In a twist of irony, British philanthropist Jimi Heseldon, owner of the Segway company, appears to have ridden one of his Segway scooters off a cliff on his private property and died as a result Continue reading “Segway Company Owner Rides Scooter Off Cliff”.
A safe computing practice is to not open emails from sources unknown to you – especially if those emails contain attachments. However, even opening emails without attachments but coded in HTML could put you at Continue reading “Malicious HTML in E-Mail Increases”.
This is one of the coolest advances in photography in a while! Basically, a plenoptic lens is composed of a litany of tiny “sub-lenses,” which allow those precious photons you’re capturing to be recorded from Continue reading “Adobe shows off plenoptic lenses that let you refocus an image after it’s taken”.
It may not be the easiest or most complete jailbreak but those that have the urge to hack and tinker, your PS3 solution is available. Poor, poor Sony. First PSJailbreak splayed wide the PS3’s security Continue reading “PS3 homebrew jailbreak released”.
For those that have been waiting for the iPad demand to die down enough for Apple to catch up to demand, that time appears to be here. The Apple store is now showing iPad’s shipping Continue reading “Apple Fixes iPad Shipping Delays for Online Buyers”.
A recent survey finds that people on Facebook exaggerate and post information to boost their attractiveness. In other news, the moon is not actually made of cheese. In a rather small survey conducted by a Continue reading “Facebook feeds narcissism, survey says”.
Beware kiddies, thieves are out to take your money again. This time via phishing scams targeting Paypal and iTunes users. Remember NEVER give out your password(s) to anyone! ITunes accounts linked to Paypal have been Continue reading “Web scam hits iTunes and Paypal users”.
A lot of people like the concept of a tablet PC but can’t bring themselves to buy an Apple product. Nearly every tablet PC out or coming out is being compared to the iPad and Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab v. Apple iPad: How Do They Compare?”.
As long as there are consoles, there will be people to hack them to enable customization to pirate content. This hack is still yet to be authenticated. The PS3 is the only games console that Continue reading “PlayStation 3 ‘hacked’ by hardware crackers”.
Verizon is making the vision of combined television and computing devices come true with their announcement of an upcoming TV streaming app for tablet computer devices (a la iPad). Verizon Communications is prepping a new Continue reading “Verizon shows off iPad TV app and more”.
Some of you haven’t noticed but absent from store shelves have been recent releases of the flight simulator series from Microsoft. It looks like they are back on track for making a new version. Given Continue reading “Microsoft makes a return to Flight”.
Many fans have been waiting (and waiting) for the Star Wars line of films to come to Blu-Ray. The good news is that all six installments are going to be released. The bad news is Continue reading “Star Wars Films Coming to Blu-ray Next Year”.
In addition to the hardware, a large consideration in your purchasing decision should include the level of support you will receive from that company. Laptop Magazine has done a nice job of rating the support Continue reading “Showdown: PC makers’ tech support gets rated”.
Until cameras can actually see through the players, instant replay reviews for on field rulings will never be 100%. Using a chip in the ball for sensing when the ball crosses the goal line will Continue reading “NFL mulling microchips in footballs for goal line rulings”.
Patriot has been busy working on releasing their line of Inferno SSDs which features the very capable SandForce SF-1200 controller. They join a growing list of manufactures to release drives based on this controller which has been very successful in terms of sales and performance. We expect to see the Inferno to be among the top drives we have tested.
