Windows 8 Releases October 26th, Are You Ready To Upgrade?
You can not return from whence you came!
Microsoft officially announced today that their latest and greatest version of their industry-standard desktop (and now tablet!) operating system will be available in upgrade and OEM form on October 26th, 2012. But are you ready to make the move, yet?
Google is Trying to Put a Stop to Unboxing Videos
Unboxing videos. You may hate them or love them, no matter what they are made for every product out there. I don’t really know what it is with unboxing videos especially nowadays when products come with the product, wall charger and USB cable. Nothing else usually. Read the rest of this article…
Windows Phone Flagship Lumia 900 Cut To $49.99, A Sign Of Things To Come?
Rasputin Loves It!
Here’s the thing: the Lumia 900 is a really good phone. It’s the first major device out of Microsoft’s relationship with Nokia and just like the original Xbox’s early drastic price cut to compete with PS2, the two Windows Phone partners launched the new phone at $99.99 to get the phone (and its platform) out to millions of new customers. The problem is, halving the price after two months is a little scary.
Should I Buy A Nexus 7? You Tell Me!
Mine would be lined with Babylon 5 and Parenthood items and paraphernalia.
Usually in an article like this, I’d pose the question to you, the reader, and then supplement it with a generalizing answer. In much the same way I get star struck when a famous person I know steps in the room (I’m taking medication, for those concerned), I get super giddy when quantities of a new piece of tech or gaming fall through and people are left scrounging for an opportunity to get their hands on one. It happened with World of Warcraft in 2005, it almost happened with both a second-generation iPad and an HP TouchPad last year (I was against the GNex before I was for it). Now the Nexus 7 is slowly leaking out via rare online vendor and I’m pondering the questionable purchase again. At $199.99 (or rather, $249.99 for the 16GB version), can I go wrong?
Pay $200,000 For Your Virgin Galactic Flight? They Start Next Year!
It looks like Star Trek, but Spaceport America, Virgin Galactic’s inaugural departure/destination, is real.
Can you believe it’s been almost eight years since Burt Rutan’s Paul Allen-sponsored Scaled Composites won the Ansari X-Prize with SpaceShipOne, the first commercial vehicle to visit space? It has. It’s also been that long since larger-than-life British billionaire Richard Branson started hocking flights to space licensed from that same award-winning design. You may have socked away the required $200,000 for a ticket to sub-orbital spaceflight, but you’ll still need to wait another year before you can make the trip.
Samsung Electronics, My Monitor Died, Why Must You Make Me So Sad?
To the left, success. To the right, complete sadness.
A funny thing happened when I got home last night: my second monitor wouldn’t work. At all. I switched between my VGA and DVI inputs, switched out cables, uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, and *shiver* used a Samsung live chat to determine that my monitor was, in fact, dead. But I can’t send it off for repair because of… what?
Formspring Hacked, You Might Want to Change Your Passwords
On Wednesday Formspring was notified that about 400,000 password hashes of users were posted online. This was only password hashes and didn’t contain usernames or any other information. “Once we were able to verify that the hashes were obtained from Formspring, we locked down our systems and began an investigation to determine the nature of the breach.” said CEO Ade Olonoh “We found that someone had broken into one of our development servers and was able to use that access to extract account information from a production database.” Read the rest of this article…
Take A Trip Around The Universe With Space Engine
The Universe is yours to explore
It’s come to my attention that some crazy astronomy types have created a space simulator – a space engine if you will – which will allow users to fly around and explore the entirety of the known universe; All from the comfort of their own home.
Tomorrow Might Be Your Last Day On The Internet: DNSChanger Malware and How it Works
I don’t want to alarm you or anything, but tomorrow may be your last day on the internet! Don’t worry, the world isn’t ending, but you may be infected with malware. This malware was so smart, smart and sneaky, because it changed your DNS server to point to rogue DNS servers. Luckily for the world, the FBI found these rogue DNS servers in Operation Ghost Click, which is an awesome sounding operation! Read the rest of this article…
You Can Buy A Galaxy Nexus In The US Again… For A Little Bit
Beautiful phone, hindered by Apple
You didn’t think the iPhone was the only smartphone hindered by Apple, did you? (Insert laughter here.) The international patent war amongst mobile companies like Apple, Google, Motorola, and Samsung has gotten many products banned in various countries. Last week, Apple convinced US federal courts that Google’s flagship device should be banned. And so they did. But now it’s available, if only for a brief moment.
