"I do not need a high end smartphone," my dad said, as he was shopping around for a new handset to replace his aging Nexus 4. "All I want is something with a performance camera, large high resolution screen, long battery life, and more storage capacity." I do not know about you, but I am pretty sure my dad pretty much just described a high end smartphone, despite saying he is not looking for a high end smartphone. Therefore, I jokingly replied,...
Greek mythology is full of all sorts of surprises. I have always been interested in it, just because some of the stories are just crazy. I read the Percy Jackson series a few years back, which is a good start to learning some of the basic stories, but there were some changes, since the setting of the book is so different. In my first year of university, I took a course on Greek mythology as one of my options. The course was more source based, and...
From PC World: Intel’s been quiet about its super-fast Optane memory and SSD products, but a few emerging details may hint at how they could be used in products like Apple’s MacBooks.
Optane is a brand name for a new type of memory and SSD based on 3D Xpoint, a technology jointly developed by Intel...
From CNET: Adobe's much-beleaguered Flash media player is having another bad day.
An emergency update was released by Adobe Systems on Thursday after 23 loopholes in the software were discovered. The company issued a security advisory explaining that there have been a "limited number of targeted...
From ComputerWorld: After announcing in 2014 it would bring an industrial 3D printer to market within two years, HP went mostly silent -- until now.
Next week, HP plans on pitching its Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer at the South by South West (SXSW) conference in Austin.
Steve Nigro, president of 3D...
From PC World: Cisco Systems has patched high-impact vulnerabilities in several of its cable modem and residential gateway devices that are distributed by some ISPs to their customers.
The embedded Web server in the Cisco Cable Modem with Digital Voice models DPC2203 and EPC2203 contains a buffer...
From InfoWorld: If you’re a diehard Android fan, the leaks and rumors making the rounds about what’s in the next version of Android can be serious torture.
Fortunately for you, you won’t have to endure any of that much longer. Today, Google announced that it’s seeding the Android N developer...
From CNET: Facebook has hit a milestone in its quest to connect the developing world to the Internet.
Facebook Lite, an Android-exclusive version of the social media platform's app designed to minimise data expenditure, now has 100 million users, the company said on Wednesday. Available in 150...
From ComputerWorld: Microsoft is still struggling to figure out the best cadence for Windows 10 updates, a process that may result in fewer updates annually than once pledged, an analyst said today.
"We haven't heard anything official, but the plan and the execution do not seem to be quite matching...
From PC World: Facebook's open networking technology is making inroads into the data center establishment, with global giant Equinix adopting the company's Wedge switch design and an open-source architecture in some of its facilities.
The collaboration is the latest sign that network and server...
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