Amazon Offers HP ENVY 15.6-Inch Laptop Only $569.99 For A Limited Time

Recently, online sopping giant Amazon has deducted the price of HP ENVY Sleekbook 15.6-inch laptop’s. Previously, the price of this laptop was $699.99 and now Amazon is selling this laptop for $569.99. It is a special offer from the side of Amazon, though the company announces this type of offers often. At the same time, BestBuy is selling HP ENVY Sleekbook 15.6-inch laptop for $699.99.

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Surface Tablet For Windows RT Releasing On October 26

At a press event on the last month, Microsoft unveiled its two models of Surface tablets – Surface and Surface Pro that runs on Windows RT and Windows 8. During the event, Microsoft neither mentioned anything regarding the retail pricing of these tablets nor about the releasing date. But now, the software giant company has confirmed the releasing date for its Surface for Windows RT tablet. It will be released on the same day on which Windows 8 is going to be released.

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Hackers Can Exploit Global Air Traffic Control System, Can Trick Controllers Using ‘Ghost Planes’

Earlier this week, Cyprus-based security researcher Andrei Costin demonstrated his findings about the weaknesses of air traffic control systems, used globally, at the Black Hat hacking conference in Las Vegas. Costin showed that using $US2000 ($A1930) worth of electronics and modest tech skills, hackers could circumvent the air traffic control system. Costin targeted ADS-B system, an air traffic control system deployed internationally in recent years in a multi-billion dollar project.

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HTC Elucidates Why Android 4.0 Update To Desire HD Canceled

Some days ago, we have reported about that the Android 4.0 upgrade to the HTC Desire HD has been officially canceled. Though, the smartphone’s hardware is almost similar to its newer phones that nicely runs on Ice Cream Sandwich. Previously, the reason of cancel was not clear. Now, HTC has elucidated that why the company cancelled the update of Ice Cream Sandwich to HTC Desire HD. Because of the Desire HD’s internal memory storage partition issue, the company couldn’t push for the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgradation.

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Apple Buys Fingerprint Technology Firm AuthenTec For $356 Million

Apple is known for incorporating superior security measures in its devices and systems. The company has always focused on the integrated security of the iOS devices, Mac computers, and networking hardware. The company has now purchased mobile and network security company AuthenTec Inc for about $356 million in cash.

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AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series GPUs Will Launch In 2013 With Upto 40% Performance Boost

AMD is going to introduce its next generation GPUs in 2013. It will start its journey through AMD Radeon 8000 series. The code name for this Radeon HD series is Sea Islands. It would obviously be better than the current Radeon HD 7000 series. Some fantastic new features will be included in Radeon HD 8000 series boosting performance up to 40%, compared to present generation.

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Iranian Nuclear Facility Hacked, Made To Play AC/DC “Thunderstruck”

AC/DC used as a virus? According to the English site IBTimes, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran was the victim last night of a major computer attack. The Hackers used a song Thunderstruck from the Australian band AC/DC and start playing it in the middle of the night at full volume.

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Project Holodeck: Trying To Bring Star Trek Into Real Gaming World

Holodeck is a fictional simulated reality facility which was first coined in the famous Star Trek universe. It has fascinated many creative minds over the time and it seems that we are about to see an actual, real version of Holodeck. A team from University of Southern California is trying to create a real-life Holodeck.

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