In sports, there are matches worth watching, simply because one side is just as competitive as the other. The tension is strong, the outcome is hard to predict, and the excitement really builds as everyone puts in their very best to bring joy for all those who cheer for them. At the end of the day, whether it is a win or a loss for the team you are cheering for, we can all look back and say, "That was a match well played." For example, in the...
You have probably heard of the phrase, “Silence is golden”, and in many ways, I find this true. For one, I am mostly an introvert, so I work quite a bit better on my own and in solitude. Often when I need to think, I would shut myself in my room to remove external distractions. The origin of this phrase is unknown, much like many other phrases. One of the first examples of using this phrase in English is, quite ironically, a long-winded piece by...
From PC World: Apple users accessing Gmail on mobile devices could be at risk of having their data intercepted, a mobile security company said Thursday.
The reason is Google has not yet implemented a security technology that would prevent attackers from viewing and modifying encrypted...
From CNET: Apple has finally started breaking ties with Samsung and its mobile processors, according to a new report.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), a mobile chipmaker that signed a deal with Apple last year to make processors for the company, has started shipping those components...
From DailyTech: General consumers haven’t had much experience with Samsung’s Tizen mobile operating system. Tizen is currently shipping on Samsung’s Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches (the company also offered a Tizen OS upgrade for the original Galaxy Gear). However, most are awaiting the release...
From PC World: Enterprises looking to cut costs of storing data can soon investigate a new service from Microsoft designed to save money by backing up information in the cloud.
The service is available for a new set of storage appliances that the company will start selling Aug. 1.
“StorSimple...
From CNET: The PC may be staging a comeback as interest in some tablet models slowly fades.
Global PC shipments posted a year-over-year decline of only minus 1.7 percent in the second quarter, to 74.4 million units from 75.7 million a year earlier, marking the smallest decline in global PC...
From DailyTech: The tech community is eagerly awaiting the launch of the Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch, which is powered by Google’s Android Wear operating system. You could just feel the excitement during Google I/O whenever the Moto 360 was displayed. Even more telling was when it was announced...
From InfoWorld: Mark Karpeles, CEO of the now-bankrupt Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, is auctioning off Bitcoins.com, a site Karpeles launched last year to provide information around the digital currency.
The domain will be sold July 24 by the U.S.-based auction house Heritage Auctions, with an opening...
From PC World: Facebook said police in Greece made two arrests last week in connection with a little-known spamming botnet called “Lecpetex,” which used hacked computers to mine the Litecoin virtual currency.
As many as 50,000 Facebook accounts were affected, and as many as 250,000 computers...
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