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Mars One Announces Round 2 Astronaut Cut Mars One mission is to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. Starting in 2024, crews of four will depart every two years. To that end, Mars One announced the selection of 1,058 candidates from the pool of over […]
Debit and Credit Cards Hacked at Target Up to 40 million credit and debit cards may have been hacked at Target stores. According to Target, “unauthorized access may impact guests who made credit or debit card purchases in our U.S. stores from Nov. 27 to Dec.
Two Million Stolen Accounts Trustwave security researchers announced that they have discovered a criminally controlled web server that contains nearly two million stolen account usernames and password. Many popular sites, such Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google and Yahoo, were affected. Trustwave reported the following number of
It’s important to note that this story relates specifically to a smart TV manufactured by the LG company. Still, working on the ‘where there’s smoke there’s fire’ principle, it does tend to cast a shadow of doubt over the entire industry. An LG customer living
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Astronomers Discover Most Distant Galaxy The galaxy is the most distant galaxy that has been discovered and has been designated at z8_GND_5296. It took light from the galaxy about 13 billion years to reach the Keck Observatory in Hawaii and the Hubble Space Telescope. Both
Microsoft Tablet – RT No More Microsoft has dropped the RT designation from its 1st-generation RT-equipped tablet, referring to it as the Surface. Last year’s tablet was originally called the Surface RT and even, for awhile, Surface with Windows RT. In addition, the default desktop
Windows 8.1 is Here Microsoft has rolled out Windows 8.1, an incremental update to its Windows operating system. Two key features that were missing from Windows 8 have been added. A new, modified Start button has been added. There was much complaining regarding the missing
Glass half empty or glass half full… it’s all a matter of attitude. While purveyors of doom continue to predict the impending demise of the desktop PC, I prefer to believe there will always be a healthy demand for the full-blown capabilities of desktop PCs.
Who would have predicted, even a decade ago, that the internet and associated technology would advance to what we know today. There is no doubt that the internet has become a massive source for gleaning useful information pertaining to just about every facet of life
iTunes 11.1 is Here iTunes 11.1 was released by Apple this week in conjunction with the iOS 7 release. New features include: iTunes Radio – Apple’s answer to music streaming. It is ad-free for iTunes Match subscribers. Genius Shuffle – This will shuffle your music
Warning; rant follows! You’ve no doubt heard the saying… “bad things always happen in threes”. I recently experienced such an episode (or maybe tripisode?) regarding my home entertainment equipment. Three of my electronic components went kaput, one after another, with barely a week between each.
TV & Home Entertainment: Is the growing list of additional features all good? Read More »
A specialist team at the University of Minnesota is developing a non-evasive system to control robotics via the human brain…. a brain/computer interface. The team is anticipating that this emerging technology will eventually be of great assistance for the severely disabled, helping them regain mobility
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PayPal Wants to be Your Digital Wallet PayPal you to leave your cash, debit cards and credit cards at home. Its recently updated app for the iOS and Android platforms makes PayPal easier to use. Some of the new features include the ability to order
Surface Prices Drop The Microsoft Store is permanently reducing the cost of the Touch Cover by $40 to $79.99. The Surface RT bundle, which includes a black Touch Cover and the Surface RT, will also see a $50 price drop. The Surface RT bundle will
