Technology's Impact On Workers
The Pew Research Internet Project has put out an interesting report on technology's impact on workers. The findings? Among other things, workers in the US say they need e-mail more than a landline and social media is worthless in the workplace.
The high value of email comes despite the challenges of the past generation, including threats like spam and phishing and competitors like social media and texting. Surprisingly, landline phones outrank cell phones for these internet-using workers. Social media is very low in importance.
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The Year's Biggest Winners and Losers in Privacy and Security
Hands down, the biggest "losers" when it comes to privacy was the general public.
But you were also the biggest loser this year in terms of privacy and security. Ongoing revelations about the NSA's widespread surveillance have made it clear that the intelligence agency, and its spy partners in the UK and elsewhere, will not rest until they've seized or deciphered every bit of your data.
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Uncorking Champagne With A .50 Cal
Ringing in the New Year with Cristal? Bragger. Shooting the cork out of the champagne bottle with a .50 cal? Now you're just showing off.
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6TB Hard Drive Round-Up
The crew at HotHardware have rounded up a handful of 6TB hard drives and put them to the test today.
Though Hitachi chose to take a unique approach with Helium, both Seagate and WD have taken a more traditional route by packing more bits per platter and more platters into their drive enclosures, so the three drives we are looking at in this roundup are similar in their construction — with no fancy gases or anything like that.
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Facebook Apologizes Over 'Cruel' Year In Review Clips
Facebook should just apologize for ever creating those annoying things in the first place.
This year, to go one step further, Facebook automatically picked one particularly well-engaged photo to present to users, under the banner: "Here's what your year looked like!" For many users, that will have been a happy memory, such as a graduation, wedding, or the birth of a child. But for some users, the algorithm forced painful memories back to the surface.
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Thailand Gives ISPs Authority To Block Content At Will
Your ISP having the authority to block content at will? What could possibly go wrong?
With great power comes great responsibility, but power have taken on a somewhat different meaning in Thailand where Internet service providers (ISPs) now have the "authority" to remove online content without prior approval from authorities.
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Want Your Sex Life Monitored By The Internet Of Things?
I don't even have to read this article to know the answer is going to be "hell no."
It seems 37 percent of respondents were comfortable with the idea of having their blood pressure under constant scrutiny, 33 percent would love it if their weight were being permanently analyzed, and 25 percent said they'd like chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes to be monitored. There were relatively positive scores for monitoring sleep (23 percent) and diet (19 percent). But woe betide any gadget that tries to keep Internet-connected tabs on sexual activity.
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MicroCool Banchetto 101 Chassis
If you are a fan of open air cases, this review of the MicroCool Banchetto 101 should be right up your alley.
The Banchetto 101 is branded an open chassis and this type of chassis is often used for custom builds, such as desk integrations or the core of a custom design. It is also used as a test rig, which is the context in which we are going to try and understand and test it. It will reflect the nature and intended use of the chassis but examine another aspect of an open chassis.
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Lying On Facebook Can Implant False Memories
Not only is it hard to keep track of all the lies people tell on Facebook, psychologist now say it can also implant false memories.
Embellishing the truth to impress friends on sites like Facebook may implant false memories, psychologists have warned. A fifth of young people admit their online profile bears little resemblance to reality, and that their recollection of past events has been distorted by their own fabrications.
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Sony Hacked By Ex-Employee?
Now, before you laugh at this, I want to remind you that this is just as good as any other theory out there.
FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed Monday by a security firm that says its research points to laid-off Sony staff, not North Korea, as the perpetrator — another example of the continuing whodunnit blame game around the devastating attack.
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Thermaltake Announces New BLACK V2 Laser Gaming Mouse
Tt eSPORTS, the leading expert in professional eSports gaming peripherals is releasing the BLACK V2 laser gaming mouse. The BLACK V2 brings new life to Tt eSPORTS' most time honored gaming mouse, the BLACK. Throughout its design, the BLACK V2 sees upgrades from the original BLACK. The laser sensor, surface finish, grips, buttons, and even mouse software has been sent back to the drawing board to come up with new improvements.
The BLACK V2 has now been fitted with an Avago ADNS-9500 laser sensor with up to 5700 DPI, offering superior tracking over a wide variety of surfaces. 4 programmable DPI levels per profile, adjustable by increments of 100 DPI at a time offers users the precision to win. An additional thumb button has been added, bringing the total to 2; and the overall programmable buttons to 7 which amounts to a total of 35 programmable macros across 5 profiles. Dedicated DPI indicator light relays the current DPI setting to the user, and the mouse wheel flashes when changing profiles to indicate the profile setting the BLACK V2 is on. The BLACK V2 features a new surface coating finish, that brings an even "softer" soft to touch (matte finish) that gamers are used to. The new finish in addition with the new hexagonal patterened thumb grip will offers gamers the perfect grip with the BLACK V2. Red LED illumination furthers the gaming styling.
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Sony Offering Help Connecting To PlayStation Network
If you are still having problems connecting to the PlayStation Network (assuming you haven't tried this already) the PlayStation Knowledge Center has some advice that might help.
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ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC Video Card Review
Today we delve into the ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC, which features custom cooling, 0dB fans and high overclocking potential. We'll experiment with this Maxwell GPU by overclocking it to the extreme. It will perform head to head against the ASUS ROG R9 290X MATRIX-P in today's most demanding games, including Far Cry 4.
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Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro Tower Case Review
Phanteks is no stranger to building excellent computer hardware enthusiast system cases. Today we are looking at its Micro Tower Chassis. Designing and building a good computer chassis is easy to do when you have a lot of room to work with, but how does Phanteks go about it when space is at a premium? It makes more space.
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Assassin's Creed Unity Performance Video Card Review
Assassin's Creed Unity is out, wrapped in a tortilla of bugs and garnished with graphical glitches, the fourth patch to this game has been released with some new beta drivers. We will look at performance and find out what it takes to enjoy this game on the PC. A cold beer, or two, will certainly help.
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ASUS Maximus VII Impact LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
With ASUS Republic of Gamers motherboards it's all about the sequels. You have to wonder just how long ASUS can keep its momentum pumping out sequel after motherboard sequel. ASUS' Maximus VII Impact shows us that there is seemingly no end in sight, and very likely with good measure as well.
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Corsair Hydro H80i Liquid AIO CPU Cooler Update Review
As we continue to move up the Corsair All-In-One CPU cooler matrix, today we get to the mid-range Hydro Series™ H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler. This is another cooler that has been on the market for quite a while and we give it another look and see how it compares against today's market in term of cooling and value.
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The Crew Performance Video Card Review
The Crew is a new racing game that takes place in a massively multiplayer open-world environment like no other game. It supports some NVIDIA GameWorks technologies, and we will see how it performs on no less than eight different video card combinations to gauge real world gaming performance across the board.
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EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W Power Supply Review
EVGA has a bit of a rocky road with HardOCP when it comes to PSU reviews. Today we give EVGA the opportunity to redeem itself with its 1300 watt powerhouse touting "exceptional efficiency" and a fully modular design that is "silent and optimized for the enthusiast." All this with a 10 year warranty? It must be a badass.
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XFX Radeon R9 290 Double Dissipation Edition Review
Today on our test bench we will pit the XFX Radeon R9 290 Double Dissipation Edition against a pair of green team cards to determine the king of the mid range. Prices have fallen a dramatically in recent weeks on AMD R9 290 GPU based video cards. Should you count these out in light of the new GeForce GTX 970? We will find out today.
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