From ComputerWorld: Optical discs like Blu-ray are losing favor, but Sony and Panasonic don't seem to care. The companies have cranked up the storage capacity on optical media to a stunning 3.3TB.
That's a big advance in Sony's optical storage, which is based on technology used in Blu-ray. The 3...
From InfoWorld: Google won approval last week to begin testing innovative 3.5 GHz wireless capabilities by using antennas on light poles and other structures in eight areas of Kansas City, Mo.
It will be the first large-scale test of its kind in the nation, following a framework created by the...
From PC World: If you have $1,299 to spend, Akitio’s external Thunder3 PCIe SSD storage system will deliver blazing speed and more.
The Thunder3 combines two technologies that help it deliver unprecedented data transfer speeds for an external drive. A 1.2TB Intel 750 SSD, based on the super-fast...
From CNET: Whispers of an upgraded "PlayStation 4.5" began earlier this year, but now firm details are emerging, with the gaming website Giant Bomb citing unnamed sources and a leaked internal document for an upgrade that includes processing, graphics and memory upgrades, as well as 4K resolution...
From PC World: The European Commission is still investigating whether Google’s Android operating system and Amazon’s contracts with ebook publishers have broken antitrust rules, its Competition Commissioner said Monday in Amsterdam.
Margrethe Vestager’s remarks come amid reports that the European...
From InfoWorld: Apple may be getting ready to rebrand its OS X operating system as MacOS, according to a since-altered page on the Cupertino, Calif. company's website.
The page, which touted Apple's environmental efforts, used "MacOS" rather than "OS X" to label the Mac's operating system. The...
From CNET: The online retailer's streaming video service is now available for the first time on its own. The company is letting fans in the US binge on Amazon original shows like "Mozart in the Jungle" and "The New Yorker Presents" for $8.99 a month.
And there are even more Prime-a-month changes...
From ComputerWorld: The CEOs of Oracle and Google met for six hours on Friday but failed to reach a deal to end their massive copyright lawsuit over Google's use of Java in Android.
"After an earlier run at settling this case failed, the court observed that some cases just need to be tried. This...
In the last ten years or so, I have personally owned four main laptops from three different manufacturers. If you ask me what my favorite one of all time is, it will have to be my current one that I bought last year. It runs Windows 10 Pro, and comes loaded with a powerful yet efficient Intel Core i5-5287U CPU, 16GB DDR3L-1866 RAM, 512GB PCIe based SSD, high resolution 2560x1600 13.3" IPS display, and about 10 hours battery life. Best of all, its...
Traveling can be a fun and new experience, depending on where you end up going to. I have traveled quite a bit with my family, but have never really gone anywhere crazy; we usually end up at standard tourist destinations. One country that has always intrigued me -- which I have never visited before -- is Russia. Whether it is this history or the people or the pictures you see on the internet, the largest country in the world has some sort of...
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