By Chris Matyszczyk Technically Incorrect: CEO Satya Nadella now says Microsoft’s aspiration is for Windows to be loved. Here’s the underlying reality of Microsoft’s relationship with the world. In, well, romantic terms.
Daily Archives: 22.01.2015
Where Have All the Google Play Edition Devices Gone?
By Darren Orf
This week, Google polished off the last remaining Google Play edition smartphone in its online store, The HTC One (M8). The device has been scrubbed from the “devices” main page, but you can pull up the smartphone …
Where Have All the Google Play Edition Devices Gone?
By Darren Orf
This week, Google polished off the last remaining Google Play edition smartphone in its online store, The HTC One (M8). The device has been scrubbed from the “devices” main page, but you can pull up the smartphone …
Another Study Finds E-Cigs May Contain Formaldehyde
Science is back with more sobering news about vaping. A letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine claims that vapor produced by electronic cigarettes …
Kim Dotcom’s Mega launches Skype competitor MegaChat
By Don Reisinger Despite ongoing controversy surrounding his tech inventions, Dotcom releases a beta-stage Web tool that provides users with end-to-end encrypted video and audio communication.
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Pentagon Scolds Air Force for Wasting Nearly $9 Billion on Drones
Drones are expensive. Aircraft like General Atomics’s MQ-1 Predator or MQ-9 Reaper cost millions of dollars piece, while the cost of maintaining the fleet stretches into the high tens of billions dollars over their lifespans. The Pentagon’s internal watchdog is aware of this, and recently lambasted the Air Force for not justifying the purchase of 46 Reapers—…
Hacker-foiling keyboard generates power, recognizes your keystrokes
By Michael Franco This keyboard converts energy, protects your computer from hackers, and — oh, yah — cleans itself too.
Dream it up, Scotty: Simon Pegg will write ‘Star Trek 3’
By Rich Trenholm As well as playing Scotty, the “Shaun of the Dead” star steps from the engine room to the writer’s chair along with Doug Jung.
Dream it up, Scotty: Simon Pegg will write ‘Star Trek 3’
By Rich Trenholm As well as playing Scotty, the “Shaun of the Dead” star steps from the engine room to the writer’s chair along with Doug Jung.
This Drone Crashed While Trying to Deliver 6lbs of Meth
The future of drug smuggling lies not with stomachs lined with coke-filled condoms or …