In the “yawn, nobody really cares” segment of our news, Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is still in the works. It’s been nearly a year and half since Microsoft released a test build of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 and during that time, MS has refused to acknowledge when,…
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Apple loses UK appeal against Samsung and now must run 14pt ads in UK newspapers admitting their mistaken claim
Google opens doors to data center and shows outside world how Google magic is created [PHOTO MONTAGE]
Google recently opened the doors to their Lenoir, North Carolina data center, one of eight data centers Google currently has in operation (four more are under construction), providing a handful of journalists a glimpse of how the Google magic is created. Reporters were allowed to witness servers seemingly stretching to eternity and cooling systems so…
MIT developed camera shoots one-trillion frames per second allowing visualization of light
In case you missed it, MIT researchers have created a digital camera capable of one-trillion frames per second. The speed of the camera is so fast, it can watch light unfold itself in slow motion. The camera is part high-tech and part technique. he camera utilizes an array of 500 sensors to capture light at…
Russian antivirus vendor, Kaspersky Labs, confirms development of ultra-secure industrial control system OS
Russian antivirus vendor, Kaspersky Labs, has announced their intent to develop a secure operating system for industrial control systems (ICS), which have been recent targets of hackers and nation-state sponsored cyberattacks. They note that recent attacks against hardware control systems for utilities and industrial equipment has increased during the past decade and as such, they…
Researchers report that zero-day exploits remain unknown and secret for an average of 10 months
Apple vs. Samsung row gets even uglier as Apple drops Samsung as chip supplier and turns to TSMC for SoCs
Apple has been reducing their dependence on Samsung for over a year now as the two battle it out in courts over often frivolous patent disputes. Now a senior Samsung official told the Korea Times that Apple has made it clear that they no longer intend to use Samsung technology in their products. Speculation at…
Android 4.2 likely to feature a 2nd pull down panel that will include quick access to common settings
Android Police have their hands on a full Android 4.2 JellyBeanMR1 release and they noticed that Systemui.apk (contains the notification bar) has a placeholder image as a second pull-down menu. For instance, you pull down the notification panel once to view notifications and pull it down a second time to view a quick settings area…
China complains that cyberattacks on its systems are increasing and that they are coming from US
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Tactical Team officials told Forbes that about 7.8 million Chinese computers were affected in 27,900 IP attacks. They claimed that the majority of the attacks originated in the United States (24%) followed by Japan (17.2%) and South Korea (11.4%).
Rumor: Amazon in talks to buy TI mobile chip division bringing vertical business model more in line with Apple and Samsung
Rumors are circulating that Amazon is looking to buy Texas Instruments’ (TI) smartphone and table oriented OMAP chips division, bringing its table business model more in line with Apple and Samsung. Recall that TI recently announced that it was exiting the smartphone and OMAP chip business and moving its focus to embedded platforms (particularly in…








