California law now bans smartphone GPS usage while driving
A recent court ruling in California has made it illegal to use maps on smartphones while driving. The law does exclude smartphone map usage in such cases as voice-guided or hands-free type navigation.
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Intel shows off new 20 Gbps Thunderbolt spec with next year's Falcon Ridge controller
Yesterday, Intel showed off the next generation of Apple's popular Thunderbolt protocol. Capable of transfer speeds of 20 Gbps, the new spec doubles the speeds of old Thunderbolt via channel aggregation, eclipsing rival technologies on the market.
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Getting to Mars in 30 days is possible with a fusion drive
The biggest problem facing man's exploration of space, and traveling to even our closest planets like Mars, is the amount of time it takes. So any form of propulsion that makes those times shorter is very important, and interesting to NASA.
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iPad 5 to launch Fall 2013 [Rumor]
Apple is rumored to begin production of its iPad 5 in July or August, leading some to believe that the next-gen Apple tablet may drop as early as the end of 2013.
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Google cuts 60,000 apps from Play Store
Google is removing tens of thousands of apps from its Play Store a continued effort to battle spam and remove non-compliant software.
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Tech giant employees could have their free food taxed
There's a lot of advantages and perks when it comes to working for some of the big tech giants like Google. One being, the awesome free food that employees get to enjoy. However, that could change if the IRS have their way.
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New haptic technology keyboard can stimulate user's sense of touch
A 1.5 mm thick, flexible keyboard made of transparent, shape-changing polymers, that can give the feeling of real buttons, is the new state-of-the-art technology we will soon see on our mobile devices and laptops.
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Microsoft apologizes for creative developer's Twitter comments
Microsoft has released an official apology regarding the biting comments made by creative director Adam Orth, who sparked internet infamy in the gaming sector with his defense of the Xbox 720's hotly debated "always online" function.
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Chiplets: the future of circuitry
Xerox have created tiny silicon shards called chiplets, which can be rearranged through a printing process to create circuitry. It may be the future of electronic assembly.
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Sharp's Cocorobo clean bot soon to become Siri-intelligent
Sharp plans to use of their Cocorobo unit as a quasi-intelligent interactive robot that would collect user information from the internet in the same method as how it is done by personal assistant software.
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Google rumoured to buy WhatsApp
Google is rumoured to be in talks to acquire WhatsApp for $1 billion, which could greatly enhance the messaging service of future Android builds.
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US Air Force designates cyber capabilities as "weapons"
The US Air Force has designated six of its cyber capabilities as weapons, addressing a growing threat of cyber attacks against military and civilian targets.
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Star in final stages of life still sports solar system
The Herschel space observatory has discovered an eerie dying solar system, complete with a debris disc and planets still orbiting an ever expanding and dying star.
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Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle and others launch EU complaint against Google Android
Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle and a consortium of other companies have filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging that Google is conducting itself in an anti-competitive manner when it comes to its mobile operating system Android.
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Will Microsoft be obsolete by 2017?
By 2017 it's predicted that Microsoft will compete with iOS for the second most popular operating system. As Android grows at an explosive pace, will Microsoft become obsolete?
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Intel Xeon 2013 update - A bit later, but a bit better too
Too bad that Intel is having no significant competition on the server/workstation front, so no need to rush either - the Ivy Bridge based Xeon E5 and E7 processors are finally rolling out towards the end this year, but with more cores than originally expected. Meanwhile, the Xeon Phi MIC/co-processor/accelerator gets segmented into more SKUs and a new stepping that clocks things up to 1.238 GHz (from 1.1GHz) with roughly the same TDP and form factor.
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OCZ Vector 256GB SSD Review
Today we are having a look at the Vector, an SSD powered by the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller, the first controller fully developed in-house after OCZ acquired Indilinx in 2011. Can OCZ regain some of their lost ground with their latest SSD? We will find out in this review.
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Dell releasing X51 Alienware machine pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux - no Windows
Dell is releasing an Alienware x51 that comes preinstalled with Ubuntu Linux, and no versions of Microsoft Windows. The X51 has been sold since last year for $699, but the Linux version will be $599.
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Next-gen of wave rider robots take to the water
Much of our preoccupation with robots relates to their menacing army pack animals that can run as fast as cheetahs or perform precision air strikes from remote controlled drones, but there are also some really interesting stuff being done to aquatic robots.
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Scaleless, clear-blooded fish discovered
A new species of fish has been discovered in the depths of the Antarctic ocean, which exhibits unique characteristics no seen in any other vertebrate.
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