New manufacturing process allows for solid state batteries that hold twice the charge as Li-ion
Lithium-ion batteries power most of our devices these days but come with a number if downfalls including safety issues. Now, it appears a new manufacturing process will allow for solid state batteries to be produced that are both more affordable and more reliable than current gen lithium-ion options.
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Smartphone gyroscopes can be used as covert microphones
Researchers from Stanford University, working in tandem with a team from defense firm Rafael, have discovered a way to use the gyroscope found in most modern smartphones as a basic microphone, potentially opening the door to malicious eavesdropping.
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Not surprising: Online college stores charge 35% more for laptops
Buying your laptop on campus can cost you more than your typical back-to-school sale. To save money, compare prices and look for deals outside your campus.
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Android and iOS dominate the smartphone market as global shipments top 300 million units in Q2
Android and iOS made up for 96.4 percent of all smartphone shipments in Q2 2014, up from 92.6 percent a year ago, according to market research firm IDC.
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Intel reportedly launching Haswell-E and X99 chipset on August 29th
According to a recent report, Intel will launch their enthusiast Haswell-E processors alongside the new X99 chipset on August 29th. Rather than just a paper launch, Haswell-E CPUs and motherboards using the X99 chipset, as well as DDR4 RAM for the platform, should all be available to buy on the...
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Samsung buys IoT startup SmartThings for $200 million
Samsung has acquired SmartThings, a startup that builds technology to connect everyday items like locks, smoke alarms, and more, allowing you to control them via smartphone. Although the financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed, re/code is reporting that the price tag was $200 million.
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SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD Review: Trading blows with the best
Released in early June, SanDisk's Extreme Pro is the successor to the venerable Extreme II, which was among the best SSDs of its generation in terms of performance and reliability. The drive is aimed at gamers, enthusiasts and professionals who demand the highest real-world performance, and will trade blows with Samsung's...
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Cisco announces another restructuring, to cut 6000 jobs now
Computer networking and communications giant Cisco has announced that it would cut up to 6,000 jobs, or 8 percent of its global workforce, as part of a major restructuring. The announcement came after the company announced its fourth quarter results, beating market expectations.
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Study says most "black hat" hackers don't believe what they do is wrong
A recent study has come up with some interesting numbers regarding the way black hat hackers think of themselves and thier arguably malicious activities. A password security software company known as Thycotic conducted a survey during this year's Black Hat 2014 that says 86% of hackers do not believe they will ever have...
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Uber adds conventional Hong Kong taxis to the service, gets banned in Berlin
A couple of months after the company entered the Hong Kong market, Uber announced a new service that will allow people in the fragrant harbour to grab a conventional, licensed cab. Dubbed UberTaxi, the service, which is available from within the regular Uber app, lets you book the iconic red taxi...
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World of Warcraft: The Warlords of Draenor arrives November 13th
The wait is over, World of Warcraft fans and people who love amazing short CGI films. Blizzard has finally pulled the lid off the next big WoW expansion, Warlords of Draenor. And it looks...well, what did you expect from the king of video game trailers? ...
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Motorola to debut new Moto X, G models along with 360 smartwatch at Sept 4 launch event
Motorola's anticipated Moto 360 smartwatch will finally gets its proper introduction and debut at an upcoming launch event. Along with other device appearances, we will finally get our first full look at the Moto 360 on September 4th in Chicago.
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Lenovo's first-quarter results reflect strong growth, net profit up 23 percent
Lenovo announced this week that its Q1 net profit jumped 23 percent, helped by a strong surge in smartphone sales. The Chinese PC maker reported a net profit of $214 million for the April-June period, up from $174 million in the same period a year ago, comfortably beating analyst forecasts.
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Both Metal Gear Solid V episodes are coming to PC
Hideo Kojima of Konami fame has confirmed during Gamescom that both episodes of Metal Gear Solid V, The Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes, will be released on PC via Steam at some unspecified point in the future.
