PC Perspective Podcast #482 - 1/04/18

Join us for discussion on Spectre, Meltdown, Cord Cutting, and more!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jermey Hellstrom, Josh Walrath, Allyn Malventano

Peanut Gallery: Ken Addison, Alex Lustenberg

Program length: 1:01:54



























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0:02:15 PCPer Mailbag #24 - 12/29/2017


Week in Review:



0:03:27 Just Picked Up: Google Wifi x4


0:05:15 MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC Motherboard Review


0:09:20 Ultimate Cord Cutting Guide - Part 3: Quirks, Savings, and Conclusions




News items of interest:



0:15:45 Meltdown and Spectre Security Vulnerability Impacts Intel most, but AMD, Arm as well



Spectre Whitepaper 


Meltdown Whitepaper


Not on AMD! @ LKML




0:38:20 Rumour mill; Vega makes an appearance on Kaby Lake G?


0:41:35 Koolance's 400A-S, more ways to water your Threadripper


0:43:00 Apple's mea culpa after the assault on their battery


0:45:30 (Rumor?) Android Parallel Tasks Expected in Chrome OS


0:48:00 The top 20 games of 2017?




Picks of the Week:



0:51:00 Ryan: Display Emulator (fit-Headless)Supports  4K 3840x2160@60Hz-3Pack


0:53:25 Jeremy: MP Select Mini 3D Printer V2


0:55:00 Josh: A replacement cell phone battery? Unheard of!


0:56:10 Allyn: Retro Game Dev: C64 Edition


0:57:50 Alex: Broforce ($3.74 on steam winter sale)




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