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Nvidia Tegra 4 Leak Shows Specs With 6X The Power Of Tegra 3
The first details of Nvidia’s next-generation Tegra 4 processor, known as Wayne, have emerged, and if they turn out to be genuine, the mobile chip will provide some serious competition to the likes of Qualcomm and Samsung. According to the specs listed on a leaked slide posted to the Chinese language forum Chiphell, Nvidia’s latest ...
Instagram Plans To Sell YOUR Photos To Advertisers, Without Telling You
Instagram has just crossed the line, big time. As of next month, Facebook’s protégé will make some major changes to its terms of service, giving itself the right to use your photos in its ads, or sell them to third parties for the same purpose. You, will not receive a penny for your photos, nor ...
The WikiLeaks Show Is Back On The Road Again, But For How Long?
WikiLeaks is back in business and once again accepting donations to its cause, thanks to a new partnership with the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a brand new organization that’s been set up to channel much-needed funds to the whistle blowing site and other worthy causes. A post titled “WikiLeaks Declares War on Banking” informs ...
Cisco To Dump Linksys; Sights Firmly Set on Enterprise
A report by Bloomberg this morning has revealed that Cisco is looking to offload its home networking company Linksys as part of a broader strategy aimed at dumping consumer markets altogether and focusing entirely on its higher-margin enterprise products. Cisco has reportedly hired the services of Barclays to find a buyer for its Linksys division, ...
IBM and its “Sense-ational” Future Computer Predictions
If you’re lucky enough to be the proud owner of a shiny new smartphone, tablet or PC, you’re probably feeling pretty pleased with its capabilities. We like to think that today’s modern devices can do pretty much everything – for example, paying our bills, plotting our route to work, and telling us what the weather ...
Google Likely To Wriggle Out Of Anti-Trust Probe
Google is believed to be close to reaching a settlement with US anti-trust investigators that would allow the search engine to escape heavy punishment in return for an agreement not to scrape content for its own sites and indexes, and to operate more “transparently”. The agreement, which was revealed this weekend by Bloomberg and reflects ...
Big Data Takes Us One Step Closer To A Big Brother State
A major investigation by the Wall Street Journal has revealed how the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has been given permission to access a vast database containing thousands of US citizen’s personal information, raising concerns that the country has just taken another huge step towards becoming a total big brother state. You can read the article ...
US Votes “No” To UN Internet Treaty
The US government has stated that it will not endorse the UN’s telecommunications treaty due to the inclusion of provisions related to internet regulation. “It is with a heavy heart and a sense of missed opportunities that the U.S. must communicate that it is not able to sign the agreement in the current form,” U.S. ...
New Mac Malware Disguises Itself as OS X Installer, Targets Cellphones
You might’ve thought that by owning an Apple Mac your chances of being infected by malware are pretty low. Well, sorry to disappoint all you fanbois out there, but it would seem that this particular threat has reared its ugly head on the Apple machine for the first time. The Russian security vendor Doctor Web ...
Juniper Snatches Up SDN Startup Contrail Systems for $176M
Juniper has disclosed its plans to acquire Contrail Systems, a software-defined networking (SDN) startup, for a deal worth around $176 million in cash and stocks. The move was revealed in an SEC filing made by Juniper, followed by a short blog post confirming it. Juniper says that it should close on the deal by the ...