August 29, 2015

Whose ship will sync? Looking for something to ponder over the weekend? Try this on for size: With Intel vowing support for the VESA-backed Adaptive-Sync standard, which is what AMD’s FreeSync technology utilizes, where does that leave Nvidia’s competing (and proprietary) G-Sync technology? Before you answer that question, let’s back up a moment. Intel Fellow…

Earlier this year, Google added a setting in Chrome that allowed users to switch off specific plugin content, such as Flash-based ads, to help speed up page loads and reduce power consumption. Chrome users could access this setting by clicking the menu button, choosing “Settings,” “Show Advanced Settings,” and then the “Content Settings” button within…