Windows 8, as many predicted would flop appears to be doing just that. According to a recent report Windows 8 sales are a little worse than sluggish, they’re downright terrible. The report shows that Windows 8 is coming in at 1.7% of the computers on the Internet. That same report taken at the same period…
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Microsoft has been making leaps and bounds in the Research and Development area, and I am not talking about anything to do with Windows. Recently Microsoft has been blending touch and touch screens together, among their many research projects that they have began.LightSpace basically puts a touch screen on any surface. You will be able…
China based telecommunications company Huawei is again drawing fire for its participation in activities out government frowns upon. Reuters reviewed a number of documents indicating that Huawei bid on an equipment purchase that Iran was looking to buy.The problem is that this equipment is restricted, and in some cases banned under embargo between the US…
Tobii Rex has invented a new peripheral that you can simply attach to the bottom of your screen, and plug into your computer in any existing USB port. The company stated,"That you will purchase this along with any other peripheral that you would add to your computer."You probably will not be using this in the…
Hybrid-Drives are able to fill a gap of being able to upgrade to a faster drive without the cost of a solid-state drive. This is about the only use for these drives, which is not bad but this tech will be phased out when solid-state technology becomes more cost affordable.With this in mind, I would…
The hacking group Anonymous that hacked many organizations in 2012 says they’re not done yet. The group created a video outlining some of its future targets in 2013 as well. While Anonymous is has not always been clear who Anonymous targeted in the past, many of their targets were publicized.Anonymous attacked a number of high…
Google has been slowly attacking Apple on the Smartphone front since Android's release. More recently however Google has been replacing core iPhone apps. In July Google launched Chrome for the iPhone which is made to replace Safari, then Google released Google search for the iPhone which is replacing Siri, and now last month Google has…
We talked about Google Glass many months ago but it appears Google is still pushing forward with their new invention. Google first released a prototype to the public in June this past year. Google Glass showcased its many features, much like your smartphone, Google Glass is designed to host many apps that allow its users…
A lot of the technology that we and our government use everyday is manufactured in foreign countries. This puts us at a huge security risk. Some hardware manufactures have engaged in counterfeiting to either obtain more money than an item is worth by putting a well-known brand on counterfeited parts or even worse the fake parts are actually designed to spy.Two…
IE10 has a number of advantages over its predecessor. The first major improvement is while Windows 8 is designed to be a touchscreen heavy operating system, Windows 7 was not, but, IE10 is going to be bringing some touchscreen functionality to Windows 7 machines with hardware that support the touchscreen functionality.One other upside of IE10,…
Google has released another experiment, this time they utilize the new features of HTML 5 and CSS3. Now if you and your friends have Google Chrome installed you can start a live session and jam out with them. You simply download Jam with Chrome from the website then your ready to jam out.Once you go to the…
Well with Windows 8 being out for a little bit now people are starting to formulate their opinions of the new operating system. Windows 8 was designed to be a touch screen heavy operating system. While it does not require the use of a touchscreen, having one certainly makes the OS feel better designed.One important…