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Searching with Google Chrome, More Secure than Ever Google Chrome version 25 is tweaked by Google a bit in order to give its users a more secure connection. The Big G has finally come to a realization that enabling SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) during web browsing, whether or not a user is signed in, is…
Welcome to Geeks Anonymous These past several days have been a highly eventful week for geeks. From Facebook’s feature add-on that challenges search engine juggernauts to the biggest file storage breakthrough of our time in Mega. Welcome to Geeks Anonymous where I give you my personal perception on newsworthy events altering the tech world. Basically I…
Aaron Swartz committed suicide on January 11 The news revolving around the death of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz has been revolving around the Internet for quite some time now. Swartz’s uncle, Michael Wolf, confirmed the news by stating that his nephew took his own life in his New York city apartment. Swartz’s attorney, Elliot Peters, also…
Now, you can send a message to Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook and you can even have it delivered straight to his Inbox – just pay $100 and you’re good to go Recently, various reports about Facebook charging its users $100 to be able to send a message that goes straight to Mark Zuckerberg’s Inbox have been sprouting…
The powers that be, in the computer industry, have decided it’s high time they sped up the data-transfer speed of USB 3.0. to 10 Gbps. Unfortunately for Thunderbolt, this move could make it all but obsolete. A decision to speed up data-transfer will solve problems with external SSD storage, but it will also make Thunderbolt…
Facebook adds revamping energy to search engine competition with their new Graph Search Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently introduced to the media Facebook’s new addition in Graph Search. The young CEO, head of one of the fastest growing dynasties of the era, says this addition may be the best yet. What sets Graph Search apart…
Old-school Blackberry enthusiasts everywhere are chomping at the proverbial bit in anticipation of Research In Motion’s (RIM) release of their new Blackberry 10 line. Yep, just when you thought the Blackberry era had ended, here they come again. Long, sleek and sporting a full touch screen, the new Blackberry 10 is oddly similar to the…
In today’s post-physical map world we rely too much on our new and nifty gadgets for route guidance. There are many people who trust their GPS devices or even Google Maps blindly, without even using a little common sense. This is what happened to an elderly European woman. Who drove nearly 900 miles in the…
In a world where creating an almost-but-not-quite-cool, non-licensed, total knock-off theme park is awesome and getting the go ahead from the intellectual property owner to create the real thing is totally lame, there’s World of Warcraft knock-off, World Joyland, in Changzhou, China. Now you no longer have to settle for knock off electronics, video…
So, you thought the Nexus 7 was the cheapest tablet manufactured by Asus? Well, think again because Asus has single-handedly launched a new 7” tablet with a price tag of just $149. Yes, for real. The new tab is known as Asus MeMo Pad and resembles the Nexus 7 in terms of design and style….
Mega is said to be largest, most secure cloud storage service to date. For the geeks who aren’t aware Kim Dotcom, formerly known as Kim Schmitz, is the well-known founder of Megaupload, the early generation file hosting service which fell under government possession due to Dotcom’s alleged copyright infringement. Understand that Megaupload was not seized…
According to Stephen Sneeden, Sony’s Product Marketing Communications for Xperia, Sony is interested in moving away from the low end of thesmartphone market. Unfortunately for Sony, this also means moving away from what is very much their product base. The premiere of the Xperia Z was meant to be the beginning of this transition, and it shows in…
The US Department of Homeland Security warns its users to disable, or even, uninstall Java software due to several warnings from security experts about Java’s inherent threat to security. Java is a well-known programming language and computing platform that a lot of Internet users utilize in order to be able to produce utilities, games and…
Looks and Feels Like Printed Color Paper From desktops to laptops, from laptops to tablets, are we about to witness another evolution in home computing? Well … maybe. That’s what Roel Vertegaal, director of Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab believes: ‘within five to ten years, most computers, from ultra-notebooks to tablets will look and feel…
As every self-respecting geek probably already knows, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) of 2013 is currently underway in Las Vegas, NV, until Friday the 11th. The 2013 CES brings out the best and brightest in all of our favorite gadget brands and geeks everywhere are chomping at the bit in anticipation of what this…