Entries open for 2015 R100K Challenge
The annual Entelect R100K Challenge, in association with NAG and official product sponsor Sony Mobile, is back. Officially now open for entries, this year’s challenge plays homage to the cult classic arcade game Space Invaders, and will once again see both novice and...PC shipments are down, but beat expectations
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 68,5-million units in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15), a year-on-year decline of -6,7%, and slightly ahead of previous projections, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Following a...Darwin Nuke found in OS X and iOS
Kaspersky Lab security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the kernel of Darwin – an open-source component of both the OS X and iOS operating systems. This Darwin Nuke vulnerability leaves OS X 10.10 and iOS 8 devices exposed to remotely-activated denial of...
IBM drives tape density further
IBM scientists have demonstrated an areal recording density of 123-billion bits of uncompressed data per square inch on low cost, particulate magnetic tape – a breakthrough which represents the equivalent of a 220Tb tape cartridge that could fit in the palm of your hand. To put this into perspective, 220Tb of data is comparable to 1,37-trillion mobile text messages or the text of 220-million books, which would require a 2 200km bookshelf spanning from Las Vegas to Houston, Texas.