A list of Windows tools that you can run by searching their short names Reference from ghacks.net: List of Windows tools
Author: Stephen Leung
This AI-Powered Tool Turns Crappy Sketches Into Legit Drawings
Now this is a good use of Artificial Intelligence for those of us who can’t draw? With Google’s new AutoDraw, it’s no biggie since your sketches will be replaced by figures from actual artists. Source: This AI-Powered Tool Turns Crappy Sketches Into Legit Drawings | Digital Trends
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Is AMD Ryzen a CPU game changer?
Intel has been the dominating CPU manufacturer in the last few years. But AMD is making a come back with the Ryzen CPU. The buzz is here is that the AMD CPU can beat out Intel’s Core i7 line with half the price, sounds interesting? See the following article from makeuseof.com: What is so good… Continue reading Is AMD Ryzen a CPU game changer?
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2016 Hard Drive Reliabilty Benchmark Stats
We take a deep dive on hard drive performance stats from 73,653 hard drives. What are the most reliable hard drives by size, manufacturer, and model? Folks at Backblaze has done their hard drive reliability benchmark statistics for 2016. Taking a look at the statistics by manufacturer, looks like HGST is the most reliable one.… Continue reading 2016 Hard Drive Reliabilty Benchmark Stats
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2016 Hard Drive Failure Rates for 2TB – 8TB Drives
Looks like the high capacity hard disk from Seagate is getting more reliable, see the hard disk failure report from Backbkaze: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q3-2016/
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Bluetooth 5 – quadruple the range and double the speed
The new version of Bluetooth will quadruple the operational range and double the current speed. This should give a boost to the IoT devices in the future Bluetooth 5
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Guide on RAM
RAM is a crucial component of every computer, but it can be confusing to understand if you aren’t a tech guru. In the following article by makeuseof.com, learn the different aspects of RAM like generations, form factors, bandwidth etc. Source: A Quick & Dirty Guide to RAM: What You Need to Know
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2016 Hard Drive Review: Testing 61,590 Hard Drives
61,590 hard drives were used in our data center during Q1, 2016. We take a deep dive into the usage to see what we can learn about their performance. The folks at Backblaze has provided an updated report on their hard drives usage statistics for 2016. This is a good reference for those that are… Continue reading 2016 Hard Drive Review: Testing 61,590 Hard Drives
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Review of Top 5 Public Cloud Service Providers – Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Joyent
The top five public clouds pile on the services and options, while adding unique twists Source: Cloud review: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Joyent | InfoWorld
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Hard Drive Reliability – 2015 Update
Looking to buy a hard drive, take a look at the following article on hard drive reliability by Backblaze. Summary: Looks like HGST has the lowest failure rate In 2015 we ran 56,224 hard drives in our datacenter. In this post we review the reliability of the Seagate, HGST, Toshiba, and Western Digital drives. Source:… Continue reading Hard Drive Reliability – 2015 Update
