App Store app prices to rise in the UK by >25% following Brexit exchange rate fluctuations

Apple is rising the prices for apps and in-app purchases in a few countries following changes to exchange rates and taxation policy, with customers in India, Turkey and the United Kingdom to see price increases. In the United Kingdom, one of Apple’…

App Store Prices to Increase in the UK, India, and Turkey

Apple today announced App Store price changes due to fluctuating foreign exchange rates and taxation changes in India, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The price increase will be applicable for apps and in-apps purchases, and it does not include su…

Power Systems running IBM's VIOS virtualisation need a patch and reboot

Unless you're willing to tolerate the chance of data corruption IBM on Saturday slipped out news of a nasty bug in its VIOS, its Virtual I/O Server that offers virtualisation services on Power Systems under AIX.…

Stanford boffins find 'correlation between caffeine consumption and longevity'

Make a cup of tea - or a mocha - before you read this if you want a long and happy life A cup of tea, coffee or even a mocha could extend your life, new research shows.…

Power Systems running IBM's VIOS virtualisation need a patch and reboot

Unless you're willing to tolerate the chance of data corruption IBM on Saturday slipped out news of a nasty bug in its VIOS, its Virtual I/O Server that offers virtualisation services on Power Systems under AIX.…

Mobile Vikings stopt eind januari met voipdienst Viking Talk

In een bericht op zijn website kondigt provider Mobile Vikings aan dat zijn voipapp Viking Talk vanaf eind januari niet meer te gebruiken zal zijn. De provider introduceerde de dienst ongeveer zes jaar geleden voor het eerst. Een medewerker bevestig…

Supply chain predicts 2017 MacBook sales will top 15M thanks to recent refresh, Kaby Lake upgrade

Analysts from the supply chain are predicting that sales of Apple's portable MacBook and MacBook Pro lines will exceed 15 million in 2017, on the strength of sales of the 2016 MacBook Pro, and improvements to the line with the K…

Today's the last day to save your Vines

Vine, the six-second video service that briefly up-ended popular culture is on life support, and today's the day Jack Dorsey pulls the plug. From today, Vine as we know it will be shut down in favor of Vine Camera, an app that shoots six se…

Is MacBook Pro the future of the Apple desktop?

We’ve been waiting a long, long time for new Apple pro desktops, but it’s beginning to look very like Apple’s completely focusing on the MacBook Pro at the high end, with iMac as a consumer desktop and MacBook at the low end.Mobile Mac, desktop c…

Apple Retail Update: Palo Alto Temporarily Closed, Fifth Avenue Relocation Underway

Apple's retail store in Palo Alto, California remains temporarily closed today, presumably to allow construction workers to repair the glass facade after robbers drove a vehicle directly into the storefront last month. The location has been closed s…

Twitter's Vine dies today, so download your videos pronto

It’s the end of the Vine. On Tuesday, January 17, Twitter’s video-sharing platform is morphing from the popular social network spin-off to an integrated part of Twitter.As part of the changeover, the Vine app will become Vine Camera. With the new…

69% off Phaiser BHS-730 Bluetooth Sweatproof Sport Earbuds, Magnetic - Deal Alert

Phaiser's BHS-730 Bluetooth Sport earbuds are both highly rated and dramatically discounted on Amazon. Averaging 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon from over 7,800 people (read reviews), the list price of $160 has been reduced a significant 69% to just…

Microsoft Germany says Windows 7 already unfit for business users

FUDalicious post argues ancient security features are just too risky Microsoft Germany has argued that Windows 7 is no longer fit to be used in business.…

MH370 search ends after new theory about resting place is ruled out

Australia, Malaysia and China say no new information on plane's location has been found Australia, Malaysia and China have suspended the search for missing Malaysian airlines flight MH370.…

Devs reverse-engineer 16,000 Android apps, find secrets and keys to AWS accounts

It's 2017 and developers are still doing really dumb things A security firm has reverse engineered 16,000 Android apps on Google's Play store and found that over 304 contain sensitive secret keys.…

DC++ 0.864

Het is een tijdje stil geweest rondom DC++, maar sinds enkele maanden lijkt de ontwikkeling weer te zijn opgepakt. DC++ is een van de vele programma's om bestanden via het Direct Connect-netwerk uit te wisselen. Het programma dankt de twee plussen i…

Onderzoek: hoeveelheid elektronisch afval groeit sterk in Aziatische landen

In een recent onderzoek stelt de United Nations University dat in verschillende landen in Oost- en Zuidoost-Azië een grote toename van de hoeveelheid elektronisch afval waar te nemen is. Dit zou onder andere het gevolg zijn van toenemende welvaart e…

EMDB 2.67

Versie 2.67 van EMDB is uitgekomen. EMDB, wat staat voor Eric's Movie Database, is een gratis programma waarmee een filmcollectie kan worden beheerd. Hoewel de download slechts 3,5MB groot is, beschikt het programma over uitgebreide functionaliteit.…

Raspberry Pi gives its PC-on-a-stick a big speed boost

Raspberry Pi has taken its latest computing board and squished it onto the stick-sized Compute Module 3, giving it about ten times the power of the original Compute Module. Unlike the Raspberry Pi 3 upon which it's based, however, the devic…

I just found my sixteen-year-old diary on the internet and it's horrifying

New Data Says AirPods Have Captured Much Smaller Share of Headphone Market Than Earlier Estimates

A report last week by Slice Intelligence suggested that Apple's AirPods captured an estimated 26 percent share of online revenue in the wireless headphone market since launching on December 13. Ben Arnold, an executive director and industry analyst …