Stories by Alessondra Springmann

Article | 1/02/2011 New PS3 firmware hacked within 24 hours of its release
Sony's been playing cat-and-mouse with PS3 firmware crackers, and less than a day after its version 3.56 firmware was released, hackers have circumven...
Article | 15/01/2011 New Nvidia GPU Does Wireless Video, Looks Ridiculous
Nvidia, makers of graphics cards, took a step into a strange future recently when they announced a wireless graphics card, the KFA2 GeForce GTX460. W...
Article | 4/12/2010 Rumors: The mythical Google Chrome OS netbook is coming
There have been the rumors (would Google release a tablet in time for Black Friday?). There have been the hints (a Chrome browser beta optimized for t...
Article | 23/11/2010 iOS 4.2.1 jailbroken long before official release
iOS 4.2 is only now about to be released (as of this writing), but there's already a jailbreak guide for iOS 4.2.1, long before it made its way to any...
Article | 21/10/2010 Apps going viral: When your smartphone gets hacked
How secure is banking on your iPhone? How sure are you that those app developers have plugged those security holes? So far, there isn’t much malicious...
Article | 13/10/2010 Control a game of Tetris with your body and a buddy
A new take on Tetris called Lummo Blocks lets you use your body as the controller for directing the motion of the famous falling blocks. Playing with ...
Article | 8/10/2010 Unrooting the G2: Is HTC’s smartphone unrootable?
HTC’s G2, a new smartphone from the Taiwanese manufacturer, is apparently roofproof, and resists attempts to jailbreak the system’s operating system. ...
Article | 1/10/2010 First 12TB network storage server from Seagate
Has your small business outgrown its current network storage? Do you want space for all of your TV shows, games, and HD videos? Seagate might have t...
Article | 24/09/2010 Tri-Core 1.5 GHz processors for smartphones: A Marvell
A new three-core processor from Marvell, the Armada 628, is a 1.5GHz processor with three CPUs on one chip. Designed for powering smartphones and tab...
Article | 23/09/2010 A browser cookie that won't go away?
"Evercookie" is the browser cookie that just won't go away. If you're concerned about having your Web browsing history tracked, you, like most people,...
Article | 17/09/2010 LaCie Wireless NAS does backup and video streaming
A new wireless NAS device from LaCie not only stores up to 2TB of data, it also is a wireless router and a video streaming center. For less than Apple...
Article | 10/09/2010 LaCie shrinks USB 3.0 drives to fit in your pocket
Both LaCie and Iomega have introduced pocket-sized USB drives that use the speedy new USB 3.0 standard for transferring data. But why should you go w...
Article | 9/09/2010 Toy camera from Japan does 3D for only $70
Printing 3D images can be an expensive undertaking. But for those of us who can't shell out a ton of green for a 3D camera and printer, toy company Ta...
Article | 4/09/2010 Samsung Galaxy Tab rooted... a month before release
The folks at Sera-Apps, a German group of Android developers, have not only managed to get their hands on a prototype of the Samsung Galaxy Tab a mont...
Article | 21/08/2010 Chrome 6 beta may hint at mythical Chrome OS tablet
The latest beta of Chrome 6 is out, and its menus have been optimized for touch--complete with buttons for copying, pasting, as well as zooming in on ...