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Windows 8.1 will allow you to shut down directly from Start button The preview of Windows Server 2012 R2 offers a peek at many of the features due to pop up in Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 will try to make your life a bit easier by letting you turn off or restart your PC from the Start screen. The preview …
Online news is becoming easier to sell, suggests study Consumers are becoming more willing to pay for online news, although most still choose not to, online news is becoming easier to sell, suggests study. The percentage of UK-based web users who read paid-for content had more than doubled to 9% during the past 10 months, it said. Gains were also seen …
What’s in your dream gaming computer? What is in your dream Gaming computer? The first six months of this year have been a full-on techgasm. We’ve had the launches of a couple ultra-enthusiast, $1,000 graphics cards – in the Nvidia GTX Titan and AMD HD 7990 – a batch of new GTX 700 series cards and a whole new Intel platform to base our future gaming machines on. Price …
Xbox One Will Not Require Internet, Restrict Used Games No more game lending restrictions, daily check-ins or region locks. Microsoft has changed its policies regarding Xbox One’s internet requirements, used game restrictions and more. Contrary to the details announced earlier this month, Microsoft has now confirmed news originally reported on Giant Bomb that Xbox One will not require an internet connection to play offline games or need to …
Webcams should be covered when not in use because hackers could be using them to spy on people, a charity advises. Childnet International says webcams should be disconnected when not in use, and teenagers should not leave webcams in bedrooms or other private areas. A BBC Radio 5 live investigation found sites where hackers exchanged pictures and videos of people captured on …
Samsung to launch ‘faster’ version of Galaxy S4 SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Electronics plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday. JK Shin, also co-chief executive of the world’s biggest technology firm by revenue, said the phone would be sold in …
Phones Leave a Telltale Trail The April robbery at the Cartier store in Chevy Chase, Md., was brazen and quick. After grabbing 13 watches valued at $131,000, the suspects fled in a waiting car and melted into traffic. It was one of more than a dozen similar capers that had stumped police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But, in …
NSA snooping: Facebook reveals details of data requests Facebook, which recently opened a massive data centre in Sweden, said it had “aggressively” protected its user data from the US government Facebook received 9,000-10,000 requests for user data from US government entities in the second half of 2012. The social-networking site said the requests, relating to between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts, …
Apple has given the operating system for its iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches a new look with the introduction of iOS 7. But is the software alone enough to satisfy eager Apple fans who are constantly looking to upgrade to the next generation of iPhone? I take a look at some of the new features available in the software. And …
Microsoft’s Mattrick Advises Gamers with Shaky Internet to Stick with Xbox 360 No or slow Internet? Don’t buy an Xbox One. Former Microsoft director Adam Orth found himself in hot water after issuing a barrage of snarky statements on Twitter related to the Xbox One and the concept of always-on game consoles, and not long after, word spread that he resigned from his position. …
