By now everyone in the world knows that Sony Pictures just experienced, quite possibly the largest hacking attack, infiltration of any entertainment company ever. A hacker syndicate calling themselves Guardians of Peace or #GOP made off with thousands and thousands of files, passwords and the big score, the full digital versions of upcoming Sony Pictures [...]
Java application developers come across JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) when it comes to connecting to a database. There is a JDBC driver, which is used by a Java application to connect to a database, and a JDBC API, which is related to programming. JDBC lets a developer connect to several databases. It is essentially the [...]
It seems like ages since we have said anything about Sprint. Well, just when you thought the company may have disappeared altogether, Sprint has just lifted the curtains on a new pricing campaign aimed squarely at AT&T and Verizon. The move is somewhat similar to T-Mobile's whole ditch your carrier program. Ina Fried, of Re/code [...]
As we have seen in recent weeks and days - we're looking at you Sony - online information is as vulnerable as ever. It seems like every week there is another leak or hack of some sort. As hackers and identity thieves are using more sophisticated tools to go after our data, security software [...]
Today, the Russian company Yota Devices is officially launching the YotaPhone2. If you have never heard of the YotaPhone, it is easily one of the most interesting, most inventive smartphones out there. In a nutshell, the YotaPhone is a two-sided device, featuring a standard full HD 1920x1080 screen on one side, and a 960x540 16-level gray [...]
Picking out a good beer from a beer list is a hard thing to do. Often there is little more than a vague description: "full-bodied," or "super dark." Sure, you can ask the waiter/waitress, but the answer will be based 100% on their palate. Ah, but we just came across a great app that helps [...]
Like to watch TV without those expensive monthly cable bills? Winegard has an inexpensive option to solve this problem with their FlatWave Amped HD antenna. For around $65 you can get a decent amount of over the air channels with no monthly bill as long as you live within a 50 mile radius of where [...]
According to a new consumers survey from UBS, around 10% of smartphone owners are "very likely" to buy a smartwatch in the next 12 months. Before we go any further with this data, it should be pointed out that the survey had a total of 4,000 responses. UBS went on to apply that percentage to the [...]
It is no secret that we are huge fans of crowdfunding. In fact, that is probably our most used category. Anyhow, we just came across a unique new Indiegogo Campaign: Headphone Amp and Audio System, by the Lambert Company. It is unique for a number of reasons, all of which we will get to below, [...]
Many of you are watching The Newsroom. Yet another amazing Aaron Sorkin show that's going to tragically end sooner than it should. In case you aren't aware Sorkin likes to end things on a high note, except for that extra long run of West Wing, and it's already known that this is the third and [...]
