// October 9th, 2012 // No Comments » // Gaming
Contre Jour, developed by Ukrainian developer Hyrniv Mokus and published by Chillingo, garnered a lot of praise when it was first released on the iOS platform. ABC news said, “the game is so well designed that it almost feels like you’re playing a piece of art.” Now Microsoft has ported the game to HTML5 in […]
// October 9th, 2012 // No Comments » // Operating Systems
Microsoft is rolling out a cumulative update today ahead of an official service pack for Windows 8. The update includes power and performance improvements as well as some driver fixes and updates to some core Windows 8 applications. It is unusual for Microsoft to roll out cumulative patches (other than service packs) but with Windows […]
// October 2nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Mobile
The latest comScore figures show Samsung still at the top of the smartphone market share ratings with a 25.7% share of the market although the change from the prior 3-month period was flat. LG remains second with a 19.1% market share and Apple comes in 3rd with 19.1%, an increase of 2.1% from May 2012. […]
// September 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Hardware
Barnes and Noble signaled their intent to stay in the race today when they released a set of new aggressively-priced HD Android tablets (surprise, no Windows 8 – yet). 7-inch and 9-inch versions were announced, each with variable RAM configurations. Both are built upon Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and neither is going to disappoint […]
// September 18th, 2012 // No Comments » // Internet
Microsoft Internet Explorer has it and so does Firefox. Now Google Chrome will (reluctantly) have it too. The do-not-track option lets the user opt out of allowing their online activity to be tracked. Google decided to add the option as part of an agreement with the United States government.
// September 17th, 2012 // No Comments » // Hacking and Security
According to ComputerWorld, attackers have begun exploiting a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser. The vulnerability allows hackers to hijack Windows PCs that browse to malicious or compromised websites.
// September 17th, 2012 // No Comments » // Technology
Tim Cook had one job to do and he botched it – and it’s going to change the way we view Apple products. Geeks know that Android devices offer superior technology, but that’s not why Apple fanboys buy Apple products. Steve Jobs got it. Tim Cook doesn’t.
// September 4th, 2012 // No Comments » // Operating Systems
Hot on the heels of the Windows 8 release, Microsoft today released Windows Server 2012. As Microsoft put it, “Windows Server 2012 was written from the cloud, up” implying the heavy cloud hooks programmed into the OS. This is to be expected as we saw Microsoft combine their Windows Azure and Windows Server teams back […]
// September 3rd, 2012 // No Comments » // Gaming
You can rest assured that Microsoft is beginning to consolidate its Windows family into a common line, and that common line includes their Xbox gaming console. Microsoft has announced that 40 games will launch with Windows 8 next month. On October 26, games like Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, Dragon’s Lair, Kinectimals […]
