RapidShare introduces 30kb/s free account speed cap, disables resume
17 Feb 2012 3:16pm GMT RapidShare is one of the most well known file storage and transfer services on the web. But today it’s angered a lot of users by introducing severe new limits on free account downloads. Remember the days of dial-up Internet? Well, RapidShare is taking free account holders back to those days by limiting downloads speeds to [...]
Mountain Lion and Windows 8 will kick off the next great Microsoft-Apple battle
17 Feb 2012 2:30pm GMT Apple and Microsoft have a rivalry that is the stuff of legend. In recent years, though, each company has come to dominate separate arenas. Microsoft still owns the desktop PC market, while Apple has the most popular smartphone and is the undisputed ruler of the tablet. So the Apple/Microsoft rivalry has fizzled a bit. Apple [...]
Spark Linux tablet now available to pre-order
17 Feb 2012 1:45pm GMT At the end of last month we told you about a very interesting $260 tablet powered by the Mer mobile-optimized OS and KDE Plasma Active. The so-called Spark tablet has now gone up for pre-order on the Make Play Live website. Typically, a pre-order requires a credit card in order to secure your device, but [...]
Color-changing butterfly may hold the key to cheap night-vision
17 Feb 2012 1:02pm GMT Mother Nature has once again provided the inspiration for scientists, as a group of researchers from General Electric are hard at work studying the wings of the beautiful Morpho butterfly. Found in abundance in South America, the flying insect may hold the secret to creating superior night-vision goggles that far outstrip what we use today. [...]
Mojang creating a Humble Indie game in 60 hours this weekend
17 Feb 2012 12:10pm GMT Mojang, the development team lead by Markus Persson and working hard on Minecraft, will this weekend bring a new twist to the now established Humble Indie Bundle. That twist being, instead of offering up a bunch of already released games at a pay-anything price, Mojang will create a brand new game in just 60 hours. [...]