"Linx 7" Windows 8.1 Tablet, Goes on Sale in the UK for Just £80

In Recent Months, we've Seen the Market Flooded with a Wave of Affordable Windows Tablets and Phones. Acer, for Example, Unveiled its Iconia Tab 8 W Last Month, Priced at $150 USD (Roughly £94 GBP / €119 EUR); Toshiba Launched the Encore Mini Tablet for just $119 (£74 / $94); and More Recently, HP Announced a Range of Low-Cost Windows Tablets and Notebooks, including the Stream 7 Slate for just $99 (£62 / €79). The Latest such Example has Gone on...

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Hands on with the "Microsoft Band"

Microsoft Released its "Band" the Other Day and we Got to Spend a Little Bit of Time with the Device. The Wearable, which is a Hot Commodity Right Now as it is already Sold Out Online, Comes in 3 Different Sizes and Works with the Top 3 Mobile Platforms. In the Box Comes the "Band" and the Charger along with the Typical Instruction Manual. No Big Surprises here but, Once you Pick the "Band" Up, you Can Tell that, it is a Quality Piece of Equipment. The...

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AMD Working on Smaller, Cooler Chip for Future XBox One Slim

AMD is Working on the Next Version of the Chip Found Inside the XBox One, a Smaller, Cheaper and Cooler Version that will No Doubt be Used in an upcoming “XBox One Slim” Re-Design of the Console. The Information Comes via LinkedIn, Where One of AMD’s Senior Managers Mentions he “successfully planned and executed the first APU for Microsoft's Xbox One Game Console in 28nm technology and a cost-reduced derivative in 20nm technology”. In Normal Speak...

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Bing Update, Makes Searching for Animated GIFs a Lot Easier

Earlier this Week, Microsoft Rolled Out a New Update to its Bing Search Engine, Allowing Users to Perform Searches Using Emoji, rather than Words. Yesterday, the Company has Added Another Feature to Bing, with an Easier Way to Search for Animated GIFs - just in Time for Halloween too so, Get Ready to Search for Some Spooky Bats, Haunted Houses and Glowing Pumpkins. This New Update Makes Searching for GIFs a Lot Easier. Now, When you Perform an Image...

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London Police Want to Know Who's Likely to Commit Crimes Ahead of Time

London Police are Testing a System which Would Let them Know Who's Likely to Commit a Crime before they’ve actually Done it. However, it’s Not Quite as Minority Report (Pic below) as it Sounds, as the Predictive Technology is Aimed at Gang Members. The Study on this System is Reported to be the 1st One in the United Kingdom, though Predictive Tech like this has been Tested and Even Used Elsewhere Around the World. The Software, Developed by Accenture,...

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Latest Android Encrypted by Default, Adds “Smart” Device Locking

The Latest Version of the Android Operating System, Lollipop, Adds Encryption by Default, along with a Variety of Easy-to-Use Ways to Lock and Unlock the Phone and a More Secure Foundation to Help Protect Devices against Current Threats. In a Blog Post Published on Tuesday, Google Described the Features, which will Begin Shipping with the Lollipop OS in New Android Devices in the Coming Weeks. While Some of the Capabilities, such as Encryption,...

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Facebook Works on the World's Biggest Anonymity Network

Facebook, the Website Where People Share their Entire Personal Lives for Everyone to Gawp at, is Now Available on the Anonymity Network that's Designed to do Precisely the Opposite. Follow this Link in your Tor Browser and you'll be Able to Tell Friends you're at the Park Row Starbucks without the Feds Finding Out Where you are. Until Now, Facebook Saw Tor's Global Network of Proxies as a Malicious Botnet, Making it Difficult for People to Poke Each...

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Sony Loses a Little Less Money, Thanks to the PlayStation 4 **UPDATES**

If you're Rooting for Sony to Pull through Recent Tough Times, it's still a Cliffhanger, according to its Latest Earnings Report. On the Plus Side, PS4 Sales Have been Stellar, Up 83% over Last Year at 310 Billion Yen ($2.8 Billion). The Good News Drops Off Sharply from there, however, especially with Mobile. Though Sales in that Division were Up Slightly from 2013, it Managed to Lose 172 Billion Yen ($1.5 Billion). Since Most of Sony's Other Divisions...

