May 2015

Synology has released an update to Disk Station Manager for 2009 models, identified by the model number ending in 9. Synology DSM is the management software that runs on several of the company's NAS products. Version 4.2 build 3255…

The US Secret Service NSA had advanced plans to spy on Android phone users through a man-in-the-middle attack with Play Store links. That would appear from a document from the collection of whistleblower Edward Snowden.The NSA was…

On Wednesday evening, protons with a total energy of 13TeV collided for the first time in CERN's particle accelerator. The impact test is intended to calibrate the systems designed to protect the machine and detectors from particles…

Synology has released an update for Disk Station Manager version 5.2. Synology DSM is the management software that runs on several of the company's NAS products. The Disk, Cube and Rack Stations offer more than just extra storage space.…

Twitch has announced that video content-on-demand is now available via its mobile apps. However, archived video files do not last indefinitely and the old Twitch Android app must be uninstalled first.Twitch says on its blog that users of…

Zotac has revealed the R series of Zbox mini PCs. The main feature over previous small desktop systems is that they can accommodate two 2.5" storage media for raid 0 or raid 1 configurations.The first models in the R-series are the Zbox…

Engineers at Virginia Tech in the United States have built a sonar system inspired by the horseshoe bat species for use in robots. The researchers believe that this will ultimately enable them to make a more efficient and smaller sonar.A…

Apple has released an update to the software that runs on the Apple Watch. Updating the Apple Watch must be done through the app on the iPhone; instructions for that are on this page to find. Apple Watch OS 1.0.1 should, among other…

Valve appears to have registered the Chaperone brand name. The description shows that the developer does not want to use the brand name for a game, but for a device that has something to do with virtual reality. Details are unknown.The…

An update for version 2.0 of BitTorrent Sync has been released. BitTorrent Sync is a closed source peer-to-peer file synchronization tool with clients for Windows, OS X, Linux, BSD, Android, iOS, Windows Phone and various NAS devices.…