The Anniversary of the IPv6 Launch Day
Thursday was the anniversary of the inaugural IPv6 Launch Day ….but unfortunately not that many people even noticed with the adaptation of IPv6 mostly stuck in the virtual doldrums. While there is ongoing adoption of the latest Internet protocol, it hasn't exactly created a firestorm of interest. The most adaptation is coming from new connects to the Internet rather than large ISP switching over. Presently IPv6 is carrying only 1.3% of all Internet traffic. There was no IPv6 Launch Day this year.
"The good news is that almost everywhere we look, IPv6 is increasing," Roberts said. "It seems to be me that it's now at the groundswell stage, and it all looks like everything is up and to the right."
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Ask.fm: The New Playground of Tweens and Teens
If you think the kids are still hanging out on Facebook, you are so last year. It's coming to the attention of many that the new 'in' place to hang for the 'cool' kids is Ask.fm. The site worries some due to the lack of restrictions and pervasive dark side to the site. Ask.fm operates out of Latvia and the biggest draw is the anonymity that the site provides, translating into 'no parents' to answer to.
Ask.fm is a 3-year-old question-and-answer app that's wracked up 57 million users and is adding members at a rate of 200,000 a day. It's spreading from kid to kid, infiltrating middle schools and high schools the same way that mobile sensations Instagram and Snapchat have.
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Mad Catz Project Mojo Takes on Ouya, GamePop
Mad Catz has announced the upcoming release of Project M.O.J.O. to be introduced at the upcoming E3 Expo next week. The project is described as an 'Android micro console' that will add another player in what is shaping up to become a turf war of sorts for Android powered gaming consoles.
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Apple Said to Start IPhone Trade-In Program in Stores
Apple is stepping up its trade-in program by taking it to local stores. Apple will be teaming with Brightstar Corp, a company that specializes in handling phone exchange programs and has experience with other carriers' trade-in programs.
By offering money for older smartphones, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is seeking to entice consumers to upgrade to the latest models, part of the company's efforts to reignite sales growth and combat declining shares.
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Rumor: Windows 8.1 to ship August 1st
If you are itching to get a hold of Windows 8.1, it won't be much longer for either version. The preview version is launching on June 26th for all of you brave Beta tester types and now Paul Thurrott has posted that the final release of Windows 8.1 will be held on August 1st. For all of you who don't get the hidden meaning, that would be 8.1. A bit of a warning from another site: installing 8.1 preview is just like installing Windows 8. When the final product is installed, the preview is overwritten, taking all of your apps with it, which will have to be reinstalled manually. Like 8.0 father, like 8.1 son.
Microsoft's reward for its army of unpaid beta-testers: a migration from Windows 8.1 Release Preview to the final retail release will see users having to reinstall all applications from scratch.
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Google Can Predict Movie Box Office with 94% Accuracy
Google isn't just a search engine anymore according to a report published this week, Google is now in the fortune telling business predicting the future of any new movie's potential box office draw with a 94% accuracy rate. It's not just smoke and mirrors; it's more like search and tally.
Google analyzed the performance of 99 films released in 2012 and found that 70 per cent of the variation in box office performance could be explained by search query volume.
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Now Intel Wants To Become Your Cable TV Provider
Intel is busy behind the scenes working deals with the likes of CBS, News Corp, NBC and Viacom for programming rights, preparing for the future Intel Cable Company. Firm details are sketchy at this point as to fees and a possible start date, but Intel is hedging the bet against the sagging PC market and the components market associated with it. It's almost a sure bet that sometime in the near future you will have the option to join up with Intel Cable.
While Intel has not said how much it plans to charge for its TV service, Huggers has billed it as a premium product, rather than a cut-rate option for consumers hoping to save money by canceling their cable subscriptions.
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Chinese Supercomputer Destroys Speed Record
China's Tianhe-2 Supercomputer has claimed the world's computing speed record unofficially without breaking a virtual sweat. Matter of fact, the supercomputer wasn't even operating at full capacity when it reached 30.65 petaflops, beating the current record holder, Titan, a US based supercomputer by 74%.
