Friday, August 09, 2013

Article: HP's 20-inch mega-tablet, the Envy Rove 20

The good: The HP Envy Rove 20 costs a bit less than some other tabletop PCs, includes great audio, and runs long enough to watch a couple of movies without being plugged in.

The bad: It's heavier than some comparable big-screen systems, uses a lower-end CPU, and the 20-inch...

http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/hp-envy-rove-20/4505-3118_7-35770018.html?subj=cnet&tag=title

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HWiNFO Provides More Info About Your Computer Than You'll Ever Need

Source: http://lifehacker.com/hwinfo-provides-more-info-about-your-computer-than-you-1044830886

HWiNFO Provides More Info About Your Computer Than You'll Ever Need

Windows: When it comes to diagnosing hardware problems, there's not such thing as too much information. HWiNFO gets credit for trying to push that limit, though.

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Roku's updated iOS app now lets you stream video directly from your iPhone to its set-top boxes.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/rokus-updated-ios-app-now-lets-you-stream-video-directl-1075606513

Roku's updated iOS app now lets you stream video directly from your iPhone to its set-top boxes. Which is neat.

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Textbooks now available through Google Play Books in US, iOS app updated to match

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/08/textbooks-now-available-through-google-play-books-in-us/

Google Play Books textbooks

Google promised us that it would offer textbooks through Google Play Books this month, and it's living up to its word. American students can now buy educational titles or rent them for six months, with prices frequently undercutting paper editions. Appropriately, Google has updated its Google Play Books app for iOS to support rentals like its Android and web counterparts. The launch is a painful reminder that the fall semester is just around the corner, but college-goers who want to be prepared can check out the source links.

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Source: Google Play, App Store

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Silent Circle follows Lavabit's example, shuts down its secure email service

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/08/silent-circle-follows-lavabits-example-shuts-down-its-secure-e/

Silent Circle follows Lavabit's example, shuts down its secure email service

Silent Circle's thing has always been the promise of end-to-end secure communications, and that drive is apparently causing it to shut down the Silent Mail email service. Reasons cited in a blog post by CTO Jon Callas include the insecure nature of email protocols and preemptively avoiding the outside (read: FISA) pressures that prompted Lavabit to close its doors. Silent Circle says it hadn't received any "subpoenas, warrants, security letters, or anything else". Still, CEO Michael Janke tells TechCrunch he believed the government would come knocking due to certain high profile users of the service. Its phone, video and text products remain operational and claim to be "secure as ever", if you're wondering.

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Source: Silent Circle

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