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Bing's new feature makes it better at understanding queries in natural language
Microsoft has added a new feature to the Bing search engine that lets it maintain context through multiple searches, allowing you to search more conversationally. This means that you can now ask follow-up questions just like the way you'd ask a friend during a chat.
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Tablets set for big performance gains in DirectX 12 games
At SIGGRAPH this week, Intel demonstrated the benefits of DirectX 12 for thermally constrained devices, such as tablets. While the low-level graphics API will improve performance across all systems, it's with these thermally constrained devices that DirectX 12 will be especially effective.
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Newegg expands global footprint, now available in key European and Asian markets
In an effort to expand its global footprint, California-based online retailer Newegg, which specializes in computer parts and electronic goods has announced that its e-commerce website is now available in key European and Asian markets including India, Ireland, Singapore, New Zealand, Poland, and the Netherlands.
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The Cornerplay: The most popular computing device has yet to be invented, the 15-inch tablet
I've wanted to write this for some time, but hadn't because there was no solid data to back-up my assertions. I do now. This is about why I believe the future of tablets (and by extension, computing) is 15-inches in display size, perhaps even 17-inches....
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SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB SSD Review
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The Most Popular Computing Device Has Yet to Be Invented: The 15-Inch Tablet
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Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool 1.0.30.0
The Windows USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD.
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Java SE 8.11
Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today's demanding embedded environments.
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YUMI 2.0.0.8
YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to MultibootISOs.
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Microsoft Security & Critical Releases ISO August 2014
This ISO CD image files contain the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on January 2014.
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Surf Anonymous Free 2.4.0.6
Surf Anonymous Free is an advanced and reliable software for Internet users who want to ensure that their sessions and all online activities are secure and private.
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BitTorrent Bleep Pre-Alpha 1.0.5337.33654
A serverless chat client for total privacy. Easy to use, Bleep offers freedom to communicate over text and voice, person to person.
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PC Wizard 2014.2.13
Powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis.
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RogueKiller 9.2.8.0
RogueKiller is a program written in C++ and able to Kill malicious processes, stop malicious services and unload malicious DLLs from processes.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0.11
IE11 is fast, fluid, perfect for touch, and available for Windows 7/8.
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WinPIM 13.03
Contact, calendar, appointment and diary are all a breeze to set up and edit with WinPIM.
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Box Sync 4.0.5189
Box offers secure, scalable content-sharing that both users and IT love and adopt.
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Atom 0.121.0
A hackable text editor for the 21st Century.
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System Cleaner 7.5.7.530
Keep your PC running faster, cleaner, and error-free with System Cleaner full set of 7 powerful tools.
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SynciOS 4.1.0
Syncios is free but powerful iPad/iPhone/iPod to PC transfer which offers you ultimate solution for transferring media contents between iOS devices and PC.
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VueScan 9.4.40
VueScan is an easy to use scanner program that saves you time and improves your productivity.
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Safari Browser for Mac 6.1.6
Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world.
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Poser 10.0.4
Create amazing 3D renders and animations with Poser 9. Simple to learn and +3GB of ready-to-use 3D models and content makes creating art easy.
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Steam for Windows, Mac & Linux
One of the most complete and popular digital distribution platforms for games.
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ProgDVB 7.06.5
ProgDVB is the universal and very power software for watching digital TV and listening to radio channels.
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Reaper 4.72
Record, edit, render and arrange multi-track waveform audio.
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Bookmark Buddy 3.9.1
Organize your bookmarks/favorites, shortcuts and logins simply and reliably with this intuitive, feature-rich bookmark and login manager.
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Opera Developer 25.0.1592.0
This version is the bleeding edge development from Opera; features will be piloted, and may be shelved, taken back to the drawing board, or taken forward to the Opera Next stream - feature complete, but potentially buggy.
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CCleaner for Android 1.04
Keep your Android clean, safe and fast using CCleaner.
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mIRC 7.36
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk.
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