Tianhe-2 has a theoretical peak performance of 54.9 petaflops. Measurements for the Top 500 list always fall somewhat short of theoretical peaks, but Tianhe-2 could certainly improve on its score of 30.65 petaflops if it ran Linpack across the entire system.
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Google Facial Password Patent Aims to Boost Android Security
Google has created a solution to the glitch found last year in its facial recognition unlocking software: all you have to do is add live facial expressions like stick out your tongue, grimace or generally make a fool of yourself to complete the authentication. It all works well in theory and is quite entertaining to watch, but the actual implementation of a foolproof facial recognition system is still some time away.
It says the check would work by comparing two images taken from a captured video stream of the user's face to see if the difference between them showed the gesture had been made.
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Baldur's Gate: Reloaded, 3D Mod Released
If you are a Baldur's Gate fan, you need to check out this mod made by game designer Drew Rechner after seven years of work. To play the mod you will need to jump through several hoops and a free download, but the gameplay will be worth the effort.
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Softbank Reportedly Eyeing T-Mobile as 'Plan B'
Japanese Telecommunications Company SoftBank is looking to break into the US wireless market one way or another. At present 'Plan A' requires the purchase of Sprint Nextel, but Dish Network has made a bid and could sour the deal. 'Plan B' for SoftBank is entering into talks with Deutsch Telecom to purchase T-Mobile. It's apparent that SoftBank is not going away quietly without a foothold in the US wireless market.
Dish has jumped not only the Sprint-SoftBank deal, but also a related acquisition of Clearwire Corp (CLWR.O) by Sprint. Clearwire has wireless airwaves that both companies want. Sprint already owns a majority stake in Clearwire.
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FreeBSD 8.4-Release Now Available
The FreeBSD Engineering Team has announced FreeBSD 8.4 has been released for immediate download. The new version contains improvements and new features over version 8.3, updated Gnome and KDE, new ZFS file system and supported LSI storage controllers.
FreeBSD 8.4 can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network. Some architectures (currently amd64 and i386) also support installing from a USB memory stick.
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Google Beats Apple and Facebook in Favorable Poll
A poll taken by Washington Post and ABC News shows Google tops out its tech rivals in favorable views toward the company. Google did well across the board in all areas polled. Recent events with the PRISM Internet scandal may skew the next poll's results into all receiving negative reputations according to how the facts sort out, but for now, Google is the most favorable in the eyes of the respondents.
The high level of satisfaction with the social network among young adults may be somewhat surprising given recent data from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project showing that enthusiasm for Facebook has waned among younger users.
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Microsoft Releases Bing Translator for Windows 8
Microsoft released the Windows 8 version of Bing Translator on Thursday. The Translator is fully integrated into the Windows 8 Charms menu and is capable of text translation as well as manual input. Check out the embedded video for some quick start tips. Bing Translator is available from the Windows Store.
Bing Translator currently supports more than 40 different languages, six of which are available for offline translation into English (Chinese Simplified, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish).
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Dashcams Going High-Def and High-Tech
Well this should make the vids on YouTube a bit more enjoyable. Just imagine the amazement of the viewers as they watch the camera record the world of stupid human tricks while they think they are not being observed. Seriously though, the higher quality videos will be a great addition to law enforcement documentation and dashboard cinematographers everywhere.
Eken, based in China's electronics manufacturing heartland of Shenzhen, had some of the most advanced dashcams at Computex. Its RS8 offers full 1080P high-definition video recording to a Micro SD card. Also included in the unit is a GPS sensor that records the car's position and a G sensor that records acceleration and deceleration.
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MSI N770 Lightning Overclocking Review
We take the new MSI N770 Lightning and overclock it to its maximum potential. We will compare it with a highly overclocked MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning and GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7970. Each GPU is getting its best chance to show us how well it can perform, as all of these GPUs are highly overclocked.
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