Technology News Archive
10 Mar 2015
Windows 10 preview: A glimpse of our desktop future
Windows 10 preview: A glimpse of our desktop future The Windows 10 technical preview program started off cautiously. The first few builds could almost have been mistaken for Windows 8.2 — which is to say that they featured some solid changes that helped address the obvious shortcomings of Windows 8 and 8.1, but not much
10 Mar 2015
Why is it called Windows 10 not Windows 9?
Why is it called Windows 10 not Windows 9? When Microsoft announced its newest operating system, the surprise was not that it was coming, but that Windows would be skipping 9 and headed straight to 10. When asked about Windows 10’s name, Microsoft didn’t give a clear answer. So why, exactly, is Windows 10 getting
10 Mar 2015
Google, Mattel team up to offer View-Master VR in kid-friendly package
Google, Mattel team up to offer View-Master VR in kid-friendly package If you grew up from the 1960s through the 1980s, chances are you or someone you knew had a distinctive red image viewer and a stack of flimsy cardboard reels. The classic View-Master reels could depict scenery, movies, TV shows, or any other visual
10 Mar 2015
Lenovo PCs ship with adware that destroys system security, breaks HTTPS
Lenovo PCs ship with adware that destroys system security, breaks HTTPS Lenovo is selling PCs equipped with a pre-installed adware package that destroys the security of HTTPS and creates a perfect man-in-the-middle (MTM) scenario against the host PC. The software in question is called Superfish Visual Discovery, and its basic function — it injects advertising
10 Mar 2015
Intel at ISSCC: 14nm in the bag, full steam ahead on 10nm
Intel at ISSCC: 14nm in the bag, full steam ahead on 10nm The International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) is a yearly engineering conference where engineers from various companies gather to show off the latest and greatest circuit designs and breakthroughs. Several companies we regularly cover give presentations at ISSCC, and it’s not unusual for Intel
10 Mar 2015
Google confirms Chromebook Pixel 2, but tempers expectations
Google confirms Chromebook Pixel 2, but tempers expectations Two years ago, Google released theflashy, expensive Pixel in order to show off the potential of the Chromebook. The hefty $1,300 price tag and lofty specs seemed to suggest that Google misunderstood the market for its new laptop ecosystem — the Chromebook ended up making a splash
10 Mar 2015
Samsung is still lying about the encryption on its Smart TVs
Samsung is still lying about the encryption on its Smart TVs When news broke that Samsung’s Smart TV’s listened to conversationsand sent them to a third-party server company, the Korean manufacturer countered by claiming that all data transmissions to and from its televisions were encrypted. When testing demonstrated that the data in question wasn’t encrypted
10 Mar 2015
Which mobile apps drain your battery the most?
Which mobile apps drain your battery the most? The anti-virus company AVG Technologies has released its latest report on which Android applications are the most likely to chew through your phone’s data storage, battery life, and data plan. The combined data set is quite interesting, particularly since some of the worst offenders aren’t necessarily applications
10 Mar 2015
Samsung’s Galaxy S6: Metal, wireless charging are in, removable battery and microSD are out
Samsung’s Galaxy S6: Metal, wireless charging are in, removable battery and microSD are out Samsung announced its Galaxy S6 today, as expected, and many of the rumors about its design have proven true, including the decision to build both an Edge and non-Edge configuration (the Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy S6 respectively), as well as
10 Mar 2015
Google confirms it will offer carrier services, may operate Google brand across pre-existing network
Google confirms it will offer carrier services, may operate Google brand across pre-existing network Google has confirmed it intends to operate some type of phone service, likely in partnership with an existing carrier. Previous reports have floated the idea that Google might become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), which would give it the ability