That makes your shopping experience way more complicated than it needs to be, though. Instead of spending hours researching your perfect fit, here’s an easy way to find what you need. Tap or click here for a one-minute quiz that matches you to your ideal laptop. All you have to do is answer a few questions, and we’ll point you towards the computer that best fits your needs. Aside from that, here’s another good starting point in your laptop journey....

OWC is out today with an update to its ThunderBlade SSD for Mac. The second generation of the fast, high-capacity ThunderBlade includes two Thunderbolt 3 ports, speeds up to 3800 MB/s, daisy-chaining for up to 48TB or SSD storage, stack-ability, and a $400-$1500 price drop depending on the capacity. OWC announced the ThunderBlade SSD Gen2 news in a press release today stating that it offers a lower price point as well as improved performance....

Pacific Rim star Charlie Hunnam explains the scheduling conflicts that led to his absence from the sequel, Pacific Rim: Uprising. Hunnam, of course, was enjoying the success of his hit FX series Sons of Anarchy when he played the lead role of a pilot co-commandeering a giant robotic vehicle (known as a jaeger) battling immense sea monsters (the kaiju) in writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 action thriller Pacific Rim. And while Pacific Rim earned a respectable $101....

April Ludgate (also known as Janet Snakehole) is the dry and mysterious woman who works for Pawnee’s Parks and Recreation Department before moving on to the American Service Foundation in the last season. While we’ve really seen April grow as a person throughout Parks and Rec’s seven seasons, she still had her jerk moments with everyone in the office (including her BFF Ron Swanson). Most of April’s attacks were directed towards Ann Perkins and Jerry, but she still had some pretty awful moments with people she respected....

The new patent, issued just last year on Feb. 7, 2012, is quite broad and describes a “System for Disseminating Media Content Representing Episodes in a Serialized Sequence.” Personal Audio is also suing the popular Howstuffworks.com series, which like Ace Broadcasting, is a large podcasting presence on iTunes and across the web… On Personal Audio’s website, the company said its patents “pioneered techniques now commonly used today in portable players, smartphones, tablets and other products” and lists several patents for music playlists, podcasting, personalized recommendations, and audio messaging....

Social network platform Path, which was once reported to be in acquisition talks with Apple, has announced that it will be closing down next month. Path pioneered a number of features later borrowed by Facebook, including one of the biggest shake-ups seen on the service … It was Path which came up with the idea of reactions, rather than just likes, a feature later introduced by Facebook with much fanfare. Social media users could for the first time express other emotions, such as love, shock and sadness....

Pixar is kicking off its 2020 with the first of two original movies, Onward. Since releasing their first feature-length film in 1995, Pixar has amassed a following of fans who appreciate the studio’s unique ideas and ability to craft meaningful, touching stories. In recent years, Pixar has divided its attention between sequels to their established properties and original ideas. Now, after two sequels, the animation studio returns with an original film in Onward, which tells the story of two elf brothers who go on a magical quest to complete a spell that would let them spend a day with their dead father....

Unified Patents brings the fight to the trolls. It deters patent trolls from attacking its members by making it too expensive for the troll to win. The group does this by examining troll patents and their activities in various technology sectors (Zones). The Unified Patents Open Source Software Zone (OSS Zone) is the newest of these Zones. Most patent threats, 80% according to Unified Patents, come from trolls. The attacks keep mounting up....

I should start by making it absolutely clear that I am of course not suggesting in this piece that the coronavirus outbreak was a good thing. It was a terrible thing. Many have died, many more have suffered extremely unpleasant illnesses, many have lost loved ones. If I could wave a magic wand and erase it from history, I’d do that in a heartbeat. Nor am I suggesting that there is any equivalence between the terrible harm done and the possible good that may emerge....

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install the firmware flash file on Oppo A12 CPH2077. The device came out of the box with Android 9.0 Pie and was powered by MediaTek MT6765. If you are someone who is looking to fix your device’s common issues like boot loop, remove pattern lock, bypass FRP lock, repair IMEI, or extract DA (download agent) file, then this guide is for you....

