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Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD V.5 ST8000NM0055 8TB Review (Page 1 of 10)

If I asked you what the fastest way to transfer 8TB of data from New York to Los Angeles is, what would your answer be? If you answered anything along the line of establishing a Gigabit connection over a fiber optic network of some sort, then you are wrong. Even if that connection speed was sustainable -- and I am betting it probably is not -- it would take nearly eighteen hours for this task to complete. On the other hand, a quick online search...

Patriot Viper V560 Review (Page 1 of 4)

When I lived in South Africa, our house had an area covered in ivy, with a little rock path leading through it. We had four dogs; one of which was a Jack Russell terrier. The other three dogs were two Labradors and a pretty aggressive Dachshund. One of the Labradors was a really big dog, but he was a teddy bear at heart, and never got mad or aggressive. The Jack Russell terrier was the interesting one I will be telling a story of today. All of...

SAP sees cloud, support revenue topping software by 2018

From ComputerWorld: German business software maker SAP expects its revenue from cloud subscriptions and support to be higher than its revenue from software licenses in 2018, reflecting an industry trend.

This would be a dramatic shift for a company, which earlier had licenses and support of its...

FortiGuard SSH backdoor found in more Fortinet security appliances

From PC World: Network security vendor Fortinet has identified an authentication issue that could give remote attackers administrative control over some of its products.

The issue, which was described as a FortiGuard SSH (Secure Shell) backdoor, was originally disclosed earlier this month by an...

Google reportedly paid Apple $1B to be default search engine on iPhones

From CNET: How important is it to Google to be the first place iPhone users go to for search results? Important enough that the Web giant reportedly pays its biggest rival in mobile big bucks for the privilege.

The search giant paid Apple $1 billion in 2014 to keep its search bar on iOS devices...

Skype adds call scheduling and seamless Office integration to Android app

From PC World: Skype is adding more handy capabilities to its Android app following the recent addition of Slack integration. The latest roll out includes the ability to schedule a call using Outlook or your calendar app of choice. Managing Office documents in a chat are also getting easier with a...

Foxconn said to bid more than $5B for Sharp

From ComputerWorld: Large contract manufacturer Foxconn has bid to take over ailing Sharp for its display business and manufacturing know-how, according to news reports.

Sharp, which has had to take the help of banks frequently, is said to be set to consider a review of a competing offer from the...

Is Verizon killing it as a mobile video star?

From CNET: Verizon doesn't simply want to be your wireless provider. It hopes you'll be glued to your phone watching its videos, too.

That's the goal of Go90, the mobile video service Verizon launched in September with clips from YouTube stars like the Smosh guys, the National Football League (with...

Brave is the name, ad-blocking the game of new browser

From InfoWorld: Brendan Eich, co-founder of Mozilla and for an 11-day stint, its CEO, yesterday announced a new browser called "Brave," that blocks outside online ads and ad tracking.

Brave, which was at version 0.7 -- denoting its under-construction and fit-for-developers-and-other-strong-hearts...

AMD's Zen chips coming first to high-end desktops at end of 2016

From ComputerWorld: AMD's highly anticipated Zen processor architecture will first come to high-end desktops like gaming PCs at the end of this year.

The chip maker is in conversations with PC makers to use Zen-based chips, code-named Summit Ridge, said Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, during an earnings call...