It wasn’t long after the Boxee Box v1.1 update started to roll out that users with surround sound systems found a major issue with it: besides the removal of volume controls (confirmed to return as an optional setting in the next update), there was an undocumented change to the way it handled stereo PCM audio [...]
Full Story »YikeBike unveils less-expensive folding electric bike, Jackie Chan dons celebratory tuxedo
Our main complaint with the folding electric YikeBike — besides the not-quite-catchy name – was the $ 3,795 price tag. The company’s trying to ease the price pain with the Fusion, a new model that’ll cost you $ 1,995. The savings come from replacing the carbon fiber body with aluminum and composites, which does, unfortunately, [...]
Full Story »A 400% increase in Android malware since 2010
According to a report, there has been a 400% increase in Android malware since 2010. Related links Best Android phones Android 2.3 Gingerbread Best features Best free Android apps Best Android apps A record number of security threats and highly targeted Wi-fi attacks are currently attacking enterprise and consumer mobile devices, with devices on the [...]
Full Story »The Reversal (Enriched Edition)
The Reversal (Enriched Edition) Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After 24 years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA evidence. Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty, and he takes the case on the condition that [...]
Full Story »New Strides Toward Better Clocks, Accurate to One Second in 32 Billion Years [Republished]
The slightest whisper of warmth induces miscalculations in the world’s most precise atomic clock, researchers say. Accounting for this effect can make future clocks even more precise, eventually leading to atomic clocks that lose only one second every 32 billion years – about two and a half times the age of the universe itself. More » [...]
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