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"Targeted Attacks Against Businesses Jump", Says Kaspersky Lab

A Survey of Companies across the Globe, has Found an Uptick in the Number of Targeted Attacks against Businesses. The Survey is from Security Vendor, Kaspersky Lab and Marketing Research Firm, B2B International and Fields Responses from 3,900 Respondents from 27 Countries. According to the Report, 94% of Businesses Have Encountered at Least One Cyber-Security Incident in the Past 12 Months, with 12% of the Countries Having Experienced at Least...

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Attackers Exploit "ShellShock" via SMTP to Distribute Malware

The GNU Bash Vulnerability Known as 'ShellShock', is Being Leveraged by Cybercriminals as Part of a Botnet Campaign, Researchers Reported on Friday. This Isn't the 1st Time 'ShellShock' has been Exploited in the Wild but, these Attacks are Interesting for Several Reasons. First, the Attackers are Targeting the 'Simple Mail Transfer Protocol' (SMTP), which is Used for Email Transmission. According to 'Binary Defense Systems' (BDS), a New Sister...

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The Future of Oculus, According to Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg

During Facebook's Quarterly Results Call, Co-Founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, Offered Some Comments on How he Expects the VR Headset Maker to Fit in with the Company's Overall Strategy and How he Sees it Progressing. Zuckerberg 1st Spoke of Oculus in his Prepared Remarks, Discussing it in his "10-Year" Segment, after Discussing Facebook's 3-Year and 5-Year Strategies. Given the Call's Audience -- Analysts and Investors -- it's Clear he's Doing...

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VIDEO: Nintendo is Making a Fatigue and Sleep-Tracking Health Device

At a Briefing Earlier Yesterday, Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata, Explained that, the Company was Now Developing a Device to Monitor Sleep and Levels of Fatigue. However, it Didn't Sound like it Would be a Wearable Device -- Even though it's the Done Thing. According to a Reuters Report, the Device Would Track you from your Bedside and is Currently Being Co-Developed with Resmed. The US-Based Company, Typically Makes Products for People with Sleep...

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Yeah, Robots Like, "Pepper" or "OSHBot", are Coming to Take our Retail Jobs Too

Elon Musk May be Terrified of Self-Controlling Robots but, the Retail Industry is Clearly Hoping they'll Save Cash in the Long Term. Nestle, for instance, has Purchased 20 Copies of Softbank's Pepper Robot as the New Spokes-Droid for its Food Business in Japan. If Successful, then the Food Manufacturer Could Have Up to 1,000 of the Cute Yet Disturbing Devices Pimping Nestle Vending Machines across the Country. It's Not just Limited to Robot-Friendly...

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VIDEO: "LIMMEX" - The Analog Wristwatch that Can Call Emergency Numbers, Even Without a Phone

There are Some Smartwatches Out there, like Will.i.am's Puls, that Can Make Voice Calls without Having to Connect to a Phone. But, Have you Ever Heard of an Analog Watch with the Same Capability ? No ? Well, Now you will: the GPS-Equipped, "Limmex", Emergency Watch Looks like a Perfectly Old-Fashioned Swiss Timepiece, Except it has an Emergency Button you Can Press that Calls Preprogrammed Contacts. You Don't Even Need to Wear an Earpiece to...

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Facebook Will Pay You Serious Cash, to Make the Internet More Secure

Internet Security Bugs Suck -- Who actually Wants to Go Through All their Accounts to Change Passwords ? Nobody, that's Who. That's Why Many Tech Companies Have Bug Bounty Programs or Security Research Grants, such as Facebook's Internet Defense Prize, which has Now Upped its Reward to $300,000 for 2015. The Company Awarded its 1st Winners, a Couple of German Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, in August with $50,000 for Using Statistic Analysis...

