BitTorrent ‘s Bram Cohen Patents Revolutionary Live Streaming Protocol
Hoping to revolutionize live broadcasting on the Internet, Bram Cohen has filed a patent application for the new BitTorrent Live streaming protocol. BitTorrent’s inventor has...
Thus SkyNet begins: Darpa Sets Out to Make Computers That Can Teach Themselves
The Pentagon’s blue-sky research agency is readying a nearly four-year project to boost artificial intelligence systems by building machines that can teach themselves — while...
The Copyright Alert System: How the New “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Program Works
This week marks the rollout of the long delayed "Copyright Alert System" aka the six strike anti-piracy program. It's a bit confusing at a glance,...
Microsoft Surfaces with their own Tablet.
LOS ANGELES — Forget about operating systems. Forget about mice, keyboards and snoozy computer accessories. Microsoft is now a full-fledged, no-excuses mobile computing manufacturer. On...
Hint’s of iOS6 as part of iCloud beta
Apple is preparing to add Notes and Reminders to iCloud.com, as evidenced by Apple's iCloud beta test portal for registered developers. The changes popped up...
Firefox to introduce click-to-play option to protect against dangerous plugins
Jared Wein of Mozilla blogged last month about a new feature he was developing for Firefox 14 called "click-to-play". The idea is to block the...
Nintendo 3DS firmware update on the way.
Nintendo is preparing a new upgrade to its 3DS gaming system. Now that the 3DS has a healthy...
Microsoft to End Vista Mainstream support Tuesday.
If you need to make a warranty claim or get incident support on a Windows Vista PC, now's the time. ...
WeatherBackground 1.0 in Library
Ok for some time now I’ve been working to make weather available on the background of your computer. NO MATTER what version of Microsoft’s OS...
Facebook Security Hole Found on iPhone and Android Clients
A security flaw in Facebook’s mobile apps can be easily tapped by thieves searching for personal information about you. (more…)