Git 2.8 improves on code control for Windows users

From InfoWorld: Version 2.8 of Git, the popular and powerful open source version control system used to power the GitHub and GitLab services, was released late yesterday.

According to an announcement on GitHub's blog, version 2.8 includes small but useful improvements to features, as well as a...

DOJ cracks San Bernardino shooter's iPhone

From InfoWorld: The U.S. government has managed to access the iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, bypassing a passcode that had the FBI stymied for several weeks.

"The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires...

Samsung Pay officially launches in China

From CNET: Samsung Pay has officially launched in the world's biggest smartphone market.

Samsung said Monday that its mobile-payments service is now available in China under a partnership with China UnionPay, the bank dominates the interbank payment business in China. The deal, announced in...

Apple developing new batteries to improve energy capacity in devices

From PC World: Apple can't yet boast of significantly longer battery life in devices, but the company is looking to change that.

The company is researching new types of batteries that could potentially help Macs, mobile devices, and wearable devices run much longer without a recharge.

Job...

Cooler Master Silencio FP 120 PWM Performance Edition Review (Page 1 of 4)

Recently, I have been playing a game called Blade and Soul. This is not a new game, but it was only recently released to North America. Much like the popular World of Warcraft, this is a massively multiplayer online role playing game, or MMORPG, with a pretty big open world. I am not exactly very good at this game, but I play because I had a few friends who also play. It also helps with the fact the graphics and scenery is much better than the...

Ozone Argon Review (Page 1 of 4)

Quite a few movies joke about the idea of if something can go wrong, it will go wrong. When the main character is having a bad day, they will say it could be worse, and on cue, it would start raining or snowing. Something will happen just to make things worse for the main character. Colloquially we sum up this experience as Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. If anyone has recently been following the DOTA 2 Shanghai Major...

Microsoft and HPE throw their weight behind Mesosphere

From InfoWorld: Cloud computing startup Mesosphere made its mark early with large companies like Twitter and Netflix, and on Thursday the company got a fresh boost from two more tech giants: Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Built on the open-source Apache Mesos project credited with...

TCL brings its Roku TV lineup to the U.S. market

From TechHive: First announced at CES, TCL’s P-Series Roku TVs are now shipping. These 4k UHD (3840x2160) flat panels with LED backlighting feature the Roku OS with its intuitive user interface, and they can be controlled and configured via Android and iOS devices using the Roku Mobile app. Priced...

Apple Store offline ahead of preorders for new iPhone, iPad

From CNET: Apple's online storefront was taken offline Wednesday in preparation for processing preorders for its new iPhone SE andiPad Pro 9.7 at midnight Pacific Time Thursday.

The outage is a familiar procedure before a major Apple product release. The online store will begin accepting preorders...

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