The Army Is Looking for a Few Good Couch Potatoes
It took the military a few years too many to figure out that you don't have to be a Chuck Norris to serve your country. According to an article in the Florida Times-Union, the Army determined that being overweight would not interfere with the job of Cyber Warfare and is looking to adapt the rules to accept qualified geeks and nerds for the new Cyber Army.
Today, we need cyber warriors, so we're starting to recruit for Army Cyber. One of the things we're considering is that your [mission] as a cyber warrior is different. Maybe you're not the Ranger who can do 100 pushups, 100 sit-ups and run the 2-mile inside of 10 minutes, but you can crack a data system of an enemy.
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Cash, Credit or Debit? Holiday Shoppers Running Scared
The holiday shopping season is almost upon us and everyone is gearing up for probably the busiest shopping season ever. The biggest danger this year will be shopping at stores just hoping that have not been targeted by malware. Afraid to use your credit card and opt instead to using your debit card for more safety? Think again.
Even though credit and debit cards look and swipe the same, a 3.370 by 2.125 inch piece of plastic with numbers on the front and a magnetic strip on the back, when trouble hits they're pretty different.
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Dell Takes One Last Shot at Selling Windows 7 Home Premium PCs
If you are one of the many stuck between a rock and a hard place in deciding whether to bite the bullet and go for Windows 8 or wait until Windows 10 debuts, Dell is out to give you a last chance at picking up a factory fresh PC running Windows 7 Home Premium.
In a banner that ran on its website over the weekend, Dell promoted Windows 7 systems with the tagline, "Windows 7 for the Win".
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Nine of the Biggest Mess Ups in Tech History
The Internet is just chock full of great inventions and innovations over the years, but some were not so much. Stinkers actually, that no one wanted or needed or in reality, just really hated to use. Gizmodo assembled nine of their favorite unfavorites, so see if you agree with their choices.
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Ryse: Son of Rome PC Update Now Live
The much anticipated PC patch for Ryse: Son of Rome has now been released. The patch optimizes SLI/Crossfire, Nvidia graphics cards and several more bug fixes and improvements.
The new patch will be downloaded automatically from your Steam client next time you launch it.
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Critics of Comcast's Time Warner Cable Deal Are Feeling Hopeful
The Comcast-Time Warner merger has been put on hold for the time being in order for the FCC and other vested government agencies to do a closer examination of the acquisition. The re-examination of the terms of the agreements and possible down the road consequences are giving the opposition reason to smile, but just a bit.
Consumers rarely like cable or phone company mergers, mostly because they worry their bills will go up and the customer service will go down. The FCC has already gotten 81,000 comments, mostly from consumers.
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The Best (and Worst) Gaming Tattoos
Let's say you're an avid gamer and just live to play video games. How far are you willing to go to prove your devotion to your sport? Check out some of the extremes in body art dedicated to their favorite game. Digital Trends collected some of the best looking and some of the worst in gaming tattoos.
So, while tattoos and video games don't necessarily go hand in hand, these individuals found a unique way to declare their allegiances, and the results are fascinating.
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AT&T Ruins Apple SIM by Locking It to Their Carrier
Apple's new SIM concept technology was too good to be true if you are an AT&T customer. AT&T has made it impossible for you to change carriers using the Apple SIM once you have selected AT&T as your primary, negating the multi-carrier function of the Apple SIM. Then again, considering this information came straight from John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, this may or may not be totally factual or unbiased.
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Twitter Acquires Twitpic's Archive, Saga Finally Ends
The on again/off again closing of Twitpic has been greatly prolonged since the service first announced it would be shutting down. Just when things looked their darkest for Twitpic, Twitter stepped up to the plate and struck an agreement to save and preserve the Twitpic archives.
In the end, it looks like almost everyone wins. Everett got rid of Twitpic, Twitter got rid of a service with a name that was probably too similar to its own for comfort and users don't have to worry about their images disappearing into the night.
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Abandoned Subdomains Pose Security Risk for Businesses
Security firm Detectify has extended a warning to companies that have external service subdomains that are no longer in use by the company or being maintained. The unused subdomains are a security risk just waiting to be exploited and the severity of the exploitation risk depends on the permissions and use of the individual subdomains.
The security firm created an online tool that can help organizations check if they have subdomains vulnerable to this attack.
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Ford Gives Pedestrian-Spotting Bumpers Access to the Brakes
Ford is working on a system called The Pedestrian Detection, that will effectively spot pedestrians coming into your path and preemptively stops the car if you are otherwise distracted.
Ford says that, following the European Mondeo launch, Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection will be progressively offered as an option on other Ford and Lincoln models around the world.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Opening Cinematic, The Trail
CD Projekt RED has finally released the opening cinematic to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The Trail is a three minute trailer giving you a tease of what's coming for general release on Xbox One, PS4 and PC platforms on February 24th.
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Chromebook Shipments Leap by 67 Percent
Chromebooks are finding their niche in the computer world, filling in the gaps for the lower end of the computing spectrum. The growth of Chromebooks has been spurred on by educational institutions in the past and more recently by emerging markets.
The form-factor design and low-cost price tag draws considerable interest that may be a longer term trend. Chromebooks may have more of a place in the market than originally anticipated, especially as more vendors jump on board and sales continue to grow.
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Google Inbox Users Can Now Invite Others to Join
Google has just opened the flood gates for new members for Google's new Inbox. The initial batch of members were from requests made for invitations directly to Google, but now, present members can issue invites to any number of friends.
Inbox is basically Google's version of Mailbox or Boxer. It's designed to help you get through email faster, create to-do lists and easily snooze messages you want to address later.
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The NYPD Will Give Smartphones to Its Officers
As part of the NYPD Mobility Initiative, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday that the 35K officers of the NYPD will all be receiving smartphones and police cruisers will be fitted with tablets. Welcome to the 21st Century, NYPD.
The touchscreen devices issued to cops will be connected to a cellular network, which will give officers in the field "expanded search capabilities," which simply means they can more easily search NYPD databases on the go.
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SilverStone Fortress FT05 90 Degree ATX Full Tower Review
The SilverStone Fortress FT05 is a different take on it successful Raven RV05. SilverStone has gotten rid of the 5.25" drive bays and once again rotated the motherboard 90 degrees so that the IO panel points toward the sky. These two things done in tandem allow SilverStone to produce a much better engineered ATX case.
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