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Justice Department and FCC Just Approved Charter / Time Warner Cable Merger

Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:23:54 +0000

So second time’s the charm for Time Warner Cable. Where Comcast failed, Charter has succeeded. Time Warner Cable officially has its buyer as of today. The New York Times first dropped the news when sources in the know, speaking under condition of anonymity, said that the Department of Justice and FCC would both announce their approval of the condition later this afternoon. The massive three-way deal — Charter is buying not only Time Warner Cable, but also Bright House Networks — is not moving through without conditions attached, of course. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement that specifically,

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Virtual Reality: SteamVR through HTC Vive

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 04:00:37 +0000

With its official debut yesterday, the HTC Vive joined the Oculus Rift in the great adventure of serving as the ambassador of virtual reality. Of course, all high – profile new product needs a trailer, but describing to someone about virtual reality who has not experienced this technology is quite difficult to be true with. Valve equipment and HTC decided to accept the challenge, and the result is an excellent installation with more than a dozen games, green funds, and group games. Ladies and gentlemen, is the beginning of a new era. Doubts, rumors, and speculation are over. From this point, the virtual helmets are on their own, and must do

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Seagate Innov8: New 8TB hard drive with USB-C interface

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 03:47:37 +0000

While there are many hard drives that can work with the power available in a traditional USB port, some special configurations require the presence of an external power supply. With the advancement of the USB-C specification, this situation is changing, and one of the latest products from Seagate is the external hard drive Innov8 that will launch this month. In addition to dispense with the external power supply, this product also offers a capacity of 8 terabytes which is just astounding. The user needs varys according to their activity against the computer. But one thing is for sure is that the capacity of the storage media should continue to grow and

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You Should Update Adobe Flash Player Right Now

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 22:22:00 +0000

Adobe issued a security update on April 7 that addresses 24 of what the software maker calls “critical vulnerabilities” in its Flash Player that could allow intruders to take control of a victim’s computer. The vulnerability affects Adobe Flash running on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS operating systems. Trend Micro, one of the companies involved in spotting the issue, said that the vulnerability was found to be spreading what’s been called the “Locky ransomware.” Ransomware is a type of malware (malicious software) that essentially holds a victim’s computer hostage. The attacker typically blocks off access to the system until a sum of

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What Is Ransomware

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:45:56 +0000

Recently in the news, much more often than it has been year prior, is hacking for ransom. Otherwise known as ransom-ware; software that archives, encrypts, & destroys ones files, followed with a ransom demand of payment for the encryption key. Once payment is made the process is reversible, thus ‘returning’ the files. This type of attack is completely financially based. Long gone are the days of teenagers causing mischief & raising havoc simply “because they can”, showing off their skills & knowledge of advanced systems. By baiting an end user to click on a hyper link, or through an email

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The Ambulance Drone That Could Save Your Life

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:01:45 +0000

The first moment of an accident is critical and important to provide the right care to prevent escalation. A speedy emergency response can prevent deaths and accelerate recovery dramatically. Now there is something for this kind of emergency. A Dutch student created an Ambulance Drone for this kind of emergency situation. This drone can save many lives with its capability. It can save people from drowning, heart failure, traumas and respiratory issues. Because there are some lifesaving technologies in this Ambulance Drone such as an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), medication, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) aids. A new type of frame was

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Speed Giant Bugatti Introduced Bugatti Chiron With 1500-hp

Sat, 05 Mar 2016 07:22:01 +0000

Hypercar manufacturer Bugatti is now launching latest amazing Bugatti Chiron. Bugatti Chiron is the successor of Bugatti Veyron which is debuted in 2005. Till now Bugatti Veyron was the speed master with a great speed of 254.04-mph (408.84km/h). But now Chiron is going to break the record. Because Chiron has got a 310-mph (500km/h) speedometer and Bugatti challenge that it will do 261 mph. This new marvelous car Chiron, is going to be a stunner from Bugatti. The Chiron has an engine that can produce 1500-hp. And this incredible engine is going to beat every hypercar ever produced in the

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Apple’s Next Tablet Will Be A Smaller iPad Pro, Not ‘iPad Air 3’

Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:21:11 +0000

There are so many rumors going on about the tech giant apple. Recently new rumor has pointed to a new 9.7-inch iPad at apple’s to-be-announced at March event. But this new iPad is not going to be called the traditional iPad Air 3, it will be called iPad Pro. According to 9to5Mac the next iPad will fall under the iPad Pro brand. The size of this new iPad will be reduced from the monstrous 12.9-inch device that apple released in November. The name will also be changed from iPad air 3 to iPad Pro. There will be four speakers in

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Facebook Is Introducing Live Video Streaming To Android

Sat, 27 Feb 2016 07:50:16 +0000

Here is exciting news for the Facebook users. Mark zuckerberg the CEO of Facebook announced that Facebook will bring its live video streaming service to Android phones within the next week. Firstly this service will begin with the users of US, before spreading to other countries. The Facebook live feature will allow users to broadcast live video via the company’s flagship mobile app. This feature is initially available on iOS in the US. But now this service is available in more than 30 countries worldwide and according to Facebook it will bring this service to new markets within the coming

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Electric Cars Will Be Cheaper Than Traditional Vehicles by 2022

Sat, 27 Feb 2016 07:20:29 +0000

Technology and science is changing aspects of our life every day. Now technology wants to improvise the car technology. Now electronic car introduced in market. According to a new report electric cars will be cheaper to own than traditional cars by 2022. The plummeting cost of batteries is key in leading to the tipping point, which would kickstart a huge market for electric vehicles. This is the analytical predict by the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Most important and incredible feature of electric vehicles is that it can reduce the emissions of carbon that change our climate vastly and in

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Freedom 251 Is The World’s First $4 Android Smartphone

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:44:06 +0000

Now a day’s Smartphone is an essential and important device for us. But Smartphone are expensive universally and not so suitable for the developing countries. But now the expensive period of the Smartphone’s is gone, Because India has announced a brand new Smartphone, which is not unusual by itself. This Smartphone will cost you only $4, which is really hard to believe. The price is less than the price of a coffee. They named this device Freedom 251. Features: This new Freedom 251 Smartphone has a little bit less features than big budget offerings you would get from major OEMs

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Samsung Announces latest 14nm, Octa-Core SoC: Exynos 7 Octa 7870

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:47:25 +0000

In this modern era of Smartphone technology SoC is a major hardware for Smartphones. All the manufacturers and SoC vendors are ready to introduce their next generation hardware. In 17th of February Samsung announced an exciting Exynos processor built on its 14nm technology and aimed for midrange devices; the Exynnos 7 Octa 7870. Samsung understands that this new processor will beat the company’s second-generation 14nm technology (14nm LPP), instead of the 14nm LPE process that powered both the Galaxy s6 Exynos 7 7420 and Apple’s iPhone 6. This new midrange SoC will feature eight Cortex-A53 cores with a clock speed

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