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Australian ISP asked to Hand Over Customer Personal Information over BitTorrenting
‘Not Our Kind Of Club’ is the stance Australian ISP iiNet is taking against American studio Dallas Buyers Club LLC – which asked the service provider for sensitive customer details of those it suspected infringed copyright laws through illegally obtaining its Dallas Buyers Club film. The Aussie ISP outlined in a…
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Microsoft Killing Off Nokia Branding, Calls it Microsoft Lumia
The brand the world over once knew as the biggest mobile phone manufacturer on the planet is gone. After Microsoft’s recent acquisition of the company, reports are swirling that Redmond is about to make the death of the Nokia brand official. ‘Nokia’ mobile phones will be replaced with ‘Microsoft Lumia’ moving…
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Google Updates Search Algorithm, Demotes Piracy in Favour of Legal Content
We’ve all been told time and time again that the internet has the capacity to be the Wild West of all digital content, potentially harming the back pockets of media groups and movie studios. Google today took new steps in measures against pirated content available on the web, and has…
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Apple Wants Cheaper Streaming Deals from Record Labels
With Music streaming services taking the world by storm – Apple’s iTunes is after more than a decade losing a sizeable chunk of ground to competing services. Spotify and Pandora, among others are all in the hustle to offer the worlds leading music streaming platforms, and the big fruit has some…
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Disney Renders Its New CGI Film on a 55,000-Core Supercomputer.
Prepare your CPU’s – the new bad boy in computer animation processing has arrived at Disney’s studio – a 55,000-core monster supercomputer, and it’s pumping out over 400,000 high level computations per day. What’s it currently at work at you ask? Disney’s new animated film Big Hero: 6. The film tells the tale…
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Google and ASUS Opened up Nexus Player pre-orders Before Having FCC Certification
Just last week Google launched their bevy of new Nexus oriented devices, which included their new approach on tackling the TV – the Nexus Player. It’s basically a slick new TV media and entertainment hub that taps into Android’s new 5.0 Lollipop OS and features the rich world of the…
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Google’s Nexus 9 and Nexus 6 expected to Launch Tomorrow
Exciting news for Android smart phone and tablet fans – Forbes is reporting that Google’s HTC constructed Nexus 9 and Motorola built Nexus 6 will be launching tomorrow, and are expected to be the first devices running the new Android L operating system. The tablet – codenamed the HTC Volantis, will…
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YouTube Has Paid $1 Billion to Rights Holders through Content ID
Since its introduction back in 2007, Content ID has provided rights owners access and permission to either take-down or place ads on a video and make money off of views – and so far, it’s paying up big. The Financial Times reported this week that YouTube has paid out over…
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Belkin Firmware Update Crashing Routers
A firmware update pushed last night from Belkin through to customers using older routers has sent router connections into a spiral of crashes and disconnects. The firmware update reportedly caused a mass interruption of services, with the company working fast to resolve the malfunctioning firmware. For almost a day many…
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Bug in Bash Shell Creates Major Security Hole for Linux Users
A major security bug has been discovered in the GNU Borne Again Shell (Bash) – a command-line shell that’s used across a wide array of Linux and Unix operating systems. The bug leaves systems running these OS’s open to the attack, and is centred around how Bash handles environmental variables that…
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Vizio Introduces $1000 4K P-Series TV
Resolutions; How it was not so long ago that we all viewed content on our television sets at 640×480 pixels – long gone is that resolution in today’s digital world. Today US based television manufacturer Vizio announced a 4K resolution “P-Series” TV – looking to bring 4K resolution screens to the…
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iBend – New iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Reportedly Bending in Pockets.
If you’ve just picked up one of Apple’s hot new smartphones, we’ve got some very bad news. Reports are swirling that the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models have a major design flaw – the framework of the phone seems to be able to bend with extreme ease; permanently…
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Your Desktop Cursor is Diagonal for a Reason.
Ever sat there in front of your desktop and just wondered why exactly your mouse cursor is tilted at an angle – and not just a vertical line? Logically – it’d seem fit that a vertical pointer would be more accurate and precise for selecting text, dragging, clicking and the…
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Oculus Announces New Rift Prototype “Crescent Bay”
Prepare your eyeballs and senses ladies and gentlemen – the men and women leading the charge on VR technology have just publicly announced a new Oculus Rift prototype unit, codenamed “Crescent Bay”. The new prototype features improved 360-degree tracking and integrated audio, and even though the finalised consumer build still…
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Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison Steps Down as CEO
Oracle’s co-founder Larry Ellison announced in a company press release today that he would be stepping down from his position as CEO. Two replacements will fill the position, with long-standing co-presidents Mark Hurd and Safra Catz taking the top spot. Hurd will be heading primarily sales, marking and strategy, and…
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