The Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print

It was probably inevitable, but on Tuesday, it became official: the Encyclopaedia Britannica is finally going out of print. The news was confirmed yesterday by Jorge Cauz, president of Chicago-based Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., who told the New York Times that his company has decided to completely

Behind the scenes video reveals Google’s attention to search detail (video)

If you’re interested in how much detail the engineers at Mountain View pay to every element of Google’s search business, check this out. This is footage of the Quality Launch Review, a meeting that takes place every week on Thursdays. Amit Singhal assembles a room full of engineers to delve into "losses,"

Four (Competing) Approaches to Security in the Mobile + Cloud Era

"When you give the power to the users, sometimes this can cause a lot of problems." This from Check Point Software Technologies security evangelist Tomer Teller, in a recent interview with ReadWriteWeb. Check Point is the current distributor of the ZoneAlarm firewall for Windows, which set new standards

Huawei mobile hotspot goes up to 100 Mbps

Huawei has just introduced a new mobile hotspot device that breaks some of the barriers we have come to expect from mobile devices these days. First, it can be used as a hotspot for up to 10 Wi-Fi products, not just five. And second, it says it can offer peak speeds of up to 100 Read The Full Story

HP Envy 14 Spectre review

In a previous life, the HP Envy 14 was a laptop’s laptop: a 5.69-pound slugger with an optical drive, discrete AMD graphics and a battery that couldn’t last four hours in our battery rundown test. That notebook — one of our favorites in the 2010-2011 year — met its fate last fall when HP redesigned

HP Envy 14 Spectre Review

The HP ENVY 14 Spectre was easily one of the most promising ultrabooks we saw at CES 2012, and a few months of waiting hasn’t dampened our enthusiasm. The premium notebook combines high-end features and unique materials into a 14-inch body that’s distinct from just about everything on the

Energía solar barata de noche

Nuevos materiales que podrían abaratar la energía termosolar y facilitar el almacenaje de energía.

El nuevo iPad podría obstruir las redes 4G

La pantalla de alta resolución de la tableta aumentará el volumen de las descargas y usará los planes de datos al máximo.

When Grandparents Meet Photo Booth [VIDEO]

What’s better than watching a sweet elderly couple use a webcam for the first time? Seeing an army of grandparents each trying out Apple…

HTC firms Ice Cream Sandwich devices

HTC has just published a blog post that, aside from making a cheesy reference to ice cream sandwiches, confirms a list of devices that are guaranteed to eventually be pushed to Android 4.0. The latest version of Google’s mobile operating system has a bad track record when it comes to legacy device