Latest From Mark McDonnell
Most Common Cybersecurity Threats And How Hackers Exploit Them
The digital world is a rapidly evolving industry with constant innovations and additions. While it is a good thing, it also opens up new doors for hackers to exploit. According to various ...
Quantum Computing: Why We Need It?
Quantum computers are machines that can process complex computational problems that traditional computers cannot attempt. While the performance of today’s topical desktop is measured in gigaflops (billions of floating-point operations), the processing ...
YouTube To Lead Ultra-HD Industry Shift with 4K Streaming
January 3, 2014 12:10PM One major downside to the VP9 video codec that YouTube is pushing for 4K streaming is that both it and VP8 have been relatively unpopular, so TVs and ...
Can Foxconn Partnership Save BlackBerry?
December 20, 2013 12:44PM Beleaguered Canadian handset maker BlackBerry has inked a deal with iPhone maker Foxconn, under which the Taiwanese company will develop BlackBerry phones. Foxconn will also manage BlackBerry’s inventory, ...
Broadband Usage Is Growing, But Gaps Still Persist
A new report finds a “digital divide” between those Americans with broadband access and those without. The report found that while the percentage of households that use broadband grew, non-Hispanic white Americans ...
P2P Traffic Still Dominates the Net
P2P Traffic Still Dominates the Net At the end of 2004, BitTorrent accounted for 30 percent of all Internet traffic. But after the Motion Picture Association of America’s moves to shut down ...
Can Students Learn As Well on iPads and E-Books?
There’s no doubt that the technological trend toward iPads and e-books in education offers students more and better information at lightning speed. But is more necessarily better? Some argue that the online ...
Android 2.2 Froyo May Finally Outdo Apple’s iPhone
Google’s Froyo, or Android 2.2, offers so much that analysts think it may finally overtake Apple’s iPhone. With broad distribution and Verizon’s HTC Incredible, an analyst said Google may “kick serious Apple ...
Google Targets Microsoft Office with DocVerse Deal
Google reportedly will pay about $25 million for DocVerse, whose Microsoft Office plug-in enables document sharing similar to Google Docs. DocVerse would complement Google’s acquisition of Appjet and may give Google two ...
Hack Turns Barnes & Noble’s Nook Into a Web Tablet
Developers have reportedly found a way to turn Barnes & Noble’s $259 nook e-reader into a web tablet with free 3G Internet access. But the modification violates the nook’s warranty and user ...