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Just leave the slim and trim Blackout Buddy in your wall socket and you’ll never be in the dark. It automatically turns on when the power goes out so that you can easily locate it. Then, fold away the prongs and you've got yourself a flashlight. A very bright idea from the American Red Cross. Flip a switch and the Blackout Buddy also doubles as an LED nightlight, so you can keep your kids' rooms, hallways, or kitchen always illuminated. The Blackout Buddy keeps itself charged and provides up to 4 hours of light when needed. Читать дальше...

You might think Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, might dream of putting an astronaut on Mars. But the high tech entrepreneur envisions the day when there is a working, thriving, self-sustaining civilization of a million people or more on Mars.

Mozilla today introduced three new test features for Firefox, including one that separates YouTube videos from the browser and another that may foreshadow a more aggressive ad-blocking strategy by the open-source developer.

AMD wants its new Polaris GPUs to dazzle gamblers in Las Vegas using electronic devices.

Crowdfunded on Indiegogo, the revolutionary Fizzics System improves the flavor and taste of ordinary canned, bottled and growler beer (accommodates up to a full 64oz growler). Fizzics technology enhances the carbonation and aroma of beer while providing a smooth, creamy, full-body flavor and taste without the use of additives or chemicals. The device enhances the flavor and taste of all beer styles, including IPAs, Pilsners, Brown Ales, Stouts, Porters, Lagers, and more. It promises to deliver fresh from the tap taste, anytime, anywhere. Читать дальше...

R users can now use the popular dplyr package to tap into Apache Spark big data.

Nvidia's Pascal GPUs are generating a lot of enthusiasm, but their successor, the Volta GPU architecture, is on its way next year, and there's a lot to be excited about.

Microsoft today outlined a new Windows 10-like interface for corporate users of Office 365, the software-by-subscription program.

If a person intentionally gained “unauthorized access” to a computer or system, then he or she could be prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Yet if a cop does more or less the same thing by running unauthorized searches in confidential law enforcement databases, it’s likely no one would know about the misuse of the system nevertheless prosecute the police officer.

Hard on the heels of the discovery of the largest known data breach in history, Cloudera and Intel on Wednesday announced that they've donated a new open-source project to the Apache Software Foundation with a focus on using big data analytics and machine learning for cybersecurity.

News today from my lifesaver and yours (maybe), HelloSign that, only a week or so after scoring a nice partnership to be the e-signing offering tied into Oracle’s document offering, the company is doing similarly with Salesforce. HelloSign is announcing HelloSign for Salesforce on the Salesforce AppExchange, its own enterprise application store. Using the application, HelloSign customers can request, track and manage signatures within the context of their Salesforce records.

In leading recording studios around the world, music that will soon be heard everywhere is first heard through Bowers & Wilkins loudspeakers. With these P5 mobile hi-fi headphones, the sound you hear is completely natural – as close to the sound of the original recording as they can possibly take you. There are no gimmicky effects like exaggerated bass or artificially enhanced treble, which become tiring with extended listening. A closed-back design with rigid metal faceplates and sealed earpads... Читать дальше...

I thought I had it all figured out.

My wife and I were getting ready to move into a new house, you see. We were stepping up to something a little larger, and that'd mean I'd finally have a home office with a little distance from the toddler shrieking zoo we currently operate in our home.

As you can imagine, having an office that isn't in the middle of such a high-decibel exhibition carried an awful lot of appeal. Love my 19-month-old as I do, her lack of a built-in volume control (an odd feature to omit... Читать дальше...

Boost your website’s loading speed

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Most people probably think that the only factor affecting a website’s speed is the internet signal or strength. The truth is that many factors can affect a website’s ability to load quickly — and many of them can be adjusted to improve users’ experience when visiting your site.This is important because even a hint of hesitation can cause people to abandon your site. A 2008 study by the Aberdeen Group found that a delay... Читать дальше...

Health insurer Aetna announced today it will provide Apple Watches at no cost to its nearly 50,000 employees, who will participate in the company's wellness reimbursement program.

Shocked, shocked, I tell you!

That is what I would say, if I were actually surprised with the news that BlackBerry will no longer be making its own smartphones. The news has been expected for a while now, as BlackBerry has held an increasingly smaller share of the smartphone market over the last several years. So what is ahead for the company?

In IT Blogwatch, we look to the future.

What exactly is going on? Zach Epstein has the background:

If you want to fashion a smart gadget, robot, or drone with wireless capabilities on the cheap, a US$9.99 development board from Orange Pi will help you reach that goal.

SAP has bought IoT software developer Plat.One, marking the start of a plan to invest $2 billion in the internet of things over the next five years.

A federal court in California denied Oracle another trial in its longstanding copyright infringement dispute with Google over the use of Java code in the Android operating system.

When the new Dynamics 365 cloud CRM and ERP service comes out this fall, the obvious comparison is going to be Salesforce (and NetSuite), but Microsoft’s ambition here is broader than just creating a cloud business software subscription service from its on-premise business tools.

VP decides this company needs a shiny new app to provide information to his 100 sales reps around the country, reports an IT pilot fish on the scene.

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Banks and financial markets are adopting blockchain distributed database software for their payments and lending services at a pace faster than once expected, according to a survey of 400 such businesses globally.

Mastercard launched an ambitious open Mastercard Developers platform today to help third-party developers easily create commerce-related apps and services.

The truth is, flash storage has gone so mainstream that you may not even realize how many ways it touches your life, or how much we depend on it to fuel new apps and services that we simply didn’t have even a decade ago.