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Retail's Response to Apple Pay and Google Wallet, "CurrentC", Already Hacked

If the Retailers Backing the "CurrentC" Mobile Payment System Hope to Topple NFC-Based Technology like Apple Pay and Google Wallet, they May Need to Improve their Safeguards for your Data. CurrentC is Now Warning People in its Beta Program that "Unauthorized 3rd Parties" (Read: Hackers) Swiped Some of their Email Addresses. While that Appears to be the Only Information at Risk, the Loss Isn't an Auspicious Sign for a Service that's still Months Away...

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Twitter's Data Deal with IBM, Helps Companies Know What You Like

Many of the Companies you Deal with, Like to Keep Tabs on What Twitter Users Say but, they Rarely Have a True Sense of What the World is Thinking -- are People Spreading Positive Buzz, or is there Trouble Brewing ? IBM Doesn't Want to Leave that Question Open so, it just Unveiled a Deal with Twitter that, will Put All those Tweets to Work in the Corporate World. Companies will Get to Use the Watson Cognitive Supercomputer and Cloud Services to Sift...

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VIDEO: Get Ready to Start Seeing Video Advertisements in Your Instagram Feed

If People Weren't Too Happy with the 1st Batch of Sponsored Posts by Instagram, those Temper Tantrums Might Reach a New Level Soon. According to Adweek, the Facebook-Owned Imaging Service is Now Rolling Out Video Ads to Users' Feeds, Having been Quietly Testing them for the Past 6 Months. So, Starting Today, Don't be Surprised to Unexpectedly Run into a Random 15-Second Video while you're Trying to Find a Picture of the Next Great Brunch. As...

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"Assassin's Creed Unity" GeForce Video

The GeForce Website, Now Offers a New Trailer from "Assassin's Creed Unity", Showing Off GeForce-Exclusive Visual Effects the Stealth Action Sequel will Feature, Thanks to NVIDIA Gameworks Support. Here's Word on these Features: "Looks pretty good, if I do say so myself; here are some extra details about the features that flew by in that spectacular video: - NVIDIA HBAO+ adds realistic Ambient Occlusion shadowing and shading around objects...

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Xiaomi May Now Be the 3rd Biggest Smartphone Maker in the World

Xiaomi, the Smartphone of Choice in China, just had a Really Good Few Months Selling Phones. According to Strategy Analytics, it Reckon the New Phone Maker is Now the 3rd Largest Smartphone Maker in the World, Trailing Only Samsung and Apple. Its Shipments Have Tripled in the Space of a Year, Now Up to 18 Million in Q3 2014, while its Share of the Smartphone has also More than Doubled, Shifting from 2.1 to 5.6%. Those Sales also Make it the 5th Largest...

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VIDEO: "Project Ara" Team, Shows a Working Modular Phone

You'd be Forgiven for Being Skeptical of Google's "Project Ara" -- for All the Prototypes and Partnerships, actually Spotting a Working Unit has been a Gigantic Challenge. You Won't Have to Jump through Hoops to See One After Today, Thankfully. The Engineering Team at NK Labs has Shown Phonebloks a Real, Honest-to-Goodness Functioning Test Phone, that Boots into Android. It's Using an Old Jelly Bean Release instead of the Promised Android Lollipop...

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Nintendo Sold 600,000 Wii Us in Q2

Sales of Nintendo Hardware Have been "Gathering Momentum" in the 1st Half of the Fiscal Year, with the Wii U Shifting 600,000 Units in the 2nd Quarter. During the 6-Month Period Ended September 30, 2014, Nintendo Earned ¥171.4 Billion ($1.6 Billion) in Revenue, Up 12.8% Year-on-Year. Net Profit was ¥14.2 Billion ($131.5 Million), a Clear Improvement over the ¥0.6 Billion it Earned at the Same Point in the Last Fiscal Year. In Terms of Hardware,...

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YouTube's Smooth 60fps Video, is Now Ready for Viewing

YouTube Promised that, you'd See Many Videos Playing at a Brisk 60 Frames per Second this Year and it Looks like the Streaming Website has Made Good on its Word. While there were a Few 60fps Test Clips in the Spring, you Can Now See Regular Uploads with Silky Smooth Motion. There are Some Fairly Strict Conditions you'll Need to Meet, before you See these High-Quality Videos, Mind you. You'll Have to Watch in Chrome at HD Resolution and the Content...

