Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) Review—A balancing act of remembering the past while looking forward

I’ve long since come to feel like it’s Call of Duty, not shopping centers, that marks the kick-off to the holiday season. The franchise is decidedly punctual, launching a new premium title annually for the last 20 years. It’s a system that would seem unsustainable, and yet Activision — with the power of more than […]

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Remembering Windows Longhorn: David Culter laments ‘the worst code he’s ever seen’

What you need to know Well-respected software engineer David Culter discussed Windows Longhorn and its development in a 9-minute-long video interview. He explains that a buggy codebase impacted the operating system’s development, with the “worst code he has ever seen” causing severe bugs. Culter started working on a new 64-bit system after AMD reached out […]

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Remembering Steve Jobs, Who Passed Away 12 Years Ago Today

Today marks the 12th anniversary of Apple’s co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs passing away at the age of 56, following a cancer diagnosis. Apple shared the following message on its website when Jobs passed away: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of […]

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Samsung no longer shies from remembering the Galaxy Note 7

Samsung doesn’t pretend like the Galaxy S23 Ultra isn’t the spiritual successor to the now-canceled Galaxy Note series. The company embraced this identity, and in some of its online stores for key regions, it even dedicated an entire “Upgrade your Galaxy Note” section on Galaxy S23 Ultra landing pages. In this section dedicated to Galaxy […]

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Remembering Apple CEO Steve Jobs on His Birthday

Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, and had he not passed away in 2011 at the age of 56, today would have been his 68th birthday. Every year on the 24th of February, we remember Jobs and all that he did to turn Apple into the wildly successful […]

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The ‘Trashcan’ Mac Pro: Remembering One of Apple’s Most Controversial Designs Nine Years Later

Apple launched the controversial “trashcan” Mac Pro nine years ago today, introducing one of its most criticized designs that persisted through a period of widespread discontentment with the Mac lineup. The redesign took the ‌Mac Pro‌ in an entirely new direction, spearheaded by a polished aluminum cylinder that became unofficially dubbed the “trashcan.” All of […]

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Flashback: remembering the awesome devices powered by TI OMAP chips

We often talk about how many companies have bowed out of the smartphone race, but the industry is difficult for component makers as well. These days most Androids are powered by either a Qualcomm or a MediaTek chipset. There is also the Exynos line from Samsung LSI, but the company rarely finds a client outside […]

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