Google Readies New Treats for Halloween Event
Trick or treat? Search giant Google is said to be prepping for an event in October 31, 2013, and reports are suggesting that a new phone, a smartwatch and the new version of Android…
HP CEO Signals Wintel Alliance May Be in Its Final Days
Hewlett Packard is no longer playing by Intel and Microsoft’s rules, CEO Meg Whitman told analysts at a meeting this week. Citing the rapid decline of the traditional PC market, the executive said that…
Yahoo Mail Finally Gets Serious About Security, Adds Default SSL Encryption
Yahoo has finally, and somewhat belatedly, decided to follow in the footsteps of Google, Microsoft and Facebook, announcing that it’ll make SSL encryption the default setting for all Yahoo Mail users as of next…
Hacking ObamaCare – Is Your Data Safe?
Missing on stability is one thing. Missing the scale of operations, that’s another. Poor coding, well now that list piled up rather quickly didn’t it? Launching a major website with all of those things…
NSA Collects Email Contacts and Buddy Lists from 500,000 Accounts a Day
Another fresh leak from the Snowden files reported in the Washington Post reveal how the NSA is collecting data, specifically the online address books of American citizens. It’s just another of the continuing disclosures…
HP Partners Google to Launch Low Cost Chromebook 11
By Saroj Kar
After reporting in the Android world with the Slate 7 tablet, the convertible SlateBook x2 or the all-in-one 21 Slate, HP continues its allegiance to Google. Here, Google has partnered with HP to create…
New Software-Based Solutions Can Boost VM Performance Without Expensive Hardware
Storage performance has become a major issue in virtual environments, writes Wikibon Analyst Scott Lowe. The normal answer — flash server cards and arrays — are an expensive fix, particularly when they replace perfectly…
The Steam Machine: Valve Will Not Dump AMD In Favor of Intel and Nvidia
By Saroj Kar
While AMD is increasingly switching to consoles, Nvidia and Intel attempt to draw partners in the gaming console industry as well. So far, it seemed as if the only manufacturer of graphics cards for…
Who Are These Software Developers? Evans Data Study Reveals Insight Demographics of Developers
By Saroj Kar
Who are software developers? Many readers here themselves are software developers who have developed their craft in a myriad of ways–self-learning, training in college, the slow rise up the ranks of a corporation, being…
The Talking Kitchen : Dieting Fridges + Sensory Milk Jugs
This week’s SmartHome roundup features smart kitchen innovations and concept designs that would make anyone enjoy spending a few more hours in the kitchen. Nutrima Kitchen Scale People who want to maintain a…