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August 24 Tech news roundup: Windows will remove Control Panel soon, Chrome gets a critical security update, Access Apple Podcasts on any browser
News Aug 24, 2024
Windows 11 Control Panel will be removed soon Microsoft has confirmed it will remove Control Panel from Windows 11. This has been coming for a long time, since 2015 to be precise. A recent update to a document on Microsoft’s website reveals that the legacy app is being deprecated, in…
July 6 Tech news roundup: Netflix is discontinuing its Basic Ad-free plan, Authy suffers another security breach, Google Translate supports 110 new languages
News Jul 6, 2024
Microsoft’s Weather app is displaying more ads Microsoft has made a server-side update to its Weather app. The desktop app, which is pre-installed in Windows 11, now displays multiple advertisements. This is not the first time that the Redmond company has made such a change, it did something similar last…
WiTricity Develop Wireless Electricity
News March 18, 2014
Dr Katie Hall is developing ways to transfer power without wires. As part of a crude experiment, she filled a tiny room with gigantic copper refigerator coils. In the middle of the room was a light bulb. Incredibly it lit up the room despite the fact that there were... Read more
Graphene Based Flash Drives That Look Like Sticky Notes
News March 18, 2014
Designers have come up with a theoretical design that could radicalize the way we store our data. If you’re anything like me, you probably have hundreds of those little thumb drives and can never remember what is stored on which drive. However, in the future we could potentially store... Read more
While talk about Microsoft working on a free version of Windows 8.1 is going around – which is good press, definitely – the company is not yet done with its campaign to get loyal Windows XP users to upgrade. (By the way, have you seen the warning popup on... Read more
3D Acoustic Cloak Can Hide Objects From Sound
News March 17, 2014
Underwater invisible super lairs may be just around the corner! Duke engineers have created the first 3D acoustic cloak. This device can reroute sound waves which makes it seem as if the cloak, and whatever is beneath it, is not there. All it took to make was a few... Read more
Opera 20.0.1387.77 Removes CSP 1.1 Due To Security Issues
News March 17, 2014
There has been a silent update of Opera 20, which may have gone unnoticed but it sees some interesting security changes. The first change is to what is known as the ‘badge’, or the icon that sits to the left of the address field. Opera 20 was given an... Read more
Get Ultimate Secure Passwords With Winfrasoft PinGrid
News March 16, 2014
Everyone has lots of passwords to remember these days. The advent of the Internet brought with it all sorts of security problems for its users. Not to worry though, as soon we may have a secure solution to our password problems in the form of Winfrasoft’s PinGrid. Why is... Read more
The Original Flappy Birds May Be Coming Back Soon
Mobile March 15, 2014
If you keep up with the mobile gaming world, you’re more than likely all too familiar with the craze that was/is Flappy Birds. This insane game, where you tap a button to make a bird’s wings “flap” so it’ll fly in between Mario-looking pipes – was a hit no one... Read more
Snowden Urges A Technical Response Against NSA At SXSW
Internet March 13, 2014
Speaking at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Edward Snowden has urged the technology community to devise solutions that will protect online communications from snoopers like the NSA. “he people who are in the room at Austin right now, they’re the folks who can really fix things, who... Read more
Microsoft Backs Qi Wireless Charging Standard
News March 13, 2014
Wireless charging is something that will be the standard some time in the future, and I, for one, will be welcoming that time with arms wide open. With several devices in our household, some of which do not use the same cables and/or plugs, it is very easy to... Read more
Astronomers Discover ‘Death Star’
Internet March 13, 2014
Astronomers have claimed that vast O-type stars are littered across the galaxy destroying young planets before they have had time to form. A research team from US and Canadian are using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to discover that massive quantities of ultraviolet radiation from stars 16-times the... Read more
Google has helped put wearable technology well and truly in the front line. The impact that Google Glass has had already and it has not even been released yet, is massive. The company is aiming to march forward and take an active stand in the wearable tech market, because in approximately... Read more
Having owned multiple iPhones as well as a Galaxy S3, I am well aware that iPhones are seriously lacking in the upgradeable storage and extra battery department. When I used my Galaxy, I could easily upgrade the onboard storage space with a micro SD card (and I did just... Read more
Scientists Create Shrinking Gel That Repairs Teeth
News March 12, 2014
Following an examination of embryonic development, scientists have made an advancement in tissue engineering. Scientists from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have been able to develop a new gel-based material, which they say can allow stem cells to repair damaged caused to bones and teeth.... Read more
Have you ever-needed specific images for something and didn’t quite know where to look? Well my friends, the search is over as the world’s largest photo agency, Getty Images, has made a massive amount of its library free to use, in an effort to combat online piracy. Millions of... Read more
The One Ring That Controls Everything Else
News March 12, 2014
And you thought all that talk about the “One Ring” was just fantasy straight out of those Lord Of The Rings movies. Well, it turns out there is a ring(s) out there that can control most everything in your home. As of this writing, though, it doesn’t appear it will allow... Read more
It has finally arrived; Apple has released its iOS 7.1 software update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It sees changes to the user interface, faster animations and transitions and the desperately needed bug fixes. In the Calender app there is now a dedicated list and tray view... Read more
Europe’s top cybercrime police officer has warned that sensitive information should not be sent over public wi-fi hotspots because there is a risk that hackers can steal it. Troels Oerting, who is head of Europol‘s cybercrime centre, says that rather, personal data should be sent over a known and... Read more
IBM Develops Masterchef Supercomputer
News March 11, 2014
I must confess to loving cookery programs, my favourite being the various MasterChef series. What fascinates me is how professional chefs can look at the most bizarre ingredients and invent incredible dishes. Yet they have nothing on the IBM supercomputer, which can come up with a quintillion ways of... Read more