The H.265 video standard, aka HEVC or MPEG-5, squeezes more pixels over a network connection to support new high-resolution 4K TVs. Broadcom’s chip supports both and is due to arrive in volume next year. [Read more]
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Broadcom chip ushers in H.265 and UltraHD video
A deal with DocuSign means that anyone filing a request for income verification — meaning most people applying for a mortgage — can sign electronically. [Read more]
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IRS begins accepting DocuSign on 25 million annual forms
Police say two teenage girls drugged the parents of one so that they could beat an imposed Internet curfew. [Read more]
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Teens allegedly drug parents’ milkshakes to get online
The essential vitamins your body needs can all be found in readily-available foods. This handy chart shows you which foods are rich in each vitamin, so you can plan your meals accordingly. More »
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Make Sure You’re Getting All Your Essential Vitamins from Food with This Reference Guide
Upping its Web presence with high-level “ask me anything” sessions, the social news site racks in hundreds of millions of users and reveals its top 10 posts of 2012. [Read more]
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Reddit’s visitors skyrocket in 2012 with 37 billion page views
It seems like only yesterday we were planning for the Mayan apocalypse, but like so many other products, the 14th b’ak’tun (next era) has been delayed due to bugs and lack of pre-orders. Yet if you talked to some pundits back in 2011, they’d have told you that the end of days was coming out in Q4 of 2012, along with its competitor, BlackBerry 10. More »
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13 Technologies You Won’t See in 2013
An anonymous reader writes “A huge security hole has been discovered in recent Samsung devices including phones like the Galaxy S2 and S3. It is possible for every user to obtain root due to a custom faulty memory device created by Samsung.” The problem affects phones with the Exynos System-on-Chip. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Users can now send files from Google Drive that are 400 times larger than is possible in a traditional attachment. [Read more]
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Gmail, meet Google Drive — and behold 10GB file transfers
This Thanksgiving, cooking a turkey in an oven or deep fryer just isn’t as impressive as some of the alternative methods out there — such as cooking with a flashlight. [Read more]
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Watch high-powered flashlights cook a turkey
If you have access to a dead computer power supply you can use the case, power switch, wiring, and power port along with a 5v lead acid battery and a landscaping lamp bulb to create a rechargeable lantern. More »
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Hack a Dead PC Power Supply Into a Rechargeable Lantern