[ad_1] Update: The Blu R1 Plus Amazon flash sale price is $109, but ends at 11:59 Pacific time. It goes back up to $159 midnight on Sunday.  The Blu R1 Plus is one of the cheapest Android phones we have ever reviewed, and right now it’s even cheaper thanks to a temporary Amazon discount. It’sRead more about Flash sale: Blu R1 Plus is $109 for the next 24 hours[…]

[ad_1] “The Spectrum Next is fully implemented with FPGA technology, ensuring it can be upgraded and enhanced while remaining truly compatible with the original hardware by using special memory chips and clever design,” said the organisation behind it, which includes Rick Dickinson who was part of the ZX80, Z81, ZX Spectrum, Plus and QL designRead more about ZX Spectrum rides again, with Z80 and optional Raspberry Pi Zero[…]

[ad_1] AIMP Are you still using Windows Media Player or – gasp – iTunes on your PC? Then for the love of all that is good and great in the world, embrace AIMP instead. Unlike the programs we’ve just mentioned it’s fast, friendly and won’t have you throwing f-bombs around every time you try toRead more about Download of the day: AIMP[…]

[ad_1] The finding was that, when exposed to a computer-programming activity, six-year-old girls expressed greater interest in technology and more positive attitudes about their own skills and abilities than girls who didn’t try the activity. According to researcher Allison Master, the results suggest both a need and an opportunity for teaching computer science, in particular,Read more about Girls like STEM subjects as much as boys, if they have a go[…]

[ad_1] We’ve all been told a hundred times that VR is the future. But it’s also the present. Between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift there’s already a mass of hugely impressive VR experiences just waiting to transport you to new worlds and previously unobtainable experiences. Solid VR efforts aren’t limited to these bank balance-busting headsetsRead more about Best Google Daydream apps and games[…]

[ad_1] Consequently, Apple’s the contractors won’t be able to pay Qualcomm which means there will be a hit to Qualcomm’s Q1 revenues. Instead of Qualcomm Q1 revenues of an estimated $5.3 billion – $6.1 billion these will now be $4.8 billion – $5.3 billion. With Samsung, Apple accounts for 40% of Qualcomm’s sales revenues. AppleRead more about Apple escalates Qualcomm battle[…]

[ad_1] It’s that time of year when TechRadar’s editors get to explore their love of PC gaming with fun, insightful and original interviews, previews, reviews and even photo tours.  Basically, we get to play a ton of PC games and talk to the people that make them as well as the machinery they’re played on,Read more about Welcome to TechRadar’s PC Gaming Week 2017[…]

[ad_1] For context, this may interest those persevering with the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which is the genuinely open-source, non Google Play controlled version of Android. Formed in 2010, Linaro is a member engineering organization that works on open-source software such as Linux kernel and the AOSP. And what is 96Boards? It describes itselfRead more about Huawei builds HiKey 960 Linaro dev platform for AOSP[…]

[ad_1] If you use a tablet as part of your professional or academic repertoire, it’s likely you also need an attachable keyboard. However, your options are usually limited by what keyboard can match your tablet’s model or OS. For those who’d rather not buy a new keyboard every time they get a new tablet, LogitechRead more about Logitech Universal Folio turns almost any tablet into a 2-in-1 computer[…]

[ad_1] Along the way, they have shown that even simple error-prone quantum computers could have the edge over classical computers for some problems. “Until recently it has been difficult to say definitively when quantum computers can out-perform classical computers,” said Professor Michael Bremner, chief investigator at the Australian Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology.Read more about Computing on the boundary between conventional and quantum[…]