Silent Circle has begun accepting preorders for the Blackphone 2, its second-generation secure handset. The device has been upgraded with a larger 5.5-inch full HD screen, faster 1.7GHz octa-core processor, a more generous allotment of RAM at 3GB, and 32GB of internal storage. The phone has a 13-megapixel camera, QuickCharge battery, and supports microSD memory […]
LaCie partner and online storage company Wuala is shutting down. In a blog post to customers, the company said that customers can no longer purchase storage, or renew existing accounts. The company will have full service only through September 30, with no service at all, including loss of data on November 15. The companies “merged” […]
On Tuesday, Apple released a fifth beta of OS X 10.11 El Capitan for public beta testers, then quickly pulled it. The new release came exactly two weeks after the previous one, but was curiously not preceded by a similar seventh developer beta, which may be part of the reason the update was removed. A […]
SoftBank has purchased yet more shares of Sprint stock, boosting its stake in the company to just over 80%. SoftBank shelled out $73 million for about 16.8 million shares. Earlier this month, SoftBank made an $87 million investment in Sprint. The moves have helped Sprint’s stock price rally, increasing the company’s value by about $6 […]
Microsoft has made Skype 5.10 available to Android handsets and added several new features. To start, Skype users can now customize incoming call sounds for individual contacts. The app also lets users share photos from chats with other Skype friends through a new forwarding function. The update includes some fixes and adjustments as well, such […]
Smartphone owners may soon be able to log into web sites using the background noise recorded by their handset. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, propose a two-factor authentication method called Sound-Proof. When people try to log into a Sound-Proof protected web site, the browser and the nearby phone will […]
Western Digital has announced a new Black 6TB Hard Drive. Black drives are on the high performance end of the Western Digital line. Black and lower-cost 5,400 RPM Green drives have largely replaced Blue drives, which are now mostly available in smaller capacities. Blacks are more expensive, but have upgraded from one to two processor […]
Koei Tecmo has released the first details of the recently leaked Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 through Japanese publication Famitsu. The Dead or Alive girls will be ditching their usual holiday stomping grounds on Xbox for a more Japanese friendly destination, thePlayStation 4 and PS Vita. It’s hardly an unexpected move considering that the Xbox One has […]
We’re just eleven days from the release of Disney Infinity 3.0 and Disney interactive has debuted a new trailer for the game, profiling the “Twilight of the Republic” playset which you can check out in the player below. Featuring an original story set in the Episodes I – III timeline, players will travel through four […]
Ubisoft has announced today that they’ve delayed Rainbow Six Siege from its original release date of October 13 until December 1. They wrote the following on their official site: “Whether it’s been through playtests in our studios, the closed alpha, or recent hands-on demos at events like E3 or Gamescom, player feedback has been essential […]
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