Dropbox works to resolve service hiccups, says files safe

From PC World: Dropbox said Sunday it was making progress in restoring service after the popular file storage service went offline on Friday.

As of Sunday afternoon Pacific time, the service said more than 99 percent of users can access their files. But 5 percent of users were having trouble...

Google+ Invades Gmail, Allows Users to Email Without Email Addresses

From DailyTech: Email usually feels like a private place on the Web (for the most part). It's not like Facebook, where anyone in the world can easily find you by name and try to contact you. In other words, you'd expect to find a message from an old acquaintance on Facebook, but not in your private...

LG Electronics Vows to Lead in OLED, ultra HD TV Segments

From X-bit Labs: The newly installed president of LG Electronics’ home entertainment company plans to change the dynamics of the current TV market, capitalizing on LG’s early leadership in OLED TV technology and manufacturing. At the same time, the president and CEO H.H. (Hyun-hwoi) Ha plans to...

SteelSeries H Wireless Review (Page 1 of 4)

One time at church, a high school girl came up to me enthusiastically and asked, "Have you seen the new One Direction movie?" -- which, to her disappointment, was a resounding "no". For some reason, many people are quite convinced I am a big fan of that kind of pop music, despite the fact I am completely out of their target demographic. Firstly, I am not in high school. Secondly, I am not a girl. But since we have brought up the topic of pop...

Toshiba Flash Marries Q'comm SoCs in Vegas

From EETimes: Toshiba America Electronic Components announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that its universal flash storage (UFS) implementation will be added to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 802 chipset. UFS version 2.0 products will go into production for smartphones and tablets in the second...

Valve convinces 14 PC builders to make Steam Machines a reality

From PC World: Valve is fomenting a revolution in the gaming industry with its Linux-based SteamOS game-oriented operating system. The battle cry: Give us a truly open PC-gaming architecture!

And at an event Monday night, the game developer announced that some of the biggest names in the boutique...

Global PC Shipments Decline 6.9% in Q4 2013 says Gartner

From DailyTech: The latest metrics for the Pc industry are in form research firm Gartner. Gartner shows that the global PC industry declined 6.9% in Q4 2013. That marks the worst decline in the history of the PC market. The upside for the PC industry is that industry analysts think we have reached...

Windows Phone 8.0 is upgradeable to 8.1, Microsoft says

From InfoWorld: Windows Phone 8.1, expected to launch in the spring, will be backwards compatible to Windows Phone 8.0, contrary to some earlier reports from industry sources, a Microsoft official told Computerworld today.

That means that smartphones running Windows Phone 8.0 will be able to run...

Samsung exec teases iris recognition for the Galaxy S5

From TechHive: Not to be outdone by Apple’s use of fingerprint scanning technology in the iPhone 5S, Samsung is mulling the possibility of including iris recognition technology in the next Galaxy S smartphone. That’s one of the hints Samsung Exec Lee Young Hee dropped on Bloomberg in a recent...

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