All four tablets have 2560 x 1600 pixel displays, Android 4.4 KitKat, Wi-Fi and LTE options, and 8-megapixel rear cameras and 2-megapixel front...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Samsung launches Galaxy TabPro and NotePro tablets, including 12.2-inch models
Monday, January 6, 2014
How London Was Redesigned To Survive Wartime Blackouts (pics)

One of the more interesting aspects of urban life during the bombing raids of World War II was the clever and strategic re-designing of the London streetscape so that residents could live in a state of blackout.
By turning off the lights at night, residents could hide the city from aerial view and thus leave Nazi bombers flying around in the darkness, unsure of where to drop...
CES 2014: LaCie Announces 1TB 'Fuel' Wireless External Hard Drive for iOS/Mac Devices (video)
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Yahoo users exposed to malware attack

Scientists: Police can identify suspects' faces from victims' eyes

Scientists discover a naturally occurring hormone that blocks marijuana buzz

Saturday, January 4, 2014
Arctic blast to drop temperatures in U.S. to lows not seen in years (pics)
A deep freeze is spreading across much of the United States this weekend, making the nor'easter that just blanketed about 20 states with snow look like a mere curtain raiser.
Nearly half the nation -- 140 million people -- will shiver in temperatures of zero or lower by Wednesday.
The arctic blast threatens to sweep subzero lows as far south as...
Apple Acquires SnappyLabs, Maker of SnappyCam Burst Photo App

According to TechCrunch, which first reported the acquisition:
Sources have since affirmed that the company was acquired by Apple, and that there was also acquisition interest “from most of the usual players”, meaning other tech giants. I...
Friday, January 3, 2014
How to Downgrade Windows 8 Pro to Windows 7
The Professional edition of Windows 8 comes with “downgrade rights.” If you’re not happy with Windows 8 on a new computer, you can downgrade it to Windows 7 for free – as long as you have Windows 8 Pro...
Seeing Through the Haze of iCloud

I know this because over the holidays, my friends and family members took a break from...
Τα λουκέτα στην Ελλάδα το 2013 - Εταιρείες και εμβληματικά καταστήματα που έμειναν στην ιστορία

Δεν λείπουν όμως και οι περιπτώσεις εταιρειών που πληρώνουν τις λάθος...
Pirate Bay Uploads Surge 50% in a Year, Despite Anti-Piracy Efforts

The Pirate Bay now lists over 2.8 million files, with video being the most shared content.
2013 has been an eventful year for The Pirate Bay, to say the least...
Ην. Βασίλειο: Ανοδικά οι τιμές κατοικιών
Όπως αναφέρει το πρακτορείο Bloomberg, οι αξίες σκαρφάλωσαν κατά 1,4% από το Νοέμβριο φτάνοντας στο...
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Billionaires Worth $3.7 Trillion Surge as Gates Wins 2013

The aggregate net worth of the world’s top billionaires stood at $3.7 trillion at the market close on Dec. 31, according to the ranking. The biggest gains came in the...
Dubai 2014 firework display breaks world record (pics & video)

"Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during the display which lasted around six minutes, with Guinness World...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Από σήμερα η Ελλάδα στο «τιμόνι» της Ε.E.
Η κυβέρνηση θέλει να αποδείξει ότι παρά την κρίση, μπορεί να αντιμετωπίσει επιτυχώς τις ευρωπαϊκές προκλήσεις - Αιχμές από τον γερμανικό Τύπο με το Spiegel να διερωτάται αν το χάος και η αστάθεια παραλύσουν τη χώρα και την Ευρώπη...
4.6 Million Snapchat User Names and Phone Numbers Leaked (Check Yours)

The leaked user info from SnapchatDB matches phone numbers to user names, and in some was in retrospect probably inevitable. Just a week ago, a group of researchers calling themselves Gibson Security not only publicized how easy it would be to acquire data like this from...
Google-acquired Bump shutting down this month
In a blog post today Bump CEO and cofounder David Lieb said that Bump and Flock will be shut down on January 31, 2014 given that the team working on it are "now deeply focused on our new...
Η Ισπανία βγήκε επίσημα από το πρόγραμμα διάσωσης

«Το σχέδιο αρωγής του Ευρωπαϊκού Μηχανισμού Σταθερότητας για την Ισπανία τερματίζεται σήμερα με επιτυχία. Από την έναρξή του, ο ΕΜΣ κατέβαλε 41,3 δισ. ευρώ στην ισπανική κυβέρνηση για την...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
S&P 500 Climbs to Record - Dashes 30%, Posts Best Year Since 1997

The S&P 500 added 0.4 percent to an all-time high of 1,848.35 at 4 p.m. in New York. The equities...
Παρατείνεται για δύο μήνες το τουριστικό ωράριο

Η κ. Αιμιλιανίδου δήλωσε ότι η επέκταση του ωραρίου των...
These Emotional Heatmaps Could Unlock The Secrets Of How We Feel

"We often think the emotions are something that happen only in the mind, but there's also lots of evidence suggesting that they also happen in our bodies," lead author Lauri Nummenmaa, of the Aalto...
Καταστροφικό έτος για μετόχους τραπεζών
Το κυπριακό χρηματιστήριο κλείνει για τέταρτο συνεχές έτος με διψήφιες απώλειες με τους εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες κατόχους τραπεζών να έχουν χάσει σχεδόν εξολοκλήρου τις αξίες τους.
Το 2012 οι απώλειες έφθασαν το 61,2%.
Ο γενικός δείκτης του ΧΑΚ έκλεισε την τελευταία χρηματιστηριακή συνάντηση του 2013 στις 103,31 μονάδες καταγράφοντας ετήσια πτώση 10,1%. Οι...
''Bitcoin Is Evil'' by Paul Krugman
It’s always important, and always hard, to distinguish positive economics — how things work — from normative economics — how things should be. Indeed, on many of the macro issues I’ve written about it has been obvious that large numbers of economists can’t bring themselves to make that distinction; they dislike activist...
Thieves In Europe Are Using USB Sticks To Clean Out ATMs

Criminals targeted a string of cash machines by cutting holes in the fascia to reach a USB port and upload malicious code that would spit out banknotes on command...
Αυτά είναι τα νέα ΔΣ των Ημικρατικών Οργανισμών

Ανακοινώνοντας τα ονόματα, ο Αναπληρωτής Κυβερνητικός Εκπρόσωπος τόνισε ότι δεν υπήρξε κομματική συναλλαγή στους διορισμούς, ενώ κληθείς να σχολιάσει ότι κάποιοι εξ αυτών προέρχονται από συγκεκριμένους χώρους τόνισε ότι "δεν είναι έγκλημα οι πολιτικές πεποιθήσεις". Υπέδειξε...
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