Archive for February 2014

February 1, 2014

· A Quick Look at Battlefield 4 Performance with Mantle on AMDs Kaveri 7850K APU and more (14 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Mageia 4 released
· Seems Legit? (4 Photos)
· Random photo: Needless to say, this guy got the job
· ABC reporter's car stolen on camera (Video)
· Random Photo: Little Caesars Super Bowel special
· Woman attempts to run down teen doorbell prankster with van (Mugshot)
· Random Photos: Can't we all just get along, geek edition? (3 Photos)

February 2, 2014

· Random Photos: Super Geek Sunday! (5 Photos)
· More AMD Mantle Reviews and more @ NT Compatible
· AMD Catalyst 14.1 Linux Beta Driver released
· Ladies, judging by these tattoos I bet these guys are single (14 Photos)
· Eviction notice - the latest email scam containing malware
· Tom Crist Millionaire Giveaway 2014 email scam making the rounds
· R.I.P: Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'Capote' Star, Dead at 46
· HP offering $150,000 at CanSecWest security conference
· Windows XP continues to dominate

February 3, 2014

· Flashback: Top news and downloads from the past week
· Random Photos: Broncos.....
· Best SSDs For The Money: February 2014 and more @ NT Compatible
· Preview: Retrobooster is an old school shooter from Really Slick available February 21st
· What's up dog? (5 Photos)
· An 81-year-old Sebring woman arrested for repeatedly feeding bears (Video)
· BBC subtitle system runs humorously amok during Chinese New Year broadcast
· Fail: Mattress salesman offers refunds worth 7 million if Seahawks win (Video)
· Carjacker foiled by automatic garage door (Mugshot)
· Explained: Don’t answer calls while charging cell phone
· New Zeus variant emerges
· Google Now beta comes to desktops

February 4, 2014

· Gigabyte U24T-CF1 Review and more (17 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· MajorGeeks locals: Man bites brother's ear off during Super Bowl party brawl (Mugshot)
· Random Photo: Making good use of an ATI video card?
· California man uses gun to stop Girl Scout cookie pushers (Mugshot + Video)
· Man attempts to rob Hallmark store with a Hallmark card (Video)
· Facebook turned 10 yesterday, did you miss the notification?
· Rumor: Super Bowl XLVIII believed to have been rigged and currently under investigation by NFL
· Satya Nadella Named New CEO of Microsoft
· Super Mario 3: Bowser strikes back @ DemoNews
· Jimmy Kimmel interviews Jim Cantore aka "The Weather Ninja" (Video)
· ASUS launches Chromebox, starting at $179
· Vehicle communication a target by early 2017
· Another POS credit card breach (Holiday Inns, Marriott and Renaissance hotels)

February 5, 2014

· Seems Legit? (4 Photos)
· How to upgrade your notebook and more (21 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Random Photos: NSA Wednesday (6 Photos)
· Dog eats $130,000 Aston Martin, bad dog!
· Woman receives 20 month jail sentence for Facebook trolling.....herself (Mugshot)
· Today's headline award goes to.....The Daily Inter Lake
· Fixing the browser hijack possibly from a fake Adobe or Java update (mobogenie)
· Top ten tech crimes of 2013
· Ross Ulbricht, alleged Silk Road founder, indicted in Manhattan

February 6, 2014

· Intel NUC DN2820FYKH Bay Trail System Review and more (14 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· KDE 4.12.2 released
· Facebook domain hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
· CHP officer detains firefighter at active crash scene (Video)
· New hard to detect malware discovered in PNG image files
· Watch out for the new Comcast modem and routers
· Fixing the 'original 459 could not be located' error message
· Random Photos: The moment you realize.....you need a little extra help (6 Photos)
· Alabama high school student takes selfie with intentional cadaver photobomb (Video)
· AOL shows revenue growth including $156.7 million from subscribers
· Laser pointers have uses other than annoying the family cat (Video)
· Random Photos: Photographic evidence that Firefox is engaged in surveillance (2 Photos)
· One in 3 Target victims suffer fraud
· Nerve graph gives man a sense of touch for first time in nine years

