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In the race to put out the latest and greatest in technological innovation, there are a handful of times when developers release a product then have to sit back and think, “Maybe we should have thought that through.” Sometimes it’s platforms like MySpace. Other times it’s updated operating systems... Read more
Tesla Update Is One Step Closer To Fully Autonomous Cars
News January 12, 2016
The original vision for self-driving cars–and we mean Disney’s EPCOT center or the World’s Fair, not Google’s vision of the reality of autonomous cars–was that would all recline our seats on a long drive and sleep away the trip to Grandma’s, or that blind individuals would now have their... Read more
The founder of the infamous Chinese based cracking forum 3DM has said that the days of people playing pirated games are drawing to a close, because it’s just becoming too difficult. The issue for game pirates is that the encryption software being used by game developers is becoming harder... Read more
Who Needs Privacy Anymore? Apparently, No One.
News January 11, 2016
The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, is underway in Las Vegas, and it’s already had its fair share of attention. With all eyes in the tech industry turned to the desert for the latest news, innovations, tech announcements, and just plain cool stuff, there’s bound to be some buzz.... Read more
Redmond tech giant, Microsoft has finally decided to kill off its older versions of Internet Explorer. Support for IE 8,9, and 10 will officially end on January 12th. “Customers have until January 12, 2016, to upgrade their browser, after which time the previous versions of Internet Explorer will reach... Read more
Ian Murdock, Debian Linux Founder Dies Aged 42
News January 11, 2016
Debian GNU/Linux founder Ian Murdock has died. He was just 42. The world at large became aware of his passing via a blog post on the Docker website, where Murdock had only recently started as a member of their technical staff. Murdock was best known for launching the open-source... Read more
If you want your kid to do well in math, experts have long said that studying music may be the way to go. A new artificial intelligence (AI) project from Sony’s Computer Science Laboratories has produced results that pretty much prove the connection between some styles of classical music and... Read more
BlackBerry Builds Software To Power SelfDriving Cars
News January 8, 2016
While their phones may no longer be the go-to device of connected individuals everywhere, BlackBerry is far from done with technology and innovation. The same people who arguably launched the smartphone market back in the day are making a bold appearance at CES this year with software that could... Read more
Ed Tech: Screen Readers For Visually Impaired Students
News January 7, 2016
Technology was supposed to be one of the great equalizers in education, specifically in the realm of providing digital textbooks, distance learning opportunities, and other initiatives to outlying and impoverished schools. Distance and funding obstacles were supposed to be stripped away by the ability to connect to a classroom... Read more
Windows 10, Microsoft’s flagship OS is now active on more than 200,000,000 devices monthly. This is big news for the Redmond based company that only launched the new version of Windows back in August. According to the official Windows Experience blog, Windows 10 is now on the fastest ever... Read more
Geofencing No-Fly Zones For Drones
News January 6, 2016
Drones are pretty cool, when you think about it. Despite their current pop status as a hobbyist tool and source of entertainment, the military has already employed drones in mission critical situations and law enforcement agencies are already working with the possibilities for disarming tense scenarios with less risk... Read more
The free Chrome browser extension, ‘Web TuneUp’ made and installed by Netherlands based AVG Antivirus has been unveiled as potentially security threat. Over 9 million AVG users were exposed to the bug. The recently discovered vulnerability may have allowed the personal data and browsing history of its users to be... Read more
Java 9 Release Date Now March, 2017
News January 5, 2016
Java 9 has been delayed again. The release date for the eagerly awaited Jigsaw has now been officially declared as landing in March 2017. Why the Delay? The team behind the new version of Java, are taking the extra months to make sure the final version has as many... Read more
2015 has been the year that the phrase “Cyber Crime” went mainstream, became cool, and also the year that saw next to exponential growth with everything and anything to do with cybersecurity. That is at least according to Kaspersky in their overall summary for the last 12 months. The... Read more
Software Predictions For The Year Ahead
News January 1, 2016
Of course it’s time for predicting things with very little insight! What would the end of one year be without a barely-researched, best guess, shot in the dark article about what’s going to happen soon? (Editor’s note: if we were all that good at making predictions, we’d have won... Read more
5 Software Titles You Should Have Been Using In 2015
Best SoftwareNewsSoftware Reviews December 31, 2015
Everybody loves “free.” They love things that make our lives easier. And most people even love software. So what’s better than free software that makes our lives easier? Chocolate! No wait. Free productivity software! Here’s a look at some personal favorites when it comes to free, freemium, or dirt-cheap... Read more
My top 5 Free Software titles of 2015
Best SoftwareNewsWindows December 31, 2015
It’s been a good year for Free Software, and I knows that I do like me some good free software. This year, like every year at FileHippo we’ve done our best to bring you, the people of internet the best free software available. I’ll be honest with you, I... Read more
US Govt Mandates New Software Regulations
News December 30, 2015
In a time when most experts are arguing against further government crackdown and regulations, the federal government has announced new mandates that will actually add increased regulations on software, at least for titles that government agencies will use. In a document with the pointlessly long name “Category Management Policy... Read more