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There’s a big push in the United States to prevent electronic devices from ending up in your typical landfill somewhere around the country, even though the federal government has offered no guidelines for recycling electronics.
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US E-waste recycling highest ever but feds stay mum
Many avid PC gamers usually opt for building their own computer, citing lower costs of components over pre-built machines. However, custom PC maker Digital Storm has something to say about that, with the introduction of the new Vanquish gaming PC line.
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Digital Storm Vanquish fights back against DIY gaming rigs
We all know USB 3.0 ports are considerably faster when it comes to transferring data than older USB 2.0 ports. Typically, the USB 3.0 port is reserved specifically for storage products that need to be able to transfer data at higher rates. As time has gone by and computer systems have gained more and more USB 3.0 ports allowing more availability for other peripherals and accessories to take advantage of the faster connectivity
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Gigabyte GP-S3000 computer speakers are the world’s first to use USB 3.0
The oncoming wave that is Google Babel (previously spoken of as Google Babble, as well) will soon be hitting your devices at full speed.
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Google Babel memo leak speaks of cross-device chat and iOS experience
Angered over Aereo’s recent win in Appeals court , News Corp is threatening to cancel its free Fox TV network and switch it completely to a subscription-based service. Many other networks are also frustrated with Aereo, which takes over-the-air broadcast signals with its thousands of little antennas and feeds them to its subscribers’ computers, phones, and tablets. Many networks that have fought against Aereo include Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, Univision, and more.
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News Corp threatens to cancel its free Fox TV network if Aereo isn’t banned
There are number of flexible and portable keyboards on the market today designed to interface with everything from laptop computers to smartphones and tablets. The problem with many of these thin and flexible keyboards is that the keys offer very little tactile feedback making typing difficult and uncomfortable.
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Flexible keyboard with clickable keys means more comfortable and accurate typing
With exactly one year left before Microsoft cuts off all support for Windows XP , Microsoft is urging businesses who are still running the decade-old operating system to upgrade to either Windows 7 or Windows 8 . It has also cut off support to Office 2003 today. It has cited a lot of reasons that businesses should upgrade their software, including security risks and lack of technical support if things go awry.
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Microsoft urges businesses to upgrade from Windows XP
Maxell has announced a new external storage solution aimed specifically at professional users.
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Maxell unveils new external hard drives for video professionals
March was an eventful month for NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, which experienced a variety of issues and delays, some due to problems with the rover itself and others due to conditions outside of anyone’s control . Those issues have been resolved, but now starting today a communication moratorium has gone into effect, and Curiosity will be on its own, perhaps taking the most exotic vacation ever, until May 1. This has been planned for some time now, and is due to planetary alignment called the Mars solar conjunction in which the Sun plants itself between our blue marble and Mars.
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Curiosity rover communication moratorium in effect until May 1
An interesting new patent has made its way through the US patent office, and it suggests that Apple is looking into convertible MacBooks of sorts, showing off the technology in a recent patent application . However, this particular type of convertible laptop with a removable display would boast wireless display technology. The patent is titled “Wireless display for electronic devices,” and it’s pretty similar to what we’ve seen on laptops from other manufacturers, only Apple’s version would come with wireless inductive charging capabilities.
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Apple patent suggests convertible MacBooks on the way
