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Hackers have breached retail store, Target’s, security with a massive data breach that may have affected 40 million of customers’ credit and debit cards accounts. Target POS Software Breached, 40 Million Customers At Risk The heist started around Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping day of the year in America, and has likely affected…
Apple has officially announced that the new Mac Pro computer will be available for sale starting tomorrow, Thursday Dec. 19. Beginning at $2,999 (this is the LOW end…), there’s another version with better specs for $3,999, and lots of custom options that will hike prices upwards from there. Apple’s New Mac Pro Goes On Sale…
A Bitcoin is a unit of electronic currency, transferred and traded by internet users, exchanged for goods or services with one another or—to an increasing extent—conventional companies. A lot has been said and written about it recently, enough to spark a mad panic among those who now feel that they must scramble to catch up…
When YouTube started to partner with users in monetizing videos, its business model really began to gel. Google has always yielded the bulk of its fortunate from advertising, and distributing but a tiny portion of its massive haul to encourage loyalty from its content producers seemed both fair and beneficial for all parties involved. Recently,…
Boston Dynamics has officially been purchased. Why do we care? Because they are famous for one thing only – making Metal Gear reminiscent military robots. Google Buys Military Robot Manufacturer The New York Times is reporting that Google is mum on why they have purchased Boston Dynamics, and have simply cited that such a…
Oculus VR has secured yet another round of venture funding. Oculus Rift Staffing Receives Additional Funding This time the investment was in the amount of $75 million, which is the largest chunk yet. Netscape founder Marc Andreessen’s VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz, decided to invest in the future staffing needed to support a consumer model of…
USA Today reports that retailer giant, Amazon, is on track to launch an online wholesale vendor in 2014, which will challenge warehouse stores like Costco and Sam’s Club. Speculation Surrounds Possible New Amazon Store ‘Pantry’ It is suggested that Amazon will announce a brand new online service, tentatively called ‘Pantry’, which will supposedly carry…
We can picture it now. You, dragging into work with a coffee cup in hand. You flop your briefcase down and do the same thing you do everyday: boot up Chrome and get to work (or spend the first 2 hours of the workday on Reddit. Whatever. WE don’t judge). Thanks to developer Christian Stefansen,…
Purchasing-crazed internet users found their hearts set aflutter recently by Amazon’s reveal of Prime Air. It is a system whereby a customer can opt to have their chosen item neatly deposited in front of their door by an unmanned flying robot, and Amazon intends to have it active by 2015, assuming relevant regulations can be…
The answer to that question is simple: No. The car fire had nothing to do with a battery malfunction or the electronic technology developed by Tesla. There are over 150,000 car fires in the United States each year, but none of those have been making headlines. The deputy director of the Joint Center for Energy…
The Washington Post’s story of sophisticated FBI spying through malware serves as a reminder of the complexity of the technology and internet access around which we now build our lives. What’s curious is that it really isn’t surprising, yet as it filtered out, blogged and reposted, there was a palpable tone of anger in its…
Spotify – it’s not just for desktop anymore Spotify to Offer Free Access to Streaming Music Catalog on iOS and Android Smartphones and Tablets Spotify announced today that they will now be offering limited access to it’s streaming music library via smartphone and tablet. This announcement is the culmination of several predictions over the last…
Oh, Twitter. -Sigh- Twitter to Allow Photo Attachments in Direct Messages Twitter announced yesterday that the micro-blog giant will start allowing users to send photos to others using their Direct Message feature. While this sounds like a reasonable idea, with the amount of unsolicited messages from strangers that tend to float around the Twitter-sphere, we…
Having filed for bankruptcy last week, OCZ has now agreed to offload its assets and brand to Toshiba for $35m. It marks a subdued end for a company which played a prominent role in the popularization of solid state technology. Let’s work through the reasons behind its initial success and subsequent fall, and assess the…
Rumors first emerged in July that Apple were looking to buy PrimeSense, a company focused on motion control systems and responsible in part for the first Kinect model. While they still have not commented on any specifics, stating that they “generally do not discuss [their] purpose or plans” they have at least confirmed the news….