'NSA-Proof' Email ProtonMail Launching Mobile App
We ran an article a while back on the touted 'NSA-proof' email service ProtonMail, created by CERN physicists, which is still in a closed Beta program. The developers are now adding an accompanying mobile App to go into Beta soon for security on the go.
The service has grown rapidly from 20,000 users when we last spoke in May, to 250,000 signups. Alongside developing mobile apps for iOS and Android, ProtonMail's grown to ten staff members and expanding two datacenters in Switzerland.
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Google's Mysterious Floating Techno Barge Sold for Scrap
Google is disbanding half of its naval fleet in Portland, Maine. Reports have the $4 Million barge being towed to the scrap yard to be sold off as scrap metal. The fate of the second barge in San Francisco is still undetermined at this point.
Whether the sale of its barge means Google has given up on the life of the sea isn't clear, but prospects for a Google Navy do seem dim.
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XBMC Is Officially Changing Its Name, Meet Kodi
All good things must come to an end sooner or later, so bid a fond farewell to XBMC. Don't freak, the program will still be around for quite a while to come, but now you will know it simply as Kodi, ending its somewhat passé attachment to the Xbox brand.
Six years have passed since the Xbox Media Center became XBMC, and simply put, 'XBMC' fits less now than it did even in 2008. The software only barely runs on the original Xbox, and then only because some clever developers are still hacking on that platform.
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Five Years On, Millions Still Dig 'FarmVille'
Farmville, the game that captured the imagination of 80 Million at its peak of would be green-thumbers and aspiring ranchers, is celebrating its fifth birthday.
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XP Falls Below 25% Market Share While 8.1 Also Loses Ground
Slowly the XP boat is sailing into the sunset, losing market share as it goes, that much was expected. What was not expected though, was Windows 8/8.1 actually lost shares while the soon-to-be-next on the chopping block, Windows 7, showed a slight gain.
Microsoft will likely one day struggle to woo users off Windows 7, just like it is currently trying to do with the headache that is Windows XP.
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NASA Tests 'Impossible' Space Drive
NASA scientists have conducted tests on a new form of space propulsion called the Cannae Drive. It is radically different from any other yet devised form of propulsion as it uses no standard form of fuel and has the potential of shortening trips to Mars from months to just weeks.
While the amount of thrust generated in these NASA's tests was lower than previous trials — between 30 and 50 micronewtons, way less than even the weight of an iPhone, as Nova points out — the fact that any thrust whatsoever is generated without an onboard source of fuel seems to violate the conservation of momentum, a bedrock in the laws of physics.
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No Man's Sky Will Come to PC in 2015
Edge magazine has revealed that Hello Games, developer of No Man's Sky, will be bringing the new game to not only the PS4 platform as previously announced, but will also make the game available for PC after a timed exclusivity deal with Sony in 2015.
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No Apple TV Set this Year
News from Apple partners is not looking good for the introduction of a new Apple TV release this year. Your choice now if you are in the market for an Apple TV is to buy what's on the shelf or wait out the release of the new version sometime next year.
They're now "working off timelines that assume a launch next year" according to a source familiar with the plans.
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Windows 8.1 Update 2 coming Aug 12
The rumor has now been confirmed; Windows 8 update 2 will be released on August 12th. Microsoft has stuck with its clever naming scheme and chooses to call this one August Update. Catchy name, what?
While the previous update was mandatory, the August Update will not be, so you can - for whatever reason - choose not to install it, and you'll still be able to get other updates without issue.
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Congress OK's Upgrade of VA's 29-Year-Old Software
After a 29 year wait and numerous scandals involving the VA's inability to get care to veterans in a timely manner, Congress is down to a final vote to provide the nation's VA health system $17 Billion dollars for improvements, including a much needed technology update. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, it's long overdue
The agency hopes to have a contract for a new patient scheduling system by the end of this fiscal year, Sept. 30, and a new system in place sometime in 2015.
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12% of Gamers Still Hear 'Explosions' Hours after Playing
A new study by Nottingham Trent University's International Gaming Research Unit found that 12% of gamers suffered from what is called 'game transfer phenomena', an after effect of continuous and long term game play.
The gamers said that they continued to hear sound effects, music and characters' voices from the game they were playing. Sounds included vehicles, lasers, bullets, beeping, explosions, screams and even breathing from the game.
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Surface Pro 3's Core i3 and Core i7 Models Now Available
The Surface Pro 3's lineup is now complete with the introduction of Core i3 and Core i7 models now available for purchase. If you have been waiting on the Core i7 to be available, hopefully you have been saving your change, the top of the line i7 model goes for a whopping $1949.
As you might have guessed, the Core i3 version is the cheapest, while the Core i7 models are the most expensive.
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Ubisoft Teases Watch Dogs DLC Set in Camden, N.J.
Either Aiden Pearce or Raymond "T-Bone" Kenney will be making a visit to Camden, N.J. via DLC, if a tweet from official account is to be taken seriously. If true, the DLC will be set in one of the highest crime rate areas in the US.
Perhaps a new setting for the DLC will help breathe some life into the strong gameplay framework that's been built.
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Automatic Vision-Correcting Displays Lets You Ditch the Glasses
MIT working in conjunction with UC Berkeley, may have come up with a solution to lose the glasses while viewing a variety of screens. The research is based upon a variation of 3D technology which will automatically compensate for most vision problems.
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The NFL Will Track Players with RFID in Real Time
The NFL is going high-tech for the 2014 season by putting RFID chips in the players shoulder pads. This will benefit not only the coaches, but the fans also by giving real-time stats of the game play.
The NFL will use Zebra Technologies' real-time location system in 17 stadiums during the 2014 season. The tech will track position, speed, and distance, sending it first to RFID receivers around the arena and then to a database where the NFL is envisioning new uses for the data.
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SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X R9 290X TRI-X OC Video Card Review
We take a look at the SAPPHIRE Vapor-X R9 290X TRI-X OC video card which has the highest factory overclock we've ever encountered on any AMD R9 290X video card. This video card is feature rich and very fast. We'll overclock it to the highest GPU clocks we've seen yet on R9 290X and compare it to the competition.
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MSI Z97S SLI Plus LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
MSI once again brings us a solid, stable, and reliable motherboard with some great overclocking and positions it in the multi-GPU category. Usually when we see marketing moves like this we think of $200, $300, or even $400 motherboards. This MSI platform rings in at the $138 mark, which spikes this motherboard in the value category as well.
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Enermax Liqtech 240 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler Review
Enermax comes to us today with its Liqtech 240 AIO liquid cooling system for CPUs sporting healthy list of features including; copper cold plate with patented Shunt-Channel-Technology (SCT), seamless contact radiator fins, non-permeable flexible tubing, and a fan control system offering three cooling modes.
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