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17 Mar 2015
Samsung on defense against Apple with the Galaxy S6
Samsung on defense against Apple with the Galaxy S6 Samsung’s Galaxy S6, announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday, looks like a really nice upgrade from the disappointing Galaxy S5 — which apart from a screen and camera resolution bump and some software refinements, was basically a GS4, and missed sales projections by up
17 Mar 2015
New Galaxy S6 benchmarks show Samsung beating its rivals — including Apple
New Galaxy S6 benchmarks show Samsung beating its rivals — including Apple We’ve already covered the launch of the Galaxy S6 and the basics of the design, but how does the device actually perform in day-to-day use?Early test results from PCMag.com are in, courtesy of Sascha Segan, and the data points to a significant performance increase
17 Mar 2015
Apple unveils smallest and lightest MacBook ever with 12-inch Retina Display
Apple unveils smallest and lightest MacBook ever with 12-inch Retina Display Today Apple has unveiled its reinvented MacBook, a 12-inch model that’s thinner and lighter than any machine the company has made before. The all-new unibody structure has no internal fan for the first time ever, and it contains the smallest and densest logic board the
17 Mar 2015
Google announces Android 5.1 Lollipop, rolling out to Nexus devices today
Google announces Android 5.1 Lollipop, rolling out to Nexus devices today Google released Android 5.0 Lollipopback in November of 2014 with a complete UI revamp and a number of cool new features like Smart Lock and priority notifications. After an initial burst of device updates, things slowed to a crawl as a number of bugs
17 Mar 2015
Apple iOS 8.2 fixes FREAK bug, but will it restore the iPhone and iPad’s stability?
Apple iOS 8.2 fixes FREAK bug, but will it restore the iPhone and iPad’s stability? Apple has released iOS 8.2, a much-needed point revision that will hopefully address some of the unusually large amount of bugs iPhone and iPad owners have experienced over the past few months. The new OS update includes support for the
17 Mar 2015
DisplayMate: Galaxy S6 has the best smartphone display ever
DisplayMate: Galaxy S6 has the best smartphone display ever The Samsung Galaxy S6 is probably the most anxiously anticipatedAndroid smartphone of the year. Samsung’s device releases are always a big deal, but this year the company has rethought how it makes smartphones. The Galaxy S6 is slimmer, faster, and more attractive than its predecessor. Part of
17 Mar 2015
Google WHOIS error reveals hundreds of thousands of owners’ personal info
Google WHOIS error reveals hundreds of thousands of owners’ personal info A researcher at Cisco’s Talos security group recently discovered a bug that caused some Google Apps customers to have their personal information leaked via WHOIS domain listings for more than a year. Google Apps is a popular service these days, so in this case “some”
17 Mar 2015
ET deals: Lenovo Y40-80 14-inch laptop for $599
ET deals: Lenovo Y40-80 14-inch laptop for $599 If you’re in the market for a versatile desktop replacement, take a look at this Y40-80 from Lenovo. With powerful internals, an HD display, and an HDMI output, this portable powerhouse can handle just about anything you throw out it. Even better, today we have a
17 Mar 2015
10 security startups to watch in 2015
10 security startups to watch in 2015 With IT spending on security on the increase, here are 10 security newcomers hoping to be worthy of corporate customers A wealth of young security companies is trying to capitalize on businesses moving toward security platforms that help them respond more quickly when they suffer successful cyber attacks
17 Mar 2015
Google Go fuels JVM alternative
Google Go fuels JVM alternative Credit: iStockphoto Though ‘far from complete,’ the jvm.go project is drawing praise as a potential alternative to Oracle’s JVM Go development is getting more ambitious with the advent of a Java Virtual Machine written in Google’s systems language. Found in GitHub, the JVM is called jvm.go and is attributed to