Oppo recently has launched their latest smartphone with the name Oppo Reno in April 2019. The device is a mid-range smartphone with a price tag of INR 30,990. With such a price tag, customers often tend to look for the waterproof capabilities of the device. So customers want to know whether the new Oppo Reno is a waterproof smartphone or not. Today in this article, we will tell you all about the new Oppo Reno smartphone and about its waterproof ratings....

Orange UK and Apple have teamed up to deliver a free iTunes movie rental every Thursday to certain Orange UK subscribers. The offer is available to Orange Home Broadband customers in addition to users on the mobile network with pay monthly, pay as you go, mobile broadband, and business accounts. Every Thursday, supported subscribers can access their iTunes redemption code via the Orange Film To Go mobile application, via the promotion’s official website, or by sending a text message to 85060 with the phrase FILMTOGO....

After Rob Zombie finished up on his most recent movie, 3 From Hell, the director has yet to attach himself to another project; horror remakes seem to be the current trend for the genre, and there are some that could use Zombie’s unique aesthetic vision to reach their true potential. Though Zombie tends to leave a little bit of a time gap between one project and another, there’s never a wrong time to start thinking of what opportunities could be ahead....

A simple dark comedy about a family of con artists, imported from South Korea, has been making waves this awards season. Parasite is the latest of director Bong Joon-Ho’s satirical tales about the two sides of society. Not only was it lauded for its striking originality, but it was hailed for its engaging performances, intricate production values and hidden subtexts. Thanks to that, this Bong Joon-Ho masterpiece is not only hailed as one of the best of the year, but one of the best of the decade....

Every time Apple is expected to release an S-series iPhone — the 3GS, the 4S, the 5s, and now the 6S — pundits rush to discount the value of each anticipated new feature, claiming that it won’t be enough to boost iPhone sales. Yet historically, every prediction of iPhone sales peaks or declines has been wrong: each iPhone, whether a big “tick” or small “tock” on Apple’s upgrade schedule, has outsold its predecessors....

New update added on June 9, 2020: For those who have successfully enrolled themselves with the Oppo F9 ColorOS 7 (Android 10) early adopters program, they are now receiving the ColorOS 7.1 Android 10 based update on their devices. As already mentioned, the update is rolling out only for the early access users and it brings along system stability, Bluetooth connection issues, fixed compatibility with third-party apps, fixed camera glitches, and launched issue....

This year Oppo has launched a couple of Reno-series smartphones. The Oppo Reno2 F (CPH1989) recently launched in October 2019 powered by Mediatek Helio P70 chipset over Android 9 Pie with ColorOS 6.1 skin. If you’re an advanced user and flashes Custom ROMs quite frequently or install mod files, this guide is for you. We have shared with you the steps on how to install Stock ROM on Oppo Reno2 F CPH1989 [Firmware Flash File]....

We showed you the real world meets iPad app gaming system for kids called Osmo last month as it launched a crowdfunding campaign ahead of their product debut. Today the team is announcing the results of that campaign: Osmo reached its $50,000 goal in less than seven hours. In addition to reaching their goal, Osmo is opening a second batch of discounted pre-order sales for early backs at $49 (half off the launch price) and promising extra incentives for two years to early backers as well....

tcpdump ​Default Behavior Running tcpdump with no parameters will look for the first active interface it finds and displays information about packets coming in or going out of a network device until the process is either interrupted (by pressing Ctrl-C) or killed. Superuser privileges are required when using tcpdump. $ sudo tcpdump Once the command is terminated, the output will show how many packets were captured, how many were actually received, and how many the kernel dropped....

Panasonic is one of the fewer brands that provide quality products. But, still, sometimes their products fail to provide satisfaction to users. For example, peoples frequently report that they are facing different kinds of issues with their Panasonic TVs. Recently, many users reported that their Panasonic smart TV stopped working after blinking red light, and now it is not turning on at all. However, there are a few incidences where users claim that their Panasonic TV won’t turn on from standby mode....