HP says sorry (sort of) for crippling third-party ink cartridges

From CNET: If HP really clogged your nozzles with its printer security update that killed your third-party ink, good news -- in the form of another update -- is on the way.

Earlier in the month, HP updated a cartridge authentication procedure for select models of its office inkjet printers. That...

Oracle denied new trial in copyright dispute with Google over Java

From InfoWorld: A federal court in California has denied Oracle another trial in its long-standing copyright infringement dispute with Google over the use of Java code in the Android operating system.

A jury had cleared Google of copyright infringement in May this year, upholding the company's...

Apple 'iPhone 8' already in the works, report says

From CNET: Many Apple fans are still trying to get their hands on a new iPhone 7, but we're already hearing rumors about the iPhone 8.

Apple is developing hardware for the iPhone 8, which will be released next year, at an office in Israel, Business Insider reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed...

Nvidia teases Volta GPU in next-gen Xavier self-driving car computer

From PC World: Nvidia's current Pascal GPUs are generating a lot of enthusiasm, but their successor, the Volta GPU architecture, is on its way next year, and there's a lot to be excited about.

Nvidia unveiled Volta in a new Xavier supercomputer chip designed for self-driving cars, with the small...

No Man's Sky investigated over misleading advertising claims

From CNET: The UK's Advertising Standards Authority is investigating No Man's Sky after it received "several complaints" about the game's potentially misleading advertising.

A representative for the organization confirmed to Eurogamer that the investigation has begun and is focused on the No Man's...

Microsoft Azure networking is speeding up, thanks to custom hardware

From InfoWorld: Networking among virtual machines in Microsoft Azure is going to get a whole lot faster thanks to some new hardware that Microsoft has rolled out across its fleet of data centers.

The company announced Monday that it has deployed hundreds of thousands of FPGAs (Field-Programmable...

Yahoo hack: It's not just Verizon. AT&T should be worried too

From CNET: The massive hack Yahoo disclosed last week is a headache for Verizon, the telecom giant set to take ownership of the company early next year.

Rival AT&T should be nervous too.

That's because many AT&T customers get the option to use -- yep, you guessed it -- a Yahoo Mail account to...

Google Pixel image leaked, revealing new home screen and rounded icons

From PC World: At Venturebeat, Evan Blass of @evleaks fame procured what is says is an official render of Google’s next smartphone, which is widely expected to be unveiled at an Oct. 4 event in San Francisco.

The Pixel will be the smaller of a pair of phones, with the larger dubbed the Pixel XL...

Ex-Verizon worker pleads guilty to selling private data

From CNET: Federal authorities have charged an ex-Verizon employee with selling phone records. Daniel Eugene Traeger pleaded guilty to a felony count of unauthorized access to a private computer. From 2009 to 2014, Traeger sold call records and location data to an unnamed private investigator.

Over...

Roku unveils five new streaming boxes with prices as low as $30

From CNET: Roku just made choosing a new streaming player five times more difficult, and at least five bucks cheaper than the competition.

The giant-killing company's products routinely slay the likes of Amazon, Google and Apple in our reviews and in sales. My go-to pick for streaming Netflix...

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