Considering that your Skype messages are being sent through a server before reaching the person on the other end, would you be utterly surprised if you found that your Skype messages are actually being read by the company that owns the software? While we guess it’s nice to think that the folks at Skype/Microsoft aren’t reading our messages, it turns out that maybe they are. This is according to a report by the folks at Ars Technica who teamed up with security researcher, Ashkan Soltani who discovered that links being sent across Skype were access by a machine whose IP address belonged to Microsoft.
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The folks in Japan sometimes come up with some pretty creative gadgets, usually novel, but creative nonetheless. If you’re in the market for such a novel gadget, Thanko has a miniature camera that you might want to take a look at. This is not the first miniature camera we’ve seen, and by miniature we don’t mean that it is compact, but as you can see in the image above, is definitely more than compact in the sense that it is about the size of a coin! In fact it can even be worn around your neck or attached to your bag like a keychain of sorts.
The device measures 38x33x28mm and weighs a barely noticeable 17g. It is capable of capturing both video and photos in AVI and JPEG format respectively, both of which will be saved to a microSD card. It even features a strobe flash which when darkness is detected, can be fired to help illuminate the subject, although don’t expect too much from such a tiny device. It even comes with a motion sensor that can start recording videos about 2 minutes long by detecting body movement. Not too shabby for such a small device, right? It can be ordered via Thanko’s website (although you might need to brush up on your Japanese) for 5,980 yen.
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Online games can be found, especially if you have a good group of friends to play it with, but at the same time we’ve all heard the horror stories of parents neglecting their children, and how some gamers have died just because they’ve been playing online games for excessive periods of time. The South Korean government seems to feel strongly about online gaming as well and they are looking to pass a bill in which online gaming could be viewed in the same light as drugs and alcohol, which is as a addictive substance.
Android users, if you’re not a fan of the default browser of Google Chrome, you’re in luck because an alternative has just been made available for you. Just after 3 months of launching in beta form, Opera for Android is now available for the public and can be download for free via the 
One of the ways Nokia has managed to convince customers to come aboard their ship instead of the competition is by offering Lumia exclusives which aren’t available on other Windows Phone devices, and this is made possible thanks to the close relationship Nokia and Microsoft have. Well if you’re a Lumia owner and you love checking into places, you might want to check out the new official Foursquare app for Windows Phone which will come with an exclusive Augmented Reality feature that is only available on Lumia handsets.
When it comes to professional cameras, one of the few interchangeable things about it would be the lens, the optional battery grip, and the detachable flash unit, but what if our cameras could be more modular than that? What if we were able to actually rotate the sensor itself so that we can switch from landscape to portrait without having to get into weird, uncomfortable and sometimes awkward positions? Enter the Aspeckt, a concept modular SLR system which was cooked up by a team from the
We’re sure that for the most part, you guys are well aware that Tumblr contains some NSFW material. Some of it is just good old fashion porn, while some of it we guess could be thought of as artistic nudes. Either way it’s out there and you guys probably know it. With Yahoo announcing their plans to acquire Tumblr, we’re sure many are wondering if Tumblr’s new owner might take offense to the NSFW content found on their website, and for those who frequent Tumblr for “artistic nudes”, you’re in luck because Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, has stated that Yahoo has no plans to cull any of the restricted content on Tumblr. This was in response to a question posed to Mayer regarding some of the questionable content found on Tumblr’s website. Mayer went on to promote Tumblr’s NSFW tool which helps identify restricted content as a means to warn users about said content. This is also in line with
How much will the Sony PlayStation 4 cost when it is released? We’re sure many gamers are wondering about that, and with consoles like Nintendo’s Wii U being priced somewhat affordably, will Sony be looking to do the same with their next-gen console? While we have to wait for an official announcement of sorts, Sony India might have accidentally let the cat out of the bag. The website for Sony India seems to have prematurely put up the pricing on their website for the PS4 and set it at 399 EUR for the 250GB model.
Android tablets are a dime a dozen, but that’s not a bad thing since it means that users have more than one option to choose from, not to mention that for the most part, most Android tablets are priced cheaper than its iOS competitors. In any case Romanian company Evolio has announced the company’s first quad-core tablet offering, the Quadra, which we guess we have pretty much given away, will be powered by a quad-core tablet clocked at 1.2GHz. The tablet will also feature a Vivante GC1000 GPU, a 10.1” 1280×800 IPS LCD display with 1GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and a 5,000mAh battery. It will only connect to WiFi, but for those looking to hook onto a 3G network, you will require an external 3G adapter. It is priced at 999 Romanian leu which is about $296 when converted and for the time being, it is currently being offered in Romania although no word if and when Evolio plans to start offering it stateside. More details about the Quadra tablet can be found on 