In this day and age, the capability of computers and software design tools producing high quality visual effects are exponentially becoming more prominent. In addition, performance-driven hardware are also produced to be able to support the output of high end visuals. Such examples include the release of full HD, and subsequently, UHD or 4K videos with respective compatible (U)HDTVs and the likes. By this logic, one may assume that with each...
Customization is a great way to tell other people what is yours. It can show your preferences, whether they are as simple as color, or other things like brands. But customization comes under the assumption the thing you are customizing is yours -- this is why "personalizing" public property is called vandalism. It would be fine if the perpetrator owned that wall or the playground. However, since they do not, they are not allowed to redesign the...
As a third year Business student at the University of Calgary, there are many supplementary courses that I have to take to fulfill the requirements of my degree. One of these supplementary courses include Business and Environment 395, otherwise known as simply just Business Law for Decision Makers. In the latter part of January, the main topics of discussion in the course were contracts and claims. I was fascinated by the various types of claims...
From InfoWorld: There's a new security patch for Windows that's undocumented but appears to fix a known problem with one of last week's Black Tuesday patches. It isn't clear at this point if the re-issued KB 3013455 solves the problem all by itself, or if it has to be augmented by the undocumented...
From PC World: Apple is in talks with iPhone screen maker Japan Display that could result in the construction of a new screen factory in Japan, Japanese media reported Friday.
Apple would take on most of the ¥200 billion (US$1.6 billion) investment for the factory in Ishikawa Prefecture in central...
From CNET: Google is expanding the reach of its latest email application onto more platforms.
In a blog post Thursday, Google said that its Inbox email app is now available on the iPad and Android tablets. Previously, the app was restricted to the iPhone and Android smartphones, though it was also...
From DailyTech: Apple, Inc. (AAPL) appears to believe that it can sell roughly thirty times as many smartwatches per month as all its rival OEMs on Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android Wear platform did combined in 2014 monthly averages.
That bold goal comes in spite of a reportedly dwindling featureset, a...
From InfoWorld: Microsoft will double the per-PC price of support for enterprises still stuck with Windows XP systems when the anniversary of the aged OS's retirement rolls around in April, a licensing expert said Wednesday.
The per-PC price for what Microsoft calls "custom support agreements"...
From PC World: Some Windows laptops made by Lenovo come pre-loaded with an adware program that exposes users to security risks.
The software, Superfish Visual Discovery, is designed to insert product ads into search results on other websites, including Google.
However, since Google and some other...
From CNET: Another major management change is coming to Firefox as Johnathan Nightingale, the vice president who oversees the open-source Web browser project, will leave Mozilla on March 31.
In a blog post Tuesday, Nightingale said Mozilla made it through a rough patch last year and that he's...
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