Articles for August 2014

The gadget manufacturers and apps developers desperately lag behind their own inventions security-wise. Let us take a brief look at Symantec findings. ... Read more

Friday morning two of the nation's largest supermarket chains - Albertson's and SuperValue - announced that hackers had compromised their security networks to access the credit/debit card information of an untold number of consumers. ... Read more

There’s a new trend going on the past few days, and apart from the entertainment it gives it also has a good cause. ... Read more

According to the USB 3.0 Promoter Group, the design of the Type-C reversible USB connector has been finalized and is now ready for commercial production. ... Read more

Making sure your computer has the most up to date drivers is extremely important. With outdated drivers, you will experience frequent errors, and may not be able to use certain programs or visit certain websites. ... Read more

Robin Williams was a hardcore gamer and after passing away, World of Warcraft fans decided to sign a petition and ask Blizzard a tribute to him in-game. ... Read more

Google Glass's capability to surreptitiously record everything around it makes it possible to steal anyone's passcode, even if Glass does not record the device's screen with the numbers. ... Read more

Cold cases are getting new life breathed into them with the use of facial recognition software employed by the FBI. In a recent case, Neil Stammer who was convicted of child sex abuse and kidnapping charges in 2000 was recently located in Nepal. ... Read more

The founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, Elon Musk weighed in on the subject of what the future may hold when artificial intelligence becomes smarter than people. His tweet had a few technologists and futurists a bit concerned. ... Read more

Flappy Birds is a phenomenon, but then the Asian creator withdraw the game from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store back in February. Nguyen's .Gears game studio just released Flappy Birds Family exclusively in the Amazon Appstore for Android. ... Read more

Following wide-spread news coverage of lax protections for Chinese workers at factories making the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S, Apple has acted decisively by stopping the use of harmful chemicals Benzene and n-hexane in later stage manufacturing. ... Read more

Proxy Servers are necessary in order to access the internet on some networks, and can be useful for personal reasons as well. As long as you have a proxy address and credentials to access it (not always necessary), you can set that proxy up within yo ... Read more

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network, and it essentially allows you to connect to another network from your current network. Once connected, you can access services on that network, browse files on the shared drives, and connect to other PCs on the ... Read more

Intel is planning to use their new wearable technology with fitness technology wired into bands and watches. Now this is being taken a big step further with new plans to use the technology to study the effects of neurodegenerative disease. ... Read more

Even though the new Steam OS that Steam Machines will be running on has been delayed yet again, Alienware is still accepting pre-orders for it's Alpha Console -- which is the first Steam Machine. ... Read more