With the release of Chrome 15, Google paid out a record $26,000+ dollars to security researchers. With that kind of money being thrown around, you might be wondering how much these various bug bounty programs are paying out. … [Read more...]
OfficeSuite Pro 5 is the Free Amazon Android App Today But a Credit Card is Required?
OfficeSuite Pro 5 is a pretty big value for Amazon to just be giving over for free; it normally costs $14.99. The app allows you to create, view, and edit Microsoft Word documents and Excel spreadsheets. It also allows you to view PowerPoint and PDF files. All in all, it's a great package and extends the functionality of your Android tablet or smartphone immensely. … [Read more...]
The State of Cloud Computing
With programs such as iCloud, Evernote, and Expensify becoming ever more popular, and people beginning to store more and more of their personal information on the web, those using cloud computing are beginning to wonder whether or not their information is as safe as they originally believed. Sites that use dedicated server colocation or dedicated server hosting are not … [Read more...]
Netflix To Bring Streaming To UK and Ireland in Early 2012
A press release this morning announced Netflix's plans for expansion to the UK and Ireland early next year. This was an unconfirmed rumor earlier this year and is now being announced by Netflix though it's not posted on the Netflix Blog as of publishing. Having expanded from the USA to Canada and Latin America, Netflix continues the march to globalization with its new … [Read more...]
IEEE Explains How Google’s Automated Cars Drive
One of Google's more sci-fi projects that it's working on is its automated vehicles - cars that could drive themselves without a human actively driving them. They see the road and other traffic through sensors. We first got the scoop on this project a year ago. More recently, the Google self-driving cars project was part of a keynote given by those working on the project, … [Read more...]