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Lilbits: A 6-screen “portable” workstation, update for Android apps on Windows, and HBO Max and Discovery+ merge to become… Max

Mediaworkstation’s new a-X2P is a beast of a portable computer that supports up to six 24-inch displays, up to two AMD Epyc processors for a total of up to 192 cores and 384 threads, up to two GPUs, 6TB of RAM, 5 storage devices, and dual 10 GbE network ports. It also weighs at least […]

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Daily Deals (9-17-2021)

Age of Empires IV launches on October 28th, but this weekend you can playtest the game for free as the developers run a stress test. You can get in on the action through steam or the Xbox Insider Hub. Check out the Age of Empires website for more details. Games not your thing? How about […]

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Lilbits: Cross platform edition (Stadia on iOS, Apple TV on Chromecast, HBO Max on Roku)

Apple doesn’t let developer submit apps to the App Store if they effectively include their own app store… and that means game streaming services like Stadia, Luna, GeForce Now, and Xbox Cloud Gaming need not apply. But there’s an alternate path to streaming games on iPhones and iPads: the web browser. Amazon’s Luna game streaming […]

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Daily Deals (12-04-2020)

This week Warner Brothers announced that all of its new movies slated for release in 2021 would debut on the HBO Max streaming service at the same time as they showed up in theaters… although they’d only be available on HBO Max for a month before disappearing. Still, it’s one more reason to consider signing […]

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Daily Deals (9-15-2020)

An HBO Max subscription usually runs $15 per month, but for a limited time HBO is knocking $3 off that price for folks who sign up using the coupon SAVEFOR12. As the code suggests, the savings are good for up to 12 months, but you don’t have to pay for a full year. You can cancel […]

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Lilbits: More Samsung leaks, BootHole GRUB2 bootloader vulnerability, and more

A new security vulnerability could leave many Linux and Windows computers using the GRUB2 bootloader open to attack. After acquiring the maker of the Focals smart glasses recently, Google is bricking users’s hardware and offering refunds with just a few days notice. And with Samsung’s August 5th event just a week away, details about the […]

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Lilbits 6-18-2020: Maybe Chrome will be less of a memory hog

Google’s Chrome web browser is fast, versatile, and… a bit of a resource hog. But that could be about to change for Windows users. Microsoft announced that the Windows 10 May 2020 Update includes a change that could allow the Edge web browser to reduce memory consumption by as much as 27-percent. And the folks […]

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HBO Max launches May 27 for $15 per month

The streaming wars are getting… more complicated again. HBO Max is launching in just over a month and for $15 per month subscribers will be able to access the entire HBO content library plus TV shows and movies from Warner Media and some original new content. HBO Max goes live on May 27th and it’ll […]