Only three days ago on Sunday, Oracle patched yet another major zero-day security flaw in Java. The company isn’t known for being keen on patching software vulnerabilities in its Java software and usually takes its Continue reading “New Java Zero-Day Exploit Kit Peddled for 5 Grand”. …more
By michaels •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 10:45pm
The latest in Electronic Arts’ Crysis 3 “The 7 Wonders of Crysis 3” series of teaser videos directed by Albert Hughes has been released today. This one shows off new super high tech gun Typhoon Continue reading “Crysis 3 – 7 Wonders Episode 4 ‘Typhoon’ Super High Tech Gun Trailer”. …more
By michaels •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 7:22pm
Have you heard about how a Google Street View vehicle in Kweneng, Botswana hit and possibly kill a donkey walking along a rural dirt road? The scene is still visible on Google Street View: The Continue reading “Google Street View Car Hits Donkey in Botswana”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:44pm
Missouri House Representative Diane Franklin (R) has introduced House Bill No. 157, calling for a 1-percent sales tax placed on all violent video games sold in the Show-Me state. The bill states that anything rated Continue reading “Missouri Representative Diane Franklin Introduces Bill To Tax Violent Video Games in Missouri”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 3:18pm
AMD today launched the AMD Open 3.0 platform (formerly codenamed “Roadrunner,”) a radical rethinking of the server motherboard designed to the standards developed by the Open Compute Project. AMD Open 3.0 enables substantial gains in Continue reading “AMD Announces Open 3.0 Platform – Rethinking Server Motherboard Design”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 1:24pm
Drobo today announced the general availability and shipping of its fastest and most technologically advanced networked storage, the new Drobo 5N. The Drobo 5N further expands Drobo’s new line of professional storage products, which includes Continue reading “Drobo 5N Networked Storage Solution Now Shipping”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 12:46pm
The Samsung Chromebox is a line of mini-desktop computers that were designed from the ground up to be small, fast and affordable. Samsung was able to get the performance needed for this $329 Chromebox by Continue reading “Samsung Chromebox Gets Faster Intel Core i5-2450M CPU”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 12:23pm
Google announced plans Tuesday to hold a “Glass Foundry” in San Francisco and New York in the coming weeks: Two full days of hacking that will allow developers to get an early look at Glass Continue reading “Developers To Get Hands-on w/ Google Project Glass This Month in SF and NYC”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 11:57am
Having your own portable breathalyzer is a pretty cool way to monitor how much you’ve have to drive, but that was so ten years ago! A 23-year-old MIT student named Dhairya Dand came up with Continue reading “Cheers LED Ice Cubes Can Track How Much Alcohol You’ve Been Drinking”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 11:49am
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner can’t catch a break these days and is suffering more PR nightmares after Japan’s two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday. This move comes a day Continue reading “Boeing 787 Dreamliners Grounded By Two Major Japanese Airlines”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 11:33am
Leap Motion today announced it will launch its Leap Motion Controller exclusively in all U.S. Best Buy brick-and-mortar stores and online this spring. The Leap Motion controller will be available for pre-order online at BestBuy.com Continue reading “Leap Motion Controller To Launch Exclusively at Best Buy”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 11:19am
COUGAR today introduced a new high-end mini gaming tower PC case, the COUGAR SPIKE. The COUGAR SPIKE case is a micro-ATX tower, but is designed to accept longer high-end gaming graphics cards thanks to the Continue reading “COUGAR Launches SPIKE – A $40 micro-ATX Gaming Case”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 11:12am
Rumors online are saying that Dell has held talks with two private-equity firms about potentially taking the company private! The thought of Dell becoming a privately held company has caused investors to get excited and Continue reading “Dell Trying To Go Private”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 10:58am
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is taking four former employees to court — one vice president and three managers from the firm’s Boxborough, Mass., plant — who left the company to go and work for rival Continue reading “AMD Sues Past Employees For Taking 100,000 Files To NVIDIA”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2013 at 10:51am
Sharkoon introduces three new gaming mouse pads, each for different applications. The stable Sharkoon 1337 Tough Gaming mouse pad, with its finely textured hard plastic surface, is especially designed for Teflon skates, providing maximum acceleration Continue reading “Sharkoon Announces Three Gaming Mouse Pads”. …more
By michaels •
Jan. 15, 2013 at 9:27pm