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VIDEO: Samsung's 3G-Ready "Gear S" Watch, Reaches the US November 7th

Itching to Strap Samsung's 3G-Equipped "Gear S" Smartwatch on your Wrist ? If you're in the US, you'll Only Have to Wait 1 More Week. The Cellular-Capable Timepiece is Now Officially Slated to Reach American Stores on November 7th, including Best Buy, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. Just How Much you'll Pay Depends on your Choice of Network. Verizon Hasn't Mentioned Pricing just Yet but, AT&T will Sell the "Gear S" for $200...

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"Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor" - "Lord of the Hunt" DLC Announced + Trailer and Artwork

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainmen, Announced Details on "Lord of the Hunt", the 1st DLC for "Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor", which is Coming to Monolith Productions' Tolkien-Inspired Action Game, this Year. Here is Some Concept Art Above and a Trailer along with Word on What to Expect: "In Lord of the Hunt, Sauron has dispatched lethal Beastmaster Warchiefs to exterminate the monsters of Mordor. Talion will join Torvin the Dwarven...

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VIDEO: Watch "Halo 2’s" Cinematics Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Back in 2004, we Marveled at the Stunning Cinematics which Delivered the Biggest Story Moments of "Halo 2". Ten Years Later, Get Ready to be Blown Away All Over Again. For Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Visual Effects Specialist, Blur Studio, has Rebuilt "Halo 2’s" Cinematics and they Really do Need to be Seen to be Believed. Here’s a Video Preview of it in Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHnljglQ8Ag For your 1st Look...

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VIDEO: First-Person Horror Game, "Grave", Now Coming to PS4

Procedurally-Generated First-Person Horror Game, "Grave", is Now Slated for a PS4 Release in Addition to its already Announced Platforms of XBox One, PC, Mac and Linux. We Covered "Grave" When it Launched a Kickstarter Campaign in April, Where it Ended Up Succeeding its $30K Goal with $37,622. Based on the New Trailer below, it Seems to Have Come a Long Way since then and its Environments Look a Lot More Detailed. The Creatures Themselves...

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James Cameron on Virtual Reality: "Just a Yawn, for Now"

Veteran Film Director, James Cameron, is Not Impressed with Virtual Reality Technology like Oculus Rift. During a Recent Wall Street Journal Event in California, the Titanic and Avatar Director Said, he Doesn't See the Appeal of Oculus Rift, at Least Not Yet. "There seems to be a lot of excitement around something that, to me, is a yawn, frankly", he Said, as Chronicled by The Hollywood Reporter. Cameron, like Other High-Profile Entertainment Figures...

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Vimeo Plans to Offer Video Subscriptions

You'd Think that YouTube Would Launch a Subscription Video Service Ahead of its Rivals, Given its Love of Original Content but, Someone Might just Beat it to the Punch. Vimeo's Kerry Trainor Tells Recode that, his Company already has a Subscription Option in Development. He's Not Providing Details of How it will Work but, it Would be a Logical Extension of Vimeo's Successful 'On Demand' Option. Viewers Want to Pay for a "Whole World of Content" that...

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VIDEO: This is What the "Apple Watch" Interface Would Look Like on an iPhone

Although the "Apple Watch" Won't See a Release until 2015, this Isn't Stopping Able-Bodied Users from Embodying the Design into Other Product's UI's. Most Recently, it Looks like One Ambitious Programmer has Taken it upon Himself to Transfer the Unique Interface to his iPhone. The Inspiration for the Project Started When Programmer, Lucas Menge, Read an Article about Modernizing the iOS Home Screen by Utilizing the Design Language from the...

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Screenshots of "Outlook 16" for OS X, Leak on the Web

Office on OS X has been a Bit of an Unloved Child by Microsoft, as the Last Major Release of the Platform is Office 2011 but, that will Soon Change. New Images of the Next Generation of Office for OS X Have been Leaked from China and they Show Off the Completely Overhauled Interface. "Outlook 16", as it is Being Called until Microsoft Gives it an Official Name, has Shown Up on a Chinese Website that Clearly has the Build in its Hands, as they Have...

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