Western Digital’s HGST releases helium-filled 10TB hard drive

It is well known that HGST was working with helium for some time now. Earlier hard drives used a technique called shingled magnetic recording (SMR). It is surprising that the world leader in hard drive, Seagate has been lagging in helium based drives. source: www.techworm.net

December 3, 2015 · 1 min · 45 words · Amy Joseph

Adobe Flash is dead! Welcome Adobe Animate CC

Developers from various fields have criticised Adobe Flash for its volatility and instability. So finally, Adobe has had enough of Flash and decided to kill it. Well….sort of. Officially, the renaming of Flash Professional CC is to more accurately reflect the content-formats produced by this tool. source: www.techworm.net

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 48 words · Jennifer Leonard

Christmas lights can screw up your Wi-Fi speeds

Christmas in coming and Christmas lights can have an effect on your Wi-Fi speeds. Ofcom, an independent UK regulator of communications,releaseda Wi-Fi Checker app Tuesday. While there are many gadgets which influence something or the other, lights do have an effect on Wi-Fi. However it is not as simple as is claimed by Ofcom presser. Wi-Fi signals arent that strong as they were intended to cover a small area. Since the signals are not strong, light waves can affect their working thereby slowing the speeds....

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 164 words · April Alvarado

EFF claims Google’s Chromebook stores student’s data

Google is violating the Student Privacy Pledge in three ways. Meanwhile Google has stated that its tools complied with the law. According to Google no ads appear on the following Apps in Chromebooks given to the students. Minors shouldnt be tracked or used as guinea pigs, with their data treated as a profit center. EFF has also released aguidefor parents and students on changing chromebook options to improve privacy. source: www....

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 71 words · Robert Ramirez

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and wife on birth of baby girl ‘Max’ vow to donate 99% of shares to charity

Charity begins at home. And, thats what the billionaire founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has done. If our generation connects them, we can lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Combined he held 54 percent of the voting power of the companys shares. Zuckerberg said he plans to remain CEO of Facebook for many, many years to come. But the Facebook billionaires announcement today seems to take corporate philanthropy to a new level....

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 178 words · Erika Tyler

FBI’s secret national security letter on ‘Warrantless Surveillance’ revealed publicly for the first time

One such individual was Nicholas Merrill. Importantly because NSLs do not require a warrant or any form of judicial oversight. The courts ruling has made it possible for Merrill to openly talk the NSL he received. source: www.techworm.net

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 38 words · Tammy Stone

Here is how to Play PSP games on Android Smartphone

We have the solution. Read on to reveal how you’ve got the option to do the trick. It kept improving and survived for almost 10 years with its shipment ending in June 2014. Nowadays, Smartphones are coming with amazing hardware specifications, making them capable of running graphics-intensive games. However, that doesnt mean we should leave all the classics behind. Now since we are done with the boring preface, lets come to the interesting point....

December 2, 2015 · 2 min · 335 words · Carrie Russell

Meet Hack Rod, the world’s first car designed by Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Hack Rod is a collaboration between Primordial Research Project, design software giant Autodesk and media companyBandito Brothers. The key persons behind Hack Road are Autodesk research fellowMickey McManusand Bandito Brothers CEO and creative directorMouse McCoy. The idea of building Hack Road came to McCoy. Two years ago, McCoy toldFast Company, he decided to figure out the future of making things. Hack Road uses new hardware approach like like 3-D printing....

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 170 words · Joseph Morrow

Scientists discover a material that could create quantum optical computers

It is based on transistors. Well, may be. Arranged in a rather unique honeycomb structure, the material is layered hexagonal boron nitride. In a traditional computer, photons were used to store information by being in either vertical or horizontal polarization. This material is very easy to fabricate, said PhD student Trong Toan Tran. The research has been published inNature Nanotechnology. It will be interesting to know if the new material would also work with Li-Fi....

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 90 words · Anthony Evans

Smartphone users are ok with their nude being leaked but not their bank details

The UK came in second, with 72 percent. Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico checked in at about 50 percent. More than 23,500 smartphone users participated in the telephone poll taken by Avast in October. In most countries, smartphone users are the most afraid of cybercriminals. Chrome internet tool, files, contacts, and text messages were the least protected apps. source: www.techworm.net

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 59 words · Ashley Martinez

Yahoo is selling itself off?

Now Yahoo honchos are considering selling it to a bidder. Yahoo tried to turn around its sagging profits but they have not been successful. Now Yahoo is considering to be sold of lock stock and barrel to the highest bidder. Yahoo hasnt commented on the apparent leak so far. In 2008, Microsoft had bid for Yahoo takeover. source: www.techworm.net

December 2, 2015 · 1 min · 59 words · Stacie Madden

Apple to pay $3,000 in damages for erasing loving memories and contacts of this old man

After examining the phone, the staff declared it was fixed, and gave back to White. These included his favourite video of a tortoise biting his hand. My life was saved on that phone. It was only after staff fiddled around they asked if Id backed my things up. The judge said that Apple had acted negligently in erasing the data from Mr. Whites phone while performing a reset. I accept the claimants version of events, said London County Court District Judge Ruth Fine....

December 1, 2015 · 1 min · 178 words · Paula Gallegos

Chat of PS4 gamers to be closely monitored by government authorities

PS4 gamers should be vary from this point on because their privacy is going to be invaded thoroughly After the terrorist attacks that brought half of Paris to its knees, looks like it was finally time to stay ahead of the game. For PS4 console owners however, it is going to be a different story altogether and it looks like from this point onwards, they will not be able to engage comfortably with other PS4 gamers and friends alike thanks to the following news....

December 1, 2015 · 2 min · 351 words · Richard Warner