From PC World: Chatting on Kakao Talk will become more secure with a new hidden chat feature that has end-to-end encryption for all messages.
Secret Chat is a chat room that requires messages to be read with a decryption key stored in a user’s mobile device, Daum Kakao, the South Korea-based...
From CNET: Sony has been hit by another hack -- the PlayStation Network and store has been targeted and taken offline.
Although the online store for games, films and TV shows seems to be back up and running once again, visitors to the site were brought to a halt on Sunday night with a message...
From DailyTech: Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM) has positioned itself as the undisputed king of the applications processor (AP) market in recent years. Its chips power most of the best and brightest flagship smartphones on Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android OS and Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows smartphone...
From InfoWorld: Intel has bought its way into the tablet market, but success seems years away in smartphones, despite billions of dollars spent.
The allure of mobile devices has led Intel to take some uncharacteristic moves that defy the company's proud tradition of designing and manufacturing...
Like many guys, I take incredibly good care of my car. Sure, my Honda Accord is no exotic, nor is it a garage queen. It gets driven year round, whether it be a nice summer day or a snowstorm strike; just like how a car is meant to be used. But when it comes to maintenance, in addition to whatever the owner's manual tells me to do, I also claybar, polish, and apply a layer of paint sealant to the exterior body every six months. For the interior...
One thing I have learned recently is no matter how true a stereotype may be, there will always be some outliers or people who do not fit this description. Case in point, last Friday I went Black Friday shopping, hoping to find some good deals. In the morning I went with a group of guys, including Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kwan and frequent guest writer Brian Cheung. We did our usual thing, and headed to several local electronics stores to check...
From PC World: Disk storage sales grew more strongly in the third quarter, helped by sales of non-branded storage gear sold directly to datacenters.
Third-quarter disk storage sales jumped 5.1 percent year over year, reaching US$8.8 billion, according to research firm IDC. This was a change from...
From CNET: The security breach suffered by Sony Pictures Entertainment last month appears to have leaked far more personal information than previously believed, revealing the US Social Security numbers of more than 47,000 celebrities, freelancers, and current and former Sony employees.
An analysis...
From DailyTech: Bluetooth communications saw a big leap with the launch of Bluetooth 4.0 in 2009 and things have been moving along at a fast pace ever since. It was just one year ago when the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) (the trade group which promotes the short-range wireless...
From PC World: Hobbyists are getting a lot of love, with big companies like Microsoft, Intel and IBM releasing circuit board computers to conceptualize and prototype products. Imagination is now entering the fray with its $65 Creator CI20 computer, which takes some of the hassle out of DIY micro...
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