Saturday, November 1, 2014

10 apps that save your battery with dark, AMOLED-friendly modes

Two coasts, 10 days: A thorough field test of Apple Pay

Microsoft endorses workaround for botched Windows patch KB 3000061

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November 01, 2014

10 apps that save your battery with dark, AMOLED-friendly modes

These apps come with the true-black interfaces that are best for saving power on an AMOLED screen.

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Issue highlights

1. Two coasts, 10 days: A thorough field test of Apple Pay

2. Microsoft endorses workaround for botched Windows patch KB 3000061

3. Swedish hacker finds 'serious' vulnerability in OS X Yosemite

4. Google to kill off SSL 3.0 in Chrome 40

5. Sharp smartband LCD uses 1,000 times less power

6. One code to rule them all: Dronecode

7. NASA puts finishing touches on its first Mars-bound spacecraft

8. 10 gorgeous, graphics-intensive games that will utterly punish your PC

9. ENTER TO WIN: Effective Ruby: 48 Specific Ways to Write Better Ruby

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Two coasts, 10 days: A thorough field test of Apple Pay

As early reviews and news poured in over Apple Pay's first 10 days, Macworld hit the streets of San Francisco and New York City to give the service a real-life test run in two vastly different environments. Here's how it fared. READ MORE

Microsoft endorses workaround for botched Windows patch KB 3000061

Two weeks after users offered a fix for the MS 14-058/KB 3000061 kernel mode driver installation problem, Microsoft confirms it works. READ MORE

Swedish hacker finds 'serious' vulnerability in OS X Yosemite

A white-hat hacker from Sweden says he's found a serious security hole in Apple's Yosemite OS X that could allow an attacker to take control of your computer. READ MORE

Google to kill off SSL 3.0 in Chrome 40

Google plans to remove support for the aging Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) version 3.0 protocol in Google Chrome 40, which is expected to ship in about two months. READ MORE

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Sharp smartband LCD uses 1,000 times less power

The small panel could help power wearables for far longer than conventional displays. READ MORE

One code to rule them all: Dronecode

The Dronecode Project will unite thousands of coders to build an aerial operating system for drones. READ MORE

NASA puts finishing touches on its first Mars-bound spacecraft

NASA engineers and technicians on Thursday put the finishing touches on Orion, the spacecraft designed to take astronauts into deep space. READ MORE

10 gorgeous, graphics-intensive games that will utterly punish your PC

These graphically intense PC games dial the eye candy up to 11 -- and make your PC sweat while they're at it. READ MORE

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