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When you talk about major browsers for PCs, you usually mention Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer or Edge. Then most people throw in Opera as an afterthought. While it’s still considered to be part of the “big four,” Opera often gets ignored because the usage base for the other browsers is so much higher. It shouldn’t be. Over the past year, Opera's beefed up its browser with killer performance and compelling new features. If you haven’t looked at Opera in a while, here are four big reasons why you should give Opera a second look. All the features in the world won’t help if your browser’s performance is lackluster. Fortunately, Opera’s anything but. In our
Google released a new batch of Android patches on Wednesday, fixing over 100 flaws in Android’s own components and in chipset-specific drivers from different manufacturers. Android’s mediaserver component, which handles the processing of video and audio streams and has been a source of many vulnerabilities in the past, is at the forefront of this security update. It accounts for 16 Android vulnerabilities, including 7 critical flaws that can allow an attacker to execute code with higher privileges. The bugs can be exploited by sending specifically crafted audio or video files to users’ devices via the browser, email or messaging apps. Because of the repeated mediaserver flaws, Google Hangouts and the default Android Messenger applications no longer pass media to this component automatically.
Android was once a big part of Intel’s plans in mobile devices, but the company is now paying much less attention to the OS. Intel is moving away from developing Android for x86 processors used in smartphones, The company still has a strong partnership with Google, with an Intel spokeswoman saying in email, “We continue to work with Google on supporting their OS for different product lines including Chromebooks, tablets and IOT products.”
The robots are coming, and they’re bringing dinner. Food delivery company Just Eat will begin testing a mostly self-driving robot from Starship Technologies this month, using it to carry orders to customers within a few kilometers of participating restaurants in the U.K. Despite the high-flying name, Starship Technologies has a down-to-earth ambition: Automating local logistics over the “last mile” between retailer and customer, for a cost of around £1 per delivery. It plans to do that with a six-wheeled robot that looks like a cross between a Roomba and an icebox. The robot trundles along at a brisk walking pace, monitoring its environment using an array of cameras. Most of the time, it chooses its own route, avoiding obstacles and people.
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BlackBerry isn’t giving up on phones with physical keyboards, but the company does appear to be backing off the concept. The company recently announced that it will no longer make the This may be the end of the Classic handset but it isn't the end of physical keyboards for BlackBerry. The company still produces the
Where do you store your most important CD's, DVD's, USB drives and documents? Are they protected from fire and water damage, if that "worst-case scenario" actually happens?
When you want to watch streaming-video services like Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video on your television, you have three main options. You could just stick with the smart functions built into most modern TVs, but this often means dealing with sluggish software and a limited app selection. You could also spend more to get streaming set-top box, such as
Microsoft stepped up its battle with the armada of mobile messaging apps on Tuesday, That means a user could tweak a presentation and send it to a colleague over the weekend, and have it waiting for them when they log into Skype on Monday morning. It’s a big improvement over the previous functionality, which required both parties to be online. The new approach also lets users access the file across multiple devices, which means they can read the same document on their phone, computer or tablet, without having to request it over and over again.
If you routinely have a dozen or more favicons staring at you when you open your browser, you have a problem. Working with too many tabs makes it difficult to process information and puts a strain on your PC. Sooner or later your browser —and your productivity—will buckle. Fortunately, if you’re a Chrome user, there are a number of extensions that can help you manage your tab usage. Here are a few of our favorites. We’ve talked about
The Home button on your iPhone and iPad will get a new job with arrival of iOS 10: It’ll unlock your handset, Beyond its standard chores of taking you back to the home screen and letting you quickly switch between apps, the Home key can also act as a shortcut to some of iOS’s handiest features, such as zooming the display and reversing screen colors. You can also change the speed at which you need to double-click the Home key, or decide whether the Home button can access Siri and Apple Pay from the lock screen. Last but not least, you can choose whether double-touching the Home key engages iOS’s (potentially annoying) “Reachability” feature.