#. Which information can be found by checking IMEI ? Most important is blacklist status, if phone have bad history (was stolen or lost, bills was not paid) IMEI will be on BLACKLIST ...
Global variant of Honor 9X is now available for sale in India
Better late than never, eh? Honor’s budget phone has finally made it to the land of holy cows and polluted water, half a year after its initial release. For those of you who already forgot, Honor 9X’s specs include 6.59′ FHD+ IPS LCD display, Kirin 710F SoC, 4/6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage, 48MP, f/1.8 + 8MP, f/2.4 120-degree ultra-wide + 2MP, f/2.4 depth sensor main camera, 4000 mAh battery and EMUI 9.1 OS. The phone costs ₹13,999 for the 4GB version and ₹16,999 for the 6GB ...
This time Humble Bundle offers a bunch of nature-themed games
For a relatively small amount of money you can now get these game bundles:1 dollar – Niche – a genetics survival game, MagiCat, Evergarden7 dollars – dodatkowo Equilinox, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Samorost 310 dollars – dodatkowo Stardew ValleyAs usual, games bought are being distributed as Steam codes.Humble Sweet Farm Bundle Tweet Vote on HN ...
European Commission wants to force producers to create a universal charger
The reasons for this are ecological. According to EC, used up or non-supported chargers create 51 thousand tons of trash every year; unifying their design would make the consumers throw them much less often. Brussels is currently in the talks on the subject – sadly, we do not know what exacly does it propose the universal charger to be like. For now, the most popular charger connections are USB-C and micro-USB. Tweet Vote on HN ...
DOOM Eternal, new trailer
More, better, faster and insaner – that is how the next DOOM game can be summarized, at least when based on the trailers. The newest video can be viewed by clicking here. It depicts new gameplay bits as well as some plot. The video also confirms already presented new gameplay elements, like dodging or invasion game mode. Eternal’s release date has been moved to March. That is too bad, but I guess I prefer a good game later over a buggy mess now. Tweet Vote on HN ...