Star 9 fitness activity health tracker hands on: a basic heart rate monitor and workout tracker
The Star 9 fitness band has all the basic functions to record your health activities, but it is not engaging — nor very accurate. Read More
Meltdown and Spectre: Is your PC vulnerable?
A new app gives you a simple overview of your system’s vulnerability status, as well as what kind of performance hit the patches might be having. Read More
Apple iPhone X demand spurs worry, but may be misplaced ahead of Q1 results
The uncertainty around iPhone X demand is sparking a lot of consternation on Wall Street. Rest in peace super cycle. Read More
Cisco: This VPN bug has a 10 out of 10 severity rating, so patch it now
The researcher who found the flaw will be telling the world how to exploit it this weekend. Read More
Appian survey: Big obstacles to digital transformation
Application development will be key to winning the digital transformation race but most businesses are far from ready Read More
Samsung launches 800GB Z-SSD for supercomputing
The new SZ985 SSD boasts a ultra-low latency of 16 microseconds. Read More
The death of macOS Server
What do you call a server with no server functionality? Junk. Apple is done with the server business. Read More
Google starts selling its $249 Clips camera, but you need to join a wait list to get one
Google’s hands-free AI camera goes on sale but then quickly sells out. Read More
Windows emergency patch: Microsoft’s new update kills off Intel’s Spectre fix
Out-of-band update disables Intel’s mitigation for Spectre Variant 2 attack, which Microsoft says can cause data loss on top of unexpected reboots. Read More
Cool storage at CES 2018
Storage is the hardest problem in computer systems because it is the only part that is persistent. Without storage, your computer could be anyone’s computer. Here’s the cool storage I saw at CES 2018. Read More