AMD is stepping up their game with the new Vishera series of chips. AMD notes that the new Piledriver processor architecture boosts performance by 15% over the previous generation of FX chips – and at a lower price. For instance, the unlocked FX-8350 offers 8 cores clocked up to 5GHz for $195. Ziff Davis noted…
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NSA’s top secret spy center in Utah, world’s largest and most technologically advanced, is less than one year from completion
Photo by Unknown via Wired Magazine The heavily fortified, 925,000 square foot Utah Data Center (UDC), also known as the Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center, is being constructed on the grounds of Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah at a cost of $2 billion, by the National Security Agency (NSA). According to the NSA,…
GitHub hit with second DDoS attack in two days – site hobbled but not down for the count (yet)
Move over HDTV – Ultra High Definition TV arrives with an eyeball searing 3840 x 2160 resolution and a $20,000 price tag
With all the hype over 3D television dying and the HDTV free-for-all all but dead, the Consumer Electronics Association has made the move to ensure the next “big thing” prods customers to empty their pockets for the latest and greatest television experience. Meet “Ultra High Definition” television, the successor to HDTV.
New social networking service, Pheed, aims to be the new Twitter with richer interface and quality paid feed subscriptions from influencers
Pheed, launched on August 10, 2012 and operating out of a rented six-acre mansion on Mulholland Drive near Hollywood, has hit 350,000 unique subscribers in only a few months. Several celebrities have already signed up for the service and why not – with Pheed they are allowed to charge for their content feeds or sell…
Is the US election system a prime target for a 2012 hack attack?
According to security experts, the electronic voting process is ripe for attack in 2012. Nation-state attacks have increased, voter databases are increasingly interconnected, and electronic voting systems are plagued with vulnerabilities creating a situation where the 2012 election process is a prime target for a hacker attack.
CCI reveals more details for “six strikes” copyright alert system that is about to roll out
The Center for Copyright Information has revealed more details in a blog post today about its “six strikes” system, which it calls the Copyright Alert System (CAS). They noted that the process will use a system run by MarkMonitor to identify infringing activity and that the mitigation stages (strikes five and six) will be administered…
Yes, there are at least five ways Windows 8 beats Apple’s iOS
Microsoft fails to build suspense by delaying IE 10 release for Win7 platform – decides to release it anyway
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,…








