The future is definitely worth looking forward to – after all, if we cannot look into the future with optimism, there is very little reason to have the will to survive and make the most out of today. Microsoft knows this, which is why they…
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Free Xbox 360 with a PC purchase
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 18th, 2012
Students, listen up! It is time to live out the proverb, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, which is why Microsoft decided to offer a free Xbox 360 with each PC purchased from May 20th onwards. This does not apply to just …
Twitter Agrees to Do Not Track Option on Firefox
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on May 18th, 2012
Many websites collect information about visitors through cookies. Some of them include prominent sites such as Facebook. The collected data can be used for advertising and can even be sold to other companies looking to fill up their database wi…
Electric Imp promises to connect all consumer electronics wirelessly
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 18th, 2012
In 1999, British technology pioneer Kevin Ashton co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT, a global standard system for RFID and other sensors. His vision – to create the “Internet of Things“, a concept of a system where the…
Iran to sue Google in Gulf naming dispute
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 18th, 2012
I have met a fair number of Persians who are not too happy with the current government in power whom they claim is corrupted to the core alongside rigged elections, but very little can be done about the situation back home in order to improve. I…
VIA AMOS-3002 is one small computer
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 18th, 2012
I know, the AllWinner A10 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich PC can be considered to be one of the smallest computers in the market, as it is small enough to fit into your pocket, but you know for sure it will not have enough processing firepower to…
AllWinner A10 Android 4.0 PC is Lilliputian
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 18th, 2012
If you find the Raspberry Pi and FXI Cotton Candy fascinating, then check out this tad that packs a 1.5G Hz ARM CPU and 512 MB of RAM. Chinese retailers are now selling the AllWinner A10 Android 4.0 Mini PC a.k.a. MK802, a small computer that i…
Comcast offers at least 300GB data monthly
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 17th, 2012
Comcast recently announced that they will no longer cap the amount of monthly data for residential Internet customers at 250GB, but rather, in a stroke of good fortune, will raise the ante to offer at least 300GB of data each month. The next few…
HP to slash 25,000 jobs?
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 17th, 2012
With Greece on the brink of quitting the Eurozone, the world’s economy does not seem to be any rosier despite recent austerity measures that were taken. Unless you are Apple with a crazy stock capitalization, chances are your bottomline is…
Malware mimics Chrome installer, steals banking information
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 17th, 2012
The Internet can be a very dangerous place if you are not familiar with the more subtle workings within and around, where case in point we have a piece of malware that mimics itself as a Chrome installer. This impersonation will actually work on…
Valve Introduces Remote Downloading on Steam with Latest Update
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on May 17th, 2012
Earlier this month, Valve added remote-installation support to its Steam client beta which effectively allowed users to make purchases and immediately install them on their home PC/Mac via the remote installation feature which also allows users…
Apple developers receive OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 17th, 2012
If you are an Apple developer, then chances are you would have been on the receiving end of the OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3, which is actually the pre-release build of the upcoming Mac operating system update. Those who are famil…
CCE Info Ultrabook hits the Brazil market
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 17th, 2012
Right south of the center of the world, an Ultrabook has just been released, and you will not find the likes of HP, Samsung or Acer behind the name – rather, a relative unknown CCE Info is the one behind this second generation Ultrabook th…
eCog Mercury Cover brings steampunk edge to Sony VAIO F notebook
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 17th, 2012
If you happen to own a Sony VAIO F Series notebook, then you might want to spruce it up with this rather interesting number known as the eCog Mercury Cover. It definitely will not come cheap at a whopping $1,250 (sans notebook of course), but su…
Microsoft will remove bloatware on your PC for $99
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 17th, 2012
According to AllThingD, Microsoft is offering to install a clean copy of Windows given that customers will bring their PCs to any Microsoft store and pay the $99 fee. The program, unknown to most computer users, is an offshoot of Microsoft̵…
Google Knowledge Graph is all about things and not strings
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 16th, 2012
Google does seem to be on the move at all times in order to improve their search engine capabilities, and their latest efforts have culminated in the Knowledge Graph which is said to “help you discover new information quickly and easily.&…
The Pirate Bay sinks with DDoS attack
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 16th, 2012
Some might say that it is ironic for a site like The Pirate Bay to be hit by a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack, considering the nature of the site itself, as the site has been more or less inaccessible in large parts for the past 24 …
Gaikai and Nvidia Team Up to Offer GeForce Grid; Cloud Gaming Service
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on May 16th, 2012
The cloud-based gaming scene is about to get yet another contender with Gaikai backed up by Nvidia entering the fray. Gaikai which is the brainchild of gaming maestro David Perry will allow players to play games from either smartphones, tablets…
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Comments OffEvernote for Android Receives Overhauled ICS UI and New Features
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on May 16th, 2012
Everyone loves a note-taking application and now the popular one Evernote for Android devices has received an update that brings an all-new Ice Cream Sandwich-based UI and a few new features to the tablet. The latest update brings the version o…
Sony announces new VAIO Z series in the U.K.
