HP bricked its own toners
Even officially sanctioned toners don’t work
The maker of expensive printer ink HP, which pulls out stops to brick its printers when they are using unsanctioned toners, have gone a step further – it has started bricking official toners too.
Brother denies having a dose of the HPs
We don’t block third party ink
Brother has denied claims that its firmware updates are sneakily sabotaging printers using third-party cartridges after repair guru Louis Rossman's viral YouTube rant stirred the interwebs.
Brother gets a touch of the HP
Joins the dark side and starts locking down its products
After years of being the go-too company for those who do not like to be screwed around by HP’s locked own overpriced ink business model, Brother has joined the dark side.
HP customers face 15-minute call wait
Tech giant pushes online support
The maker of printer ink, which is about as expensive as racehorse sperm, has quietly introduced a 15-minute minimum wait time for consumer PC and print customers who attempt to phone its call centre for support.
HP snaps up Humane
Customers left With $700 Paperweights
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP has stepped in to end the Humane AI Pin debacle, acquiring the struggling startup for $116 million—but with a major catch: the deal does not include Humane’s disastrous AI wearable business.
HP and Dell shares tumble over PC market recovery concerns
Disappointing forecasts
Shares of Dell and HP suffered sharp declines after issuing disappointing forecasts, raising concerns about a faltering recovery in the personal computer (PC) market.
El Capitan crowned most powerful supercomputer
When it comes to exaflops it is the floppiest
El Capitan has been ranked as the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It boasts a benchmark performance of 1.742 exaflops, or 1.742 quintillion calculations per second, far exceeding its initial target.
Europe’s top court spikes Intel anti-competition case
After 20 years
The EU Court of Justice, the pinnacle of Europe’s judicial system, has brought to a close a legal tussle that has spanned nearly two decades between Chipzilla and EU regulators. The court upheld the General Court’s decision, dismissing the European Commission’s appeal.
Microsoft ready clean Mac’s out-of-date clock
New ARM Snapdragon X will make Macs look as dated as Stevenson’s rocket
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that while the fruity cargo cult Apple had done a splendid job on its latest Mac, it was going to be outdated by the new windows optimised laptops coming from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung in the next four weeks.
HP demands €3.7 Billion from former Autonomy bosses
If only there were a good accounting software which could help out
The former maker of expensive printer ink HP is after a whopping €3.7 billion from the former bosses of Autonomy, who fiddled the books to sell the company for a staggering €10.2 billion.