February 7, 2014

· Best Graphics Cards For The Money: February 2014 and more @ NT Compatible
· Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS released
· Random Photo: Relaxing with your favorite social media
· You had ONE job (8 Photos)
· Florida Friday: Frozen 'gators, a "single pot plant" and meth...because Florida! (Mugshots)
· Another day, another 2 malware exploits to avoid on Facebook
· Florida Friday: Drunk offers taco ID to police from inside his burning car (Mugshot)
· Florida Friday: Deputies beat scissors with taser, find meth 'rock' in backpack (Mugshot)
· Florida Friday: Hologram-wielding intruders abduct man's wife, or maybe it was the meth talking
· Snowplows take out pedestrian, accident or dark plow conspiracy? (Videos)
· Bored? Check out DemoNews for some fun, free desktop games
· California introduces a Kill-Switch bill for mobile devices
· Bitcoin value drops on news of exchange suspension

February 8, 2014

· Random Photo: 6 of the best Ford pictures
· Intel Core i7-4960X vs Intel Core i7-4930K DDR3-2400 and more (12 reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Wine 1.7.12 released
· McGruff the crime dog actor gets ruff sentence for weapons, drug possession
· Windows XP support ends in 60 days – A trip down memory lane (Video, 6 Photos)
· Random Photo: TSA has your back - Fly safe my friends
· First American gold medal in Sochi awarded to Johnny Quinn for bathroom escape
· Target breach traced back to a refrigeration contractor
· Silk Roads Ulbricht held without bail for a trial in November
· 3D Tech and the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014

February 9, 2014

· The many ways you can stream Netflix to your television
· Seems Legit? (7 Photos)
· Silicon Power Jewel J10 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive and more @ NT Compatible
· Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2014
· Steve Wozniak responds to "Apple should make an Android phone" stories
· Random Photo: This should be Google's logo when you open it in incognito mode
· Start-up touts potential end to viruses and malware
· Random Photos: The difference between men and women ( 2 Photos)
· The Funniest 1:20 Tambourine Video You Will Ever Watch
· 25 cent crack pipe vending machines go up in Vancouver
· Google Play still fights adware and malware
· Miserware closes down Granola project

February 10, 2014

· Flashback: Top news and downloads from the past week
· Today's headline award goes to....Yahoo! News
· The Myths Of Graphics Card Performance: Debunked and more (13 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Debian 7.4 released
· FDA Approves Pill-Sized Camera to Let Doctors See Your Insides (Video)
· Weather reporter gets serious about ice storm, "people will die" (Video)
· NYC subway grate prank for 'Walking Dead' has authorities miffed (Video)
· Trapped again: US bobsledder Johnny Quinn just can't win
· Mt. Gox blamed for Bitcoin volatility
· iPad Mini deemed most breakable

February 11, 2014

· Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: February 2014 and more (19 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Hoax: Vin Diesel is alive and well
· R.I.P: Shirley Temple Black, Former Child Star, Dead at 85
· Fixing the High CPU Usage & Perfomance of Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender
· It's a sign, Tuesday geek edition (9 Photos)
· EA Battlefield 4 Review: Killer Gameplay, Killjoy Bugs @ aNewDomain.Net
· Lack of bacon leads to McDonald's drive-thru shooting (Video)
· Live news snafu: Samuel L. Jackson is not Laurence Fishburne (Video)
· Man's 'pack' tasered after cigarette butt dropped in LA (Video)
· Random Photo: Driving snow fun - it can be...
· Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2014
· Has your phone rang once recently from an unknown number? Don't call it back warns the BBB!
· Dutch take down Utopia (Replacement site for Silk Road )
· Wireless charging standard advances
· jv16 PowerTools Looks To Go OpenSource Using Crowd Funding

February 12, 2014

· How to Get Data Off an Old Hard Drive and more (24 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Ohio man goes postal on mailman, bites leg (Mugshot)
· Man robs store armed with a chainsaw, flower pot on his head
· Random Photo: Clear your browser history before going on the news!
· A Facebook Look Back worth looking at (Video)
· Time Warner Cable still not convinced users want faster internet speeds
· NUC needs bios update to install Linux
· Toyota recalling Prius
· R.I.P: Sid Caesar, Comedy Legend, Dead at 91

