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SilverStone Strider Essential Gold ST70F-ESG 700W (Page 1 of 4) | Reports

"Saskatchewan jokes are the best," I told my friend. My friend nodded in agreement. "They are simply endless," he replied. What makes Saskatchewan jokes so funny? For those who live south of the forty-ninth parallel, or the rest of the world, for that matter, let me put it this way: Let's say your dog ran off. If you lived in Saskatchewan, you can still see your dog running after three days. Haha! Now, despite all the Saskatchewan jokes the rest...

Google readies automated tool for those wanting to disappear from search results

From InfoWorld: People will be able to use an online tool to ask Google not to display search results about them, according to a German data protection commissioner.

Google will create the tool following a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which ruled on Tuesday that...

Google Play now accepts PayPal for digital goods

From PC World: You can now pay for apps and other digital content from Google Play using PayPal in 12 countries worldwide, including the U.S. and Canada. Google announced the payment addition on its Android Developers blog on Thursday.

Google Play users won't have to take any action to add PayPal...

Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime hinted at in Bluetooth listing

From CNET: The long-rumored Galaxy S5 Prime, an updated version of Samsung's Galaxy S5, might have just popped up in a certification listing.

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) published a listing recently showing approval of an as-yet announced Samsung product known as the "SM-G906L...

HTC One mini 2 Gets Official: No 3D Camera, no 1080p, But Great Selfies

From DailyTech: Following the leak of renders of the handset earlier this month, HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) this morning officially announced the update to the HTC One mini. Dubbed the HTC One mini 2 (for some reason HTC lowercases the "mini" bit), the new smartphone drops the 3D camera and packs a lower...

Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks

From InfoWorld: Hackers are exploiting an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that was left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and outside security experts said.

The bug, identified as CVE-2014-1815, was one of two Microsoft patched with a critical update issued Tuesday for IE6, IE7...

Mozilla hates it, but streaming video DRM is coming to Firefox

From PC World: Mozilla will upgrade its Firefox browser with copyright protection technology, fearing a loss of users if they can’t play protected content from services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon.

The organization has long opposed DRM (Digital Rights Management) technologies, which seek to...

AT&T kicks off HD Voice rollout on May 23

From CNET: AT&T is throwing its hat in the ring for HD Voice.

Starting May 23, AT&T will begin rolling out HD Voice across select areas in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, the company announced on Thursday. AT&T plans to continue the rollout in other areas "on a market-by-market basis."...

Apple iPhone 6 to Fall Short of Full HD with 1704x960 Display

From DailyTech: 9to5 Mac usually has a pretty reliable track record when it comes to Apple rumors, and the latest report from the site claims that the upcoming flagship iPhone 6 will get a significant boost in display resolution. Apple will reportedly increase the device’s screen resolution to...

Func HS-260 Review (Page 1 of 4)

As I have recently completed my third year of engineering in university, I have started my sixteen month internship. When I told my friend I was working for an aerospace and defense manufacturing company, the first thing he asked me was, “Yo, want to hook me up with a lightly used, low mileage, accident-free second-hand fighter jet?” He would then ask me whether or not there were heavy security clearances I would go through, with tons of...