Good information for Canadian downloaders.

Good information for Canadian downloaders.

More and more Canadians are receiving illegal download notices from their internet service providers, which often include offers from copyright holders to pay settlements to avoid legal action. We hear from a man who received four notices in a day, and from an internet advocate who advises him not to pay any settlements.

NASA Chief Scientist Predicts We’ll Find Signs Of Alien Life By 2025



Here’s the full quote, as delivered by NASA Chief scientist Ellen Stofan at Tuesday’s panel discussion on the Agency’s search for habitable worlds and alien life: “I think we’re going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we’re going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years.”

Why You Should Care About VP9, Google’s Clever Video Codec

As the ongoing Meerkatification of humanity proves, the internet (in one form or another) is becoming more and more about video. At peak times, Netflix and YouTube alone account for half of all web traffic. That’s an understandably huge burden for ISPs to carry. But as well as making the pipes bigger, we can also shrink down what goes through them.

All the Star Wars movies (yes, even the bad ones) hit Google Play on April 10

Duh. Duh. Duh-duh-duh-duhhhhhh-duh. Duh-duh-duh-duhhhhhh-duh. Duh-duh-duh-duh. Coming April 10. All the Star Wars movies. All in one place. (For us, that’s Google Play. But it’ll also be in the other usual outlets.) With new extras. All six movies are currently up for preorder on Google Play for $20 each, or $100 for the bundle. They are, in proper order: “A New Hope,” “The Empire…

Google cut Android malware installs by nearly half in 2014

Despite the constant concerns, Google shows just how safe — and safer — Android is in the Android Security State of the Union 2014. The Android Security State of the Union for 2014 provides an in-depth look into the security of the Android platform, analyzing billions of data points that are gathered daily to take a deeper look at what is really happening behind the scenes. Google…

Very good finale last night!

Very good finale last night!

This should come as absolutely no surprise, but quite a lot of people tuned into The Walking Dead finale on Sunday night.

TV’s highest rated series — yes, it’s still bigger than Empire — nabbed a finale best 15.8 million viewers and 10.4 million adults 18-49 on Sunday night. Those are still powerhouse numbers, even if they come shy of the series highs set with the fifth season’s opener.