February 13, 2014

· Sapphire Radeon R7 250, Dual Graphics, Mantle, and more (14 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Lebanese woman develops bomb blast survivor app
· Jail time dropped for Oregon inmate hit by truck on road detail
· Random Photos: Recycle (4 Photos)
· Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2 Billion
· Kids: 10 year old steals car, claims is a dwarf who forgot license
· Cop p'd off in Piedmont: Career flushed for issuing $2500 public urination ticket to a 3 year old (Video)
· Consumer groups respond to the Time Warner and Comcast merger
· 1.9 million Smartwatches shipped in 2013

February 14, 2014

· AMD Radeon R7 265 Reviews and more (24 reviews) @ NT Compatible
· R.I.P: Ralph Waite, 'Waltons' Star, Dead at 85
· Florida Friday: Man attempts to rob Radio Shack store where he works, shows up later for shift (Mugshot)
· Google has competition for head gear
· Tesco hacked
· A drone ride inside the Kentucky Corvette Museum sinkhole (Videos)

February 15, 2014

· Dell Latitude E7440 Touch Business Ultrabook Review and more (10 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Android-x86 4.4 RC1 released
· Random Photo: The ultimate troubleshooter
· Low tech peeping tom uses stick, mirror, smartphone to capture images of neighbor
· Braigo: 7th grader builds open source Lego braille printer for under $400 (Video)
· Inmate escapes just to have Valentine's date with girlfriend - all your gifts are fails! (Video + Mugshot)
· Missouri couple arrested for drive-thru Nerf dart assault (Video)
· Oh, that's cruel (mass murderer wants an upgrade)
· Popularity for Windows 7 not waning

February 16, 2014

· The Rise And Fall Of Flappy Bird and more @ NT Compatible
· Debian 6.0.9 released
· Kickstarter user info accessed by hackers
· Random Photos: Books never die (3 Photos)
· 2005 'Monster in Law' rental lands woman in jail (Mugshot + Video)

February 17, 2014

· A Gaming All-In-One With A 120 Hz Display and more @ NT Compatible
· CompatDB Updates 02/17/14
· Flashback: Top news and downloads from the past week
· Accidental shooter fires shot at Shooters, six hit
· Man tripping on LSD breaks into apartment, claims is Jack Bauer from '24', balances crab on bicycle (Video)
· Seems Legit? (2 Photos)
· Seattle boys blow up home due to "science project" (Video)
· Random Photo: iPhone with Flappy Bird installed arrives
· Linksys routers under attack from self-replicating malware
· 11 year study finds no radiation harm with mobile devices
· Cybercriminals develop new currencies

February 18, 2014

· 5 Mistakes You Should Avoid When Buying A New Laptop and more (21 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Random Photos: What are you trying to say? (4 Photos)
· Wrestler arrested after offering $100 for 'hit' on cop (Video)
· Police: 'Unbelievably stupid' female attempts to leap onto moving freight train (Video)
· Today's headline award goes to....BBC News
· 8 year old drives drunken dad home from pub, results as expected
· New Zeus variant targets Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo and Barclays
· R.I.P: Bob Casale, 'Devo' Guitarist, Dead at 61
· Monday Review Round Up.
· Getting rid of StickyKeys from startup
· Ian McNaught-Davis dead at 84

February 19, 2014

· NVIDIA Geforce GTX 750 Ti and more (26 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· NVIDIA 331.49 Linux Drivers
· Random Photos: Dealing with winter (3 Photos)
· Snow removal leads to shooting
· Southern snow satire: You can run but you can't drive (Video)
· Homeland Security wants to track us all with license plate database
· Silk Road 2.0 hacked and drained of funds
· Dotcom loses appeal
· Marvel 'Guardians of the Galaxy' trailer released (Video)
· Random Photo: Facebook popularity
· Facebook acquires WhatsApp in $19 Billion deal

February 20, 2014

· How To Get More Graphics Performance From The Intel NUC and more (23 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· WhatsApp co-founder was turned down by Facebook for a job in 2009
· What's up dog? (4 Photos)
· Man gets forked after Valentine date
· Random Photos: HTML from start to finish (3 Photos)
· Protesters demonstrate outside closed Bitcoin exchange
· Wild Chihuahuas terrorize citizens
· Warehouse worker used forklift to dislodge candy bar from vending machine
· 'Eye of the Tiger' played on a dot matrix printer (Video)

