Google Chrome update can drop data consumption by 70 percent

From CNET: Internet usage is becoming increasingly prevalent on smartphones, and last January Google helped out users on a bandwidth budget by introducing a Data Saver mode. Now, following competition from fellow browser Opera, it's beefing up its compression capabilities.

The Californian...

Windows 10's usage share lead over Windows 7 evaporates

From ComputerWorld: Windows 10's uptake pace has lost its lead over the adoption rate of Windows 7 six years ago, even though the former has been offered free of charge to hundreds of millions of customers, according to data from a Web analytics firm.

As of Nov. 28, Windows 10's usage share -- a...

Node.js discloses two critical security vulnerabilities

From InfoWorld: Node.js is facing two security vulnerabilities, including a potentially major denial-of-service issue, with patches for the problems not available for a week. Releases of Node.js ranging from 0.12 to version 5 are vulnerable to one or both issues.

A bulletin issued today by the Node...

Microsoft's new service makes app developers out of everyday employees

From PC World: Work is growing increasingly mobile thanks to smartphones, but companies can have a hard time coping with demand for apps that let their workers take corporate data on the go. Mobile developers are expensive, and getting new applications tested and then pushed out to users can be a...

Amazon, the king of e-commerce, gets primed for 2016

From CNET: If it weren't for Prime, Amazon might have just been the name of a river in South America.

The top revenue-maker in online retail worldwide owes much of its success to its Prime membership service, which the Seattle company started in 2005 with an offer of free and speedy shipping. All...

Western Digital Black WD6001FZWX 6TB Review (Page 1 of 10)

A few weeks ago, I went to eat with a bunch of people after church. As we approached the restaurant, one of my friends decided to open and hold the door to let me in first -- so I did. As I walked through the door, I heard my other friends say, in a not very subtle manner, "What a douche!" Why would they make such a comment? Well, the person who held the door open for me was a girl. But before you dismiss me as some misogynist man living in the...

Cooler Master Storm NovaTouch TKL (Barebones) Review

Believe it or not, but Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kwan was actually the first person to introduce me to an APH Networks favorite show, Top Gear. One of my favorite episodes is the first episode of the tenth season, where a challenge was set by the producers to find the best driving road... in the world. All three of the presenters brought a lightweight supercar, with James May's Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24, Richard Hammond's Porsche 911 GT3 RS, and...

LG restructures leadership after smartphone slump

From CNET: LG Electronics on Thursday enacted a major leadership shakeup that will see the company headed up by three representative directors. It hopes that the new directors will "strengthen the company as it enters the new year."

Control of the company will be split three ways between Jo Seong...

LG bets $8.7 billion you'll want a TV with rich OLED colors

From CNET: LG Electronics is going all-in on OLED, the next-generation TV screen technology, announcing on Friday that it's investing $8.71 billion in a plant that will build the ultra-clear panels.

At the plant, the South Korean company mainly will make big panels for televisions but also will...

Sony says PS4 remote game streaming to PCs, Macs coming

From PC World: Sony said its PlayStation 4 will deliver game streaming to PCs and Macs, shortly after a third-party app promised to offer similar functionality.

The addition of the functionality will also take the PS4 closer to rival Xbox, which launched the streaming of Xbox One games to Windows...

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