Upcoming Flagship Phones – A First Look At The Honor Magic4 Ultimate

It is currently unclear if it will receive a wider release. The phone is powered by the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 CPU and has a 120Hz AMOLED screen. There is only one capacity available for the Ultimate entry: 512GB 12GB RAM. Battery The Honor Magic4 Ultimate has a 4600mAh battery. It can be charged at up to 100W wired and 50W wirelessly through proprietary SuperCharge hardware. At 100W, the phone can be charged fully in just 30 minutes....

August 8, 2022 · 2 min · 397 words · Juan Edwards

What Are Motherboard Form Factors?

Most computers that are sold feature a standard form factor motherboard. In 1995 these standards were replaced by an Intel-developed standard, ATX, that is still used today. To some degree, this has enabled alternative layouts that can be more space efficient or improve airflow. It is less friendly towards the standard home user. The driving concept of the proprietary form factor is demonstrated by the use of non-standard connectors. Contents...

August 8, 2022 · 2 min · 378 words · Gabriel Arellano

What Is FireWire?

Developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the IEEE1394 standard was for a high-speed communication interface. In 1999, it was introduced to the market branded as FireWire by Apple. The same IEEE1394 standard was also branded as i.LINK by Sony, and Lynx by Texas Instruments. Copper cable implementations are limited to 4.5 meters or 15 feet in length. FireWire cables are also available in Cat5E and fibreoptic variants. However, these saw much lower levels of adoption....

August 8, 2022 · 2 min · 399 words · Travis Estes

Excel: How to Tilt Text in Cells

Youre probably happy with how it looks when you add text to your Excel cells. But you’re free to make your text look different by tilting it in the direction you want. Its also possible to change the font and add some color as well. Auseful tipthat will come in handy. The option will show you various tilt options you’ve got the option to choose from. When you hit the alignment prefs, itll already be in the Alignment tab....

August 7, 2022 · 1 min · 146 words · Larry Scott

What Are Motherboard Expansion Slots?

The motherboard is the backbone of a computer, connecting everything together. While it contains many components, they are standard and will be found in essentially all computers. Instead, a set of sockets are provided for these components. This design actually comes with several advantages. The main advantage is the choice of the end user. Suppose the motherboard had the RAM, CPU, and GPU all baked directly onto the motherboard. In that case, thered have to be many motherboards from each manufacturer....

August 7, 2022 · 3 min · 584 words · David King

What Are the System Panel Cables?

While some parts might not be much to look at, others can be more interesting. One of the most interesting can be the PC case. You might notice one end of a set of dangling cables. Most of them will have small black connectors and some white text. These are the system panel cables, a subset of the front panel cables. Contents What Do the System Panel Cables Do? The system panel cables provide connectivity for some functionality at the front of your gear case....

August 6, 2022 · 3 min · 540 words · Lori Harper

What Is a Chipset?

This is the chipset. The chipset defines the motherboards compatibility with one or more generations of CPU from a specific brand. Even if the CPU technically fits in the socket, you may find that the chipset is just incompatible. But what is a chipset, and why is it so controlling? Contents Motherboard and CPU Architecture Back before 2003, all motherboards featured a two-part chipset. These two parts were referred to as the northbridge and the southbridge....

August 6, 2022 · 3 min · 463 words · Antonio Wells

Google Docs: How to Add, Hide, or Remove Comments

choose the comment icon on the top. Once the comment is added, youll also see three dots to the right. If you ever need to erase the comment, heres where youll find the option. When you reply the other person will get a notification letting them know about your comment and an email. Hide the Comments In viewing mode you wont be able to make any changes. If you see that you gotta make some changes, youll need to switch to Editing Mode again....

August 5, 2022 · 1 min · 196 words · Anita Robertson

Zoom: How to Use Any Image in Your Waiting Room

Customizing your Zoom waiting roomis quick and easy. The only thing you may have a hard time with is choosing what image to add. But the problem is the size and weight of the image. Have you tried adding an image to see that it wont load? Thats because your uploaded image didnt meet one or both requirements. But there is a way around that; lets see what you’re able to do....

August 5, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · Kimberly Medina

What Is an Internal Speaker?

Some computers make a single electrical beep tone when they boot up. This beep used to be very common but has become much less so in modern computers. The beep is generated by the Internal Speaker or PC speaker. The internal speaker was introduced by IBM with its original personal computer in 1981. It was attached to the motherboard by a pair of short wires but could produce basic sound....

August 4, 2022 · 2 min · 381 words · Brandon Wilson

What Is the BIOS?

In modern computers, the boot experience tends to be fast and features minimal interruptions. On older computers, though, branded screens with lots of details were shown. This is part of the BIOS, only a tiny part. TheBIOSis the first piece of software run when a computer boots up. It stood forBasic Input/Output Systemand was invented by IBM in the mid-70s. Contents What Does the BIOS Do? The BIOSs primary responsibility is to locate and execute the boot loader for an operating system....

August 4, 2022 · 3 min · 446 words · David Cooper

What Is Work Stealing?

Modern computers have multiple processing cores. Assuming there is enough processing so that each core can remain continuously busy. they will be assigned a queue of computational work items. Or threads to complete by the scheduler. During executing these threads, its possible to spawn new threads or work items. These are separate threads that can be processed simultaneously. They may need to feed results back to the spawning programs or remain completely separate indefinitely....

August 4, 2022 · 2 min · 293 words · Christine Fowler

Google Keep: How to Share Your Notes with Someone

Google Keep is full of great features. For example, you candrag images to other appsand othergreat tips to become a Google Keep master. But, there will come a time when you better share your notes with someone else. fire up the note you want to add someone as a collaborator. you might enter the entire email address or choose the suggestions thatll appear. it’s possible for you to also see the option to access your family group as well....

August 3, 2022 · 1 min · 200 words · Michael Morton