5G stands ready to revolutionize mobile applications and services with speeds far exceeding what’s currently available. In light of that, Western Digital has announced a new line of flash storage specifically for 5G devices.
Memory Loss Prevention May Be Just One Bite Of Chocolate Away
Memory loss is a condition that is both terrifying and tragic. For far too many individuals, memory problems grow worse with time. For those who suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, memory loss can be particularly bad. For years, scientists…
Scientists: We’ve Found a Protein that Guards Memory
A report posted last week via Healthday News on WebMD should sound reassuring to all the baby boomers out there (and everyone else, for that matter): age-related memory loss has been linked to a single protein, and replenishing that protein…
Your Nexus 7 Getting A Little Slow? Android 4.3 Should Fix That
Google introduced the new Nexus 7 last week, and some consumers will have already upgraded to the latest model. Others, however, will hold onto last year’s Nexus 7 even if its performance has diminished somewhat over the last year. Fret…
CES 2013: Kingston Somehow Fits 1TB Onto A Flash Drive
You probably have a flash drive – everybody does. It’s likely an 8 or 16GB flash drive for the storage of documents, maybe a few videos and other odds and ends. Kingston, one of the major players in the flash…
Chemotherapy May Cause Memory and Concentration Difficulties, Shows Study
According to new research, Chemotherapy can induce changes in patient brains, affecting their concentration and memory. Dubbed “chemo brain,” the physiological effects were detected by researchers using PET/CT scans. “The chemo brain phenomenon is described as ‘mental fog’ and ‘loss…
Apple Bans “Memory” from App Store, Cites German Trademark [REPORT]
If you’re currently developing an app for Apple’s App Store, you may want to refrain from including the word “memory” in the title. It may save you a major headache down the road. According to a report from Gamasutra, Apple…
Alzheimer’s Disease Isn’t Yet Curable, But New Book Helps Treat It
Alzheimer’s Disease is one of my most hated enemies. I watched as it slowly chipped away at my grandmother’s life and sanity. It’s one of those things that you don’t really think about until it directly affects you. Thankfully, some…
Event Pages Keep Chrome Slim And Running Strong
I don’t use a lot of Chrome extensions, but I use a lot of Firefox extensions. I’m going to assume that extensions add a lot of weight to both browsers. It’s worse when you realize that half of those extensions…
Transparent Devices On the Horizon
Want a see-through cellphone you can wrap around your wrist? Such a thing may be possible before long, according to Rice University chemist James Tour, whose lab has developed transparent, flexible memories using silicon oxide as the active component. In…
New Samsung MicroSD Cards are Ultra High Speed
Samsung announced today that it has begun mass-producing Ultra High Speed-1 (UHS-1) microSD cards. The UHS-1 interface supports the higher performance levels required on newer LTE smartphones and tablets. “MicroSD cards with a UHS-1 interface offer users an extremely high…
IBM Fits A Bit Into Twelve Atoms
Science can sometimes just blow my mind. This is one of those times. Researchers at IBM last week stored a bit, the smallest form of computer memory, into 12 atoms. They make the point of saying that this is significantly…
Is Google Affecting Our Memory?
At the heart of this question sits the internet and its vast, seemingly infinite trove of information and more specifically the portal to that information: search engines. Are our brains half-assing it because we know that information is only a…