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CAUGHT! Security Cameras Spying Via Web

Staff Writers February 8, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Here’s what one user posted on Reddit. TrendNet security IP cameras have been exposed as secretly allowing external audiences spy on its owners, via the internet. The…

Windows PCs Now Kinecting With Voice & Gesture Controls

Staff Writers February 6, 2012 No Comments

The Windows dedicated Kinect controller has benefitted from some custom enhancements, including a larger in depth sensor that is capable of recognising objects within 40 centimetres. By comparison, the Xbox…

Slump In TV Sales Hurts Toshiba: 138M

David Richards January 31, 2012 No Comments

The Company whose third quarter operating profit fell 72% said that profit margin in its memory-chip business dropped to less than 11% from more than 20% in the second quarter,…

Mega ‘Insane’: Who IS Dr Dotcom?

Staff Writers January 24, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Kim Dotcom now finds himself in hotwater with FBI. The 38 year-old multi millionaire, Kim Dotcom (formerly Schmidz before he changed his name) is the man behind…

Professionals Don’t Find Apple’s iPad A Worthy Laptop Substitute

Staff Writers January 18, 2012 No Comments

An IDG Connect report published this week found 91 per cent of businesses that have deployed the iPad do use it primarily for work. “Much has been written about the…

New Atdec Gear Adapts To Any Environment

Staff Writers January 17, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Atdec’s Levitate uses intelligent design to cleverly hide untidy computer wiring in a way that doesn’t make it difficult to adjust monitors and TV screens, irrespective of…

IBM Squeezes Data Storage Into 12 Atoms

Staff Writers January 16, 2012 No Comments

IBM’s R&D labs have shown the potential to use atomic-scale magnetic memory to make dense storage components for the future’s computers. While the current hard drives featured in PCs today…

Dell Reloaded: 13″ Size Zero i5 Ultrabook Hits CES

Staff Writers January 13, 2012 No Comments

Dell’s first ever ultrabook, the new size zero ultra, ultra model, the XPS 13, weighing just under 3lbs, has just been announced at CES. Dell says is the most compact…

Apple Buys Israeli Memory

Staff Writers January 12, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Israeli based Anobit Technologies, which already makes drives for both iPad and iPhone is now Apple owned, a spokesperson has confirmed to Bloomberg. Apple also refused to…

LG Shows Up Samsung With 14-inch ‘Super’ Ultrabook Rival At CES

Staff Writers January 10, 2012 No Comments

The two new Ultrabooks, the Z330 and Z430, come in 13 inch and 14 inch sizes respectively and fit the metallic mould of Intel’s Ultrabook spec. They’re thin, they’re light,…