Samsung has unveiled its new 85-inch “Ultra” HDTV. The Samsung UHDTV is not the only one at CES 2013, of course, but it is the focus of this Engadget article. CES is a major technology trade show held each January in Las Vegas, where major electronics manufacturers commonly debut their latest products. Consequently, the technology […]
Microsoft’s lightweight version of Windows 8 for tablets and ultra-low-end PCs, Windows RT, has apparently been hacked to allow desktop applications to run, albeit only those compiled for the ARM platform. An article from CIO reports that a hacker known as “clrokr” has developed a method for circumventing Windows RT’s code signing restrictions. This would […]
Facebook has recently released an update to its iPhone Messenger app that allows free VoIP mobile calls. Currently the feature is only available on iOS and only in Canada. Also receiving a lot of coverage recently is Facebook’s new voice message feature, designed for short, one-way messages and available worldwide. The Toronto Sun gives a […]
Google has reported that Chrome detected a fraudulent digital security certificate for the *.google.com domain. This could have potentially allowed whoever possessed the certificate to impersonate Google. The problem originated with a mistake by a Turkish Certificate Authority. From the Google blog post by software engineer Adam Langley: TURKTRUST told us that based on our […]
Microsoft has issued an advisory warning of a 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 that could allow malicious code to be executed on a victim’s computer as soon as they visit a compromised web site. More recent versions of Internet Explorer are not affected. Symantec describes the means of infection as a “watering […]
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2013, and am pleased to announce the release of our new web site for the new year. In addition to the new look, we’ve added web site development and electronics recycling to our stable of services and have much more tightly integrated […]
