Day: October 8, 2013

Office for iPad: U Can’t touch this (yet) raps Ballmer

It’s coming, but Redmond won’t say when……


AMD’s New Radeons Revisit Old Silicon, Enable Dormant Features

crookedvulture writes “The first reviews of AMD’s Radeon R7 and R9 graphics cards have hit the web, revealing cards based on the same GPU technology used in the existing HD 7000 series. The R9 280X is basically a tweaked variant of the Radeon HD 7970 GHz priced at $300 instead of $400, while the R9…


davfs2 1.4.6 / 1.4.7 Privilege Escalation

davfs2 versions 1.4.6 and 1.4.7 local privilege escalation exploit…….


Australian teams burn up the road on solar car race

Four of five locals remain in the hunt for glory……


Toshiba: 99 percent of our business sales are Windows 7

The PC maker, which recently revamped its range of business devices, says Windows 8 has barely made a dent its enterprise customer base, despite the push away from Windows XP…….


ShopThis app lets you buy right from iPad magazine pages

Click on a product, confirm, and you’ve bought it. There’s no need to leave the page you’re reading…….


More reports point to Apple iPad event on October 22

These rumors never seem to get old…….


Oz government knew about PRISM BEFORE Snowden leaks

Spies knew spies were spying before whistleblower blew whistle!……


New High Tech $100 Bills Start To Circulate Today

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes “New $100 bills made their debut today in the U.S. They include high tech features designed to make it easier for the public to authenticate but more difficult for counterfeiters to replicate. Those measures include a blue, 3-D security ribbon, as well as color-shifting ink that changes from copper to…


The PC is NOT dead – you need one to charge your new HP Chromebook

Or some other thing with a USB socket, of course……