February 21, 2014

· Broadwell NUC Roadmap Revealed and more (16 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Wine 1.7.13 released
· Random Photos: Selfless selfies (4 Photos)
· Florida Friday: High and bored man steals military Humvee off base (Mugshot + 911 Audio)
· Florida Friday: Inmate attempts to beat the stink off cellmate (Video + Mugshot)
· Arizona chihuahuas have nothing on the wolves of Sochi! (Video)
· NYPD cops hit parked car, arrest passenger for driving without license (Video)
· Univ. of Maryland hacked
· Jobs to adorn Postal Service stamp in 2015

February 22, 2014

· Random Photos: Internet cookies (4 Photos)
· Florida woman calls 911 from the safety of her shopping cart (Mugshot)
· Rory McIlroy demonstrates how to stick a golf shot (Video)
· California Girl Scout sets up outside pot clinic for cookie sales - cha-ching! (Video)
· Emergency patch released for Adobe Flash Player
· Microsoft slashing price up to 70% off Windows 8.1 for low end devices
· WhatsApp suffers worldwide service outage (Update)

February 23, 2014

· All-round Deluxe PC and more (21 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Now in Feature Freeze
· Random Photos: It will still work with partial data (3 Photos)
· Enjoy some Super Mario Bros with your morning coffee (Video)
· Random Photo: Bad dog!
· Fotor for Windows Review

February 24, 2014

· Budget Game PC - February 2014 and more @ NT Compatible
· Flashback: Top news and downloads from the past week
· Random Photo: Do your weekend laundry quietly
· Random Photo: Free WiFi
· Monday Review Round Up
· Bird attempts to hitch a ride inside single prop plane (Video)
· “kill-switch” software rejected by US carriers
· Bitcoin goes ATM
· R.I.P: Harold Ramis, 'Ghostbuster' Star, Dead at 69
· Drug dealers arrested in WhatsApp drug ring
· 3rd Party Sites using Tweaking.Com Windows Repair and then charging customers up to $300

February 25, 2014

· How much money can you save by building your own PC? and more (21 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Random Photos: Multitasking # 1 and # 2 (2 Photos)
· HTML: Having The Morning Liquid
· Man with the 'blues' arrested for trespassing (Mugshot, oh yeah!)
· Bitcoin exchange MtGox may have collapsed
· More bad news for Bitcoin customers
· Intoxicated woman arrested, used 911 to request a 'personal break in' from attractive cop (Video + Mugshot)
· Official Godzilla trailer released - awesome (Video)

February 26, 2014

· Ultimate PC - February 2014 and more (17 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· AMD Catalyst 14.2 LINUX Beta Drivers
· Random Photos: Never quite getting that shot (3 Photos)
· What FREE anti-virus program should I use?
· TC is back and Tim from MajorGeeks drops by his podcast
· Shoplifter takes it up a notch after arrest, eats own feces, attempts to strangle himself (Mugshot)
· American Express 'Personal Security Key' Phishing Scam
· Random Photo: Stripper transformation before and after (Wait for it)
· Microsoft again urges users to abandon XP
· Mt. Gox CEO pledges to keep the exchange running
· "Kill-switch" update

February 27, 2014

· 10 Rare and Unreleased Graphics Cards and more (24 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Random Photos: Thinking outside the box (6 Photos)
· Coke is illegal in Florida, much to the the surprise of one man (Mugshot)
· Random Photo: Mac gaming
· Updating your drivers is easier than you think
· University of Utah police raid makeshift pot den inside on-campus igloo (Video)
· U.K. Spies capture Yahoo users images (including porn)
· Looks like the internet is here to stay (duh)

February 28, 2014

· Intel SSD 730 (480GB) Reviews and more (28 Reviews) @ NT Compatible
· Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Beta 1 released
· Random Photo: Real stripper in the wild
· Florida Friday: 'Fake or Florida' game show on Late Night with Seth Myers (Video)
· Florida Friday: Woman arrested after building fire on Dunkin' Donuts patio (Mugshot)
· Got Milk? Tanker carrying 6,000 gallons of milk crashes into home
· MtGox files for bankruptcy protection
· World's Fastest: 270.49 mph Hennessey Venom GT (Video)
· U.K. cybercrimes victims pay up
· The US and British governments have seen your naked webcam shots