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 16th, 2012
Apart from the very interesting VAIO S series that Sony announced today, the Japanese consumer electronics company has also announced its new VAIO Z series, reported to be the ultimate notebook in terms of mobility, speed and convenience. Let&#…
Sony announces new VAIO S Series for U.K.
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 16th, 2012
Sony has just launched its new VAIO S series. The company prides its VAIO S series for their versatility and mobility. The new VAIO S series offers power and portability to its users. It comes in two sizes – 13.3-inch and 15.5-inch displa…
GeForce Grid To Accelerate Cloud-Base Gaming Rendering
Posted by Hubert Nguyen on May 15th, 2012
GeForce Grid is described by NVIDIA has a cloud gaming platform which is a “gaming-as-a-service” product which lets developer address a larger market by executing games on remote servers and stream them to all kinds of devices (lapto…
NVIDIA’s Kepler GPU Supports Cloud Environments
Posted by Hubert Nguyen on May 15th, 2012
NVIDIA has just announced at its GTC conference that the NVIDIA Kepler* graphics processor (GPU) has been designed to support virtualized environments which are the basis of cloud computing. GPUs are traditionally very hard to integrate in a vir…
Chrome 19 has integrated tab syncing
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 15th, 2012
Google has just updated their Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame, bumping up the version number to 19 in its latest iteration. Apart from the slew of bug fixes as well as performance improvements, the spotlight is being poi…
Panasonic Let’s Note J10 has 12-hour battery life
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 15th, 2012
The age of Ultrabooks are upon us, where super slim models are starting to proliferate the market, but there is still a niche for traditional form factor notebooks, especially for those who are on a relatively tight budget and do not mind luggin…
Apple’s iMacs to get Retina displays too? [Rumor]
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 15th, 2012
Based on the rumors, it has been suggested that Apple’s 2012 refresh of the MacBook Pros could see the laptops receive Retina displays. While that certainly sounds like a great feature and a reason to get your hands on the laptop, what about A…
Windows 8 Pro upgrade offer to cost $14.99? [Rumor]
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 15th, 2012
A few days ago, we reported that Microsoft could be offering their Windows 7 users the chance to upgrade to Windows 8 come 2nd of June 2012. As the upgrade will be that to Windows 8 Pro, the upgrade will not be a free one and will come with a sm…
Apple expected to debut new MacBooks at WWDC
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 15th, 2012
With all the rumors and upgraded features and specs that the upcoming MacBooks will be getting, we’re sure that many of you guys are looking forward to finally being able to get your hands on them. The big question we’re sure many are asking…
Apple’s next-gen MacBook Pros to feature NVIDIA GPUs? [Rumor]
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 15th, 2012
Are you looking forward to getting your hands on the new MacBook laptops by Apple? If you are, unfortunately apart from the possibility of Apple turning to Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors for the new computers, little to nothing is known about w…
AMD 2nd-Generation A-Series APU Launched
Posted by Hubert Nguyen on May 15th, 2012
AMD has just launched its second generation of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) which was formerly codenamed “Trinity”. According to AMD, this design doubles the performance per watt when compared to the first generation APUs. It …
Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (Hands-On)
Posted by Hubert Nguyen on May 15th, 2012
Lenovo has announced the Lenovo X1 Thinkpad Carbon, which is the world’s thinnest 14″ laptop at this time. We’ve had some hands-on time with it, and it is an extremely interesting laptop. Clearly, thinness is nice it itself, bu…
Makey Makey circuit board transforms objects into a computer key
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 15th, 2012
Now here is an interesting proposition – the transforming of everyday objects into a computer key. The idea came about and was implemented thanks to Makey Makey, which offers a simple circuit board that is capable of turning just about any…
FXI Cotton Candy to ship in May
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 15th, 2012
We did talk about the FXI Cotton Candy back in November last year, and here we are with the Norwegian company FXI sharing more about their pride and joy. Basically, the Cotton Candy is a ground-breaking computer that comes in the form factor of …
Windows 8 Release Preview will include parental control features
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 15th, 2012
We already know that Microsoft has marked the month June for the launching of Windows 8 Release Preview. In preparation for that, Microsoft has been highlighting the nifty features of its next generation operating system. Today, Microsof…
Kaspersky reportedly helping Apple improve Mac OS security
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 14th, 2012
Awhile back there was quite a bit of fuss over the Flashback trojan that reportedly infected hundreds of thousands of Mac computers. This was considered by many to be the wakeup call that Apple and their users needed in order to realize that the…
GameStop to start selling furbished MacBooks in the future?
