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Following the announcement of the free edition of Paragon-Software’s NTFS for Mac, the software company is at it again with yet another surprise. Based on a proprietary cross-platform universal file system driver, Paragon has created a handy tool to assist with read-write access over...

Announced last Friday 27th June, the popular software company, Paragon-Software, released their newest special, a free edition of their NTFS for Mac OS X 11. For the low, low cost of free, users who wish to check out this software will have the ability to exchange user data between their...

Following answers to the questions asked by the jury last week, the eight-member jury came to the conclusion that both Apple and Samsung were at fault for patent-infringement. The outcome was a $119.6 million Samsung payout to Apple for lost income since Apple claimed they lost customers to...

The Apple vs. Samsung lawsuits continue to roll on, with the court’s jury now asking for more information. The jury specifically asked for Apple to provide notes from Steve Jobs showing exactly what his intentions were for both Apple products and if he intended to sue Samsung. The...

Version control – v2.0 – dated November 2010 Version control - v2.1 - dated April 2012 - updated SysInternals link Version control – v2.2 – dated March 2014 - general updates, links and additions for Windows 8 Introduction This article is intended to provide you with some hints and tips when...

The first true touchscreen was unveiled in 1974, and the resistive touchscreen was patented in 1977 and is still in use today, although capacitive touchscreens have now taken over. It's been close to four decades, so don't you think it's time for an upgrade? First it was Leap Motion that...

Phonebloks is a Thunderclap project, started by Dutch Engineer David Hakken, that might just be the next big thing in the mobile industry. A phone only lasts a couple of years before it breaks or becomes obsolete. Even if just a single part of your phone fails, you could be left with nothing...

If I were to ask you which two major technology companies were back at the courts, what would be your answer? If you guessed Samsung and Apple, you would be right. This upcoming Tuesday will begin a follow up trail of the Apple vs. Samsung case. Apple is demanding an extra $380 million for...

With the usual extreme predictability of Apple’s events, Apple sent out an invitation this week announcing their October 22nd iPad event. With the release of the new iPhone 5s only a month ago, Apple has followed the pattern of an iPhone release in September and iPad release in October. The...

With LG in talks about creating a curved Smartphone for November, Samsung has taken it to the next step by unveiling the 5.7inch display Galaxy Round. Far from a circular design, the new smartphone has rounded sides and takes advantage of Samsung’s new Full HD Super Flexible AMOLD display that...

Microsoft has announced that just over 37,000 total requests, from five major countries, have been sent to them regarding collecting user data about their customers. The governments that are requesting this type of data, not only from Microsoft, but other companies as well, are The United...

Microsoft has just announced that they will purchase Nokia’s devices and service business for $7.2 billion or €5.44 billion which will be the main form of payment for deal. Such a move for Microsoft will allow them to accomplish what Microsoft’s competitor, Google, has been doing with Motorola...

Just a month ago Microsoft offered a $100 price cut on their somewhat new Windows 8 tablet, the Surface Pro. Well Microsoft has now said that the limited price drop is now here to stay! The Surface Pro will now sell for $799 in all major markets around the world. Originally $999 at launch, I...

Right on schedule Microsoft has now unoficially changed the big Windows 8.1 update to the “release to manufacturing” (RTM) status. Microsoft won't officially announce that they have entered the RTM status but Windows SuperSite’s Paul Thurrott tweeted that the final build number will be...

Microsoft announced Friday (8/23/13) that their CEO, Steve Ballmer, will be retiring within the next 12 months. Ballmer stated that he will stay until a successor is decided upon. Ballmer is the CEO who replaced Bill Gates when he retired back in 2000. “There is never a perfect time for this...

Way back in 2011, the smartphone company, HTC, announced that they would be teaming up with the new and fresh Beats Electronics Company, promising to add Beats Audio Technology into all HTC devices. HTC put out an estimated value of $300 million to acquire Beats as an HTC company which included...

For over 50 years, both computers and mobile devices have depended upon NAND Flash as a memory module. It’s high time it had a much needed replacement. Crossbar, a California based technology company, has come up with a new ReRAM (or RRAM) design that they claim is capable of being...

A team of researchers from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre and Eindhoven University of Technology has experimentally proven the possibility of using glass as a data storage medium. The amazing features of this 5D (width/height/depth/2 dimensions of glass Nano...

It’s true! After 20 long years, the SIM card has finally been hacked by German cryptographer Karsten Nohl, founder of Security Research Labs. Of the more than 7 million users, hundreds of millions of these SIM card holders may be in danger of data theft. A hacker can infect your SIM with a virus...

The future is here! Technology. Where is it heading? Now, a team from Nanyang Technological University have developed STATINA (Speech Touch and Acoustic Tangible Interfaces for Next-Generation Applications). In English, that just means you can turn any surface into a touchscreen. STATINA uses...