From InfoWorld: Mozilla has released an updated version of its JPEG compression tool that shaves down file sizes by 5 percent, a small figure but one that is significant for image-intensive Web services such as Facebook.
The tool, called mozjpeg 2.0, will ultimately "reduce page load times and...
From PC World: Intel has started shipping Xeon E5 chips based on the Haswell microarchitecture to server makers, and the chip will be in servers this quarter.
The Xeon E5 chips typically go into two-socket and four-socket servers and are the company’s biggest-selling server products. The new chips...
From CNET: Following close behind T-Mobile, AT&T announced Tuesday it will offer the Lumia 635 beginning July 25.
AT&T customers can pick up the 4G LTE-ready budget handset on the carrier's prepaid wireless service GoPhone for $99. Versions of the 4.5-inch handset sporting black and orange back...
From DailyTech: Microsoft may have recently announced its intentions to become a “productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world,” but it looks like longtime rival Apple has plans of its own in addressing the needs of enterprise customers and has brought in the big guns...
From InfoWorld: Oracle is hoping to turn heads in the crowded data analysis market with Big Data SQL, a software tool that can run a single SQL query against Oracle's own database as well as Hadoop and NoSQL data stores.
The software is an option for Oracle's Big Data Appliance, which incorporates...
From PC World: Gamemaker Electronic Arts dismissed a rumor on Tuesday that its download client called Origin secretly collects data from users’ computers.
A supposed screenshot, posted on Reddit, claimed that Origin is “still snooping files.”
Origin collects a limited amount of information from...
From CNET: Microsoft is planning its largest round of layoffs in five years as the software giant looks to integrate Nokia Oyj's handset unit, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people with knowledge of the company's plans.
The job cuts, expected to be announced as soon as this week, will likely...
From DailyTech: After two years of strong sales and incredible response from the tinkerer/DIY community, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has a final set of tweaks to the higher priced variant of its first generation pocket computer, the Raspberry Pi B.
Dubbed the Raspberry Pi B+, the new version still...
Would you rather be spoiled for choice, or have no choice at all? More often than not, if we have no option at all, then we would complain, because we have no option. If we have many options, we would also complain, because it is hard to make a decision. Here at APH Networks, we have recently covered three 4TB hard drives from all three major brands. This included the Deskstar NAS from HGST, NAS HDD ST4000VN000 from Seagate, and Red WD40EFRX 4TB...
From InfoWorld: In response to "an incredible number of requests," Blackberry will soon bring its BBM messaging app to Windows Phone.
For now, the app is in a filled-up closed beta, though you can register to join the waiting list. Blackberry says it will open the app to everyone in "the coming...
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