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 14th, 2012
At the moment apart from games, retailer GameStop also offers its customers refurbished iPods, iPads and iPhones. If you find yourself frequenting their establishment, don’t be surprised if at some point in the future you notice that the retai…
Buffalo WiFi-AC AirStation WZR-D1800H Router and WLI-H4-D1300 Bridge
Posted by Hubert Nguyen on May 14th, 2012
Back in December 2011, Broadcom was already promoting WiFi-AC, the next-generation WiFi home wireless network, and in January, Buffalo was demonstrating its WiFi-AC prototypes (based on a Broadcom chip) at CES. Today, Buffalo has just announced…
Best Buy slashes prices on all Mac models, refresh imminent?
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 14th, 2012
So it seems that Apple’s next-gen iMacs with Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processors have been spotted in a benchmark test. While that’s great, we guess the question that would-be iMac owners are asking is when will we be seeing these particu…
Software identifies dead people in paintings
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 14th, 2012
It is highly improbable for computers and artificial intelligence to one day surpass the thought of men – after all, you won’t find a supercomputer declaring that “Humans do not exist,” do you? However, computers are gr…
Rumor: Windows 8 upgrade discounts begin on June 2
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 14th, 2012
Word on the street has it that Microsoft will offer Windows 8 upgrade discounts from June 2 onwards, at least according to Mary Jo Foley, a reporter who has hordes of experience when it comes to just about anything and everything under the sun r…
Bio computer grows wheatgrass using its own heat
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 12th, 2012
Mike Schropp took donated computer parts and built a computer with a mini garden on top of its case. It’s actually a working computer, and yes, it grows wheatgrass. “I can’t exactly recall when the idea came to me, but at some point I…
Project Sputnik spotted running on Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 11th, 2012
Remember Dell’s announcement of the Project Sputnik pilot program a few days ago? Well, it seems that this half a year experiment that Dell has decided to dive headlong into has been captured in a video that you can enjoy above. Basically…
Raspberry Pi Firmware Updater; Easy but Not for the Faint of Heart
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on May 11th, 2012
If you have already received your Raspberry Pi computer and have been tinkering around with it and having a blast, you might have already had to re-install the firmware onto what is a blank image pretty often. Now, to make that process just a l…
Microsoft to make Windows 8 upgrade offer soon?
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 11th, 2012
In the past, Microsoft has offered customers the chance to upgrade their OS to the newest version and it looks like those upgrades for Windows 7 customers to move over to Windows 8 could be coming soon, according to CNET’s sources who also pro…
Dutch court blocks The Pirate Bay
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 11th, 2012
For those living in the Netherlands, where “coffee shops” serve far more that just some caffeinated goodness in your mugs, it seems that there is a wee bit of extra protection introduced into the society at the moment. According to t…
Microsoft to bring Internet Explorer to Xbox 360? [Rumor]
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 11th, 2012
It looks like Microsoft will be integrating its Internet Explorer 9 browser into the Xbox 360 after all, according to Tom Warren of The Verge. Warren said that Microsoft is currently working on a modified version of Internet Explorer 9 for the …
Belkin diving into the 802.11ac wireless networking market
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 11th, 2012
Computer hardware manufacturer Belkin has announced its plans to become one of the first to sell a line of wireless dual-band routers supporting the new 802.11ac wireless networking standard. In case you didn’t know, 802.11ac is a wireles…
Wi-Fi Blocking Wallpaper Could Improve Wireless Security
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 10th, 2012
The answer to better Wi-Fi security could lie on the surfaces of a wallpaper. A team of French researchers at Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble was able to develop a wallpaper that can allegedly block Wi-Fi signals. Working together with Centr…
HP Cloud Services is now a public beta
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 10th, 2012
“Cloud computing” seem to be the buzzwords for today, and HP has just moved their HP Cloud Services to public beta status, and the beta services will include HP Cloud Compute, HP Cloud Object Storage and HP Cloud Content Delivery Net…
Photoshop Lightroom 4 Now Available in the Mac App Store
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on May 10th, 2012
Around March, Adobe released its Photoshop Lightroom 4 application that featured adjustment controls for maximizing dynamic range from cameras, new and improved auto adjustments to dynamically set values for exposure and contrast and additional…
