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Mobile devices and electric vehicles could be benefitting in terms of performance in the future, as Samsung has stumbled on a way to nearly double the capacity of Li-Ion batteries according to new research. “Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) said the technology uses silicon cathode material coded with high-crystalline graphene to produce batteries with twice as much capacity as…
Advertisements make online browsing a pain at times but it’s inevitable because it’s a source of revenue that websites cannot ignore. However, for mobile browsers, ads can be a very frustrating part of browsing or gaming especially when it’s so easy to accidentally click on one.. So, Google is looking to eliminate the “accidental advertisements” to appease users. “In all,…
Marvell, a worldwide leader in providing complete silicon solutions from mobile communications to storage, Internet of Things, cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery and Kinoma software enabling the “Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle”—today has expanded its solutions for embedded and IoT product prototyping. The Kinoma implementation of JavaScript 6th Edition, and two new hardware prototyping products, will propel the…
While Apple is still a ways away from its iOS 9 software that is rumored to feature the IPv6 network management system, the company looks to be ready to unveil its latest update ,iOS 8.4, complete with Apple Music and it’s coming sooner than you think. “In an announcement that is literally music to Apple fans’ ears, an Apple executive says…
Developers could be finding it a bit more difficult to develop new software as Google will be forced to convince a lower court that they made fair use of Oracle’s API’s since the Supreme Court has declined to hear the case. The Supreme Court will not be ruling over the case that involves Oracle’s complaint that their API’s were copyrighted and were…
Men who avoid wearing condoms may have a new incentive (beyond the really obvious one) to put one on before engaging in any sort of carnal activity. Daanyaal Ali, Chirag Shah, both 14, and Muaz Nawaz, 13, won a TeenTech award for their concept called S.T.Eye. The young trio hopes to create a condom that changes colour when it detects a…
When the Amazon Echo was announced it was joked that it could replace the need for a personal assistant. Now it looks like Amazon is giving developers a chance to create commands for Alexa, the voice of Echo. “The retail giant today announced the availability of the Alexa Skills Kit, a set of APIs that lets developers create voice-driven capabilities for Alexa,” according to…
The United States and China are now cooperating in attempts to create a safer cyber community between the two nations that could involve a code of conduct. “Following two days of talks that ended Wednesday, the US touted progress in convincing the Chinese government to work together to devise a code of conduct for cyberspace, according to the Associated Press,” said…
A Linux Foundation project, the Open Container Project will hold the specification and basic run-time software for using software containers. Companies supporting the effort include: Amazon Web Services, Apcera, Cisco, CoreOS, Docker, EMC, Fujitsu Limited, Goldman Sachs, Google, HP, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Joyent, the Linux Foundation, Mesosphere, Microsoft, Pivotal, Rancher Labs, Red Hat, and VMware. “The Open Container Project is a lightweight,…
Developers have been known to work long hours substituting candy bars and cans of soda and/or energy drinks for real food. New research shows that’s not just bad for your heath it can also impair how your brain functions. The study, done at Oregon State University, indicates that both a high-fat and a high-sugar diet, compared to a normal diet,…
It has come to the attention of consumers and experts that major Internet providers are slowing connections to popular websites for thousands of customers across the U.S., and it’s starting to make serious headlines. Some of the big names in question include AT&T, Time Warner and Verizon according to The Guardian. “The study, conducted by internet activists BattlefortheNet, looked at…
While there was much excitement surrounding Apple’s announcement of IPv6 for its iOS9 software update, Google is on the receiving end of criticism from IT pros because of Android’s lack of support for the new network management upgrade. “DHCPv6 is an outgrowth of the DHCP protocol used in the older IPv4 standard – it’s an acronym for ‘dynamic host configuration protocol,’…
Presidential Candidate Donald Trump has said some pretty terrible things in his life. His recent speech announcing his 2016 run continues that notion with his claims that it costs him $3 dollars to get someone to build his website. “And remember the five billion dollar website?” Trump said in his speech, according to CodingNaked. “Five billion dollars we spent on…
Data centers are basically the brains of any company or organization serving as a large scale storage facility. However, it looks like some of those centers are in a comatose, zombie-like state according to experts. “A new study says that 30% of all physical servers in data centers are comatose, or are using energy but delivering no useful information,” reported Patrick…
Haven’t thought about Drupal in a while? You’re not alone. But you might be surprised to know that even though the juggernaut that is WordPress is still #1, Drupal is #2. And sure, WordPress is bigger by a factor of 20, but ignoring that fact completely, Drupal is still important. It is still the go to open-source CMS for anything…
Tattoos moved from only being available in a hospital, to a sign of intimidation and rebellion. Now, they are a norm in society and almost every knows someone who has one. An National Institute of Standards and Technology is now working to help body art become a form of identification through cataloging. “For law enforcement and forensics experts, this is a good…
Mickey Mouse seems to have had a bit of a change of heart. Imagine being one of 35 technology workers for Disney/ABC Television and one day being told that your job would be taken over by immigrants working of an H-1B Visa. Well, that’s what happened to a group of Disney tech workers. To top it off, during their last…
If you use an Apple device you might want to be extra careful with the information you input to various applications including your passwords. “Six university researchers have revealed deadly zero-day flaws in Apple’s iOS and OS X, claiming it is possible to crack Apple’s password-storing keychain, break app sandboxes, and bypass its App Store security checks,” reports Darren Pauli…
Medicine and technology have formed a strong bond over the past two decades and now that bond is at risk due to malware intrusions by hackers. “Malware intrusions are on the rise among such systems, says Greg Enriquez, CEO of TrapX, which tracks them as part of its effort to build software that tricks such evil code into revealing itself,”…
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Cyber security remains not-quite up to snuff. Don’t believe that statement? Well, below are 10 extreme hacks that might change the way you look at cyber security in 2015. “Any device with a computer chip can be hacked, but not all hacks are created equal,” says Roger A. Grimes of InfoWorld. “In fact, in a world where tens of millions…
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When iOS 9 is released developers and iPhone users should expect IPv6 to be the driving traffic router for their mobile devices. “Because IPv6 support is so critical to ensuring your applications work across the world for every customer, we are making it an App Store submission requirement, starting with iOS 9,” said Apple’s VP of Core OS Sebastien Marineau at the World…
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Hacking might not be the smartest way to bring in revenue, but it looks like the return on some of the biggest Malware attacks are making cybercriminals very rich and you won’t believe how easy it was for many of them. During its investigation of 574 breaches over 15 countries in 2014, SpiderLabs found that attackers are receiving a 1,425% …
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Lebron James and Kobe Bryant might be your favorite players in the NBA, but they can also their names in a URL may suggest the possibility of malicious security breaches in many top-level domains according to a recent AT&T study. The research, produced by the AT&T Security Research Center and AT&T Labs Research, showed that certain words appearing in URLs…