BitFenix Recon Review

Prior to this review, I have never understood what the word "recon" meant, even though I come across this word on many occasions like video games. After I some research, I found out "recon" is the shortened form of the word reconnaissance. The word originates from the late Middle French Era to the early Modern French Era of today. Like many modern English words, there are various meanings and variation to the word "reconnaissance", and their...

The VirtualBox 5.0 beta is finally here

From InfoWorld: VirtualBox, the open source virtualization system originally created by Sun and now under Oracle's stewardship, has released its first revision to the left of the decimal point in nearly five years.

Don't expect anything truly revolutionary, though, judging from the release notes...

Broadcom hopes to integrate mobile payments in your next PC

From PC World: Chipmaker Broadcom wants to increase the number of devices that can accept mobile payments with a new microcontroller for PCs and IoT products.

Smartphones and smartwatches with mobile payment functions are getting most of the attention, but increasing the number terminals that can...

Apple takes smartphone crown in China

From CNET: Apple has stolen the No. 1 spot in smartphone sales in urban China from local rival Xiaomi, according to market researcher Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

For the three months that ended in February, Apple's iPhone 6 was the top selling phone in urban China with a market share of 10.2 percent...

WhatsApp for Android now offers voice calling to all users

From CNET: WhatsApp users on Android can now all tap into the app's new voice-calling feature.

Rolled out in February to a small number of people, the call feature then expanded to invitation-only by those who were able to get the feature. Now it's available to all Android phone users. There's just...

Microsoft upgrades JavaScript, Visual Studio development tools

From InfoWorld: Microsoft is making more accommodations for developers in both the JavaScript and Visual Studio realms, including promoting the development of "universal experiences."

With a preview of WinJS 4.0 (Windows Library for JavaScript 4.0), Microsoft wants to enable universal experiences...

Google cracks down on ad-injecting Chrome extensions

From PC World: Google has identified and disabled 192 Chrome browser extensions that injected rogue ads into Web pages opened by users without being upfront about it. The company will scan for similar policy violations in future.

The action followed a study that the company conducted together with...

GoDaddy set to go public at $20 per share, raise $460M

From CNET: GoDaddy, the website registration and hosting service, expects to raise hundreds of millions of dollars on Wednesday in a long-planned initial public offering.

The company on Wednesday priced its shares at $20, above its previously predicted range of $17 to $19. At that rate, GoDaddy...

Microsoft updates Windows 10, debuts Project Spartan browser

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Monday released an update to Windows 10 Technical Preview that included Project Spartan, the code name for the new browser that will be the default in the operating system as the company pushes Internet Explorer (IE) into the background.

Build 10049 was also the month's...

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