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Having a NAS in a home or office is important, as it not only stores files, but protects memories. While one-disk storage solutions are useful for transferring files from one PC to another, you really need a two-disk solution or greater so that when one drive fails, the data is still intact. Synology offers such…
The future will be augmented Microsoft’s upcoming product, the HoloLens, is thought by many to be the true future of personal computing. Not only does it augment reality (a feat formerly reserved for the likes of hallucinogens and sweat lodges), but it supports voice commands and gesture recognition as well. This combination of features will…
Top Deal: When we get hit with a virus, it’s annoying and can knock us out of commission for a bit, but a little rest (and perhaps antibiotics) and everything is eventually good again. But our PCs? It’s a different story. A virus on a PC can stir up all kinds of trouble, from stealing…
Talking in circles Data caps don’t exist, that’s the first thing you need to know before striking up a conversation with Comcast boss Brian Roberts. Those data ceilings that Comcast imposes? Calling them data caps is using the wrong lingo. That’s one of the first things Roberts said duringBusiness Insider’s Ignition conference earlier this week…
Zbox and Skylake collide It was only a matter of time before Zotac would build a mini PC around Intel’s 6th generation Skylake family, and that time has come with the introduction of the Zbox MI1551. The Zbox MI1551 sports an Intel Core i5-6400T processor, a quad-core part clocked at 2.2GHz (2.8GHz Turbo) with 6MB…
Giving Cortana a longer leash Microsoft has big plans for Cortana, the digital assistant that first debuted with Windows Phone 8.1. Cortana is now a big part of Windows 10, both on the desktop and in mobile, and it’s going to get even bigger and more prevalent as Microsoft rolls out its Redstone updates next…
During the Business Insider Ignition conference on Tuesday, CBS Corp. Chief Executive Officer Les Moonves said that Apple has placed its live TV plans on hold. The news is part of a string of hits and misses for the company that originally set out to change the TV industry the same way it did the…
HTC first introduced its Valve Software-backed virtual reality headset Vive back in March 2015, promising that it would release a version by the end of the year. That has since changed, as the company said on Wednesday that the consumer edition won’t hit retail stores until April 2016. The company did not provide a reason…
The magic of “loading” a program The loading screen—it’s something we see quite often that we don’t want to see for very long. When we see it, however, it’s not just indicating that the application is just transferring data from storage to memory (the “loading” part); the application also has some work to do on…
T-Mobile is in hot water again thanks to its “un-carrier” ad campaign, which promises to eliminate both service contracts and hidden fees. This campaign has helped T-Mobile propel past Sprint as the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier. Now the company is under investigation thanks to its alleged misleading ads. According to USA Today, the office of…